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Celebrate Chocolate Ice Cream Day
The exact origins of Chocolate Ice Cream Day are unknown, but few people will need a reason to celebrate an event that requires the eating of chocolate ice cream. Vanilla is considered the most popular flavor of ice cream, but ever since the Italians froze hot chocolate in 1692, chocolate has been a close contender. The celebratory day itself was likely started by an ice cream manufacturer to encourage greater sales of the delightful dessert, but the question remains whether there was really any need to encourage people to eat more chocolate ice cream.
Chocolate ice cream is made by combining cocoa powder with eggs, cream, vanilla, and sugar. The recipe is then frozen, and the more adventurous celebrant could consider making their own ice cream based dessert in order to celebrate Chocolate Ice Cream Day, or simply open the freezer and grab any tub that is close to hand.
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Word of the Day
charisma
MEANING:
noun: A personal charm or appeal that inspires devotion, loyalty, enthusiasm, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin, from Greek kharisma, from kharis (favor, grace). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gher- (to like or want), which also gave us chrestomathy, hortatory, hortative, yearn, greedy, and exhort. Earliest documented use: 1641.
USAGE:
“The stigmata associated with dying unexpectedly at the age of forty-two after making the difficult journey through the Alps from Paris, from complications giving birth to her eighth child, only seems to have enhanced her charismata, since the city of Lyon rallied around to give her the unprecedented honor of a state funeral.”
Rosalind Kerr; The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell’Arte Stage; University of Toronto Press; 2015.
Rosalind Kerr; The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell’Arte Stage; University of Toronto Press; 2015.
Idiom of the Day
Go bananas -
Meaning - Refers to someone who behaves in a crazy way out of emotions.
Example - Your decision to go abroad for a year will make your family go bananas.
This Day in History
1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States.
1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.
1892 - John Joseph Doyle became the first pinch-hitter in baseball when he was used in a game.
1903 - Professor Pierre Curie revealed the discovery of Polonium.
1909 - Mary Pickford made her motion picture debut in "The Violin Maker of Cremona."
1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.
1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes.
1955 - "The $64,000 Question" premiered.
1968 - Legoland Billund opened in Billund, Denmark. It was the original Legoland park.
1972 - The musical "Grease" opened on Broadway. It had been playing off-Broadway for about 4 months.
1976 - "The NBC Nightly News", with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, aired for the first time.
1978 - Prince's first single "Soft and Wet" was released.
1982 - Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion in Memphis, TN, opened as a tourist attraction.
1993 - The ground breaking ceremony was held for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, OH.
1994 - The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia declared the RMS Titanic, Inc. (RMST) salvor-in-possession of the wreck and the wreck site of the RMS Titanic.
2000 - U.S. Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corporation.
2014 - In Arlington, TX, about 105,000 people attended George Strait's final concert at AT&T stadium. The show set a record for the largest crowd for an indoor concert in North American history.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, June 7
You have strong business instincts which can aid you in your worldly goals, but you also possess a distinctly spiritual side that you share only with those very close to you. Some might call you lucky, but in truth, you make your own luck. You can be a tad stubborn and this quality can make relationships challenging, especially as you tend to attract the same quality in others. Famous people born today:
1843 Susan Blow, American educator who pioneered kindergarten education and was known as the "Mother of the Kindergarten", born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1916)
1848 Paul Gauguin [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter who worked in French Polynesia, born in Paris (d. 1903)
1888 Clarence DeMar [Mr. DeMarathon], American marathon runner and 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, born in Madeira, Ohio (d. 1958)
1909 Jessica Tandy, British actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included), born in London, England (d. 1994)
1940 Tom Jones [Thomas John Woodward], Welsh singer (What's New Pussycat), born in Pontypridd, Wales
1952 Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor (Schindler's List, Les Miserables), born in Ballymena, County Antrim
1958 Prince [Rogers Nelson], American singer-songwriter and musician (1999, Purple Rain), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2016)
1959 Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States (Republican: 2017-) and Governor of Indiana (2013-16), born in Columbus, Indiana
1988 Michael Cera, Canadian actor (Arrested Development, Superbad), born in Brampton, Ontario
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1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States.
1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.
1892 - John Joseph Doyle became the first pinch-hitter in baseball when he was used in a game.
1903 - Professor Pierre Curie revealed the discovery of Polonium.
1909 - Mary Pickford made her motion picture debut in "The Violin Maker of Cremona."
1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.
1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes.
1955 - "The $64,000 Question" premiered.
1968 - Legoland Billund opened in Billund, Denmark. It was the original Legoland park.
1976 - "The NBC Nightly News", with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, aired for the first time.
1994 - The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia declared the RMS Titanic, Inc. (RMST) salvor-in-possession of the wreck and the wreck site of the RMS Titanic.
2000 - U.S. Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered the breakup of Microsoft Corporation.
DAILY SQU-EEK
1988 Michael Cera, Canadian actor (Arrested Development, Superbad), born in Brampton, Ontario
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READERS INFO
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TODAY: In 1967, Dorothy Parker dies.
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Beef Empire Days 2019
May 31 - June 9, 2019 | Garden City, KS
Beef Empire Days in Garden City, Kansas, is a celebration of beef and the cattle industry. The multiple-day extravaganza features barbecue cookouts, conferences, concerts, a ranch rodeo, athletic competitions, live stock auctions, golf tournaments, carnival attractions, kid's activities, speaking engagements and more.
