Friday, March 17, 2017

St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2017

DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
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Saint Patrick’s Day, colloquially St. Paddy’s Day or simply Paddy’s Day, is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick, the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland.
Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated worldwide by those of Irish descent and increasingly by people of other ethnicities as well, notably in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and North America. Celebrations are generally themed around all things Irish and, by association, the color green. Both Christians and non-Christians celebrate the secular version of the holiday by wearing green, eating Irish food and/or green foods, imbibing Irish drink and attending parades, which have a particularly long history in the United States and in Canada.
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Word of the Day

trawler 


Definition:(noun) A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
Synonyms:dragger
Usage:The fisherman boarded the trawler at four in the morning.

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Idiom of the Day


in a bad light

 — Negatively; under unfavorable circumstances. (Typically used with the verbs "see" or "show," or some similar variation.) 

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History

Vedder Snaps Pulitzer Prize-Winning Burst of Joy (1973)

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Taken at the end of the Vietnam War, Slava "Sal" Veder's Burst of Joy became a symbol of the widespread sentiment in America that the horrors of war were over and military families could begin the healing process. The photo captures the return home of Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, who had been shot down over North Vietnam and held as a prisoner of war for over five years. It shows his children running to greet him on the tarmac, his daughter with open arms. 

Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones, Jr. (1902)

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A practicing attorney, Jones was only an amateur golfer, yet in 1930 he became the only man to win four major golf championships in a single year and the only sports figure to be honored with two New York City ticker-tape parades. At 28, he had already won 13 major championships. He was hailed for his sportsmanship when he lost a major tournament by one stroke after calling a penalty on himself for an infraction that no one else saw.

Liberalia

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Liber and Libera were ancient Roman fertility deities, worshiped along with Ceres. The triad of Ceres, Liber, and Libera was identified with the Greek deities Demeter, Dionysus, and Persephone. At the festival held in honor of Liber and Libera on March 17, young Roman boys who had come of age wore the toga virilis for the first time. In the ancient Italian town of Lavinium, a whole month was consecrated to Liber. The various rituals carried out during this time were designed to ensure the growth of newly planted seeds.

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0461 - Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor.

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1870 - Wellesley College was incorporated by the Massachusetts legislature under its first name, Wellesley Female Seminary. 

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1884 - In Otay, California, John Joseph Montgomery made the first manned, controlled, heavier-than-air glider flight in the United States

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1917 - America’s first bowling tournament for ladies began in St. Louis, MO. Almost 100 women participated in the event. 

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1941 - The National Gallery of Art was officially opened by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC.

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1958 - The Coasters recorded "Yakety Yak." 

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1967 - Snoopy and Charlie Brown of "Peanuts" were on the cover of "LIFE" magazine. 

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1969 - Golda Meir was sworn in as the fourth premier of Israel. 

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1973 - Queen Elizabeth 11 opens new London Bridge

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1989 - Dorothy Cudahy, a radio broadcaster, becomes the first female grand marshal NYC's of St. Patrick's Day Parade

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2004 - NASA's Messenger became the first spacecraft to enter into orbit around Mercury. The probe took more than 270,000 pictures before it crashed into the surface of Mercury on April 30, 2015. 

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If You Were Born Today, March 17


As sensitive, changeable, and deep as you are, you are also very determined and self-motivated. Inner restlessness is likely, especially in your youth. Many of you feel that you have a calling, and it can take some time to tune into the right path. Spiritual and perceptive, you are one who looks for a higher meaning to your existence. However, you seek love first and foremost and make a loyal and loving partner. Famous people born today: Rob Lowe, Mia Hamm, Billy Corgan, Nat King Cole, Melissa Auf der Mar, Kurt Russell, Patrick Duffy, Brittany Daniel.
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Saint Patrick's Day History
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St. Patrick's Day is a celebration of Irish pride and heritage. Saint Patrick was a British-born priest and former slave who is known for converting the Irish to Christianity and chasing the snakes out of the country.  He died on March 17, in the year 461 and was mostly forgotten. As time passed, stories grew around St. Patrick and centuries later he was honored with the title of Patron Saint of Ireland.  

