Monday, August 29, 2016

More Herbs, Less Salt Day August 29, 2016

DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate More Herbs, Less Salt Day
Eating a healthy, balanced diet is often easier said than done – it takes thought, time and effort to prepare fresh and nutritious food, when less healthy options are often much easier and more convenient!
More Herbs, Less Salt Day encourages you to take a simple step to re-align this balance, through the use of herbs in home-cooked dishes in place of salt. It doesn’t take much room or effort to grow a variety of fresh herbs, and a little rosemary, thyme, mint or other herbs can do just as much to enrich a dish as a heavy dose of salt.

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Word of the Day

lentigo 


Definition:(noun) A small, flat, pigmented spot on the skin.
Synonyms:freckle
Usage:The dermatologist advised the patient to keep an eye on the large lentigo near her lip and to alert him if there was a change in its size or shape.

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Idiom of the Day


halfway decent

 — Somewhat good, useful, or enjoyable, but not very; passable. 

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History

Ingrid Bergman (1915)

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 Bergman was an Academy Award winning Swedish actress who specialized in portrayals of strong, sophisticated women. Her radiance and unaffected charm made her a star in films such as Casablanca, Gaslight, and Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious. A scandal caused by her affair with director Roberto Rossellini kept her off the US screen for seven years and forced her to return to Europe until 1956, when she made her successful Hollywood comeback in Anastasia. 

Burning Man

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 Burning Man is a counterculture music festival held in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, conceived by Larry Harvey in 1986 to honor the Summer Solstice. It has since become a populist phenomenon, where participants set up a temporary "city," creating their own community. People are expected to interact with one another, produce and display artwork, play music, do spontaneous performances—as long as they actively participate. The 50-foot-high Man towers over Black Rock City until the climax of the festival on Saturday night, when the figure is ignited and the Man becomes a fiery blaze.
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 1886 - In New York City, Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-chang's chef invented chop suey. 

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 1892 - Pop (Billy) Shriver (Chicago Cubs) caught a ball that was dropped from the top of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. 

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 1958 - Alan Freed's "Big Beat Show" opened at the Fox Theatre in Brooklyn, NY. 

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 1962 - The lower level of the George Washington Bridge opened. 

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 1966 - The Beatles ended their fourth American tour at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA. It turned out that the show was their last public concert. 

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 1967 - The final episode of "The Fugitive" aired. 

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 1971 - Hank Aaron became the first baseball player in the National League to hit 100 or more runs in each of 11 seasons. 

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 1983 - The anchor of the USS Monitor, from the U.S. Civil War, was retrieved by divers. 

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 1986 - The former "American Bandstand" studio was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The studio is in Philadelphia, PA. 
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If You Were Born Today, August 29
You are passionate and ardent, and you work hard towards success in life. A natural leader, your charisma attracts others. You are success-oriented, but your warmth keeps you from becoming hardened or overly practical. You are seeking emotional fulfillment in life, and you enjoy starting new projects that you may not always follow through to completion. Optimistic and straightforward, you don't readily beat around the bush, and others usually find your manner charming rather than abrupt. You are typically very willing to work for reforms that better people's quality of living and open people's minds to progress. You stand by your convictions and humanitarian ideals. Bringing inspiration and uniqueness to whatever work you do, you enjoy making people see things in new ways. You are attracted to busy, hard-working people like yourself. It is relatively easy for you to mix business and pleasure, and you are more than willing to work on relationships. You tend to thrive in partnerships. Famous people born today: Michael Jackson, Ingrid Bergman, Elliott Gould, Lea Michele, Carla Gugino, Liam Payne, Rebecca De Mornay
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READER INFO
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SAFOTO

    

Aug 26 - Sep 24, 2016 | San Antonio, TX 

SAFOTO is San Antonio’s celebration of the photographic arts. Starting with humble beginnings in 1995, SAFOTO became an international event in 1998, expanding exhibits across the U.S. This festival is free and open to the public, and all art forms featured at exhibitions derive from the realm of photography.
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Pictures of the day

 Magdalene College, Cambridge, dining hall
The dining hall at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Built in the early 16th century, the hall is used for Formal Hall. Fellows and their guests dine at the High Table, placed on a platform one step above ground level at the far end of the hall. Students dine at three long benches in front of and perpendicular to the High Table and spanning to the entrance.
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel. Today it is one of the smaller constituent colleges.

Every Extraterrestrial Body We Have Landed On and Photographed

Every Extraterrestrial Body We Have Landed On and Photographed - Views from the final frontier


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 RECIPES

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 CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, shelley, for all the great and various chili recipes you shared all summer long (sorry if i already said this but it does deserve to say it twice anyway lol)


21 Ingredient Chili  :  In case you reeeeeaaaaallllly want a fancy pants chili



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 SWEETS
Chocolate Beer Cake 
chocolate stout cake

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 ADULT COLORING




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 CRAFTS
Romeo and Juliet Coloring Paper Dolls 


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 CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts
Decorate Craft Letters
Decorate crafts letters with small objects :) -- 29 of the MOST creative crafts and activities for kids!


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 PUZZLE

Varenna Bridge Jigsaw Puzzle

Varenna Bridge Jigsaw Puzzle, 67 Piece Classic. Small pedestrian arched bridge over a stream flowing into lake C...



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Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes. - Carl Friedrich Gauss

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 In 2015, Sam Harris, a community radio DJ from Middlesbrough, England, was appointed a deputy marshal of Dodge City, Kansas—4,484 miles away! -------------------- Fire chiefs in Pingliang City, China, decided to toughen up 20 of their firefighters by making them spend the night in a local cemetery. -------------------- John Robinson of Loughborough, Leictestershire, England, turns heads while walking his 4-foot-long, 17-pound Savannah Bosc monitor lizard on a leash!

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EYE OPENER
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