Celebrate Eat Your Vegetables Day
They come in every color of the rainbow, almost every believable shape and size, and the flavors they bring to the table are absolutely astounding. Whether you’re just talking about the staple vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and onions that we all get from the store, or the diverse range of vegetables that come from around the world like Bok Choy and watercress, we’ve all been eating them our whole lives. Eat Your Vegetables Day is dedicated to getting people eating their veggies, and also in spreading awareness of their diversity and necessity in a healthy diet.
History of Eat Your Vegetables Day
The history of Eat Your Vegetables Day starts with an awareness of nutrition and the role it plays in a healthy lifestyle. Vegetables have always played an important role in the lives of humans, all the way back to when we were simply hunter-gatherers. Vegetables were one of the hallmarks of civilization, and are arguably the reason we settled and stopped being nomads, we couldn’t travel anymore when we planted our crops, we had to be there to tend them as they grew.
As we cemented our ability to produce them they stopped being an opportunistic part of our diet, and instead became a foundation part of our culture and cuisine. As time went on we established that there were benefits to eating them, better health and growth, but it wasn’t until much later that science confirmed what we already knew.
Eventually, it was established that yes, they were a vital source of nutrients that were hard or impossible to get from an animal source. These nutrients can help to prevent heart disease and decrease bone loss, offset diabetes, and even improve the health of your hair and skin.
Word of the Day
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| Definition: | (noun) The act of departing politely. | ||
| Synonyms: | parting, farewell | ||
| Usage: | Captain Rawdon himself was much more affected at the leave-taking than the resolute little woman to whom he bade farewell. | ||
Idiom of the Day
have a mind like a sieve— To be exceptionally forgetful or absentminded. |
History
Last Dusky Seaside Sparrow Dies in Captivity (1987)
| Thousands of dusky seaside sparrows once inhabited the natural salt marshes around Merritt Island and the area along the St. Johns River in southern Florida. The non-migratory birds lived exclusively in this small area, and this proved to be their undoing. From the 1940s onward, pesticides, pollution, and habitat loss caused the subspecies' population to decline precipitously. By 1979, just six males remained. |
Edward I of England, AKA Edward Longshanks (1239)
| Edward became king upon the death of his father, Henry III, in 1272 but was not crowned until he returned from a crusade two years later. His 35-year reign was characterized by constant warfare, including long and costly campaigns to conquer Wales and Scotland. It was a struggle to fund these endeavors, and he did so, in part, by exploiting the Jews under his rule. Finally, in 1290, he expelled them from England and seized their property. |
Saigusa Matsuri
For hundreds of years the citizens of Nara, Japan, have searched the surrounding mountains for lilies, gathering them each summer in preparation for the Lily Festival at the Isagawa Shrine. A Shinto priest carries a large bundle of flowers to the altar as an offering. Then the seven women perform a special dance in which they wave lily stalks in a motion designed to ward off the problems brought on by the wet weather typical this time of year. Afterwards, the lilies are mounted on a float and taken out in a procession through the streets of Nara, where it is believed that they will purify the air.
Woman Who Slept in Her Mascara Every Night For 25 Years Has To Have Emergency Surgery
| After a long night out or a tough day at work it can be tempting to crash into bed with a full face of makeup on. But the case of a woman who underwent surgery to remove calcified lumps of mascara from her eyelids is a stark reminder that being ... |
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1579 - Sir Francis Drake claimed San Francisco Bay for England. (California)
1837 - Charles Goodyear received his first patent. The patent was for a process that made rubber easier to work with.
1856 - The Republican Party opened its first national convention in Philadelphia.
1882 - Composer Igor Fedorovich Stravinski was born.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
1928 - Amelia Earhart began the flight that made her the first woman to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
1942 - Yank, a weekly magazine for the U.S. armed services, began publication. The term "G.I. Joe" was first used in a comic strip by Dave Breger.
1944 - The republic of Iceland was established. (Go, Iceland, go ... FIFA World Cup)
1950 - Dr. Richard H. Lawler performed the first kidney transplant in a 45-minute operation in Chicago, IL.
1969 - Boris Spasky became chess champion of the world after checkmating former champion Tigran Petrosian in Moscow.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, June 17
You are wise, intelligent, and communicative, always desirous of increasing your knowledge and staying informed. Many of you are authorities on a particular subject. You can also be quite driven once you’ve found a goal to focus on. You tend to loosen up and enjoy life more as you grow older, and you age well. While you can be sociable when you are around others, you often choose relative solitude and don’t always seek out social events. Others admire you for your dry sense of humor and intelligence. Famous people born today:
1871 James Weldon Johnson, American civil rights activist, leader of the NAACP and Harlem Renaissance poet, born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1938)
1881 Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer, born in Hanover, Ontario (d. 1955)
1882 Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (Rite of Spring) [OS 5th June], born in Oranienbaum, Russia (d. 1971)
1940 George Akerlof, American economist (The Market for Lemons) and 2001 Nobel laureate, born in New Haven, Connecticut
1943 Barry Manilow [Barry Alan Pincus], American singer/pianist (Mandy, I Write the Songs), born in New York City
1945 Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach, born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
READERS INFO
1.
