Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Chocolate Caramel Day - March 19, 2019

DIANE'S CORNER ... 
Celebrate Chocolate Caramel Day
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I travel with chocolate – Godiva with caramel. When the craving hits, I have to have it.
Christa B. Allen
Chocolate caramel has got to be the greatest invention in the history of ever. Rich, luxurious high quality chocolate with deep flavors and color, filled with the buttery rich flavor of caramel with a warm gooey texture and golden color, what could be better? Chocolate Caramel Day reminds you that this delightful slice of heaven exists, and that whenever you have chocolate, caramel will make it better. When you have caramel? Chocolate is its missing companion.
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History of Chocolate Caramel Day

The origins of caramel are lost to the annals of history, but what we know that it lay somewhere in the 200 years between 1650 and 1880 in the Americas. The intrepid settlers were making hard candies in kettles sometime after they arrived, a process that would eventually culminate in caramels when some bright spark added fat and milk to the boiling water and sugar, and thus caramel was born. It’s worth noting that during this time refined sugar was both rare and expensive, so they were often made with sugar beet juice.
Chocolate, on the other hand, comes from Mesoamerica and has been prepared as a drink there as early as 1750 BCE. When the settlers arrived and discovered the rich drink, they quickly transported it back to Europe, where it quickly became a huge favorite. From this beginning as a simple and exotic drink, chocolate has evolved into the rich variety we experience today, thanks in part to Mr. Hershey of the Hershey’s candy company.
You see, Hershey got his start preparing and selling caramel, it was actually the foundation of what would become his growing empire. Once he switched to making chocolate as his primary product, it only made sense to introduce the world into the blending of his two loves, chocolate and caramel! So it was that the world was introduced to Chocolate Caramel as a flavor, and it became a sensation. It may have existed before this, but Mr. Hershey was the one that made it popular!
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Word of the Day

facies

facies

MEANING:
noun:
1. General appearance.
2. In medicine, a distinctive appearance associated with a pathological condition.
3. In geology, a body of rock with specific characteristics.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin facies (face). Earliest documented use: 1398.

USAGE:
“The cholera victim no longer has any face: he has a facies -- a facies that could only mean cholera. The eye, sunk deep in its socket and seemingly atrophied.”
Jean Giono; The Horseman on the Roof; North Point Press; 1982.

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Idiom of the Day

in a fog
also, in a haze

Meaning

  • in a great confusion
  • not giving attention to something
  • being in a state of perplexity or confusion
  • unable to think or understand clearly about what is happening around you
  • not alert

Example Sentences

  1. Jane always seems to be in a fog.
  2. I always feel like I’m in a fog when I take that medication. It’s like it’s hard for me to think.
  3. After the accident, he went about in a fog, even though he had not been injured.
  4. History is a subject which I hate to study. So whenever I sit in history class, I am in a fog.
  5. I didn’t vote for Alice because she always seems to be in a fog.
  6. I was so upset for two days that I went around in a haze, not even answering when people spoke to me. (Here in this example, “haze” is used instead of “fog” which explicitly means to be in a confused state).
  7. Millie always seems to be in a haze; she never knows what’s going on.

Origin

Although the origin of this idiom is not available, contextually, in a fog is used in situations where we are not attentive of what is happening and seem to be like in the actual fog whose literal meaning is smoky like surroundings. Although these expressions “in a fog” and “in a haze” allude to obscuring one’s view. The term ‘fog’ usage dates from about 1600s, ‘haze’ from mid-1800s.
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This Day in History

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1628 - The Massachusetts colony was founded by Englishmen. 

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1822 - The city of Boston, MA, was incorporated. 

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1831 - The first bank robbery in America was reported. The City Bank of New York City lost $245,000 in the robbery. 

Image result for 1892 - In St. Petersburg, Russia, Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" was first performed. This performance was a selection of eight numbers from the "Nutcracker" ballet.
1892 - In St. Petersburg, Russia, Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" was first performed. This performance was a selection of eight numbers from the "Nutcracker" ballet. 

Image result for 1900 - Archeologist Arthur John Evans began the excavation of Knossos Palace in Greece.
1900 - Archaeologist Arthur John Evans began the excavation of Knossos Palace in Greece. 

Image result for 1915 - Pluto was photographed for the first time. However, it was not known at the time.
1915 - Pluto was photographed for the first time. However, it was not known at the time. 

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1918 - The U.S. Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time. 

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1931 - The state of Nevada legalized gambling. 

Image result for 1953 - The Academy Awards aired on television for the first time.
1953 - The Academy Awards aired on television for the first time. 

