Saturday, October 29, 2016

Cat Day October 29, 2016

DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate Cat Day

Felis Silvestrus Catus, a small furry ball of cute that will utterly destroy your ability to act like a mature adult, a phenomena which has been shown to become stronger with proximity. Intelligence of subject seems to be inversely proportional to the distance between it and the nearest member of this species. Cats people, you know what they’re like. They rule our lives as furry little gods, and have been cherished members of the family since long before the days of the Pyramids.
Cat Day was first created by Colleen Paige, a strong animal welfare advocate, to bring attention to the plight of the domestic cat. Cat’s are closely tied to humans, whether as pets or as feral animals ranging throughout cities and towns. As pets they are dearly loved and have been the source of some of the most ridiculous memes on the internet, and have brought joy and laughter to millions of people around the world.
Shortly after its inception, Cat Day was adopted by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, an organization also centered on getting people to adopt pets. They work hard to bring attention to the number of animals that have to be rescued each year, and the growing problem and possible solutions to feral cat colonies.
Celebrate Cat Day by helping to organize a Trap-Neuter-Release program in your area, which helps to reduce the number of homeless cats by capturing cats and removing their ability to make new colonies. This helps to slowly reduce the number of homeless cats while still letting them live full lives. Too many feral cats go to shelters only to be euthanized when they don’t get adopted.

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Word of the Day

piddling


Definition:(adjective) So trifling or trivial as to be beneath one's consideration.
Synonyms:trivialpettyfiddlingfootlingnigglingpicayunepifflinglilliputianlittle
Usage:Because she had only invested a piddling sum of money, she was not worried about the stock's poor performance.

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Idiom of the Day


have nothing to do

 — To have no tasks or actions that one must complete or undertake; to have nothing with which to occupy one's time.


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History

Fanny Brice (1891)

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Brice was an American comedian and singer who built her act on parody and physical humor. A perennial Ziegfeld Follies star after 1910, she attained international fame with her signature torch-song parody, "My Man." Appearing in vaudeville, musicals, dramas, movies, and radio throughout her career, Brice demonstrated that a woman could succeed in entertainment without exploiting her sexuality or making a fool of herself or other women. 

World Creole Music Festival

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Creole music, language, and culture are sources of national pride for the island nation of Dominica, as they are for peoples throughout the Caribbean, Latin America, and other regions where Creoles have settled. The World Creole Music Festival is a three-day event showcasing this distinctive music and culture, held in Dominica's capital city, Roseau, as well as other cities on the island. The festival has brought attention to a diverse set of musical genres that are directly or indirectly associated with Creole music, including cadence-lypso, zouk, soukous, bouyon, and zydeco.

Going to Space Is a Real Pain in the Back

A six-month stay on the International Space Station can be a pain in the back for astronauts. While they may gain up to 2 inches in height temporarily, that effect is accompanied by a weakening of the muscles supporting the spine, according to a new study. 
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1863 - The International Committee of the Red Cross was founded. 

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1945 - The first ballpoint pens to be made commercially went on sale at Gimbels Department Store in New York at the price of $12.50 each. 

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1956 - "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" premiered on NBC. The show replaced "The Camel News Caravan." 

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1960 - Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) won his first professional fight. 

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1966 - The National Organization for Women was founded. 

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1991 - The U.S. Galileo spacecraft became the first to visit an asteroid (Gaspra). 

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1998 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with John Glenn on board. Glenn was 77 years old. In 1962 he became the first American to orbit the Earth. 

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1998 - The oldest known copy of Archimedes' work sold for $2 million at a New York auction. 


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DAILY SQU-EEK



If You Were Born Today, October 29
You are playful and spontaneous, and you are usually up for an adventure. Your attachment to your family and to your private life is very strong, and you will do pretty much anything to defend a loved one. You are a passionate person who enjoys debates and shaking things up once in a while. You can be hard to read, simply because there is a decidedly intense side to your nature, yet you can come across as quirky at times as well. Overall, you tend to be respected, and when people you don't know well seem to be intimidated by you at first, it's likely because they are in awe on one hand, and are unsure how to read you on the other. Famous people born today: Winona Ryder, Joely Fisher, Kate Jackson, Richard Dreyfuss, Ben Foster.


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READER'S BLOG
follow sally through her adventures in new england


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Pictures of the day

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Oedipus and the Sphinx is an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by Gustave Moreau that depicts the meeting between Oedipus and the Sphinx on the road to Delphi. The painting was first exhibited at the French Salon of 1864, where it was an immediate success. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.


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knit. halloween
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crochet. halloween

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crochet, o - 6 mths. halloween
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crochet

crochet. halloween


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RECIPE, adults only. halloween


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CROCKPOT RECIPE


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SWEETS, crockpot


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ADULT COLORING. halloween



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CRAFTS. halloween

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CHILDREN'S CORNER ... coloring. halloween

halloween collage


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PUZZLE


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QUOTE


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A male horsefly can reach speeds of 90 mph! Submitted by Dan Paulun, W. Lafayette, OH -------------------- Southern Californians Tonya Mickesh and Jeff Reitz visited Disney Land every day during 2012—a total of 366 trips! -------------------- In 2006, extreme cello players Clare Wallace, Jeremy Dawson, and James Rees played concerts on the roofs of 31 different cathedrals in England!


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CLEVER
Bake cupcakes for 5 minutes and then drop a Hershey Kiss 
in the center and continue baking. It sinks to the middle and 
makes a chocolate center ... try the ones with almonds


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EYE OPENER
thanks, gail





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