DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate Inspire Your Heart With Art Day
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Inspire Your Heart With Art Day sounds straightforward enough. Go to a gallery, theatre, cinema, or music venue, and soak up the art. Remember the instruction, though: Inspire Your Heart. Care is needed.
Have you noticed how edgy the arts have been getting lately? It’s not about truth and beauty any more. Artists want to shock you. That’s their new raison d’etre, and while it might thrill and enrage you, it’s not necessarily good for your heart.
So the key to getting the most out of this day is being selective about your art, and choosing something that will inspire your heart rather than expire it. With anything before 1967 you should be on fairly safe ground, but particularly recommended would be Turner (painting), Beethoven (Music) or Shakespeare (The Whole of Human Life). You know what you like of course: Go consume it!
Hand-Feeding Hummingbirds
Word of the Day
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| Definition: | (adjective) Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered. | ||
| Synonyms: | peevish, testy, cranky, fractious | ||
| Usage: | After their fight, her friend came to make amends, but she was feeling petulant and sulky and ignored him. | ||
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Mount Kilimanjaro from above
History
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 | American writer Norman Mailer was catapulted to fame at 25 with the publication of The Naked and the Dead, a partially autobiographical novel based on his World War II service. He pioneered the use of novelistic techniques in nonfiction works, a style known as New Journalism, and won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for The Armies of the Night. He won his second Pulitzer in 1980 with The Executioner's Song. | ||
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 | A cat in Florida is being hailed as a "miracle" and a "zombie" after seemingly coming back from the dead. Bart the cat was hit by a car earlier this month, assumed dead, and buried. Five days later, he dug free of his grave and—despite serious injuries—got himself to a neighbor's yard. Bart's owner then brought him to the Humane Society of Tampa, where he has since received treatment for a broken jaw and extensive facial injuries, including surgery to remove one of his eyes. Bart is expected to make a full recovery in about six weeks. | ||
1747 - The first clinic specializing in the treatment of venereal diseases was opened at London Dock Hospital
1865 - The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. It was ratified by the necessary number of states on December 6, 1865. The amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
1940 - The first Social Security check was issued by the U.S. Government.
1971 - Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon.
1982 - Sandy Duncan gave her final performance as "Peter Pan" in Los Angeles, CA. She completed 956 performances without missing a show.
1983 - The wearing of seat belts in cars became compulsory in Britain.
2005 - Keanu Reeves received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Giraffes at dusk
If You Were Born Today, January 31
Charming and well liked in love, you are a very amorous person. Highly intelligent, you are also perceptive and compassionate so that your "smarts" are not only book smarts. You are well-organized, hard working, and robust. You often feel that a job well done is one you do yourself, and might sometimes make decisions for others as a result. Idealistic with people, you are born to love, but are not always settled in that area of your life. Famous people born today: Justin Timberlake, Jackie Robinson, Carol Channing, Minnie Driver, Johnny Rotten.
Jet Set
Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic
Though many coastal places around the world are at risk from rising sea levels due to climate change, Florida is one of the most vulnerable. Here, powerful water jets keep pleasure-seekers aloft in Biscayne Bay, near downtown Miami. They’re the latest toys in a city that embraces an exuberant aquatic lifestyle, even as rising seas threaten its long-term survival.
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Enjoy the moment: ♣ I am thankful.
Musta ei oo olemassa mitään tylsempää kuin kaupasta ostetut kortit, joten mä teen kortit itse jokaiseen tapahtumaan.
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'hello' in Serbo-Croatian: Dobar dan
clever!
EYE OPENER!
The year is 1910 , just over one hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1910 :
The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
There were only 8,000 cars and only
144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph .
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !
The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour .
The average US worker made between
$200 and $400 per year .
A competent accountant could expect to earn
$2000 per year,
a dentist $2,500 per year,
a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year,
and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year .
More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME .
Ninety percent of all Doctors had
NO COLLEGE EDUCATION !
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard .'
Sugar cost four cents a pound .
Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen .
Coffee was fifteen cents a pound .
Most women only washed their hair once a month ,
and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
The Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars .
The population of Las Vegas , Nevada was only 30 !
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day .
Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write
and
only 6 percent of all Americans had
graduated from high school .
Marijuana , heroin , and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores.
Back then pharmacists said,
'Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is,
in fact, a perfect guardian of health'
Eighteen percent of households had at least one
full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !
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