Earth, due to human activity, is in trouble. The ozone layer’s depleting, ecosystems are being lost and people are starving for food and water. Additionally, endangered species are dying at a faster than average rate.
Earth Day, one of the first global initiatives to protect and help conserve the earth, has become a holiday that strives for change on a global scale. It aims at convincing people that their actions matter in preserving the planet.
History of Earth Day
As the world’s most massive environmental movement and one of the most popular holidays to be celebrated, the idea for Earth Day is rooted in history.
Founder Gaylord Nelson, a former U.S. Senator, thought of the idea after witnessing the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he believed it was essential that energy was shifted to concerns about air and water pollution.
His efforts would help put the environmental protection on the political agenda and thus produce change. After continuous work, Nelson helped spread his message to national media and promoted events across the United States. In 1970, 20 million Americans listened and took the streets.
They formed demonstration rallies in support of this cause. Groups that have been previously rallying against environmental factors separately all realized they had shared values, and thus came together on this day.
The first Earth Day since then led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. It has also led to the passing of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts. It wasn’t until 1990 that Earth Day spread globally, spreading the message across 200 million people in 141 countries.
The year 2020 will mark the 50 anniversary of Earth Day celebrated around the globe. As a day of action, this day aims to promote environment changes through policy and peaceful protest. Multiple venues host events that showcase the importance of caring for the environment.
They help by teaching people the consequences of their behaviors and how that affects the ecosystem they live in. People also choose on this day to make conscientious changes by recycling more, using less fuel and conserving water.
Brazil
Mineirao Stadium is lit up green, the color of hope, as a token of appreciation to the professionals involved in the effort to minimize the spread of coronoavirus in Belo Horizonte.
Joke of the Day
HOW LONG?
A boy, frustrated with all the rules he had to follow, asked his father, "Dad, how soon will I be old enough to do whatever I want?"
The father answered immediately, "I don't know. Nobody has lived that long yet."
The father answered immediately, "I don't know. Nobody has lived that long yet."
Florida
A Taco Bell employee delivers an order to a customer at the drive-up window in Hollywood, Fla.
Word of the Day
cumbrously
MEANING:
adverb: In an awkward or ponderous manner.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French encombrer (to hinder), from combre (dam). Earliest documented use: 1401.
USAGE:
“Mr. Chadband moves softly and cumbrously, not unlike a bear who has been taught to walk upright.”
Charles Dickens; Bleak House; Bradbury & Evans; 1853.
Madrid
The entrance to a residence home for the elderly where some have died of COVID-19.
Idiom of the Day
Charles Dickens; Bleak House; Bradbury & Evans; 1853.
- If you snooze, you lose
Meaning: You have to act quickly to get the things you want.
Naples
A basket for people to donate, or take for free food, as Italy struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus disease.
This Day in History
1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil.
1864 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation that allowed the inscription "In God We Trust" to be included on one-cent and two-cent coins.
1876 - The first official National League (NL) baseball game took place. Boston beat Philadelphia 6-5.
1915 - The New York Yankees wore pinstripes and the hat-in-the-ring logo for the first time.
1931 - James G. Ray landed an autogyro on the lawn of the White House.
1952 - An atomic test conducted in Nevada was the first nuclear explosion shown on live network television.
1970 - The first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans.
1976 - Barbara Walters became first female nightly network news anchor.
1978 - John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first appearance as The Blues Brothers on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
1993 - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, DC.
1999 - The Watson Family received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was reunited with his father. He had to be taken from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents in a predawn raid.
1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil.
1952 - An atomic test conducted in Nevada was the first nuclear explosion shown on live network television.
1970 - The first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans.
1976 - Barbara Walters became first female nightly network news anchor.
1993 - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, DC.
