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Celebrate National Geographic Day
National Geographic is something we take for granted, which is not surprising considering that it has been around for well over 100 years. The first issue of the magazine was published in 1888, and National Geographic Magazines have been published regularly, once per month, since then.
National Geographic Magazine has covered thousands of topics since its inception, from lovely, peaceful Balinese dancers to controversial topics such as the brutal killing of animals by poachers and those convinced of the magical properties of certain animal parts. For almost 130 years, National Geographic magazine has been awakening people’s interest in far away, unknown countries, their foods and customs, and above all, those who live there, both human and not. And this is of course why National Geographic is more than deserving of its own day, and we’ve seen to it that it got one.
History of National Geographic Day
National Geographic Magazine was created as a text-oriented publication by the National Geographic society in 1888. Due to the popularity of the segments containing numerous pictures, National Geographic magazine quickly switched to extensive pictorial content.
National Geographic Magazine became especially famous for its balanced portrayal of North America compared to the countries behind the iron curtain, downplaying politics to focus on culture, and not avoiding the Cold War topic as many publications tended to do at that time. More recently, National Geographic Magazine has been especially outspoken on environmental issues, such as deforestation and endangered species. National Geographic Magazine has also been praised for its beautiful photography and its book-like quality.
THESE ARE THE BEST 'DOUBLETAKE' PHOTOS
distractify
Oh sweet, three people can sit up front.
Word of the Day
palimony
MEANING:
noun: Financial support or other compensation given by one member of an unmarried couple to another after separation.
USAGE:
“NBA star Blake Griffin is being sued for palimony by his former girlfriend Brynn Cameron, who alleges he abandoned her and their children to pursue a relationship with Kendall Jenner.”
Did Blake Griffin Slam-Dunk His Ex-Girlfriend for Kendall Jenner?; The Sun(Lowell, Massachusetts); Feb 16, 2018.
Please, you're ruining my image of you as a cute and cuddly electric mouse.
Did Blake Griffin Slam-Dunk His Ex-Girlfriend for Kendall Jenner?; The Sun(Lowell, Massachusetts); Feb 16, 2018.
Idiom of the Day
A black sheep
Someone who is the black sheep doesn't fit into a group or family because their behavior or character is bad, odd or disgraces the group.
Example: My brother was the black sheep in the family - he ran away at 16 to become an actor.
Did you know...? The idiom originated from the occasional black sheep which is born into a herd of white sheep and the fact that black sheep are less desirable than white ones because it is more difficult to dye their wool different colors.
The cow must have very long moos.
This Day in History
1756 - Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.
1870 - Kappa Alpha Theta, the first women’s sorority, was founded at Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, IN.
1880 - Thomas Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp.
1926 - John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television.
1945 - Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
1948 - Wire Recording Corporation of America announced the first magnetic tape recorder. The ‘Wireway’ machine with a built-in oscillator sold for $149.50.
1956 - Elvis Presley released "Heartbreak Hotel."
1967 - More than 60 nations signed the Outer Space Treaty which banned the orbiting of nuclear weapons and placing weapons on celestial bodies or space stations.
1971 - David Bowie arrived for his first visit to the U.S. He did not perform, but received a lot of publicity for wearing dresses in Texas and Louisiana.
1984 - Carl Lewis beat his own two-year-old record by 9-1/4 inches when he set a new indoor world record with a long-jump mark of 28 feet, 10-1/4 inches.
1984 - Wayne Gretzky set a National Hockey League (NHL) record for consecutive game scoring. He ended the streak at 51 games.
1997 - It was revealed that French national museums were holding nearly 2,000 works of art stolen from Jews by the Nazis during World War II.
2010 - Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, January 27
You possess creative and verbal style, an analytical mind, and broad tolerance of others' differences. Many of you are excellent at teaching, whether or not you do it for a living, as others readily respect you and follow your lead. As well, you are good at encouraging and motivating people. You are an especially trustworthy person. You value your personal freedom more than most and don't easily accept restrictions. Your thinking is progressive and way ahead of your time. Famous people born today:
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian musical prodigy and composer (Figaro), born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1791)
1775 Friedrich von Schelling, German philosopher(Views on Christianity), born in Leonberg, Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1854)
1832 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], English author (Alice in Wonderland), born in Daresbury, England (d. 1898)
1850 Samuel Gompers, American labor union leader (American Federation of Labor), born in London, England (d. 1924)
1936 Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and Nobel Laureate (1976 J/ψ particle), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
READERS INFO
1.
