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Celebrate Pet Obesity Awareness Day
Celebrate Pet Obesity Awareness Day
We, humans, spend a lot of time fretting over our own, and one another’s, weight, going to drastic measures to prevent or fight obesity, but what about our beloved pets? Believe it or not, animals suffer greatly as a result of obesity too.
Not only does it drastically impact their general health, but it also reduces their overall quality of life, often interfering with daily activities and their enjoyment of things like walking and playing ball.
It is difficult to deny our furry companions of the food they constantly beg for, and seeing the delight on their faces when they are given treats and scraps from lunch or dinner is one of the greatest things about having a pet. But doing this regularly is doing more harm than good.
To raise awareness about this issue and promote healthier diets for our pets, many animal lovers get together one day a year to celebrate Pet Obesity Awareness Day.
Veterinarians often lead the events where owners are encouraged to bring their dogs and cats along to receive complimentary health examination and screening.
They can then receive advice, tips and nutrition plans from professionals in the field to help them reduce the weight of the dog or cat and stop the problem escalating further tailored to their pets’ requirements.
Where Have all the Flowers Gone
Here is Pete’s story behind his timeless “Where Have All the Flowers Gone.”
“I had been reading a long novel—”And Quiet Flows the Don”—about the Don River in Russia and the Cossacks who lived along it in the 19th century. It describes the Cossack soldiers galloping off to join the Czar’s army, singing as they go. Three lines from a song are quoted in the book: ‘Where are the flowers? The girls plucked them / Where are the girls? They’re all married / Where are the men? They’re all in the army.’ I never got around to looking up the song, but I wrote down those three lines.
“Later, in an airplane, I was dozing, and it occurred to me that the line ‘long time passing’—which I had also written in a notebook—would sing well. Then I thought, ‘When will we ever learn.’ Suddenly, within 20 minutes, I had a song. There were just three verses. I Scotch-taped the song to a microphone and sang it at Oberlin College. This was in 1955.
“One of the students there had a summer job as a camp counselor. He took the song to the camp and sang it to the kids. It was very short. He gave it rhythm, which I hadn’t done. The kids played around with it, singing ‘Where have all the counselors gone? / Open curfew, everyone.’
“The counselor added two actual verses: ‘Where have all the soldiers gone? / Gone to graveyards every one / Where have all the graveyards gone? / Covered with flowers every one.’ Joe Hickerson is his name, and I give him 20 percent of the royalties. That song still brings in thousands of dollars from all around the world.”
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Joke of the Day
STABILITY
I started out with nothing...
And I still have most of it.
And I still have most of it.
Debbie Downer
MEANING:
noun: Someone who is persistently negative and pessimist.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Debbie Downer, a character in the television series Saturday Night Live, who frequently brings bad news in even the most cheerful situations. You can also call her a killjoy. Earliest documented use: 2004.
USAGE:
“Being a Debbie Downer isn’t just a pain for people around you -- it could also be shortening your life, a new study finds.”
Lauren Steussy; Optimists Live Longer, Study Says; New York Post; Aug 29, 2019.
Lauren Steussy; Optimists Live Longer, Study Says; New York Post; Aug 29, 2019.
Idiom of the Day
EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING (often just: EVERY CLOUD…)
Even a bad situation may have a positive aspect to it
I might have lost my job, but at least I don’t have that awful journey into work every day. Every cloud…!
I might have lost my job, but at least I don’t have that awful journey into work every day. Every cloud…!
This Day in History
1635 - Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, was banished from Massachusetts because he had spoken out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away land that belonged to the Indians. Williams had founded Providence, Rhode Island as a place for people to seek religious freedom.
1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut was chartered in New Haven. The name was later changed to Yale.
1781 - The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War took place in Yorktown, VA. The American forces, led by George Washington, defeated the British troops under Lord Cornwallis.
1813 - Composer Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was born.
1855 - Isaac Singer patented the sewing machine motor.
1872 - Aaron Montgomery started his mail order business with the delivery of the first mail order catalog. The firm later became Montgomery Wards.
1888 - The public was admitted to the Washington Monument for the first time.
1919 - The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. The win would be later tainted when 8 Chicago White Sox were charged with throwing the game. The incident became known as the "Black Sox" scandal.