1999 - The Watson Family received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was reunited with his father. He had to be taken from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents in a predawn raid.
thanks, Julia
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, April 22:
You are a perfectionist with an unusual perspective on the world. Both imaginative and conservative, you have a knack for bringing both worlds to whatever you do. While you are charming and witty, you can be impatient with others when they are not following quickly enough or they are otherwise in your way! Famous people born today:
1724 Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason), born in Königsberg, East Prussia (d. 1804)
1870 Vladimir Lenin [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov], Marxist Revolutionary and Soviet Leader, born in Simbirsk, Russia (d. 1924)
1904 Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist known as the father of the atomic bomb (Manhattan Project), born in NYC, New York (d. 1967)
1906 Eddie Albert [Heimberger], American actor (Roman Holiday, Green Acres), born in Rock Island, Illinois (d. 2005)
1923 Bettie Page, American pinup model considered the 'Queen of Pinups' and the 'Dark Angel', born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2008)
1936 Glen Campbell, American actor and singer (Time I Get to Phoenix), born in Delight, Arkansas (d. 2017)
1937 Jack Nicholson, American actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining), born in Neptune City, New Jersey
READERS INFO
1.
(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
Baby eagles are commonly born two at a time. More often than not, one of the newborns will be stronger than its sibling. Soon enough the stronger one will kill the weaker one.
Africa is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres.
Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman originally called the Maryland presidential retreat, “Shangri-La” after the fictional Himalayan paradise. Eisenhower, however, wanted a less formal moniker so he renamed it in 1953 in
honor of his 5-year-old grandson, David. “Shangri-La was just a little fancy for a Kansas farm boy,” he wrote in a 1953.
2.
thanks for the Offbeat Holiday, Patty
APRIL 22: NATIONAL JELLY BEAN DAY
Baby eagles are commonly born two at a time. More often than not, one of the newborns will be stronger than its sibling. Soon enough the stronger one will kill the weaker one.
Africa is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres.
honor of his 5-year-old grandson, David. “Shangri-La was just a little fancy for a Kansas farm boy,” he wrote in a 1953.
3.
Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
Today my young friend texted me and asked if there was anything she could pick up for me from the grocery store. And when she came to drop it off, I was so happy to see someone I know and love in the flesh that I ran around behind her and gave her a big squeezy hug. It made her pretty happy, too, even though she is married and gets big squeezy hugs all the time. Both my cat and budgie have avoidance personality disorder, so I can scratch the one's head, but like a frigid virgin, that's as far as I can go, and that's all the sweet love I'm gonna get. The bird has not yet figured out that I've never hurt her and have only fed her beautiful seeds and fruit, bought her toys with my last dime, and let her chirp the whole time the TV is on. They get along fine, these two avoidants.
Weird. So yeah, I grabbed the first physical human contact I've had in many weeks.
After being on the phones for the food bank all day, I haven't been able to break away much except to eat a couple of potatoes for lunch, and get my tofu ready for dinner. Sound yucky? Not the way I do tofu. Even my kids ate this while they were growing up, and considering that tofu is only one better than kale in the child's grand scheme of all things gross, that is saying something.
First I cut the firm tofu up and put it into single-serving-sized snack bags, then fill those up with a mix of soy sauce, Worcestershire, and water. Then I prop them up in the plastic container they came in and shove them into the freezer. This will give them a meatier texture for things like chili.
Before weighting or freezing....
What's left is tonight's dinner. I slice it up for 'dominoes' and slather them with the mix without the water, put a little plate on top and weigh the tofu down. Soon I will bread the dominoes with seasoned flour and sesame seeds, and fry them up in some oil, and sprinkle the tops with shredded cheddar and green onions.
They really are very good.
Think I will have some carrots steamed with butter, pepper, honey and sweet basil...it makes a tasty dinner. And then I will finish watching The Age Of Innocence on Netflix. I will make the scrub cap I just got a pattern for tomorrow.
Venezuela
A cashier works behind a plastic curtain in Caracas.
Weird. So yeah, I grabbed the first physical human contact I've had in many weeks.
After being on the phones for the food bank all day, I haven't been able to break away much except to eat a couple of potatoes for lunch, and get my tofu ready for dinner. Sound yucky? Not the way I do tofu. Even my kids ate this while they were growing up, and considering that tofu is only one better than kale in the child's grand scheme of all things gross, that is saying something.
First I cut the firm tofu up and put it into single-serving-sized snack bags, then fill those up with a mix of soy sauce, Worcestershire, and water. Then I prop them up in the plastic container they came in and shove them into the freezer. This will give them a meatier texture for things like chili.
