Electricity has become such an enormous part of our lives that it’s become difficult for us to imagine a moment without it. Be honest: can you really imagine life without your cell phone, your TV, or your refrigerator? Can you imagine having to wash all your clothes by hand, starting a fire just to get some warm water, or going to bed when it gets dark because candlelight is not really enough to do anything properly? You may take electricity for granted, but it wasn’t too long ago that the aforementioned situations were the norm for people all over the world. But everything has a price, and it’s becoming increasingly clear that the price of all of our lives being made easier is the well-being of the planet. And that’s why movements like Earth Hour were created—to help us all give our planet some thought every now and then.
The History of Earth Hour
In 2004, worried by scientific findings, Australia’s World Wide Fund for Nature met with an advertising agency in Sydney to “discuss ideas for engaging Australians on the issue of climate change”. Together, they coined the idea of a large scale switch off in 2006 and called it “The Big Flick” and decided to make their idea reality. The mayor of Sydney was quickly convinced of the importance of raising awareness about the amount of electricity being used and how that affected the planet, and the first ever Earth Hour was held on March 31 in Sydney, Australia at 7:30 pm.
Soon, the idea began to spread, with San Francisco being the next major city to run a “Lights Out” program in October 2007.
Soon, the idea began to spread, with San Francisco being the next major city to run a “Lights Out” program in October 2007.
The event was an enormous success and received lots of positive media coverage, and by 2008, 35 countries in the world were participating on all seven continents. Between 8 and 9 pm, hundreds of cities in these 35 countries turned off their lights. Even some of the most famous landmarks participated, including the Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia), Empire State Building (New York City), National Monument (Jakarta, Indonesia), Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, US), Table Mountain (Cape Town, South Africa), the Colosseum (Rome, Italy), Azrieli Center (Tel Aviv, Israel), Royal Castle (Stockholm, Sweden), the CN Tower (Toronto, Canada), SM Science Discovery Center (Manila, Philippines), Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), KL Tower (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Wat Arun Temple (Bangkok, Thailand), The London City Hall (London, England), and others. In 2016, the number of countries participating grew to 170. Many celebrities have expressed their support for the event, including Lionel Messi, Al Gore, Yoko Ono and Nelson Mandela.
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Rui Zilhao was born in Porto, Portugal in 1971. He graduated in 1997 with a BFA from the University of Lisbon. His degree was in Plastic Arts and Painting. He is an adept and talented portrait artist with an interest in caricature drawing.
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History
Archbishop Óscar Romero Assassinated in San Salvador (1980)
As the archbishop of San Salvador during El Salvador's civil war, Romero won international acclaim by speaking out against social injustices, such as human rights abuses and assassinations perpetrated by the Salvadoran government. Just one day after Romero publicly exhorted Salvadoran soldiers to obey God instead of their corrupt government, he was shot to death while celebrating Mass.
Olive Schreiner (1855)
Schreiner was a South African author and feminist. Though she had no formal education, she read widely and developed a keen intellect and militantly feminist and liberal views. In 1883, she published her famed semi autobiographical novel, The Story of an African Farm, about a girl who lives on an isolated farm and struggles to attain independence in the face of rigid Boer social conventions.
Ganguar
Gangaur is one of the highlights of the festival year in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is observed in celebration of Gauri, another name for Parvati, Shiva's wife. This is largely a girls' and women's festival, but boys and men get to enjoy the elaborate processions that take place in cities around the state, such as Jaipur. The festival continues for 18 days, during which women fast, dress in their best clothes, adorn themselves with intricate henna designs, and pray. The festival culminates with feasting and processions of the goddess' image that celebrate the union of Gauri and Shiva.
Stem cell transplant 'game changer' for MS patients
Doctors say a stem cell transplant could be a "game changer" for many patients with multiple sclerosis. Results from an international trial show that it was able to stop the disease and improve symptoms. It involves wiping out a patient's immune system ...
