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Celebrate Insect Repellent Awareness Day
Most of us have been bitten by a mosquito or similar insect at one point in our life. Usually just an annoyance, insect bites can also prove very serious. Insect Repellent Awareness Day aims to promote the use of insect repellents to not only prevent bites but the spread of diseases, such as Malaria, carried by insects. Insect repellents can be used in various forms, including sprays, creams and tablets, and can help reduce insect bites significantly.
Launched in 2014, Insect Repellent Awareness Day was founded by scientists at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to help people understand the importance of using repellents both in this country and, most importantly, when travelling abroad. Schools can tie in a celebration of the day with projects about bugs and perhaps link in with first aid knowledge around what to do if you are bitten and how to use repellents.
thanks for the pics, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
Word of the Day
stigma
MEANING:
noun:
1. A mark of shame or infamy.
2. A birthmark or scar.
3. An identifying mark of a disease.
4. The tip of the pistil of a flower where pollen is deposited.
5. A mark burned into the skin of a person.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin stigma, from Greek stigma (tattoo mark), from stizein (to prick). Ultimately from the Indo-European root steig- (to stick; pointed), which is also the source of ticket, etiquette, instinct, stigma, thistle, tiger, and steak. Earliest documented use: 1596.
USAGE:
“Her appearance has changed as well, and I don’t mean just the intense reticulation of lines and wrinkles, the true stigmata of life.”
Rabih Alameddine; An Unnecessary Woman; Grove Press; 2014.
1. A mark of shame or infamy.
2. A birthmark or scar.
3. An identifying mark of a disease.
4. The tip of the pistil of a flower where pollen is deposited.
5. A mark burned into the skin of a person.
Rabih Alameddine; An Unnecessary Woman; Grove Press; 2014.
Idiom of the Day
Have your heart in the right place -
Meaning - Refers to a person with good intentions; even though the results are not that impressive.
Example - The dinner she had cooked wasn't the best but she had her heart in the right place.
This Day in History
1539 - Hernando De Soto claimed Florida for Spain.
1800 - John Adams moved to Washington, DC. He was the first President to live in what later became the capital of the United States.
1851 - The New York Knickerbockers became the first baseball team to wear uniforms.
1888 - "Casey at the Bat" the poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer was first published.
1932 - Lou Gehrig set a major league baseball record when he hit four consecutive home runs.
1937 - The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson.
1938 - The German Reich voted to confiscate so-called "degenerate art."
1959 - The first class graduated from the Air Force Academy in Denver, CO.
1965 - Edward White became the first American astronaut to do a "space walk" when he left the Gemini 4 capsule.
1970 - Har Gobind Khorana and colleagues announced the first synthesis of a gene from chemical components.
2003 - Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) broke a bat when he grounded out against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The bat he was using was a corked bat.(Illinois, Florida)
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, June 3
You are especially perceptive and imaginative, an excellent storyteller, and well-liked, not just due to charm but because you take the time to make others happy. You are very strong-willed, even if you don't always come across that way. When young, you might worry a lot and have problems turning your thinking process off enough to truly relax. However, as you gain life experience, you learn to embrace change. Famous people born today:
1726 James Hutton, geologist, born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1770 Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician and military leader who took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1820)
1904 Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon who pioneered blood plasma research and developed the blood bank concept, born in Washington, D. C. (d. 1950)
1926 Allen Ginsberg, American beat poet (Howl, The Fall of America) and 1960s counterculture icon, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1997)
1974 Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics), born in Cwmaman, Wales
READERS INFO
1.
CELESTIAL EVENT ... TONIGHT
New Moon. The Moon will located on the same side of the Earth as the Sun and will not be visible in the night sky. This phase occurs at 10:02 UTC. This is the best time of the month to observe faint objects such as galaxies and star clusters because there is no moonlight to interfere.
2.
1972 -
Sally Priesand was the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi by a rabbinical seminary.
3.
1539 - Hernando De Soto claimed Florida for Spain.