1956 -
The single “Heartbreak Hotel” topped Billboard's Top 100 chart for seven weeks, Cashbox's pop singles chart for six weeks. It was No. 1 on the Country and Western chart for seventeen weeks and went to No. 3 on the R&B chart, becoming Presley’s first million-seller, and one of the best-selling singles of 1956. The song reached the
top 5 of Country and best-selling singles of 1956.
In 1995 "Heartbreak Hotel" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and in 2004 Rolling Stone magazine named it one of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". That year it was also included in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame‘s "500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll".
SUNDAY'S INTERESTING FACTS
Incidentally, “That’s what she said” is thought to have been around since the 1970s with the earliest documented case of the phrase showing up on Saturday Night Live, spoken by Chevy Chase in a weekend update skit in 1975, which also happened to be the first season of SNL. “That’s what she said” was later hugely popularized thanks to Wayne’s World skits on Saturday Night Live and later usage in the movie “Wayne’s World”. The British also have their own version of that statement which has been around for much longer (over a century), "said the actress to the Bishop". You can read more about how that phrase came about here: The British Equivalent of “That’s What She Said”
Dick also once popularly meant an assertion, announcement, or declaration, such as "I do dick Mr. Beauregard... you are my hero!" Similarly, someone's 'dying dick' meant something completely different in the Middle Ages as it would now, namely their 'dying declaration'.
People with the name Robert are also called Bob via much the same process as people who are named Richard being called Dick. Namely Robert -> Rob and then the rhyming nickname Bob. Similarly, this is also how we get Bill from William, William -> Will rhyming then to Bill. The nickname Hodge is derived this same way from Roger: Roger -> Rodge -> Hodge. Polly likewise comes from the name Molly... the list goes on and on and on.
While you won't typically hear people calling Richards 'Hicks' anymore, this nickname did give rise to 'Hudde'. This in turn gave us 'Hudson' around the late 13th century, which of course is now a somewhat common surname.
Speaking of Hudsons, Katy Perry’s real name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson. She created the stage name “Katy Perry” so as not to be confused with Kate Hudson. Before she did this, she did release an album under her real name, with the album called “Katy Hudson”. The album flopped. It wasn’t until she signed with Capitol Music Group in 2007 that she adopted the stage name Katy Perry.
While people often exaggerate tiny hailstones as “golf-ball size” when describing them to others, in June of 2003 Aurora, Nebraska experienced one hail of a hailstorm. The National Climate Extremes Committee documented the hail size that fell in that storm, with many being about the size of a soft ball. One particular hailstone found from that storm is the largest ever well documented, a full seven inches in diameter, or just a little smaller than a standard soccer ball.
PATTERN BOOK SUNDAY
COOKBOOK SUNDAY
1870 - Kappa Alpha Theta, the first women’s sorority, was founded at Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, IN.
1880 - Thomas Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp.
1984 - Wayne Gretzky set a National Hockey League (NHL) record for consecutive game scoring. He ended the streak at 51 games.
1997 - It was revealed that French national museums were holding nearly 2,000 works of art stolen from Jews by the Nazis during World War II.
2010 - Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad.
DAILY SQU-EEK
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian musical prodigy and composer (Figaro), born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1791)1775 Friedrich von Schelling, German philosopher(Views on Christianity), born in Leonberg, Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1854)1832 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], English author (Alice in Wonderland), born in Daresbury, England (d. 1898)1850 Samuel Gompers, American labor union leader (American Federation of Labor), born in London, England (d. 1924)1936 Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and Nobel Laureate (1976 J/ψ particle), born in Ann Arbor, Michigantop 5 of Country and best-selling singles of 1956.
