Left Handers Day - August 13, 2018

DIANE'S CORNER ... 
Celebrate Left Handers Day

From scissors to knives, Left Handers, or Southpaws, are the brunt of jokes all year long for various different things. But this is the day to ignore that, and bring awareness to all the right handed folk around the globe in celebration of Left Handers Day, after all while right handed people operate in the left side of the brain, left handed people sure the right side. Therefore, only left handed people are in their right mind.

History of Left Handers Day 
Celebrating it’s first year recognized in 1976, Lefthanders International helped raise awareness of the difficulties of being left handed. Being accused of witchcraft in the 1600s for just using one hand more than the other, was only the beginning. With only 10 percent of the population being left handed, various items are more expensive than their right handed counterparts. Objects like scissors, knives and even school desks can see a mark up of almost 75 percent more for left handed individuals, while golf clubs see as much as a 200 percent increase dependent on brand.

Word of the Day

disburse
Definition:	(verb) Expend, as from a fund.
Synonyms:	pay out
Usage:	The aid will not be disbursed until next year, so until then, the refugees will have to fend for themselves.

Idiom of the Day

out there  — (hyphenated if used before a noun) Somewhat unusual, unconventional, crazy, or eccentric.

This Day in History

The Berlin Wall Goes Up (1961)

After World War II, the Soviet Union occupied East Berlin while control of West Berlin was split between the US, the UK, and France. From 1949 to 1961, more than 2 million East Germans fled to West Germany to escape Communist rule before the wall was built to stop the tide of defectors. First constructed of barbed wire and erected at night, the barrier was eventually replaced by a concrete structure studded with watchtowers manned by East German soldiers.

Frederick Sanger (1918)

After earning his PhD at Cambridge University in 1943, British biochemist Frederick Sanger decided to continue conducting his research at his alma mater. He remained there for the entirety of his four-decade career, making discoveries about the structure of proteins, particularly insulin, as well as DNA sequencing that would earn him not one but two Nobel prizes. He is only the fourth person in history to have earned this distinction.

Zimbabwe Heroes' Day

To honor those members of the armed forces who gave their lives to defend Zimbabwe, the nation holds an annual day of remembrance for them on August 9. Celebrations are held at the National Heroes Acre in the capital city of Harare. Families of the dead lay wreaths on the graves, and the country's president visits each grave and speaks with the families. Young people march from the center of the city to the site, singing revolutionary songs as they march, and schoolchildren recite poems about revolutionary struggle. Similar ceremonies are held throughout the country.

This Is What Lunar Eclipses Can Teach Us About The Universe

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1846 - The American Flag was raised for the first time in Los Angeles, CA. 


1889 - A patent for a coin-operated telephone was issued to William Gray. 

1924 - "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart became the first country music record to sell one million copies. 


1934 - Al Capp's comic strip "L'il Abner" made its debut in newspapers. 


1942 - Walt Disney's "Bambi" opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY. 


1959 - In New York, ground was broken on the $320 million Verrazano Narrows Bridge. 


1965 - The Jefferson Airplane made its stage debut at the Matrix Club in San Francisco, CA. 


1967 - The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) refused to allow Joan Baez to perform at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, because of her opposition to the Vietnam War. Baez responded with a performance at a free concert at the base of the Washington Monument. 


1979 - Lou Brock (St. Louis Cardinals) got his 3,000th career hit. 


1994 - It was reported that aspirin not only helps reduce the risk of heart disease, but also helps prevent colon cancer.



DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, August 13

There is a regal, masterful aura about you. You are very intelligent, creative, and clever. Very passionate, you are a natural leader - people turn to you for answers - but you are also a fair and gracious person, not a domineering person. You are proud of your intellect. You live by your own truth, and you are very responsible. In fact, you thrive most when you are meeting your responsibilities. As strong as you are, you feel very helpless without a partner, and you are at your best when you maintain a healthy and strong partnership. There is also a somewhat reclusive part of you. You are not always explicit in expressing your affections. However, if a partner considers your actions instead of your words, he/she will value your loyalty, family values, and self-sacrifice. Famous people born today:

1860 Annie Oakley [Phoebe Ann Moses], American sharp shooter (Buffalo Bill's Wild West), born in North Star, Ohio (d. 1926)

1899 Alfred Hitchcock, English director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window), born in Leytonstone, Essex (d. 1980)

