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Celebrate Houseplant Appreciation Day
Houseplants are a wonderful addition to any home, adding the fresh scent of living earth, the subtle fragrance of your favorite flowers, or just a bit of the outdoors in the indoors. While some people have difficulty being able to sustain these little treasures, it has been shown to be incredibly therapeutic to have this blush of the natural world inside your home.
History of Houseplant Appreciation Day
Houseplant Appreciation Day was established by The Gardener’s Network, establishing an official opportunity to remind people of the benefits of houseplants. Often with the holiday’s fading into the past, our homes lose some of their beauty and joy. This makes Houseplant Appreciation Day the perfect opportunity to brighten up the home with the sharp splash of green of a living plant.
There are so many things that houseplants can help with when it comes to enhancing your life. Aloe Vera grows quite well indoors, and is perfect for minor cuts and bruises, helping to moisturize skin, and healing minor burns. A small herb garden in your window sill can bring the delicious taste of fresh herbs to your meals, while catnip can make your cats happy. Though you may want to grow those someplace they can’t get to them.
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
History Shown through Old Photos
A prohibition era accessory: A cane flask
Joke of the Day
RULER TO BED
Mom: "Little Johnny, why are you taking your ruler to bed with you?"
Little Johnny: "To see how long I sleep..."
Little Johnny: "To see how long I sleep..."
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Word of the Day
indagate
MEANING:
verb tr.: To search into; to investigate.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin indagare (to search). Earliest documented use: 1623.
USAGE:
“I need to get him to indagate any potential infringement.”
Richard David Kennedy; The Profit Book One; Lulu; 2015.
Richard David Kennedy; The Profit Book One; Lulu; 2015.
Rio de Janeiro in the 1930's.
Idiom of the Day
LOSE ONE’S TOUCH
No longer able to do something as well as you could before
I tried to chat a girl up at the bar the other night, but she just ignored me. I must be losing my touch!
I tried to chat a girl up at the bar the other night, but she just ignored me. I must be losing my touch!
Admiral Byrd’s snow cruiser near Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1939. The spectacle caused a record 90-mile stretch traffic jam, with over 70,000 cars delayed.
This Day in History
1840 - The penny post, whereby mail was delivered at a standard charge rather than paid for by the recipient, began in Britain.
1863 - Prime Minister Gladstone opened the first section of the London Underground Railway system, from Paddington to Farringdon Street.
1911 - Major Jimmie Erickson took the first photograph from an airplane while flying over San Diego, CA.
1927 - Fritz Lang's film "Metropolis" was first shown, in Berlin.
1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed from Miami, FL, to Trinidad thus becoming the first American President to visit a foreign country during wartime.
1951 - Donald Howard Rogers piloted the first passenger jet on a trip from Chicago to New York City.
1963 - The Chicago Cubs became the first baseball club to hire an athletic director. He was Robert Whitlow. (MLB)
1971 - "Masterpiece Theatre" premiered on PBS with host Alistair Cooke. The introduction drama series was "The First Churchills."
1994 - In Manassas, VA, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial. She had been charged with maliciously wounding her husband John. She was acquitted by reason of temporary insanity.
1997 - James Brown got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2002 - In France, the "Official Journal" reported that all women could get the morning-after contraception pill for free in pharmacies.
2003 - George Strait was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, TX.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, January 10
You are exceptionally hard-working, organized, intelligent, and efficient. Some of you can be accused of being workaholics, and sometimes this comes from a fear of being poor or needy. You are a friendly person and you carry yourself especially well so that others easily respect you. Others generally appreciate your straightforward approach to life, as well as your practical and sound mind. Famous people born today:
1738 Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green Mountain Boys), born in Litchfield, Connecticut (d. 1789)
1843 Frank James, American outlaw (member of the James-Younger gang), born in Clay County, Missouri (d. 1915)
1908 Paul Henreid, Austrian-American actor (Casablanca, Now, Voyager), born in Trieste, Italy (d. 1992)
1936 Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian (Band of Brothers), born in Lovington, Illinois (d. 2002)
1945 Rod Stewart, British singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy), born in London, England
1949 George Foreman, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1973-74, 95), born in Marshall, Texas
thanks, Marge
READERS INFO
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1935 -
On this day in 1935, Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
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1840 - The penny post, whereby mail was delivered at a standard charge rather than paid for by the recipient, began in Britain.
