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Celebrate Restless Legs Awareness Day
Restless Legs Awareness Day aims to promote awareness of this medical condition or syndrome. It is held on the same day each year to coincide with the birth date of Professor Karl-Axel Ekborn (born 23rd September 1907, died 1977). This eminent Swedish neurologist first wrote and described the disease in 1945. Since then, a lot has been learned about its symptoms although (to date) there is no known primary cause. It may be associated with dopamine or blood iron levels.
Characterized by urges to move the legs even when at rest, it can also sometimes occur in the arms. Secondary causes include some medication or other pre-disposing medical conditions.
International Legs Awareness Day aims to increase understanding of RLS and the jerky movements and in some cases distress caused. A cure is still being sought. In 2013, the North Carolina (USA) proclaimed that this day should be observed by all citizens.
French artist Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938) was an artist's model before becoming a respected painter herself. Part of a circle of artists living and working in Paris's Montmartre neighborhood at the turn of the twentieth century, Valadon was one of the most notable female artists of the period. Valadon is also remembered for her many love affairs and as the mother of prominent French painter Maurice Utrillo.
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| Definition: | (verb) Make impersonal or present as an object. | ||
| Synonyms: | depersonalize | ||
| Usage: | Pornography objectifies women. | ||
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This Day in History
Merchant Royal Sinks, Taking Cargo of Gold and Silver with Her (1641)
A holy grail of marine salvage, the wreck of the Merchant Royal, one of the most valuable of all time, has eluded treasure hunters for centuries. When the leaky, 17th-century English merchant ship sank in rough weather in the vicinity of the Isles of Scilly and southwestern England, she took with her a fabled cargo of gold, silver, and precious gems worth over a billion dollars today.
Suzanne Valadon (1865)
After a fall from the trapeze ended her career as a circus acrobat, Valadon modeled for many of the major impressionists. Encouraged by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Edgar Degas, she began painting and became known for her intensely personal works, including landscapes, nudes, and portraits featuring vibrant colors with heavy black outlines. Valadon was the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo.
Aizu Byakko Matsuri
Aizu was once the sturdiest castle in northeast Japan, but it was destroyed in a battle between the Emperor's forces and the Shogun's forces in 1868. The Byakkotai, or White Tiger Band, young men who vowed to lay down their lives in defense of the castle, saw what they thought was fire rising from the walls. Thinking it had fallen into enemy hands, they killed themselves. Each September to commemorate their courage, there is a procession of 500 warriors and a lantern procession through Aizu Wakamatsu, where the original members of the White Tiger Band are buried.
Great white shark lair in Pacific Ocean discovered by scientists
Researchers from Monterey bay Aquarium and Stanford University have discovered, between California and Hawaii, an area the size of Colorado that appears to be a "White Shark Café" — but it is unclear if the sharks are there for food or sex. The San ...READ MORE:
Great white shark lair in Pacific Ocean discovered by scientists
1642 - The first commencement at Harvard College, in Cambridge, MA, was held.
1838 - Victoria Chaflin Woodhull was born. She became the first female candidate for the U.S. Presidency.
1845 - The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York was formed by Alexander Joy Cartwright. It was the first baseball team in America.
1846 - Astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune.
1951 - The first transcontinental telecast was received on the west coast. The show "Crusade for Freedom" was broadcast by CBS-TV from New York.
1953 - "The Robe" premiered in Hollywood a week after its premiere in New York. The 20th Century Fox movie had been filmed using the Cinemascope wide screen process.
1962 - New York's Philharmonic Hall opened. It was the first unit of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The hall was later renamed the Avery Fisher Hall.
1962 - "The Jetsons" premiered on ABC-TV. It was the first program on the network to be carried in color.
1964 - The new ceiling painting of the Paris Opera house was unveiled. The work was done by Russian-born artist Marc Chagall.
1973 - Overthrown Argentine president Juan Peron was returned to power. He had been overthrown in 1955. His wife, Eva Duarte, was the subject of the musical "Evita."