1926 Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary, Prime Minister (1959-76) and President (1976-2008), born in Birán, Holguin Province (d. 2016)

1946 Janet Yellen, American economist (Chair of US Federal Reserve 2014-), born in Brooklyn, New York

1963 Sridevi Kapoor [Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan], Indian actress and film producerreferred to as Indian cinema's "first female superstar" (Himmatwala, Solva Sawan), born in Sivakasi, Madras State (d. 2018)

READERS INFO

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1952 -

The song made wildly popular by Elvis Presley in 1956, Hound Dog, was first recorded by rhythm-and-blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in Los Angeles, Calif. The song is so irrevocably linked to the king of rock 'n' roll that many assume the song is an original of Presley's, when in fact much of his music and style was appropriated from earlier, lesser-known artists of the period. Hound Dog provided Presley with his longest run at No. 1 on the music charts, but was first introduced to the music scene by Thornton four years earlier.

Big Mama Thornton, an Alabama native, came of age in the music business after getting her start at the age of 14. Peacock Records was the first to sign her to their label, and before long, the young singer was performing and recording in the heart of the professional music industry in Southern California. Thornton's bandleader, Johnny Otis, asked of a pair of young songwriters to craft a tune specifically for her. The song they presented for Thornton was Hound Dog, a 12-bar country blues number that would be the first of many record-setting hits for the pair. Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller would later make names for themselves in the realms of R & B and early rock and roll, and would become the masterminds behind Yakety Yak, Stand By Me, and Love Potion No. 9, as well as another Elvis Presley favorite, Jailhouse Rock.

After Big Mama Thornton and the Johnny Otis Band recorded the first incarnation of Hound Dog in 1952, they would watch as it reigned at the top of the charts for seven weeks. The original recording is almost unrecognizable compared to the Presley version, as Elvis drew inspiration for his rendition from yet another version, this one by singer Freddie Bell. Presley fell in love with the song after hearing it played by Freddie Bell and the Bellboys during his first engagement in Las Vegas in 1956 and set out to make it his own that very year.

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1965 -

Help! is the fifth studio album by the Beatles, and the soundtrack from their film Help! Produced by George Martin. The album was voted 331st on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

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CelebrateErie 2018

Aug 16-19, 2018 | Erie, PA

State Street between 4th and 9th Streets|State St & S Park Row

Just like you, festival-goer, Downtown Erie becomes an entity of its own that’s all about having a good time. People pile into its streets for the annual CelebrateErie Festival, and from there zig and zag to its local art museums, a countless number of displays from local artists, live music entertainment from locally and nationally praised acts, tasty local fare and gobs of children’s activities.

further information: Celebrate Erie

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The BIG What? 2018

Aug 16-18, 2018 | Pittsboro, NC

Shakori Hills Community Arts Center|1439 Henderson Tanyard Rd 

The Big What? is an jammin’ intimate camping and music festival. Musicians take the stage and artists are live painting throughout the weekend. You may leave this festival thinking now what?

further information: The BIG What?

Pictures of the day


The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus is an oil painting on canvas completed by Peter Paul Rubens in 1618 and presently in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany. It depicts a Greek myth in which the mortal Castorand the immortal Pollux abduct Phoebeand Hilaeira, daughters of Leucippus. In the myth, the sisters' fiancés, Idas and Lynceus, track the kidnappers, slaying Castor before falling in battle.

Supermom Merganser Spotted with 

Adopted Brood of 76 Chicks

Amateur wildlife photographer Brent Cizek spotted the family on Lake Bemidji in Minnesota

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thanks, Jennifer

Fadenidylle Fichu pattern by FadenStille

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Spiky Bangle Pattern

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Bernat Knit Donut Blanket Pattern

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CoBaSi DK Grow Into Me

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thanks, Helen

FLUFFY LACE SCARF

This lace scarf is knit with a soft and fuzzy alpaca yarn, and a simple one row lace stitch. I believe this stitch is called purse stitch, and it has a really pretty effect, and is so easy. undeniableglitter I used 2 skeins of Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud in Charlotte with size 6 needles. CO 36, long tail. To change the width, use any multiple of 2. Knit 1 row Row 1: k1, *yo, p2tog; rep from * to end to last st, k1. Repeat row 1 until scarf is the desired length. Knit 1 row, and then BO using JSSBO or another stretchy BO. Block, and weave in tails. I found this grew a bit while blocking, and I do recommend blocking to open up the lace. My finished scarf is 90"x10". This stitch is so simple, but looks so pretty with the alpaca yarn. I would recommend using an alpaca  or mohair yarn, or something else with a bit of a fuzzy halo since it has such a nice effect, and makes the scarf so fluffy.