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1837 - Canada gave blacks the right to vote
1882 - In Berlin, German scientist Robert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis germ (bacillus).
1900 - Mayor Van Wyck of New York broke the ground for the New York subway tunnel that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
1911 - In Denmark, penal code reform abolished corporal punishment.
1920 - The first U.S. coast guard air station was established at Morehead City, NC.
1932 - Belle Baker hosted a radio variety show from a moving train. It was the first radio broadcast from a train.
1955 - Tennessee Williams' play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" debuted on Broadway.
1960 - A U.S. appeals court ruled that the novel "Lady Chatterley’s Lover" was not obscene and could be sent through the mail.
1980 - "Nightline" with Ted Koppel premiered.
1989 - The Exxon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound after it ran aground.
2002 - Thieves stole five 17th century paintings from the Frans Hals Museum in the Dutch city of Haarlem. The paintings were worth about $2.6 million. The paintings were works by Jan Steen, Cornelis Bega, Adriaan van Ostade and Cornelis Dusart.
2005 - Sandra Bullock received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, March 24
Exceptionally intuitive, you are highly perceptive and often have very good instincts. Many of you have psychic ability, or at least, very accurate first impressions. You are idealistic and truthful, and others generally respect you for speaking the truth, even if it hurts sometimes! You are stubborn but determined; loving and dedicated. Famous people born today: Harry Houdini, Steve McQueen, Jim Parsons, David Suzuki, Alyson Hannigan.
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DC National Cherry Blossom Festival 2018
Mar 20 - Apr 15, 2018* | Washington, DC
Throughout Washington, DC|
Over 70,000 people flock to Washington, D.C., every year to view the cherry blossoms that bloom throughout the city in the springtime. The National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates this yearly occurrence in commemoration of the gift of Japanese cherry trees to Washington, D.C., by Tokyo City Mayor Yukio Ozaki in 1912. Presented as a symbol of the growing relationship between the two countries, this gift eventually resulted in 3,750 trees being planted around D.C. In addition to the beautiful pink blossoms, the festival features attractions such as colorful balloons, beautifully decorated floats, a parade and marching bands from different states around the country. The opening ceremony takes place in the National Building Museum and is immediately followed by an abundance of cultural events for guests to enjoy including a sushi and sake celebration, various art exhibits, fashion shows and live performances.
further information: 2018 Cherry Blossom Festival - Washington DC | Cherry Blossom Watch
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Treefort Music Fest 2018
Mar 21-25, 2018 | Boise, ID
If you’ve never visited Treasure Valley in southwestern Idaho, then you’re about to discover an exhilarating festival experience in downtown Boise. Dubbed “the west’s best SXSW alternative” by a Portland music critic, the Treefort Music Fest stands on its own as a phenomenal, close-knit celebration featuring talented, emerging artists from around the world.
further information: Treefort Music Fest 2018
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ATV Mud Nationals 2018
Mar 21-25, 2018 | Jacksonville, TX
Mud Creek Off Road Park|3971 County Rd 4209
ATV Mud Nationals held in Jacksonville, Texas, is the largest ATV celebration in the world inviting ATVers from all over the world to race the rocky, muddy terrain. Besides several races and challenges that pit hundreds of the best racers against each other in spectacular muddy showdowns, guests are also invited to the evening concert series featuring nationally renowned country and rock musical acts and a trade show of some of the most extreme ATVs ever built.
further information: High Lifter Mud National Events
The puma (Puma concolor, or Felis concolor) is a type of large hunting cat found in North and South America. It is also known by the regional names of cougar, mountain lion, panther, catamount and painted cat. Pumas have the largest distribution range of any New World land animal, spanning 110 degrees of latitude
Guy building street legal upside down truck for $6000
The car was created from a 1991 Ford Ranger with a 1995 F-150 body placed over the top—upside down.