1930 - Aviator Laura Ingalls landed in Glendale, CA, to complete the first solo transcontinental flight across the U.S. by a woman.
1936 - The first generator at Boulder Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles, CA. The name of the dam was later changed to Hoover Dam.
1946 - The first electric blanket went on sale in Petersburg, VA.
1959 - Bobby Darin became the youngest performer to headline the Sands Hotel's Copa Room in Las Vegas, NV. Johnny Mathis held the previous record (he had been 23).
1967 - Doc Severinsen replaced Skitch Henderson as musical director of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
1975 - Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Soviet scientist is known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb."
1985 - A 2½-acre garden memorial was dedicated to John Lennon by his widow Yoko Ono. The memorial in New York City’s Central Park is called Strawberry Fields.
2000 - Brett Hull (Dallas Stars) scored his 611th National Hockey League (NHL) goal. The goal allowed him to pass his father, Bobby Hull, on the all time scoring list bringing him to number 9.
2003 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II knighted Roger Moore and made Sting a CBE (Commander of the British Empire).
2009 - NASA launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). On November 13, it was announced that water had been discovered in the planned impact plume on the moon.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, October 9
You are a study in contradictions. Although compassionate, humanitarian, and egalitarian at least in theory, you can also be domineering when the mood strikes you. Your moods and behavior swings can be frustrating for others (and for yourself!) at times, but they also help fuel your powerful creativity. You love to debate and you have a way with words. You are not tolerant of narrow-minded thinking. You possess considerable strength of character, and partnership is extremely important to you. You live by your own truth and you are responsible. Famous people born today:
1823 Mary Ann Shadd Cary, American-Canadian publisher and anti-slavery campaigner, 1st African American newspaper publisher ('Provincial Freeman'), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1893)
1852 [Hermann] Emil Fischer, German chemist, discovered Fischer esterification (Nobel Prize 1902), born in Euskirchen, Rhine Province (d. 1919)
1940 John Lennon, British musician, pop star and member of The Beatles (Imagine), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1980)
1966 David Cameron, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 2010-16), born in London, England
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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
JOHN LENNON
1635 - Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, was banished from Massachusetts because he had spoken out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away land that belonged to the Indians. Williams had founded Providence, Rhode Island as a place for people to seek religious freedom.
1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut was chartered in New Haven. The name was later changed to Yale.
1781 - The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War took place in Yorktown, VA. The American forces, led by George Washington, defeated the British troops under Lord Cornwallis.
1813 - Composer Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was born.
1855 - Isaac Singer patented the sewing machine motor.
1872 - Aaron Montgomery started his mail order business with the delivery of the first mail order catalog. The firm later became Montgomery Wards.
1888 - The public was admitted to the Washington Monument for the first time.
1919 - The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. The win would be later tainted when 8 Chicago White Sox were charged with throwing the game. The incident became known as the "Black Sox" scandal.
1930 - Aviator Laura Ingalls landed in Glendale, CA, to complete the first solo transcontinental flight across the U.S. by a woman.
1936 - The first generator at Boulder Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles, CA. The name of the dam was later changed to Hoover Dam.
1946 - The first electric blanket went on sale in Petersburg, VA.
1959 - Bobby Darin became the youngest performer to headline the Sands Hotel's Copa Room in Las Vegas, NV. Johnny Mathis held the previous record (he had been 23).
1967 - Doc Severinsen replaced Skitch Henderson as musical director of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
1975 - Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Soviet scientist is known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb."
1985 - A 2½-acre garden memorial was dedicated to John Lennon by his widow Yoko Ono. The memorial in New York City’s Central Park is called Strawberry Fields.
2000 - Brett Hull (Dallas Stars) scored his 611th National Hockey League (NHL) goal. The goal allowed him to pass his father, Bobby Hull, on the all time scoring list bringing him to number 9.
2003 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II knighted Roger Moore and made Sting a CBE (Commander of the British Empire).