1928 -
Amelia Earhart participated as a passenger in the famous flight aboard the Friendship which was piloted by Wilmer Stutz and copiloted by Louis Gordon. The Friendship flew from Newfoundland to Burry Point, Wales, in a time of 20 hours and 40 minutes, making Earhart the first woman to fly as a passenger across the Atlantic Ocean. She later wrote a book entitled 20 Hrs. 40 Min.: Our Flight in the Friendship.
Earhart, who was called the "Queen of the Air" or "Lady Lindy" by the press, became the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Newfoundland to Culmore in Northern Ireland in May 1932. It took her 14 hours and 56 minutes to complete the flight. Due to unfavorable weather conditions, she was not able fly to Paris like originally planned. In 1935, Earhart completed several other famous solo flights including: Hawaii to California, Los Angeles to Mexico City, and Mexico City to New York.
In 1937, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan attempted to fly around the world but disappeared during the flight. They successfully flew to New Guinea and had intended to fly from New Guinea to Howland Island on July 2. The United States Coast Guard's cutter named Itasca, located near Howland Island, received some radio transmissions from Earhart during the flight, but the ship was not able to radio back to Earhart. During the radio transmissions, Earhart indicated that they were running low on fuel and could not see the Itasca. After no longer receiving communications from Earhart, the Itasca searched around the Howland Islands for the plane but could not find it. Four days later, the battleship Colorado joined the search. On July 19, the Navy and Coast Guard ended the official search for Earhart and Noonan. Although there have been theories about what happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan, no one knows for certain. She was declared legally dead on Jan. 5, 1939.
2.
Father's Day Facts & Quotes
- In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the second Sunday in June as Father's Day. It became a permanent holiday in 1972 when President Richard Nixon proclaimed that the second Sunday in June would remain Father's Day.
- Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd first came up with the idea for Father's Day after hearing a Mother's Day sermon in church. She was raised by her father and wanted to honor him.
- In 2014, 4% of all U.S. children lived only with their fathers.
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
- Pope John XXIIIWhen one has not had a good father, one must create one.
- Frederich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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Pictures of the day
Ruth is the title character of the Biblical Book of Ruth, which tells how she and her mother-in-law Naomi travelled from Moab to Judah. Arriving in Bethlehem in a state of poverty, Naomi sent Ruth to speak to a prosperous relative named Boaz and become a gleaner in his fields. That evening, Ruth put herself in his power, and Boaz later reclaimed the estate of her deceased father-in-law. Boaz and Ruth became great-grandparents of David, King of Israel.
Ruth is the title character of the Biblical Book of Ruth, which tells how she and her mother-in-law Naomi travelled from Moab to Judah. Arriving in Bethlehem in a state of poverty, Naomi sent Ruth to speak to a prosperous relative named Boaz and become a gleaner in his fields. That evening, Ruth put herself in his power, and Boaz later reclaimed the estate of her deceased father-in-law. Boaz and Ruth became great-grandparents of David, King of Israel.
Shown here is Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's painting Ruth in Boaz's Field, depicting Ruth as a gleaner with Boaz. Completed in 1828, the work is now in the National Gallery in London.
Bored Commuters Can Ride This Bike and Knit a Scarf
with Five Minutes of Cycling
"Cyclo Knitter" is a project by design student George Barratt-Jones
crochet
thanks, Lois
crochet
thanks, Julie
Lunar Crossing Shawl
crochet
crochet
crochet
thanks, Lois
crochet
thanks, Julie
Lunar Crossing Shawl
crochet
crochet
crochet
RECIPE
thanks, Shelley
see?
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Beth
SWEETS
thanks, Patsy
NUTELLA POPSICLES
3/4 cup cold milk
1/4 cup condensed milk
2 tablespoon nutella spread
METHOD
1. Place milk, condensed milk and nutella in a blender. Process until well mixed.
2. Pour mixture onto popsicle mold / other suitable container and freeze for 4-6 hours or overnight.
3. Cover top with plastic wrap if you do not have a lid before freezing.
3/4 cup cold milk
1/4 cup condensed milk
2 tablespoon nutella spread
METHOD
1. Place milk, condensed milk and nutella in a blender. Process until well mixed.
2. Pour mixture onto popsicle mold / other suitable container and freeze for 4-6 hours or overnight.
3. Cover top with plastic wrap if you do not have a lid before freezing.
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts
thanks, Grace
WHAT IS A NEBULA?
According to Wikipedia
- A nebula (Latin for “cloud”; pl. nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. Originally, nebula was a name for any diffuse astronomical object, including galaxies beyond the Milky Way.
PUZZLE
| alone along areas attack began build care ceremonial condone cough | demand digest diverge expend forlorn frame great hatch | ladder lead legal logo method model moose near negligent | peer plant pompous power prong rate remit remove | shape solemn teal teen under unite weave wince |
SUDOKU ... very hard
solution:
QUOTE
CLEVER
EYE OPENER
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