Image result for 1954 - Viewers saw the first televised prize fight shown in color when Joey Giardello knocked out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1954 - Viewers saw the first televised prize fight shown in color when Joey Giardello knocked out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 

Image result for 1957 - Elvis Presley bought the mansion he called Graceland.
1957 - Elvis Presley bought the mansion he called Graceland. 

Image result for 1964 - Sean Connery began shooting his role in "Goldfinger."
1964 - Sean Connery began shooting his role in "Goldfinger." 

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1977 - The last episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" aired. 

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1987 - Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from the PTL due to a scandal involving Jessica Hahn. 
Image result for 1990 - The first world ice hockey tournament for women was held in Ottawa.
1990 - The first world ice hockey tournament for women was held in Ottawa. 
Image result for 1994 - The largest omelet in history was made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan.
1994 - The largest omelet in history was made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan. 
Image result for 2002 - Actor Ben Kingsley was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
2002 - Actor Ben Kingsley was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. 

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DAILY SQU-EEK




If You Were Born Today, March 19
You are a little hard to understand, but that is part of your quirky charm. You have an original sense of humor, and you are given to extremes of feeling. You can certainly be temperamental, and often very determined to get your way, but you are also a caring, compassionate, and perceptive person who is forgiving and aware. Famous people born today:
First Governor of Plymouth Colony William Bradford
1589 William Bradford, English separatist, Governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized), born in Austerfield, England (d. 1657)

Physician and Explorer David Livingstone
1813 David Livingstone, Scottish explorer (found by Stanley in Africa), born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1873)

OK Corral Sheriff Wyatt Earp
1848 Wyatt Earp, American sheriff (OK Corral), born in Monmouth, Illinois (d. 1929)

Jurist and Governor of California Earl Warren
1891 Earl Warren, Governor of California/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69), born in Los Angeles, California

Actor Bruce Willis
1955 Bruce Willis, American actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard), born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany

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1868 -
Drawn to sports by her recovery from childhood illness, Senda Berenson (March 19, 1868 - February 16, 1954) became known as the “Mother of Women’s Basketball.”

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Senda Berenson’s ill health meant she had to be tutored at home and later drop out of the Boston Conservatory of Music. In an attempt to regain her strength, she enrolled in the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, training to become a gymnastics coach. 

She began teaching at Smith College at twenty-three, and a year later discovered a new game called “Basket Ball” that she decided to adapt for women players, despite the fact that, at the time, women only played individual sports because team sports were thought too dangerous. 

She refereed the first official game of women’s basketball in 1893, with Smith freshmen battling against the sophomores. Within two years, there were hundreds of women’s basketball teams, and the success of the game opened the door for other women’s sports. Berenson developed the official rule-book for women’s college basketball, and many of the rules she created remained in force for the next seventy years.

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North Texas Teen Book Festival 2019

Mar 23, 2019 | Irving, TX

Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas|500 W Las Colinas Blvd.
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Unfortunately, you can’t read Captain Underpants forever. Now that you’re a teenager, it’s time to impress mom and climb the literary ladder to the next level. Take a gander at the collection of solid reads waiting to be cracked open at the North Texas Teen Book Festival. If you aren’t convinced yet, let the celebrated wordsmith who wrote it convince you. There will be several authors in attendance to sign your books and speak about the rich worlds they’ve created.

further information: North Texas Teen Book Festival

3.

HavenCon 2019

Ap 19 - 21, 2019 | Austin, TX 

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin|6505 N Interstate 35
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HavenCon bills itself as an “LGBTQA Geek and Gaming Convention” with a full schedule of events catering to fans of pop and gaming culture. Attendees come decked out in all kinds of fantastic costumes and compete in the Cosplay Contest, and artists are featured in various cosplay panels. There are also several guest speakers, video and tabletop games and tournaments, a Big Gay Cosplay Wedding, special screenings and more.

further information: HavenCon


Queensland's Gold Coast (taken from The Spit)
The Gold Coast is a coastal region approximately 70 kilometres south of BrisbaneAustralia that, over the past 50 years, has coalesced from a collection of scattered villages into a city of approximately 400,000 people. The subtropical climate, attractive surf beaches, and savvy marketing have attracted millions of tourists

Teacher Goes Viral After Holding Student's Baby So They Could Take Notes

Dr. Nathan Alexander is a 34-year-old math professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia

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 Fear is a reaction Courage is a                             decision. - Winston Churchill
 
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1. The largest blue whale that ever lived weighed up to 200 tons - more than twice what scientists estimate dinosaurs weighed! 2. Dolly Parton names all of her wigs! 3. Saturn didn't always have its rings.

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