People make jokes about everything—about blondes, about citizens of every country in the world, about men, women and children and teenagers, about cultures, history and religion, about various human conditions or mindsets…some of them are genuinely funny, and some of them are downright cruel and offensive. In particular, jokes about disabilities can be very mean-spirited and hurtful towards those who have those disabilities as well as their friends and families. And that’s why so many different disability awareness days exist, to help us understand how much harder the lives of the disabled are, even when their disabilities seem relatively minor. Stuttering can pose real problems in both the personal and professional lives of those suffering from it and take years to get under control, not to mention the amount of embarrassment and frustration it can cause in the meantime.
Stuttering has been the subject of interest of many physicians over the millennia, with one of the most famous stutterers being prominent Ancient Greek statesman and Demosthenes. Demosthenes, who lived in the 4th century BC, could not speak without stuttering and was often mocked by his peers, causing him to become determined to get his condition under control, especially since he was an extremely intelligent man who had plenty to say about Athens’ political situation. One of the tactics he used was to practice speaking loud enough to be heard over the waves with pebbles in his mouth, and after much hard work, he succeeded. Other famous people who have had to deal their stutter include the Roman Emperor Claudius, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, and James Earl Jones, whose voice the world knows as that of Darth Vader himself.
In ancient and medieval times, herbal remedies were often recommended for stuttering, as was drinking water from a snail shell, and the most superstitious believed that the condition could be caused by tickling an infant too much or allowing it to look at itself in the mirror. In the 18th and 19th centuries, different kinds of dangerous surgeries were prescribed to help correct a stutterer’s speech, from making small incisions in the tongue or lips to removing the tonsils, none of which were effective. Nowadays, various kinds of fluency shaping therapy are prescribed that help the stutterer exercise more control over his or her lips, jaw and tongue. Simply decreasing a stutterer’s stress and anxiety levels has also been shown to greatly improve speech. As a last resort, several types of medication can also be prescribed, though their effectiveness seems to be quite limited and a number of side effects great.
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| Definition: | (noun) The supposed development of living organisms from nonliving matter. | ||
| Synonyms: | spontaneous generation, autogenesis, autogeny | ||
| Usage: | Early notions of abiogenesis, now considered incorrect, held that living organisms generate from decaying organic substances, like maggots from meat. | ||
History
Jean-Paul Sartre Refuses the Nobel Prize (1964)
A French philosopher, playwright, and novelist, Sartre was a leading exponent of 20th-century existentialism. His works examine man as a responsible but lonely being, burdened with a terrifying freedom to choose, adrift in a meaningless universe. He served in the army during World War II, was taken prisoner, escaped, and was involved in the resistance, writing his first plays during the occupation. After the war, his writings became increasingly influential.
Robert Rauschenberg (1925)
One of contemporary American art's most prolific and influential figures, Rauschenberg was a painter whose three-dimensional collages, known as "combines," incorporated objects—such as soda bottles and stuffed birds—and anticipated the emerging pop art movement, of which he became a pivotal figure. He later used silk-screening to transfer images from print media to canvas.
Jidai Matsuri
Jidai Matsuri is one of the three great festivals of Kyoto, Japan, commemorating the founding of the city as capital in the year 794. A procession of more than 2,000 costumed people depict the epochs or ages in Kyoto's history. They parade from the Imperial Palace to the Heian Shrine, which was built in the 18th century as a dedication to the emperors who established Kyoto as the capital. The capital was moved in 1868 to Tokyo, and the festival stems from that time. Among the paraders is one representing Gen. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a patron of the arts under whom Kyoto flourished.
Study: First-Born Child Usually The Smartest
| A new study finds that the first-born child is usually the smartest. Researchers from the University of Leipzig reveal that every successive child has a lower IQ than the last, according to The Telegragh. |
Study: First-Born Child Smarter Than Younger Siblings
1746 - The College of New Jersey was officially chartered. It later became known as Princeton University.
1797 - Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump. He made the jump from about 3,000 feet.
1811 - Composer Franz Liszt was born.
1883 - The New York Horse show opened. The first national horse show was formed by the newly organized National Horse Show Association of America.
1917 - Leopold Stokowski led the Philadelphia Orchestra in its first recording session.
1939 - The first televised pro football game was telecast from New York. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 23-14.
1961 - Chubby Checker appeared on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and performed "The Twist."
1962 - U.S. President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform the United States about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
1968 - Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft had orbited the Earth 163 times.
1983 - New York's Metropolitan Opera celebrated its 100th anniversary.
1995 - The 50th anniversary of the United Nations was marked by a record number of world leaders gathering.
2010 - The International Space Station set the record (3641 days) for the longest continuous human occupation of space. It had been continuously inhabited since November 2, 2000.
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If You Were Born Today, October 22
Although you are personally magnetic, you have a manner that is slightly intimidating to others, making you a little hard to get close to. You give off the subtle impression that perhaps you don’t really need new people in your life. You do, although you tend to be somewhat selective when it comes to your social life, simply because your work is extremely important to you and you value your time. There is a no-nonsense directness about you that inspires trust in others. You give the impression of solidity, strength of character, dependability, and honesty. Although you are an idealist and visionary, you still manage to keep your feet on the ground. You don’t seem capable of doing things halfway, and that includes your relationships. You are quite focused on achieving in life. Famous people born today: Jeff Goldblum, Catherine Deneuve, Deepak Chopra, Christopher Lloyd, Franz Liszt, Annette Funicello, Carlos Mencia, Bob Odenkirk.