2009 - NASA launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). On November 13, it was announced that water had been discovered in the planned impact plume on the moon.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, October 9
You are a study in contradictions. Although compassionate, humanitarian, and egalitarian at least in theory, you can also be domineering when the mood strikes you. Your moods and behavior swings can be frustrating for others (and for yourself!) at times, but they also help fuel your powerful creativity. You love to debate and you have a way with words. You are not tolerant of narrow-minded thinking. You possess considerable strength of character, and partnership is extremely important to you. You live by your own truth and you are responsible. Famous people born today:
1823 Mary Ann Shadd Cary, American-Canadian publisher and anti-slavery campaigner, 1st African American newspaper publisher ('Provincial Freeman'), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1893)
1852 [Hermann] Emil Fischer, German chemist, discovered Fischer esterification (Nobel Prize 1902), born in Euskirchen, Rhine Province (d. 1919)
1940 John Lennon, British musician, pop star and member of The Beatles (Imagine), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1980)
1966 David Cameron, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 2010-16), born in London, England
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JOHN LENNON
John Lennon's childhood
John Lennon was born on 9 October 1940, during an air raid on Liverpool. His parents gave him the middle name Winston as a patriotic move!
John Lennon was born on 9 October 1940, during an air raid on Liverpool. His parents gave him the middle name Winston as a patriotic move!
The early Lennon works
John's first published his writing in a home made magazine called The Daily Howl. Lennon wrote two books of poetry and stories: In His Own Write and A Spaniard In The Works.
John's first published his writing in a home made magazine called The Daily Howl. Lennon wrote two books of poetry and stories: In His Own Write and A Spaniard In The Works.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
John met Paul McCartney at a church fete in Woolton on 6 July 1957. Following the Beatles' split, he referred to Paul as "an old estranged fiance of mine".
John met Paul McCartney at a church fete in Woolton on 6 July 1957. Following the Beatles' split, he referred to Paul as "an old estranged fiance of mine".
John Lennon and his spectacle phobia
Lennon was very short sighted, but embarrassed to wear his glasses. He wore contact lenses during most of his time in The Beatles.
Lennon was very short sighted, but embarrassed to wear his glasses. He wore contact lenses during most of his time in The Beatles.
The famous Lennon glasses
When he was filming the movie How I Won The War at the end of 1966, John was given a pair of round "granny glasses" for his character, Private Gripweed - the specs stayed and became part of the Lennon image.
When he was filming the movie How I Won The War at the end of 1966, John was given a pair of round "granny glasses" for his character, Private Gripweed - the specs stayed and became part of the Lennon image.
The John Lennon tour
At the time of his death in December 1980, Lennon was planning on a return to the live stage. The success of the Double Fantasy album could have seen him play live in 1981, nine years after his last gig appearance.
At the time of his death in December 1980, Lennon was planning on a return to the live stage. The success of the Double Fantasy album could have seen him play live in 1981, nine years after his last gig appearance.
2.
1936 -
The Hoover Dam began transmitting electricity to the city of Los Angeles. The gigantic structure, originally named Boulder Dam, was begun in 1931 and mainly built during President Herbert Hoover's administration. It was completed in 1935, during President Roosevelt's tenure, as a Public Works Administration project. After some back and forth, congress settled the name of the dam with House Resolution 140 in 1940, designating Hoover Dam as the name to honor President Hoover, who had adamantly supported the construction of the largest water reclamation project in the world. The primary objective of the massive steel-and-concrete wedge was to do just that: to collect, preserve and distribute water throughout the arid and fast-developing West.
At its completion, the Hoover Dam stood as a testament to the American government's dedication to its people; principally to the people committed to putting down new roots in the farthest, untamed reaches of the country. By diverting the waters of the Colorado River to the swelling reservoir called Lake Mead, the Federal Reclamation Bureau ensured that ranchers, farmers and city-dwellers alike would gain access to the world's most precious resource. Aqueducts, many of which are still in use today, channeled millions of gallons of Colorado River water to cities in California, Nevada and Arizona, bringing water to drought-stricken areas from nearly three hundred miles away.
The use of the Hoover Dam to generate electricity, therefore, was a benefit secondary to water reclamation. In October of 1936, this service was put into action. By utilizing transmission lines which spanned 266 miles of desert and mountains, the Hoover Dam harnessed the power of the Colorado River to generate and transmit electricity all the way to California.
3.