San Diego County Fair 2019
May 31 - July 4, 2019 | Del Mar, CA
Del Mar Fairgrounds|2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd
The San Diego County Fair is a month-long community celebration that attracts over one million guests each summer. The fair kicks off summer with rides, food, beverages, music, contests and more, with a changing lineup of events throughout the month. There are attractions for people of all ages including beer and wine for adults and special entertainment for kids.
further information: San Diego County Fair
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Cordele Watermelon Days Festival 2019
June 22, 2019 | Cordele, GA
The proclaimed “Watermelon Capital of the World” invites you to feast on melons as big as your noggin. The summer season is in full swing in Cordele, Georgia, and at the Watermelon Days Festival, you will eat juicy watermelon by the slice, take part in a seed-spitting contest, throw some horseshoes, cast away in a fishing rodeo and a laundry list of other activities.
further information: Watermelon Festival
The European paper wasp (Polistes dominulaor Polistes dominulus) is one of the most common species of wasps in the genus Polistes. Originally described in 1791 by German naturalist Johann Ludwig Christ as Vespa dominula, it is native to southern Europe and North Africa, as well as temperate parts of Asia as far east as China. It has also been introduced to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Americas. The species is common and cosmopolitan due to its exceptional survival features, such as a productive colony cycle, a short development time and a higher ability to endure predator attacks. It generally lives in temperate, terrestrial habitats, such as chaparral, forest and grassland biomes. This picture shows a young European paper wasp queen guarding her nest and eggs.
PEOPLE ARE CALLING THIS ROOFTOP INFINITY POOL IN THE SWISS ALPS THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
3,000 ft (914m) above sea level is an outdoor infinity pool that maintains a year-round temp of 34ºC (93ºF)
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Crochet Pattern of the Day: Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
Iris Irene
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Aestas Top
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CROCKPOT RECIPE
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SWEETS
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ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Father's Day
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PUZZLE
SUDOKU ... easy
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ODD AND INTERESTING NEW PRODUCTS
Cutting Board Bird Feeder
Bathroom Sink Aquarium
EYE OPENER
Beekeeping Tips—From Bees!sciencefriday
Inspecting hives in the Almond Orchards.For the hobby beekeeper, there’s much to consider when housing your first domestic honey bee colonies—what kind of hive to get, where to put them, where to get your bees, and how to help them survive the winter.But when left to their own devices, what do the bees themselves prefer? From smaller nests to higher openings, wild honey bees seem to prefer very different conditions from the closely clustered square boxes of traditional beekeeping, according to Cornell University biology professor Thomas Seeley, who details the behavior of wild honey bees in a new book called The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild.But there are ways to adapt! Seeley joins Ira to explain his theory of “Darwinian beekeeping” as a way to keep bees healthy even in the age of varroa mites and colony collapse.Plus, apiculturalist Elina L. Niño of the University of California Davis talks about the microbial world of bees, such as whether probiotics could benefit bee health, and how honey bees and bumblebees could be used to distribute beneficial microbes to plants, an idea called ‘apivectoring.’
Bees festooning. 
The beehives atop the 104th police precinct building in Queens, NY.Beekeeping Tips
Want to start keeping your own bees and making honey? These tips, adapted from Thomas Seeley’s book The Lives of Bees, include some basic information to get you started. This is by no means a complete guide to starting your own bee colony. Beekeeping is a complex craft, so it’s best learned by working as an apprentice with an expert. To learn more, you can pick up Seeley’s book or check out this guide to get more detailed information.Work with bees that are adapted to your location.For example, if you live in the northeastern United States, then either rear queens from your hardiest survivor colonies or buy queens (or nucleus colonies) produced from stock that has proven itself by thriving in this region despite its long, harsh winters. If you do not want to rear your own queens or you do not have a local queen producer, but you do have wild colonies living in your area, then you can easily get locally adapted stock by capturing swarms produced by the wild colonies. The most efficient way to do so is to set out bait hives. This approach will work best if you live in a place that is not crowded with fellow beekeepers, some of who might be purchasing queens shipped in from far away.Space your hives as widely as possible.Wild colonies in forests benefit from wide separation (0.5 miles apart), but of course, such a wide spacing of colonies is impossible for most beekeepers. Fortunately, spacing colonies just 100 – 160 feet apart greatly reduces the likelihood of drifting of drone bees—and probably also worker bees—among colonies and thus, limits the spread of disease.Minimize the moving of colonies.Move colonies as rarely as possible, because doing so disrupts many aspects of a colony’s functioning, including brood care, nest thermoregulation, and food collection. Besides the stress of the move itself, there is the need for the foragers to memorize the new landmarks around their hive so each bee can find her way home, and the need for them to learn from scratch the locations of good food sources and handy water sources.Locate your colonies as far as possible from flowers that are contaminated with insecticides and fungicides.The greater the separation of colonies from these sources of harmful chemicals, the less often the foragers from your colonies will be exposed to them and will bring them home in the nectar, pollen, and water they collect.Locate your colonies in places that are surrounded as much as possible by natural areas: wetlands, forests, abandoned fields, moorlands, and the like.This will help ensure that your colonies have access to diverse sources of pollen and nectar that are not contaminated with insecticides and fungicides, as well as good sources of clean water and propolis.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars. -Gwendolyn Brooks, poet (7 Jun 1917-2000)
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