Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Opera Day February 8, 2017

DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate Opera Day
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Operas have been captivating audiences since the sixteenth century, and this highly revered art form continues to gain new enthusiasts today. An opera is a piece of performance art that combines music with text, and is often a dramatic enaction of a story, complete with acting, scenery and costumes.
There is no better time to celebrate your passion for opera than Opera Day. If you have yet to develop a passion for opera, Opera Day is the perfect day to begin. The most standard way of celebrating is to experience an opera for yourself. Check with your local theater and see if there is a performance you can attend. If this isn’t an option, the Internet has made it easy to experience the wonder of opera from the comfort of your home. Try browsing Youtube for performances of masterpieces by the likes of Verdi, Mozart and Wagner.
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Word of the Day

condescending 


Definition:(adjective) Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude.
Synonyms:patronizingarch
Usage:Sir William, no doubt, meant to be kind, but he was cold and condescending, and not a little pompous and conceited.

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Idiom of the Day


hurler on the ditch

 — A person who offers unsolicited criticism or advice about something in which he or she is not an active participant. Taken from the sport of hurling, a player of which is a hurler. Primarily heard in Ireland. 


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History

NASDAQ Stock Market Begins Trading (1971)

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When the NASDAQ stock exchange began trading in 1971, it was the world's first electronic stock market. Founded in New York by the National Association of Securities Dealers, NASDAQ initially existed as computer bulletin board system that did not yet connect buyers and sellers. Today, it lists more companies and has more trading volume than any other US electronic stock exchange. In 2007, NASDAQ acquired the oldest stock exchange in America for $652 million. 

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828)

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Verne was a French novelist credited with originating the modern genre of science fiction. Early on, he was interested in theater and wrote librettos for operas. Later, he drew upon his knowledge of science and geography to write romances of extraordinary journeys, which quickly became very popular. He wrote more than 50 books in his lifetime, including A Journey to the Center of the Earth and Around the World in Eighty Days.

Yaya Matsuri

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The Yaya Matsuri, held in Owase, Japan, during the first five days in February, features mikoshi (portable shrines) carried through the streets by groups of young men who meet and deliberately crash into each other. The festival takes its name from their shouts—"Yaya! Yaya!"—as they run into one another. Several special events, including dances, are held during the five-day festival. On the last night, there is a ceremony at the Owase Shrine to determine who will participate in the festival the next year.

What Makes a Frog's Tongue So Sticky? The Secret Is in the Spit

Frogs and amphibians can nab an fly with remarkable speed — but the real secret of their bug-catching prowess is in the saliva. Unlike human spit, sticky frog saliva is a non-Newtonian fluid. That means it behaves as both a liquid and a solid. 
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What makes a frog’s tongue so sticky?
The secret is in the spit

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1693 - A charter was granted for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA

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1910 - William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America. 

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1922 - The White House began using radio after U.S. President Harding had it installed. 

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1936 - The first National Football League draft was held. Jay Berwanger was the first to be selected. He went to the Philadelphia Eagles. 

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1956 - Buddy Holly signed a recording contract with Decca Records. He left the "e" out of his last name (Holley) and dropped it from his stage name as well. 

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1965 - The Supremes' "Stop in the Name Of Love" was released. 

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1969 - The last issue of the "Saturday Evening Post" was published. It was revived in 1971 as a quarterly publication and later a 6 times a year. 

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1974 - The three-man crew of the Skylab space station returned to Earth after 84 days. 

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1985 - "The Dukes of Hazzard" ended its 6-1/2 year run on CBS television. 

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1988 - First female ice hockey game in Olympic history. Finland beat Sweden 6 - 0.
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DAILY SQU-EEK



If You Were Born Today, February 8
There is nothing modest about your ambitions, although you are generally patient enough to pursue your long-term goals. You also have the drive and spirit to achieve success. You are a responsible and respectable person who believes in being fair to all. You are confident and frank, but also friendly and tactful. Work is extremely important to you, and you have little patience for those who don't do their fair share. You possess much stamina. Others can truly count on you! Famous people born today: James Dean, Seth Green, Lana Turner, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Nolte.
READERS INFO
ANCIENT ROMAN FACTS
Ancient Romans celebrated "Saturnalia," a festival in which slaves and their masters would switch places.
Flamingo tongues were a delicacy in ancient Rome.
In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born 
with a crooked nose.
Ancient Rome was eight times more densely populated than modern New York.
Life expectancy in Ancient Rome was from 20 to 30 years.
Urine was used in Ancient Rome to wash clothes.
Paris was originally a Roman city called "Lutetia." 
Women in ancient Rome wore the sweat of Gladiators to improve their beauty and complexion.

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Pictures of the day

The Magpie
The Magpie, by the French Impressionist Claude Monet, is one of approximately 140 snowscapes produced by Monet and is his largest winter painting. It depicts a solitary black-and-white magpie perched on a gate formed in a wattle fence, as the light of the sun shines upon freshly fallen snow creating blue shadows.

THE NEWEST ROOM AT SWEDEN'S TREEHOTEL HAS AN OUTDOOR NET WITH A TREE THROUGH IT
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Just imagine stargazing and seeing the Northern Lights from the outdoor patio net.

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knit - VALENTINE'S DAY
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thanks, Sharon
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thanks, Marge


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crochet - VALENTINE'S DAY
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Valentine Heart Scarf

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crochet
thanks, Lisa

crochet
thanks, June
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Dollie


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RECIPE
thanks, Shelley

thanks for the guinea pigs pics, Helen
you can do it! pick up that project and start stitching!

CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Jackie
Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff

finish one project before you start another

SWEETS
thanks, Sally
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Crazy Cake Gluten Free Chocolate Cake

did you seriously just buy more floss?

ADULT COLORING





do we smell stitching progress? wheeek!



feed me now. stitch later.

CHILDREN'S  CORNER ... dot to dot
Hard connect the dots games for adults and kids

you do not want to start a new project

PUZZLE
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Butterfly Green Blue Jigsaw Puzzle

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QUOTE
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal. - Calvin Coolidge

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Forty is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order.-------------------- Tsutomu Yamaguchi of Nagasaki, Japan, survived not one, but two atomic bombings in 1945 - one while on a trip to Hiroshima, the other upon his return home three days later.-------------------- In 1857, S.B. Ellithorp patented The Squirrel Machine - a sewing machine shaped like a grey squirrel!

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CLEVER (hehehe)
If you ever feel a little bit stupid, just dig this up and read it again; you'll begin to think you're a genius..
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(On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,"
--Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.

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"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."
--Mariah Carey

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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life,"
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign

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"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,"
--Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky,basketball forward .

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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC
 

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"Half this game is ninety percent mental."
-- Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark

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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
--Al Gore, Vice President

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"I love California practically grew up in Phoenix ."
-- Dan Quayle

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"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"
--Lee Iacocca

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"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
--Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.

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"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."
-- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.

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"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
--Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina

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"Traditionally, most of Australia 's imports come from overseas."
--Keppel Enderbery

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"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record."
-- Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

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EYE OPENER
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