1936 -
The Hoover Dam began transmitting electricity to the city of Los Angeles. The gigantic structure, originally named Boulder Dam, was begun in 1931 and mainly built during President Herbert Hoover's administration. It was completed in 1935, during President Roosevelt's tenure, as a Public Works Administration project. After some back and forth, congress settled the name of the dam with House Resolution 140 in 1940, designating Hoover Dam as the name to honor President Hoover, who had adamantly supported the construction of the largest water reclamation project in the world. The primary objective of the massive steel-and-concrete wedge was to do just that: to collect, preserve and distribute water throughout the arid and fast-developing West.
At its completion, the Hoover Dam stood as a testament to the American government's dedication to its people; principally to the people committed to putting down new roots in the farthest, untamed reaches of the country. By diverting the waters of the Colorado River to the swelling reservoir called Lake Mead, the Federal Reclamation Bureau ensured that ranchers, farmers and city-dwellers alike would gain access to the world's most precious resource. Aqueducts, many of which are still in use today, channeled millions of gallons of Colorado River water to cities in California, Nevada and Arizona, bringing water to drought-stricken areas from nearly three hundred miles away.
The use of the Hoover Dam to generate electricity, therefore, was a benefit secondary to water reclamation. In October of 1936, this service was put into action. By utilizing transmission lines which spanned 266 miles of desert and mountains, the Hoover Dam harnessed the power of the Colorado River to generate and transmit electricity all the way to California.
Savannah Greek Festival 2019
Oct 10 - 12, 2019 | Savannah, GA
St. Paul's Hellenic Community Center|14 W Anderson St
Come out and enjoy live entertainment, historic and cultural tours and of course plenty of authentic Greek food! OPA!
4.
Hillberry Music Festival 2019
Oct 10 - 13, 2019 | Eureka Springs, AR
In the heart of the Ozark Mountains is Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where natural beauty and spectacular panoramic views dominate the scenery. Punctuate this peaceful setting with some twangy tunes on a private farm and you’ve got one of the country’s most beloved bluegrass music festivals. Hillberry’s creative genre fusions and fluid breakdowns guarantee plenty of fun for the whole family at The Farm.
further information: Hillberry Music Festival - Eureka Springs, Arkansas: The Extraordinary Escape
5.
Knoxville Brewers' Jam 2019
Nov 9, 2019 | Knoxville, TN
Knoxville Civic Coliseum Plaza|500 Howard Baker Jr Blvd
Held in the World’s Fair Park South Performance Lawn, Knoxville Brewers’ Jam is a place for festival goers to enjoy unlimited samples of delicious craft beer alongside bumpin’ live music. Come to Knoxville for your fix of American brews, tunes and food!
further information: Craft beer festival | Knoxville, TN | Knoxville Brewers' Jam
The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is an antelope which inhabits wooded savanna in eastern and southern Africa, from the south of Kenya to South Africa, with a separate population in Angola. The species is sexually dimorphic, with the male heavier and about one-fifth taller than the female. It has a compact and robust build, characterized by a thick neck and tough skin, and both sexes have ringed horns which arch backward. The sable antelope has four subspecies. This picture shows an adult male common sable antelope (H. n. niger) in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa.Sao Paulo, Brazil
A groomer combs a dog during "Pet Experience" knit
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knit
knit ... Halloween
witch's hat washcloth pattern by Nicky Green
Crochet Pattern of the Day:
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crochet
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RECIPE
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CROCKPOT RECIPE
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SWEETS
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SIMPLE RICE PUDDING
Ingredients
- 3 cups milk
- 2 cups cooked white rice
- ½ cup raisins
- ⅓ cup sugar
- One generous pinch ground cinnamon
- One generous pinch salt
Yield
Serves: 4
Preparation
In a saucepan, combine 3 cups milk, 2 cups cooked white rice, 1/2 cup raisins, 1/3 cup sugar and a generous pinch each ground cinnamon and salt. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the milk is absorbed and the pudding is thickened, about 20 minutes. Serve warm or let cool, press plastic wrap onto the surface and refrigerate until chilled. Makes 3 1/2 cups.
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CLEVER
EYE OPENER
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Imagine there's no countries, / It isn't hard to do. / Nothing to kill or die for, / And no religion, too. / Imagine all the people / Living life in peace. -John Lennon, musician (9 Oct 1940-1980)
OPTICAL ILLUSION
Look at the two inner circles. The one on the right appears bigger than the one on the left, but in actuality they are the same size.
Hold up a dime to see for yourself.
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