Over the years, big parties and the custom of drowning the shamrock at the end of the celebrations - a shamrock is placed in the bottom of a cup that is then filled with whiskey, cider or beer then drank with a toast - have become increasingly popular all over the world. Every year, on March 17th, this holiday is celebrated around the globe with shamrocks, leprechauns and lots of green.

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  • St. Patrick used the three-leaf shamrock to explain the Trinity to non-Christians.  The leaves stood for the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 
  • Approximately 5.5 million pints of Irish Guinness stout are consumed on an average day. On St. Patrick's Day, nearly 13 million are consumed.
  • Wearing the shamrock, a three-leaf clover is a St. Patrick's Day tradition. The official three-leaf clover is known scientifically as Trifolium dubium however clovers can also have more leaves. Four-leaf clovers are said to be lucky, however the odds of finding one are about 1 to 10,000.
  • The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my soul was roused, so that, in a single day, I have said as many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same. - St. Patrick
  • Sláinte! - used when clinking glasses with friends at a bar (equivalent of Cheers or Health!)

Saint Patrick's Day Top Events and Things to Do

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  • Wear green! In some parts of the world, the custom is to pinch people who aren't wearing the color of shamrocks.
  • Attend a St. Patrick's Day parade.  Major cities like Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, and Boston host marching bands and floats.
  • The heart of any Irish neighborhood is its local pub. Share a couple of green Guinness beers with friends at a local Irish pub or try Magner's (Bulmer's) apple cider as an alternative.
  • St. Patrick was a brave and humble man.  Have you been putting off something because you are afraid to do it?  Do it today in honor of St. Patrick's day.
  • Enjoy a traditional Irish meal. A traditional Irish St. Patrick's Day meal would include roasted leg of lamb, carrots, parsnips, peas and lots of potatoes!

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Pictures of the day

Roger B. Taney
Roger B. Taney (1777–1864) was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from 1836 until his death. Taney presided over Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which ruled that a "free negro of the African race, whose ancestors were brought to this country and sold as slaves" could not be a citizen under the U.S. Constitution, and thus had no rights which white men were bound to respect. Taney died during the last months of the American Civil War, on the same day that his home state of Maryland abolished slavery.


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RECIPE
Shamrock Pretzel Pops

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CROCKPOT RECIPE
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SWEETS
This Homemade Mint Tea Marshmallows Recipe uses herbal mint tea bags for plenty of spearmint & peppermint flavor! Especially fun for St. Patrick's Day or Christmas celebrations.

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ADULT COLORING

St. Patrick's Day Coloring Pages - Lucky

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CRAFTS
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CHILDREN'S CORNER ... puzzle

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PUZZLE
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WORD SEARCH
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QUOTE
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The dress worn by Marilyn Monroe when she sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in Madison Square Garden, New York City, sold at an auction in November 2016, for a world record $4.81 million! Believe it or not!------------------- According to census data, 33 million U.S. residents claim Irish ancestry. That's seven times Ireland's total population!----------------------- At the height of summer, a moose's antlers can grow an inch every day!

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HOW TO ADMINISTER CPR ON YOURSELF!

From: Dr. Geetha Krishnaswamy
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1. Let’s say it’s 7.25pm and you’re going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job.

2. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated.

3 Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are only about five km from the hospital nearest your home.

4. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far.

5. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy who taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

6. HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE? Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

7. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

8. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.

SNOPES: Cough CPR (a mixed review)

"Rather than risk killing yourself with cough CPR, those experiencing a heart attack should heed the advice of physicians the world over — down a couple of Aspirin as an emergency remedy. Doctors believe that during the early stages of a heart attack, Aspirin — which is known to prevent blood platelets from sticking together — can prevent a clot from getting bigger. In 1991  Dr. Michael Vance, president of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, recommended that people who think they are having a heart attack should "Call 911, then take an Aspirin." 

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