1863 - Prime Minister Gladstone opened the first section of the London Underground Railway system, from Paddington to Farringdon Street.
1911 - Major Jimmie Erickson took the first photograph from an airplane while flying over San Diego, CA.
1927 - Fritz Lang's film "Metropolis" was first shown, in Berlin.
1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed from Miami, FL, to Trinidad thus becoming the first American President to visit a foreign country during wartime.
1951 - Donald Howard Rogers piloted the first passenger jet on a trip from Chicago to New York City.
1963 - The Chicago Cubs became the first baseball club to hire an athletic director. He was Robert Whitlow. (MLB)
1971 - "Masterpiece Theatre" premiered on PBS with host Alistair Cooke. The introduction drama series was "The First Churchills."
1994 - In Manassas, VA, Lorena Bobbitt went on trial. She had been charged with maliciously wounding her husband John. She was acquitted by reason of temporary insanity.
On this day in 1935, Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
Pennsylvania Farm Show 2020
Jan 4 - 11, 2020 | Harrisburg, PA
The Farm Show Complex & Expo Center|2300 N Cameron St
The Pennsylvania Farm Show is an annual exhibition featuring thousands of animals and agricultural and commercial displays spotlighting traditional farming practices. Around 500,000 guests travel from all over the country to attend the farm show every year. The festival showcases more than 7,000 animals, 2,000 agricultural exhibits, 300 competitions and 400 commercial exhibits over the course of seven days. Guests can attend culinary and wine competitions, participate in interactive livestock shows and browse the many local vendors.
further information: PA Farm Show
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Tucson Senior Olympic Festival 2020
Jan 6 - Feb 1, 2020 | Tucson, AZ
Morris K Udall Regional Park|7200 E. Tanque Verde Rd
Have you ever dreamt of spiking a volleyball square in the face of your all-time nemesis? Encourage him/her and everyone else to sign up for an action-packed day of volleyball at the University of Arizona's Rec. Center. Step onto the court with confidence that you're about to crush it alongside your friends, new friends and enemies. Serve, bump, set and spike your way to a day you will never forget.
further information: Senior Olympic Festival
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Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour 2020
Jan 23 - 25, 2020 | Carrollton, GA
Carrolton Cultural Arts Center|251 Alabama St
Telluride Mountainfilm has a rich collection of inspiring and educational films to show the world. This mountainous tour travels to six different continents to ensure they leave no members of their audience out in the blistering cold. Each film packs a lot of content into a short-running time to ensure you’ll see as many films as possible.
further information: Mountainfilm Savannah
A Californian beach party, 1930.
FRIDAY'S INTERESTING FACTS
A Californian beach party, 1930.
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Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.
This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone.
This is because guinea pigs are social animals, and they are considered victims of abuse if they are alone.
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.
It’s also a fear of feathers themselves. The word “ptero” is the Greek word for feather, and “phobia” is also Greek, meaning fear.
It’s also a fear of feathers themselves. The word “ptero” is the Greek word for feather, and “phobia” is also Greek, meaning fear.
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.
They can sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away (121 km), up to five days before it happens.
A flock of crows is known as a murder.
Some might say that a group of two crows is an attempted murder ;-)
Elvis Presley, standing in his front yard in Memphis, Tennessee, 1956.
PATTERN BOOK FRIDAY
Some might say that a group of two crows is an attempted murder ;-)
Elvis Presley, standing in his front yard in Memphis, Tennessee, 1956.
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A dapperly dressed young man, at the London Stock Exchange in 1937.