1932 - Lou Gehrig set a major league baseball record when he hit four consecutive home runs.
1937 - The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson.
1938 - The German Reich voted to confiscate so-called "degenerate art."
1959 - The first class graduated from the Air Force Academy in Denver, CO.
1965 - Edward White became the first American astronaut to do a "space walk" when he left the Gemini 4 capsule.
1970 - Har Gobind Khorana and colleagues announced the first synthesis of a gene from chemical components.
2003 - Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) broke a bat when he grounded out against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The bat he was using was a corked bat.(Illinois, Florida)
2.
Sally Priesand was the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi by a rabbinical seminary.
3.
Piccolo Spoleto Festival 2019
May 24 - June 9, 2019 | Charleston, SC
The Piccolo Spoleto Festival is an annual multimedia arts festival. Over the course of several days, the festival hosts nearly 500 events around the Charleston, South Carolina, area that traverse the spectrum of artistic media and genres. Attendees of the massive celebration can enjoy visual art exhibits, live music, theatrical performances, crafting, film screenings, dancing, children's activities, informative presentations and more.
Atlanta Design Festival 2019
June 1 - 9, 2019 | Atlanta, GA
Yeah, you’re beautiful and stuff, but what about the stunning architecture and design that surrounds you? This expo explores architecture and design culture, digging into the creativity and passion infused into each piece by an artist with a vision. Here, you’ll see the art that complements the already staggering world we live in.
Whoop-Up Days and Rhubarb Festival 2019
May 2019 Dates Unconfirmed | Conrad, MT
Conrad Rodeo Grounds|7 Sixth Ave SW
Make no mistake - Conrad, Montana, will keep you busy with the Whoop-Up Days and Rhubarb Festival. Children’s parades, music and rodeos will get things kicking off. Who’s hungry? Have a pancake breakfast, then torch the calories on a fun run. Still hungry? Rhubarb pies and other rhubarb creations will keep guests satiated amongst the other activities.
Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet, philosopher and writer. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. Ginsberg vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression; he was also known to embody various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions. He was one of many influential American writers of his time who were associated with the Beat Generation, including Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. Ginsberg is best known for his poem "Howl", in which he denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. This picture, taken in 1979, shows Ginsberg signing books at the Atheneum bookstore in Amsterdam. The photograph is in the collection of the Algemeen Nederlandsch Fotobureau (General Dutch Photo Bureau, also known as Anefo), part of the Dutch national archives.
SLAM DUNK
A basketball player flies high through the air attempting a slam dunk in which he puts the ball between his legs first!
knit
thanks, Ethel
thanks, Wendy
knit
Celebration Dishcloth pattern by Joyce Fassbender
knit
knit
Dungarees
Crochet Pattern of the Day: Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
crochet
thanks, Julie
thanks, Ann
crochet
crochet
RECIPE
thanks, Shelley
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Sally
SWEETS
thanks, Lesley
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
thanks, Jeri
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts
thanks, Cindy
PUZZLE
SUDOKU ... medium
solution:
QUOTE
CLEVER
Prune Fingers Caused by Wetness May Exist to Help Humans Grip Things
When you enjoy a long bath, you’ll surely notice that your fingertips shrivel up like prunes. And while you might assume that this occurs because your skin has absorbed so much water, that’s not the case. Instead, the blood vessels inside of
our fingertips contract, which makes our skin pucker. Scientists also believe the wrinkles are likely a result of evolution and once helped our ancestors grip their tools and food while foraging in wet areas.
When you enjoy a long bath, you’ll surely notice that your fingertips shrivel up like prunes. And while you might assume that this occurs because your skin has absorbed so much water, that’s not the case. Instead, the blood vessels inside of
our fingertips contract, which makes our skin pucker. Scientists also believe the wrinkles are likely a result of evolution and once helped our ancestors grip their tools and food while foraging in wet areas.
EYE OPENER
thanks, Sylvia
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. -Allen Ginsberg, poet (3 Jun 1926-1997)
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