Huggie Bunnies (Knit) pattern by Sandra Paul
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FELT AND BUTTONS BUNNY
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Making your own Fish Crackers
CHILDREN'S CORNER 
I didn't have a fish cracker cookie cutter, but you can order online or I heard of people making their own out of an aluminum can. I haven't gotten that far and that is why mine look like CHICKEN NUGGETS! Lol I was hesitant of sharing the picture bc of it!! HA HA Mine was a santa cutter, but apparently his head is the shape of processed chicken!
Ingredients:
makes~ 100 1 1/2"
2. If it feels too warm, put into fridge for half hour which will make it easier to transfer shapes to pan.
I didn't have a fish cracker cookie cutter, but you can order online or I heard of people making their own out of an aluminum can. I haven't gotten that far and that is why mine look like CHICKEN NUGGETS! Lol I was hesitant of sharing the picture bc of it!! HA HA Mine was a santa cutter, but apparently his head is the shape of processed chicken!
makes~ 100 1 1/2"
- 6 oz (1 1/2 C Grated) sharp cheddar
- 4 tbs butter cold, grated
- 1/2 C whole wheat Flour
- 1/4 C all purpose flour
- 1/8-1/4 tsp table salt
- 1/8 tsp onion powder (optional)
- Preheat Oven 350*. Combine all ingredients in food processor or by hand until dough forms into a ball.
2. If it feels too warm, put into fridge for half hour which will make it easier to transfer shapes to pan.
On lightly floured surface and pin-Roll out the dough.
5. Remove and cool on rack.
3. Form shape using cookie cutter and transfer on ungreased cookie sheet or parchment paper.
4. Bake ~12-15 minutes on middle rack or until barely brown around edges.
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Butterfly Fish Purple Jigsaw Puzzle
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KNITTING TIP:
thanks, Jan
Hope your thumb is better - no fun having a hand hurt. For whatever it's worth - to increase my knitting time while protecting my joints, I keep three projects going at all times. One with tiny needles, one with middle-sized needles, and one on big needles. It changes slightly the movements you make, so you don't stress your joints in the same way. It seems to work for me - I can knit for hours even with rheumatoid arthritis as long as I change needle sizes!
What's Old is New: Retro Cookbooks on the Rise
publishersweekly
Baked Alaska, Oysters Rockefeller, Steak Diane--all are often thought of as dishes of a bygone era. Recently, though, a renewed interest in vintage recipes has brought them back into the limelight...and onto the pages of a host of new cookbooks. Titles hitting shelves in the coming months are both updating heirloom recipes for a modern age, and modern kitchens, and bringing untouched dishes back into the spotlight.
Sarah Billingsley, executive editor at Chronicle Books, believes this nostalgia for the past has everything to do with the present. “In fraught or trying times, people return to familiar flavors and experiences, looking to the past for comfort,” said Billingsley. “We’re seeing a strong nostalgic trend in many parts of our culture. Film, music, clothing, and food, of course. And baking is the ultimate comfort food and activity.” In May, Chronicle will publish The Vintage Baker: More Than 50 Recipes from Butterscotch Pecan Curls to Sour Cream Jumbles by Jessie Sheehan.
In the book, Sheehan tweaks recipes found in baking pamphlets published from the 1920s to the 1960s, detailing the dish’s origin in the headnotes, substituting ingredients or methods, and sometimes adding once-absent measurements, as she did for Latticed Blackberry-Lime Pie inspired by a recipe from 1909’s What a Cook Ought to Know About Corn Starch. Recipes for caramel popcorn were ubiquitous in many of Sheehan’s vintage recipe booklets, and in her iteration, Cinnamon Red Hots Popcorn, the author said she “gave the candied popcorn a bit of a spicy, cinnamon 21st century twist here, making the caramel from Cinnamon Red Hots candy.”
The Pink Silver Cake from 'The Vintage Baker.'
In May, Rizzoli will release The Graham Kerr Cookbook, a reissue of a 1966 cookbook by the host of the popular cooking show, The Galloping Gourmet, which aired from 1969 to 1971. The book is part of a larger project, The Lee Bros. Classic Library, a curation of vintage cookbook reissues by Matt and Ted Lee. (The first book in the series, Princess Pamela’s Soul Food Cookbook, was released in February 2017.)