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Pictures of the day
Harvest is one of a series of paintings by Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh depicting country life. It is subtitled Harvest at La Crau, with Montmajour in the Background. A wheat field is shown in the foreground, with farmhouses, ricks, ladders, carts and activities associated with harvest, and in the distance, purple-blue mountains are set against a turquoise sky. The work was painted in oils on canvas in June 1888, with van Gogh writing that he found the landscape at La Crau in Provence to be as "beautiful and endless as the sea". The painting is held by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which houses the largest Van Gogh collection in the world, with around 200 paintings, 400 drawings and 700 letters by the artist.
Germany
An icy branch is illuminated by the sun in Bavaria.
The earliest known photo of Abraham Lincoln. Believed to be taken circa 1846.
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thanks, Heide
knit
thanks, Wendy
knit
Cosima
knit ... Valentine's Day
knit ... Valentine's Day
Photograph of a Japanese woman wearing a kimono in 1896.
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Crochet Pattern of the Day:
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
Heart 'n' Soul Cardigan
crochet
8" Coffee O Lantern Afghan Square
crochet ... Valentine's Day
RECIPE
crochet ... Valentine's Day
A first class suite on the Titanic.
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thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
ADULT COLORING
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Valentine's Day
A Chinese immigrant family portrait, Oregon, 1890's.
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CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Jane
thanks, Jane
Women's archery during the Summer Olympic Games, London 1908.
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SWEETS
thanks, Vicky
A young Pablo Picasso standing in front of Le Bateau Lavoir, a famous Parisian hangout for 20th-century artists.
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COOKBOOK FRIDAY
A Muslim Bandit in Xinjiang, China, circa 1915.
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Frank Sinatra shaving, 1965.
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CRAFTS ... Valentine's Day ... sewing
thanks, Ellie
French weightlifter and 1920 Olympic champion Ernest Cadine, posing in 1923.
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thanks, Natalie
thanks, for the funnies, Helen
CLEVER
The welcome parade for Queen Elizabeth's first official visit to Germany in 1965.
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PUZZLE
India's Taj Mahal, in 1865. The grand palace was first opened in 1648.
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WORD SEARCH
| beacon clerk comfort desire direction doubt | emission fairy family flesh flown glen | hoodlum impossible international lower members | network pages pride reef respect ritual | sadness seed sinister strange tore version worker worry |
Inventor of the bikini, Louis Reard, with a model in 1946. He named the swimsuit after a nuclear weapon test site because he thought it would cause an ‘explosive’ cultural reaction.
SUDOKU ... very hard
solution:
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QUOTE
thanks, for the funnies, Helen
Recycle Old Plastic Bottles - Chandelier
EYE OPENER
PIGS FLY, AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY REPORTS GOOD NEWS
Most drops are bad—balls, phones, thun thuns. But today we’ve got a good drop to tell you about: a big one in the cancer mortality rate.
A couple of days ago, the American Cancer Society (ACS) reported the U.S. cancer death rate fell 2.2% from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop on record. The rate has declined 29% since 1991, translating to 2.9 million fewer cancer deaths than if rates stayed at their peak.
Experts pointed to two primary factors
First, lung cancer mortality is sledding down an icy hill.
Second, those same advancements have boosted survival rates for advanced melanoma.
Zoom out: Valued at roughly $123 billion, the global cancer drug market is one of the largest and fastest-growing in the healthcare industry. Drugmakers like Roche (the owner of Zelboraf) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (Yervoy) invested heavily to gain a foothold in the ballooning space. We’re seeing the fruits of those investments in the ACS’s report.
We probably should mention...
Scientists and pharma companies haven’t beaten cancer—by a long shot. Cancer is the U.S.’ second-leading cause of death after heart disease. Plus, progress has slowed against colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers. And obesity-related cancer is a growing problem.
Zoom out x2: The cancer rate is measured by deaths per 100,000 people. So while the rate is falling, the overall number of cases and deaths each year isn’t.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. -Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton), historian (10 Jan 1834-1902)
OPTICAL ILLUSION ... Tattoo
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