crochet

thanks, Sharon

The Friendly Lolly- a Free Crochet Doll Pattern

crochet

thanks, Mindy

Make an Adorable Crochet Mug Hug and Rug

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Roland Poncho pattern by April Garwood

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Singing Crochet Chickadee

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friendship & hospitality pattern by Trish Young

RECIPE

thanks, Shelley

The Ultimate Veggie Burger

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016668-the-ultimate-veggie-burger?

CROCKPOT RECIPE

thanks, Dana

Healthy Slow Cooker Banana Bread with Chocolate Chunks

SWEETS

Fried Candy Bars

ADULT COLORING

CRAFTS

Newspaper Flower Basket Cart DIY

Home and Garden DIY Ideas, Photos and Answers

CHILDREN'S CORNER ... fun

thanks, Kris

Make your wheels glow in the dark! (And create some lovely modern art too!)

PUZZLE

Stone Tower Top Jigsaw Puzzle

WORD SEARCH

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delight desire despite develop every extinct forward found fret

garden gosh green heart hostility issue lean

mutual peat perch roost shape side sleek stage

state street stress sweet tackle think tough trace year

SUDOKU ... easy

solution:

QUOTE

CLEVER

thanks, Sam
Poop Pipe

My dogs and I have an arrangement. They poop; I pick it up. But rather than make daily trips to the trash can, I built this poop pipe. It’s just a large piece of 4-in. PVC drainpipe sunk into the ground a foot or so, with a trash bag lining it and a cap sitting loosely on top. A rubber band holds the bag in place, and the cap helps keep odors at bay. When the bag gets full, I just take it to the trash bin and put a new one in the drainpipe.

EYE OPENER

HISTORICAL PHOTOS

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While we believe that neurology has gotten advanced in the 21st century and all these technological inventions are made only recently, we need to know that it has been a long process that has been ongoing for a couple of centuries. We are sure that nobody told you about the fact that Neurologist Duchenne de Boulogne electrocuted a man’s face in the year 1862 so that he could read facial features. That must have been painful but it was just the beginning of the evolution in neurology, and it surely looked brutal too, but that work contributed to the modern understanding of neurology.

Before you start thinking that somebody killed all these people in the train let us tell you that there is nothing like that! The truth is that the Japanese “salaryman” has long been known for putting in exhaustively long days. This photo shows a Tokyo commuter train early in the morning. And all the people who were traveling were sleeping and not dead. They were sleeping because they don’t get to have a proper sleep and while they used to be traveling, they utilized the time.

In 1912 the Titanic sank, an event that was later dramatized by the movie Titanic starring Kate Winslet and Leo DiCaprio. There are many photographs of the crew, the interior of the Titanic, but there are very few photographs of people actually having a good time on the Titanic because all photographs sank to the bottom of the ocean. There is one little known photograph of survivors of the Titanic getting onto the Carpathia life boat. This photo is not seen much because honestly a lot of people are disturbed by the lack of life boats that were on the Titanic and that most of the survivors were the rich passengers of the boat, while majority of the poorer people were locked in the lower levels of the boat to drown with absolutely no chance of getting to a lifeboat.

You might have the impression that the poison gas is the invention of the modern times and it is only recently that its use has begun, but the fact is that it is being used since the very first world war. Now, have a look at the photograph above! You might be wondering that what is the man even doing and so let us tell you that the guy fits the gas mask to the mule probably because he didn’t want the mule to die since that mule must have been a mode of transportation. Starting in World War I and continuing through many conflicts since poison gas has been used extensively in war time.

Test pilot George Aird narrowly escaped death by ejecting sideways from a prototype jet that nosedived (1962). Aird fell through a greenhouse on his way down, breaking both legs but ultimately surviving. The photographer, Jim Meads, had planned on taking a picture of the aircraft as it safely landed at an airfield in England. But thanks to good planning and quick wits he managed to snap this remarkable photo instead.