“In the last few years American society seems to have aged through a generational divide, such that a majority of book buyers are now becoming acquainted with quintessential books of the 60s, 70s, and 80s for the very first time,” said Ted Lee. “The audience has refreshed and the manuscripts feel original again.”
The Graham Kerr Cookbook includes handwritten commentary from Kerr, who is now in his 80s and living north of Seattle, Wash. His recipes, which struck the Lee brothers as ahead of their time, range from what Lee calls “hero dishes” made for special occasions, like Pork Curry (which Graham himself made for the Queen Mother, according to Lee), to simple dishes, such as Roasted Cauliflower with Brown Butter and Breadcrumbs.
In Something Old, Something New: Classic Recipes Revised, out from Scribner in April, Tamar Adler “contradicts the somewhat clichéd notion of a simpler past,” said Scribner editor Kara Watson. “Its premise is that classic recipes have fallen out of favor because they were too complicated.” Adler, instead, eschews “fussy sauces and garnishes,” uses fewer ingredients, and speeds up processes, according to Watson. Adler tackles throwback recipes, but simplifies them (taking the flambé out of crepes Suzette), or makes them more pragmatic (Chicken in Leftover Wine, instead of Coq a Vin).
Interest in retro culture has, in recent years, reached into libations. “Besides the enduring love of the midcentury aesthetic ushered in by Mad Men, people love a good origin story,” said Michael Tizzano at Countryman Press. “So many of our staple cocktails have their origin in the post-prohibition to post-war years, and learning the story behind the first ever Moscow Mule or Tequila Sunrise makes one’s cocktail party conversation even more lively.”
In May, Countryman will be publishing Cocktails Across America: A Postcard View of Cocktail Culture in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s by Diane Lapis and Anne Peck-Davis. The book features cocktail recipes from a post-Prohibition era America, with an added bit of vintage ephemera in the design—tear-out postcards in the back of the book, reproductions of postcards of the age. “I’m excited for readers to use mail these and feel like they’re a part of a different, perhaps more glamorous, era,” said Tizzano.
From 'Cocktails Across America.'
Design is certainly a meaningful aspect of publishing a cookbook of vintage recipes, and publishers tapped different inspirations and techniques to strike the right tone. Chronicle designer Lizzie Vaughan “referenced and remixed” ephemera she had collected from flea markets to find the spirit of The Vintage Baker. “Often things designed pre-computer have lovely little quirks. The type won’t be perfectly aligned, hand-drawings will be added to fill every inch of negative space, and the patina of old paper is so rich. I tried to bring in a little of this charm to the design of the book.”
For The Graham Kerr Cookbook, Ted Lee said because original art and plates for a vintage book almost never survive, “there is always an element of overt design that has to be engaged.” For their part, the Lee brothers kept the design crisp, minimalist, and in keeping with the period, but borrowed elements from the first Australian edition of the book.
“We’d never attempt a facsimile edition, in any case,” said Lee. “We aim to tell a new story with our reissues, and here we hew close to the original design.” The entire package intends to expose classic recipes to a new generation of cooks. “Whether you are discovering or re-discovering these vintage cookbooks,” said Lee, “It’s natural, given the proliferation of new titles every year, for people to want to look back to the classics to know: how did we get here?”
Design is certainly a meaningful aspect of publishing a cookbook of vintage recipes, and publishers tapped different inspirations and techniques to strike the right tone. Chronicle designer Lizzie Vaughan “referenced and remixed” ephemera she had collected from flea markets to find the spirit of The Vintage Baker. “Often things designed pre-computer have lovely little quirks. The type won’t be perfectly aligned, hand-drawings will be added to fill every inch of negative space, and the patina of old paper is so rich. I tried to bring in a little of this charm to the design of the book.”
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