Celebrate World Population Day July 11, 2018

DIANE'S CORNER ... 

Celebrate World Population Day

Every year the world continues to get more and more crowded. While we’ve a tendency to pack ourselves into massive cities, and there are presently still long open stretches of countryside, every year that gets whittled away at more and more. The power and food needs of the world continue to place a greater and greater strain on our ability to meet them, and resources in general are becoming harder and harder to come by. World Population Day comes along each year to remind us that our present rate of population growth is unsustainable, and the present social and logistical issues we are experiencing to meet the demand of that population will only get worse if we don’t do something.

History of World Population Day
In 1987 there was an event called “Five Billion Day”, which recognized when the human population boiled over the 5 billion mark. Since then the United Nations Development Program has been working to anticipate, support, and offset the needs of a rapidly growing population. The population had been deemed to be growing out of control, and an awareness was being spread about the need for family planning, ways to offset poverty, and the ability to ensure that proper maternal health was observed. The existing strain of supporting our present population is already causing grievous crimes in the areas of human rights and gender equality. As more people come into an a world that’s already doing a poor job of taking care of its citizens, there are more and more of them coming vulnerable to human rights violations such as human trafficking and child labor. World Population Day reminds us that we are part of an ever growing world, and that to ensure there’s a great future ahead for any of us, there has to be a great future for all of us.

thanks for the funnies, Shelley

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Word of the Day

seeker
Definition:	(noun) Someone making a search or inquiry.
Synonyms:	quester, searcher
Usage:	A seeker of the truth, he never took things at face value.

Idiom of the Day

not have a penny to (one's) name  — To be extremely poor; to have very little or no money to spend.

This Day in History

UK Court Finds Gay News and Its Editor Guilty of Blasphemy (1977)

The June 3, 1976, issue of the British newspaper Gay News included James Kirkup's poem "The Love that Dares to Speak Its Name," which depicts Jesus as a homosexual. Mary Whitehouse—a media watchdog known for her "Clean Up TV" campaign—described the poem as a "blasphemous libel" and sought charges against Gay News and its publisher, Denis Lemon. On July 11, 1977, a jury found Lemon guilty, and his later appeal to the House of Lords was unsuccessful. 

Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White (1899)

After starting his writing career as a reporter, White settled in New York and became known for his impeccable prose style as a contributing editor of New Yorker magazine. Talented in diverse genres, he collaborated with James Thurber on satire, wrote the classic children's books Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web, and revised William Strunk Jr.'s grammar and composition text The Elements of Style, which became a definitive writing guide. 

Stonehenge Builders Used Pythagoras' Theorem 2000 Years Before He Was Born

As one of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stonehenge is a symbol of scientific achievement during an age when scientific understanding did not seem likely. Stonehenge, located in South West England, is a prehistoric monument with standing ...
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Stonehenge Builders Used Pythagoras' Theorem 2,000 Years Before He Was Born


1798 - The U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by "An Act for Establishing a Marine Corps" passed by the U.S. Congress. The act also created the U.S. Marine Band. The Marines were first commissioned by the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775. 


1804 - The United States' first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel. 


1914 - Babe Ruth debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox. 


1918 - Enrico Caruso recorded "Over There" written by George M. Cohan. 


1934 - U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the first American chief executive to travel through the Panama Canal while in office. 


1946 - Dean Martin recorded his first four songs. 


1959 - Joan Baez made her first recording. It was a duet with Bob Gibson which was recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival. 


1977 - The Medal of Freedom was awarded posthumously to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a White House ceremony. 


1979 - The abandoned U.S. space station Skylab returned to Earth. It burned up in the atmosphere and showered debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia. 


1985 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) became the first major league pitcher to earn 4,000 strikeouts in a career. (Texas) 


1998 - U.S. Air Force Lt. Michael Blassie, a casualty of the Vietnam War, was laid to rest near his Missouri home. He had been positively identified from his remains that had been enshrined in the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington, VA. 


1999 - A U.S. Air Force jet flew over the Antarctic and dropped off emergency medical supplies for Dr. Jerri Nelson after she had discovered a lump in her breast. Nelso was at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Center. 



DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, July 11

You are a seeker, and both a dreamer and an achiever. Some might call you an overachiever, as there is a bit of a perfectionist in you. While you do need security and comfort, your desires tend to stretch beyond the routine and mundane. You have strong morals and standards for yourself, and you work hard for what you have. Things are not simply handed to you, and you know this instinctively and push all the harder. You possess much creative intelligence and stand out as unique. Famous people born today: 

1767 John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (D) (1825-1829), born in Braintree, Massachusetts (d. 1848)

1920 Yul Brynner, Russian-Swiss actor (The King and I, The Ten Commandments), born in Primorsky Krai, Russia (d. 1985)

1934 Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer(American Gigolo), born in Piacenza, Italy

1953 Leon Spinks, heavyweight boxing champ (1978, Olympic gold 1976), born in St. Louis, Missouri

1959 Richie Sambora, American guitarist (Bon Jovi) and boyfriend of Cher and Heather Locklear, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey

READERS INFO

1.

1944 -

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) announced he would seek his fourth term as president. FDR is the only president in U.S. history to serve both a third and fourth term in office, although he would serve only a few weeks of his fourth term before passing away due to a massive cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Vice President Harry S. Truman would be sworn into office following his death.

FDR graduated from Harvard and attended Columbia Law School. He took and passed the New York bar exam and began practicing law even though he did not graduate from law school (although he would later be awarded a posthumous JD from Columbia Law School). In 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt, his fifth cousin once removed, and they had six children together. FDR began a political career in which he served as a New York state senator and later as an assistant secretary of the Navy. In 1920, he ran for vice president on the James M. Cox ticket, but Cox lost the election to Warren G. Harding. FDR contracted polio in 1921, which left him paralyzed from the waist down, but he learned to walk short distances with leg braces. He initially worried that the disease would hurt his political career, but he was elected governor of New York in 1929, serving until Dec. 31, 1932. In 1932, FDR ran for his first presidential term against Herbert Hoover in the midst of the Great Depression and won in a landslide.

During his presidency, FDR faced two major challenges: the Great Depression and World War II. FDR created a series of government programs that became known as the New Deal and some of his best-known programs include: the Civil Conservation Corps (CCC), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Social Security. FDR also faced the threat of war and the country's eventual entrance into World War II. Seeing the growing threat of war in 1938, he began increasing military readiness. Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack, FDR helped provide aid to Great Britain. After Pearl Harbor, FDR requested that Congress declare war -- which it did -- officially entering the United States into World War II. He passed away on April 12, 1945, shortly before VE Day (Victory in Europe, May 8) was declared.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four terms in office was unique among presidents. George Washington started the two-term tradition when he voluntarily stepped down after serving two terms. President Grant and Theodore Roosevelt both attempted a third term, but were unsuccessful. President Grant lost his party's nomination for a third term. President Theodore Roosevelt, who had served the remainder of McKinley's term following his assassination, and a full second term, came closer to a third term than Grant, being the candidate for the "Bull Moose" party, but he lost the election. In 1947, Congress approved the 22nd amendment to the constitution which allowed a president to only be elected to office twice. The amendment also limited anyone sworn into the presidency in order to finish another person's term (if the term was longer than two years) from being elected more than once. The Amendment was ratified in 1951, currently making it impossible for someone to be elected to a third and fourth term as president.

2.
1960 -

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was first published. Set in the 1930s, the well-known book features the characters of Scout and Dill, which Lee based on herself and her childhood friend Truman Capote.

Harper Lee and Truman Capote (known then as Truman Persons) became friends when they were young children living in Monroeville, Ala. Capote had moved to Monroeville to live with family members. Lee's father gave them a typewriter, and they often wrote stories to entertain themselves. Capote would later move to New York City but still spent his summers with family members in Alabama. As adults, these authors and childhood friends traveled to Kansas together in order to conduct research and interviews for what would ultimately become Capote's novel In Cold Blood. The Old Courthouse Museum in Monroeville, Ala., has exhibits for both Harper Lee and Truman Capote.

Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird won a Pulitzer Prize. The book was also made into a movie in 1962 which starred Gregory Peck. The movie was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three: Best Actor (Gregory Peck), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Art Direction. In 2015, Lee's book entitled Go Set a Watchman, which features many of the same characters from To Kill a Mockingbird years later, in the 1950s, was published. Lee passed away on Feb. 19, 2016 at 89 years old.

3.

Calgary Stampede 2018

Jul 6-15, 2018 | Calgary, AB 

Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach|650 Laguna Canyon Rd 

White hats, big belt buckles and bull-riding sound like a scene from the Wild West, but every July the Calgary Stampede takes over the city with the world’s largest rodeo. A celebration of the western way of life, the Stampede puts together 10 days of parades, musical performances, rodeo events, food and more for what they call The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.

further information: Calgary Stampede 2018 - July 6-15


4.

Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach 2018

Jul 5 - Sep 1, 2018 | Laguna Beach, CA 

Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach|650 Laguna Canyon Rd

Over 85 years old, Foapam has been celebrating art. The Pageant of the Masters is an imaginative recreation of historic art scenes with live people painted to fit the part. The Festival Art show brings local works to be out on display in a social scene. Set in Laguna Beach, it's a wonderful place to hold a festival that appreciates beauty.

further information: Festival of Arts California’s Premier Fine Art Show

THE ONE TIME I NEEDED A THREAD and NEEDLE ..

Pictures of the day


John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, minister and ambassador to foreign nations, and treaty negotiator, United States Senator, Congressman from Massachusetts, and the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. Involved in negotiating the treaties of Ghent, 1818, and Adams–Onís, Adams has been called one of the United States' greatest diplomats and secretaries of state. As president, he sought to modernize the American economy and promote education, paying off much of the national debt despite being stymied by a Congress controlled by opponents and lacking patronage networks. Historians have generally ranked him as an above-average president.

8 Barrels, 1 Wave and 2 Minutes of Pure Ecstasy

Koa Smith catches the wave of a lifetime at Skeleton Bay off the coast of Namibia

knit

thanks, Marilyn

How to Knit Fruit Citrus Slices

knit

thanks, Sheri

 

http://us.schachenmayr.com/free-patterns/ladies-pullover-s8447/FreePatterns-S8447.pdf

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DISHCLOTH ALPHABET LETTERS and NUMBERS

Alphabet_Numbers

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Blissful Tee Pattern

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Chapel Stole Pattern

crochet

thanks, Lois

Spotting Clouds Top

crochet
thanks, June

Pineapple Swan Fridgie

crochet

Filigree Cardigan

crochet

Baby Owl

crochet

Crochet Puff Flower Pillow

thanks, Elaine


RECIPE

Apple Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Icing For Dogs Recipe

CROCKPOT RECIPE ... paleo

thanks, Amy

Crock Pot Turkey Bolognese Sauce with Zucchini Noodles

SWEETS

This popsicle recipe is so easy to make with only 2 ingredients. You can use any popsicle mold that you have on hand. You can even use a simple ice cube tray with popsicle sticks or plastic cups.

1½ CUPS (420G) Thickened Cream (heavy whipping cream),  100G of FRESH Pitted CHERRIES

Chop some of your Cherries into pieces for a chunky fruit popsicle and sprinkle some raspberries into each popsicle mold.

You need to reserve some of the cream for the centre of the mold.  Throw the cream around 1/2 of it and the pitted cherries into a blender or mixer and puree.

Stir well and taste the mix, significant seasonal variations in cherries means the sweetness of your mixture may need to be adapted to suit your own taste buds.  Add a few spoonfuls of honey to make it sweeter.

To place it in to your popsicle mold, layer it with the Cream/cherry mix, then a few spoons of the plain yoghurt, then add some pieces of cherry and top it off with more of the Cream/cherry mix.

Place in freezer overnight before eating!

ADULT COLORING

CRAFTS

thanks, Kris

Scented Decorative Seashell Balls

CHILDREN'S CORNER ... art

thanks, Grace

WATERCOLOR PAPER PINWHEELS

Watercolor Paper Pinwheels

PUZZLE

Banana Spoke Jigsaw Puzzle



WORD SEARCH

almost blink blister block blues

clear computer confidential content desire dinner flight

generation landlord lower lowest lustful maybe

nabs night payment rental runs score seat sect

shift shrub stadium status street taxes throw victory

thanks the funnies and for briefing us on how he was born, Sylvia

 

 

A little boy goes to his father and asks "Daddy, how was I born?"

 

The father answers, "Well, son, I guess one day you will need to find out

anyway!  Your Mom and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. Then

I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe. We

sneaked into a secluded room, and googled each other. There your

mother agreed to a download from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready

to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall and,

since it was too late to hit the delete button, nine months later a little Pop-

Up appeared that said:

 

(you'll love this ...)

 

        

              "You've Got Male!!"

SUDOKU ... hard

solution:

QUOTE

thanks, Cher

CLEVER

USE A BINDER CLIP TO STACK BOTTLES 

THAT ARE TOO TALL TO STAND UP

thanks, Sheri

EYE OPENER

Since I wont fly (I can barely drive in a car) due to phobias, Sally thought this a wonderful topic for me (hehehe) and everyone reading The Corner. Take note of the Ostrich Travel Pillow for a lark! .. thanks, Sally!

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