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Celebrate No One Eats Alone Day
Growing up in middle and high school can be difficult. Known for its social cliches and drama, if you don’t have friends throughout those years, then it can be hard. Social isolation is a pervading feeling that can never seem to go away, especially in a world that thrives on social interaction. Hence comes No One Eats Alone Day, a day all about socializing and making friends through lunch.
History of No One Eats Alone Day
No One Eats Alone Day is a prevention program that was created by nonprofit Beyond Differences to tackle the growing problem of social isolation in schools. The program, which was launched in 2012 in a handful of schools in Northern California, addresses an issue that affects students all over the country in urban, suburban, rural, public and private schools. No One Eats Alone Day encourages students to not only sit with classmates they don’t know and get to know them but also to spot others who might feel left out and include them. In 2018, more than 1 million students in over 2,300 schools in all 50 states participated in No One Eats Alone Day.
Beyond Differences is a student-led organization focused on bringing an end to social isolation in schools all over the country. The organization was inspired by a woman named Lili Rachel Smith, who had Apert’s Syndrome and died in her sleep at the age of 15, suffered from social isolation during much of her life. The organization has since created multiple programs such as Know Your Classmates and Call It Out, No One Eats Alone Day has become one of the most popular programs in the country, helping to end the feeling of social isolation and bringing acceptance back into middle and high schools.
thanks, for The Graphic Art of Propaganda
thru World War 1 Posters, Agnes
Word of the Day
appose
MEANING:
verb tr.: To place next to or side by side: to juxtapose.
USAGE:
“You look at m/e, you smile at m/e infinitely, m/y eyes are apposed to your eyes, / am seized by unnameable joy and horror.”
Lillian Faderman; Chloe plus Olivia; Viking; 1994.
Lillian Faderman; Chloe plus Olivia; Viking; 1994.
Idiom of the Day
No Pain, No Gain
To achieve something requires some sort of hard effort or sacrifice; suffering is needed to make progress.
Example Usage: I spent one hour exercising today but, no pain no gain!
Did you know...? The phrase 'no pain, no gain' originated in the fitness / bodybuilding community. It suggests that people who avoid pain (such as sore muscles) will not succeed in their goal of building big muscles. The phrase is now used in all kinds of situations where effort is needed in order to achieve something.
This Day in History
1758 - Mustard was advertised for the first time in America.
1764 - The city of St. Louis was established.
1842 - Adhesive postage stamps were used for the first time by the City Dispatch Post (Office) in New York City.
1879 - U.S. President Hayes signed a bill that allowed female attorneys to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1903 - Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants, introduced the first teddy bear in America.
1946 - Edith Houghton, at age 33, was signed as a baseball scout by the Philadelphia Phillies becoming the first female scout in the major leagues.
1953 - The first American to win the women’s world figure skating championship was 17-year-old Tenley Albright.
1965 - Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag. The flag was to replace the old Red Ensign standard.
1965 - Nat "King" Cole died of complications following surgery for lung cancer at the age of 48.
2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush approved Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a site for long-term disposal of radioactive nuclear waste.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, February 15
Your personal magnetism is great, and your need for loving, harmonious, and balanced surroundings perhaps greater. You have a very unique spin on the world and love to share it with others. You are creative and usually good at writing or other expressive arts, and you also have a strong business sense. Forgiving and tolerant, few people so easily accept others for exactly who they are. You are also very perceptive and pick up on all the subtleties of human interaction. Famous people born today:
1564 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicistand engineer who has been called the father of science, born in Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy (d. 1642)
1820 Susan B. Anthony, American social reformer and women's suffrage movement leader, born in Adams, Massachusetts (d. 1906)
1874 Ernest Shackleton, British-Irish polar explorer(Endurance, Antarctica), born in Kilkea, Ireland (d. 1922)
1884 Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athlete, inventor, and businessman (invented the Erector Set), born in Salem, Oregon (d. 1961)
1907 Cesar Romero, American actor (Batman, Ocean's 11), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
1954 Matt Groening, American cartoonist and writer (Life in Hell, The Simpsons, Futurama), born in Portland, Oregon
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1953 - The first American to win the women’s world figure skating championship was 17-year-old Tenley Albright.
1965 - Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag. The flag was to replace the old Red Ensign standard.
2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush approved Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a site for long-term disposal of radioactive nuclear waste.
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Florida Renaissance Festival 2019
Feb 9 - Mar 24, 2019 Deerfield Beach, FL
Quiet Waters Park|401 S Powerline Rd
The Florida Renaissance Festival features a large selection of entertaining performers and artisan vendors. Guests have a rare opportunity to journey back to the 16th century to hear the music, watch the athletics and enjoy the crafts of the time. There is also plenty of food and ale at the whimsical gathering, which welcomes visitors of all ages and includes an area for children's entertainment.
Vermont Renaissance Faire 2019
Feb 23 - 24, 2019 | Essex Junction, VT
Champlain Valley Expo|105 Pearl St
The Winter Renaissance Faire is a family-friendly event for all ages, featuring performance troupes including singers, musicians, acrobats and dancers; as well as medieval and Viking demonstrations of life on the battlefields of the old world.
further information: https://www.vtgatherings.com/winter-faire/
Flowers of the plant Lantana camara with a crab spider waiting in ambush for prey. Part of the family Verbenaceae, L. camara is native to South and Central America and is now found across the world. It is often planted indoors or in a conservatory but can also be used in a garden if it has sufficient shelter. In some areas it has become an invasive species, affecting agricultural areas as a result of its toxicity to livestock and an ability to form dense thickets.
A robin snatches a worm
knit
thanks, Emma
Stone Cold Fox Scarf pattern by Katie Boyette
Treasured Heirloom Baby Blanket
Knit Pattern of the Day: Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
crochet
thanks, Helen
crochet
RECIPE
thanks. Lily
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Cora
SWEETS
thanks, Shelley
Apple Butter Sticky Buns With Pecans and Currants
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts
thanks, Renee
PUZZLE
| arrive automobile axiom ceiling design dinner electronics extra | famous gnome grasp great groom heart lanes lilt | marigold meadow moon moral motto never note novel | onion rebel right round siren sleep slush | stale start story stream tenor throw train world |
SUDOKU ... easy
solution:
QUOTE
CLEVER
You’ll need to be versatile because this quiz features questions about shows new and old, funny and sad. Think you can ace it? Give it a shot
Welcome Back, Kotter takes place in the high school (in Brooklyn) where I graduated from. In the opening of the show, you see a subway track (if I remember correctly) which was the exact one I used to get to school and back home afterwards!
me: (obviously there are a lot of shows I never watched lol)
I got 13 of 30 right
Not bad! You've watched a fair share of sitcoms in your day.
you: ?
EYE OPENER
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