Felis Silvestrus Catus, a small furry ball of cute that will utterly destroy your ability to act like a mature adult, a phenomena which has been shown to become stronger with proximity. Intelligence of subject seems to be inversely proportional to the distance between it and the nearest member of this species. Cats people, you know what they’re like. They rule our lives as furry little gods, and have been cherished members of the family since long before the days of the Pyramids.
Cat Day was first created by Colleen Paige, a strong animal welfare advocate, to bring attention to the plight of the domestic cat. Cat’s are closely tied to humans, whether as pets or as feral animals ranging throughout cities and towns. As pets they are dearly loved and have been the source of some of the most ridiculous memes on the internet, and have brought joy and laughter to millions of people around the world.
Shortly after its inception, Cat Day was adopted by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, an organization also centered on getting people to adopt pets. They work hard to bring attention to the number of animals that have to be rescued each year, and the growing problem and possible solutions to feral cat colonies.
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| Definition: | (noun) An abnormal enlargement of the heart. | ||
| Synonyms: | enlarged heart, megacardia, megalocardia | ||
| Usage: | The chest x-ray indicated that the patient's symptoms were the result of cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure. | ||
Idiom of the Day
a shiver down (one's) spine— A shudder felt down one's back, due to either fear, anticipation, nervousness, or excitement. |
History
Delta and Northwest Merge to Form World's Largest Airline (2008)
Founded as an aerial crop dusting operation in Georgia, Delta became the world's largest commercial air carrier more than 80 years after its inception when it merged with Northwest Airlines. The consolidation process was completed by January 31, 2010. Today, Delta has approximately 75,000 employees, and its headquarters in Atlanta includes the world's largest connecting hub.
Bill Mauldin (1921)
After joining the US Army as an infantryman in 1940, Mauldin began sketching cartoons about enlisted life. In 1944, he began producing his cartoons full time for the US military newspaper, Stars and Stripes. His portrayal of two cynical and unkempt American soldiers, Willie and Joe, made Mauldin a hero to American soldiers in World War II. Later, Mauldin became a political cartoonist for civilian papers.
Surgeon diagnoses his own cancer with an iPhone
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1682 - William Penn landed at what is now Chester, PA. He was the founder of Pennsylvania.
1863 - The International Committee of the Red Cross was founded.
1945 - The first ballpoint pens to be made commercially went on sale at Gimbels Department Store in New York at the price of $12.50 each.
1956 - Maria Callas made her Metropolitan Opera debut in "Norma."
1960 - Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) won his first professional fight.
1966 - The National Organization for Women was founded.
1975 - Joan Baez became a member of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue.
1991 - The U.S. Galileo spacecraft became the first to visit an asteroid (Gaspra).
1998 - The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with John Glenn on board. Glenn was 77 years old. In 1962 he became the first American to orbit the Earth.
1998 - The oldest known copy of Archimedes' work sold for $2 million at a New York auction.
If You Were Born Today, October 29
You are playful and spontaneous, and you are usually up for an adventure. Your attachment to your family and to your private life is very strong, and you will do pretty much anything to defend a loved one. You are a passionate person who enjoys debates and shaking things up once in a while. You can be hard to read, simply because there is a decidedly intense side to your nature, yet you can come across as quirky at times as well. Overall, you tend to be respected, and when people you don’t know well seem to be intimidated by you at first, it’s likely because they are in awe on one hand, and are unsure how to read you on the other. Famous people born today: Winona Ryder, Joely Fisher, Kate Jackson, Richard Dreyfuss, Ben Foster.
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Over 30 Percent of American Households Own a Cat as a Pet
According to statistics from the American Veterinary Medical Foundation, 30.4 percent of American households have a cat as a pet. That’s a little less than dogs, as 36.5 percent of American households have canines. However, there are more cats owned as pets than dogs, since it’s easier to have more than one cat than it is to have more than one dog.
The 2012 AVMA statistics estimate that there were 74.06 million cats owned as pets and the average cat-owning household has 2.1. But the average dog-owning household only has 1.6.
The Washington Post noted in 2014 that cats are more popular in the Northeast and Upper Midwest, while dogs are popular in the South and Southeast.
However, outside of the U.S., dogs outnumber cats 10-to-1 in India, but cats outnumber dogs 3-to-1 in Switzerland, Turkey and Austria. Cats are much more popular in Western Europe, while dogs are favored in Asia and South America.
“Some regions, like the Middle East and part of Africa, have an especially long-standing appreciation of cats,” Jared Koerten, a pet industry analyst at Euromonitor, told The Post. “In Latin America it’s the complete opposite. Dogs are part of family life there.”
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Northeaster is an oil painting on canvas completed by the American artist Winslow Homer in 1895. One of several paintings on marine subjects by the artist during his time in Maine, it presents viewers with a struggle of elements between the sea and the rocky shore. It is on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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1. According to the British Hand Knitting Confederation four million women and 448,000 men in the UK are interested in knitting and sewing.
2. In New York in 2014, David Babcock, a professor of graphic design in Missouri, set a record of 3hr 56min for running a marathon while knitting.
3. The first knitting union was founded for men only in Paris in 1527.
4. The Guinness World Record for the longest knitted scarf stands at 4,565.46 metres (2.84 miles).
5. The record for most people knitting at the same location is 3,083 at a Women’s Institute event at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2012.
The Guinness World Record for the longest knitted scarf stands at 4,565.46 metres (2.84 miles)
6. The speed knitting record for most stitches knitted in one minute is 118.
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The speed knitting record for most stitches knitted in one minute is 118
7. Around the time of the Second World War, knitting was a slang term in the Navy for a girlfriend or girls in general.
8. The hook which holds the yarn at the end of a needle in a knitting machine is called a beard.
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9. In 2013, Slow TV in Norway broadcast 13 hours covering a knitting marathon. The program attracted 1.3 million viewers.
10. The first knitting machine was invented by English clergyman William Lee in 1589.
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