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Parisian Women in Algerian Costume (The Harem) is a painting by the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir completed 1872. Renoir created the painting, which acknowledged the artificial nature of much Orientalist painting by making it clear that these were Parisian women in costume, in homage to Eugène Delacroix's Women of Algiers (1834). Rejected for entry to the 1872 Paris Salon and disliked by the artist, it was eventually sold for a small sum as part of a larger lot. It is now in the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.
Synchronized Sleepers
Photographer Franco Banfi and his fellow divers were following this pod of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Caribbean Sea near the Commonwealth of Dominica when the giants suddenly seemed to fall into a vertical slumber. This phenomenon was first studied in 2008, when a team of biologists from the UK and Japan inadvertently drifted into a group of non-responsive sperm whales floating just below the surface. Baffled by the behavior, the scientists analyzed data from tagged whales and discovered that these massive marine mammals spend about 7 percent of their time taking short (six- to 24-minute) rests in this shallow vertical position. Scientists think these brief naps may, in fact, be the only time the whales sleep.
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Brilliant Steel Wool Uses
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Steel wool is one of the most useful items that we have hanging around the house. Most people think that the only good uses for steel wool involve cleaning your dishes or pots and pans. Truth is there are tons of ways that you can use it. It can be useful in the garden, in your workshop, as a crafting material, and all kinds of other things. Here are some amazing steel wool hacks to teach you how to use steel wool around your home.
20. Make Your Tires Look New: Super fine steel wool and a spray lubricant can work wonders on your tires. After you wash your car just spray on the lubricant and use the steel wool to scrub.
19. Sharpen Scissors: Have dull scissors around the house? Use a steel wool pad from your kitchen as a sharpener, just cut the steel wool with the scissors to bring them back to life.
18. Hush Your Motorcycle: You can use a bit of steel wool to help muffle the volume of your engine. Be sure when using steel wool in your exhaust you do not fully block the pipe from properly venting.
17. Prep Wood For Painting and Staining: You can rough up your wood surfaces with steel wool to make the surfaces be able to hold pain and stain better, just make sure you use fine grade steel wool so you don't do damage to the wood.
16. Clean A Rusty Cast Iron Skillet: Using some fine grade steel wool, a bit of elbow grease, and an appropriate cooking oil is a quick way to clean up and re-season a vintage piece of ironware. Make sure you season your pan fully before storing to keep the rust away.
15. Polish Brass: Extra fine steel wool, a little lemon juice, and salt can bring them life and shine back to any brass that you happen to have around the house. Just make sure you use this on real brass, not brass plating.
14. Clean Grill & Patio Furniture: #000 grade steel wool is great for cleaning the surfaces and edges of all your outdoor patio furniture. Be careful around painted surfaces.
13. Crayons on Wallpaper: Damp steel wool and a touch of water is perfect for removing crayons from your wallpaper, just make sure that you rub lightly and don't over wet the area.
12. Clog Prevention: Place a little steel wool in your drains while bathing your pets. As they shed the hair in the bath, the steel wool will catch the hair and stop your drain from getting all clogged up.
11. Keep Out Rodents: Steel wool stuffed into holes can keep rodents from crawling through by providing a barrier that they cannot chew through or move without harming themselves.
10. Wood Staining: Mix steel wool and vinegar in a jelly jar, the react to each other to create an ebonizing stain. This is great for lots of wood surfaces and costs a fraction of what you'd normally spend.
9. All Purpose Cleaning: Using some fine grade stool wool you can clean a number of steel and aluminum surfaces in your home including many metal sinks and kitchen fixtures. Before going all in test the effects of scrubbing on a small section of your metal surface to prevent scratching.
8. Clean Scuffs: If you happen to get boot or chair scuffs on your floor, use a little water and steel wool to pull those marks right up without harming your floor and without much effort.
7. Clean Your Car’s Headlights: The finest grade of steel wool and a little window cleaner can do wonders on your car’s headlights and get rid of sticky things like bugs and sap quickly and without scratching.
6. Cleaning Gardening Tools: Whether it’s your rakes, shovels, or pruning shears, steel wool is amazing at cleaning them up and keeping them in pristine condition. You can even use it to get a quick sharp edge on them as well.
5. Shine Up Your Bike: #00 grade steel wool can be used to buff up aluminum and steel surfaces on your bike frame, bringing it to life once again.
4. Bye Bye Rust: It won't work on major jobs, but small rust spots are a cinch to be fixed with steel wool! Just use a little water and scrub away. The rust will lift right off!
3. Clean Your Shoes &Sports Equipment: Is the white rubber around the soul of your shoe getting discolored and dirty? Use a little soap and a steel wool pad to clean your shoes and they will be looking new again.
2. Securing Screws: One of the awesome handyman uses for steel wool is to use a small amount of steel wool in screw holes that are a little too large. The steel wool will lock the screw in place and hold securely.
1. Starting a Fire : Did you know that if you touch steel wool to the terminals on a 9 volt battery you can create a spark that can light a fire for you? Try this when camping for a quick campfire starter. (Disclaimer: Playing with electricity and fire can be dangerous. Be safe and make sure you have adult supervision at all times.)
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