Incidentally, “That’s what she said” is thought to have been around since the 1970s with the earliest documented case of the phrase showing up on Saturday Night Live, spoken by Chevy Chase in a weekend update skit in 1975, which also happened to be the first season of SNL. “That’s what she said” was later hugely popularized thanks to Wayne’s World skits on Saturday Night Live and later usage in the movie “Wayne’s World”. The British also have their own version of that statement which has been around for much longer (over a century), "said the actress to the Bishop". You can read more about how that phrase came about here: The British Equivalent of “That’s What She Said”
Dick also once popularly meant an assertion, announcement, or declaration, such as "I do dick Mr. Beauregard... you are my hero!" Similarly, someone's 'dying dick' meant something completely different in the Middle Ages as it would now, namely their 'dying declaration'.
People with the name Robert are also called Bob via much the same process as people who are named Richard being called Dick. Namely Robert -> Rob and then the rhyming nickname Bob. Similarly, this is also how we get Bill from William, William -> Will rhyming then to Bill. The nickname Hodge is derived this same way from Roger: Roger -> Rodge -> Hodge. Polly likewise comes from the name Molly... the list goes on and on and on.
While people often exaggerate tiny hailstones as “golf-ball size” when describing them to others, in June of 2003 Aurora, Nebraska experienced one hail of a hailstorm. The National Climate Extremes Committee documented the hail size that fell in that storm, with many being about the size of a soft ball. One particular hailstone found from that storm is the largest ever well documented, a full seven inches in diameter, or just a little smaller than a standard soccer ball.
COOKBOOK SUNDAY
Imperator torosus, the brawny bolete, is a fungus in the family Boletaceae. Native to southern Europe, the Caucasus and Israel, it is generally associated with deciduous trees such as hornbeam, oak and beech in warm, dry locales. Although generally rare in Europe, it appears to be relatively common in Hungary. Appearing in summer and autumn on chalky soils, the stocky mushrooms have an ochre cap up to 20 cm (8 in) across, yellow pores on the cap underside, and a wine-red to brown or blackish stalk up to 6–15 cm (2.4–5.9 in) long by 3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) wide. The pale yellow flesh changes color when broken or bruised depending on age; younger mushrooms become reddish, and older ones take on bluish tones. Swedish mycologists Elias Magnus Fries and Christopher Theodor Hök described this species as Boletus torosus in 1835, relying in part on the work of Louis Secretan. Eating raw, or sometimes even cooked, mushrooms of this species leads to vomiting and diarrhea.
Gannet flight –
Northern Gannet
this guy's guy eyes on the back of his head
thanks, Stella
Heart Dishcloth
knit
thanks, Anna
knit
knit
knit
F627 Hooded Neckwarmer pattern by Vanessa Ewing
This toothy dog.
crochet, Valentine's Day
thanks, Stella
Heart Dishcloth
crochet
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
crochet
HONEYCOMB CROCHET HAT
crochet
Tunisian Honey Bee Cowl
An accurate picture of me when I decide to break my low-carb diet.
thanks, Jane
Spaghetti and gravel balls. Yum.
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Dana
Nothing like chasing a candy bar down with some battery acid.
SWEETS
thanks, Shelley
These organic people are going too far.
Don't understand why people like the food here.
ADULT COLORING
What's worse? The fact that he's fake bowling at a bowling alley, or that he hurt his hand while playing on a tablet.
CRAFTS ... Valentine's Day
thanks, Kathy
DISCO BALL
He's sassy, he's got one tiny arm, he's...
Sassy one-tiny-armed expo visitor man!
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Valentine's Day
thanks, Jill
The greatest balancing act of all time, or this photographer has amazing timing.
PUZZLE
All right well there's a ramp, but they want you to work for it a little bit at the end. Good luck
WORD SEARCH
| again avenue behind chose dense diner drink | energy experience figure friend ghost going grand | happy hate house legislative morning motor native nerve north | paint phone piano queen rage rape reap sign swamp | tact think ties together touch unite white within world |
That tree does not look like a tree. Plug it — this is a family site.
SUDOKU ... hard
solution:
Chicken leg kick-stand to inspire confidence.
QUOTE
Ugh no wonder why his photos turned out so bad.
The upside down bite the most devastating of canine attacks
CLEVER
Driving in extreme weather conditions is no simple task. The rain pours, the snow freezes, and the sun blinds you. But have no fear, there are ways to combat even the worst storms that come your way.
me: Not bad, just make sure you have AAA on speed dial.
you?
Stretch Armstrong.
EYE OPENER
thanks, Sam
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