1998 - Jamie Lee Curtis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1999 - Siegfried & Roy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
If You Were Born Today, September 23
You are very engaging, quick-witted, personable, and magnetic. You have a mischievous quality that is generally good-natured and likable, and that keeps you youthful no matter your age! You are what might be described as a gentle leader, as people naturally gravitate to you, but you are not aggressive or showy by nature. Even so, you make things happen and bring change. You are quite articulate and make an engaging conversationalist - people enjoy your company. You are always curious and often a little mischievous. You can be very idealistic in love. Famous people born today:
63 BC Augustus Caesar [Gaius Octavius], First Roman Emperor (27BC-14AD), born in Rome (d. 14)
1215 Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (1260-94) and founder of the Yuan dynasty in China (1271-94), born in Monoglia (d. 1294)
1869 Mary Mallon, Irish-American patient ('Typhoid Mary') 1st person in the US known to be immune to typhoid, and carrier of the disease (infected at least 51 people in New York City), born in Cookstown, Ireland (d. 1938)
1926 John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist and composer (Blue Train), born in Hamlet, North Carolina (d. 1967)
1930 Ray Charles [Robinson], American singer and pianist, (Georgia on My Mind, Mess Around), born in Albany, Georgia (d. 2004)
1943 Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers), born in McDonald, Pennsylvania
1949 Bruce Springsteen [The Boss], American singer, songwriter and rock musician (Born to Run, Born in the USA), born in Long Branch, New JerseyREADERS INFO
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Christiansborg Palace is a building in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament, the Office of the Prime Minister, and the Supreme Court. The first castle on the site was Absalon's Castle, built in 1167 by the bishop Absalon and demolished in 1370, after King Valdemar was defeated by the Hanseatic League. By the end of the 14th century Copenhagen Castle was built on the site but that too was demolished in 1731. The first Christiansborg was then built, on the orders of King Christian VI, becoming the largest palace in northern Europe on its completion in 1745. It was destroyed in 1794 by fire, and replaced by the second Christiansborg. That too burned down in 1884, eventually being replaced by the current building, which was built between 1907 and 1928. The modern building is neo-Baroque in style, although the 19th-century neoclassical chapel and the original Baroque riding grounds remain, having survived the fires.
GAZIPUR, BANGLADESH
The photo was taken on 23rd of July’16 at Tongi Railway Station, Gazipur, Bangladesh. I was there for taking photos and waiting for a moment. A train from Dhaka toward another district has reached and stopped at the platform for 5 min for lifting passengers. It was huge raining. Suddenly I found a pair of curious eye was looking at me through the window and on his left an umbrella has been put for protect the rain. I got the moment.
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Build your own cardboard TV
There will always be something good on TV when you build you own fun DIY projects. Keep the cardboard box TV project simple and inexpensive by using a leftover box, duct tape and a box of crayons or markers. Use your stuffed animals to perform their own show.
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A Winnie-the-Pooh illustration has sold for more than any other book illustration ever
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One lucky person will never get lost in the Hundred Acre Woods: a hand-drawn illustrated map of Winnie-the-Pooh’s hometown has been purchased, with the very special distinction of being the most expensive book illustration ever sold at auction,according to Connie Suggitt at Guinness World Records.
In late summer, the map was sold in London by Sotheby’s for £430,000 ($570,000) — three times the expected sale price, beating the previous record by over £100,000. Someone reached deep into the honey pot for this one.
The illustration, titled “Original Map of the Hundred Acre Wood,” was drawn in 1926 by Ernest Howard Shepard for the endpapers of A.A. Milne’s book Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin, the book’s young hero, takes credit for Shepard’s map; the illustration is signed “Drawn by me and Mr. Shepard helped.”
Shepard is best known as the illustrator of the Winnie-the-Pooh books and The Wind in the Willows. His illustrations are apparently much beloved and highly valued: the record for this particular category was previously held by a drawing Shepard did of Pooh and Christopher Robin playing Roohsticks. It sold for £314,500.
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