What's left is tonight's dinner. I slice it up for 'dominoes' and slather them with the mix without the water, put a little plate on top and weigh the tofu down. Soon I will bread the dominoes with seasoned flour and sesame seeds, and fry them up in some oil, and sprinkle the tops with shredded cheddar and green onions.
They really are very good.
Think I will have some carrots steamed with butter, pepper, honey and sweet basil...it makes a tasty dinner. And then I will finish watching The Age Of Innocence on Netflix. I will make the scrub cap I just got a pattern for tomorrow.
Venezuela
A cashier works behind a plastic curtain in Caracas.
Pictures of the day
The Marriage Settlement is the first of a series of six oil-on-canvas paintings by English painter and pictorial satirist William Hogarth, created around 1743. The series, entitled Marriage A-la-Mode, depicts an arranged marriage and its disastrous consequences in a satire of 18th-century society, and is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London. In this painting, a marriage is being arranged between the son of the bankrupt Earl Squanderfield and the daughter of a wealthy but miserly city merchant. Construction on the earl's new mansion, visible through the window, has stopped, and a usurer negotiates payment for further construction at the table in the centre. The gouty earl proudly points to a picture of his family tree, originating with William the Conqueror. The son views himself in a mirror, showing where his interests in the matter lie. The distraught merchant's daughter is consoled by the lawyer Silvertongue while polishing her wedding ring. Even the faces in the portraits on the walls appear to have misgivings. Two dogs chained to each other in the corner mirror the situation of the young couple.
DREAM CATCHER
What happens before a wave breaks? That question has been my assignment this past year. On this particular day, I decided to shoot the sunset on the east side of Oahu, Hawaii. About 100 photographers were out in the morning, but I had the evening to myself. The textures from the trade winds [created] subtle colors from the west and blended well using my 100mm lens. I had to look into my viewfinder while this wave was breaking. Not an easy task when a wave is about to crush you.
Beijing
A jogger.
knit
thanks, Vivian
thanks, Rae
knit
knit
Knit Pattern of the Day:
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
crochet
thanks, Bertha
crochet
thanks, Bertha
crochet
crochet
Moscow
Nearly-deserted Red Square.
RECIPE
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Lesley
SWEETS
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS ... sewing
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Mother's Day
PUZZLE
WORD SEARCH
SUDOKU ... very hard
QUOTE
CLEVER
Germany
Baker Torsten Roth presents sweets in the shape of coronavirus and antibodies in Erfurt.
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Lesley
Sydney
People follow social distancing at Curl Curl Beach.
SWEETS
thanks, Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
Double Tree Signature Cookie Recipe
Makes 26 cookies
½ pound butter, softened (2 sticks)
¾ cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
¾ cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 ¼ cups flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
Pinch cinnamon
2 2/3 cups Nestle Tollhouse semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 3/4 cups chopped walnuts
Cream butter, sugar and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Add eggs, vanilla and lemon juice, blending with mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, then medium speed for about 2 minutes, or until light and fluffy, scraping down bowl. With mixer on low speed, add flour, oats, baking soda, salt and cinnamon, blending for about 45 seconds. Don’t over mix. Remove bowl from mixer and stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
Portion dough with a scoop (about 3 tablespoons) onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper about 2 inches apart. Preheat oven to 300°F. Bake for 20 to 23 minutes, or until edges are golden brown and center is still soft. Remove from oven and cool on baking sheet for about 1 hour. Cook’s note: You can freeze the unbaked cookies, and there’s no need to thaw. Preheat oven to 300°F and place frozen cookies on parchment paper-lined baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake until edges are golden brown and center is still soft.
Panama City
Volunteers from "Panama Solidarity Plan" deliver food to low-income families in the El Chorrillo neighbourhood.
Italy
A red rose lies on a coffin inside the San Giuseppe church in Seriate.
CRAFTS ... sewing
thanks, Stella
Sri Lanka
A wild deer on a deserted street in Trincomalee.
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Mother's Day
Arizona
Chris Lyndberg gives a free lunch to truck driver at a rest area along I-10 in Sacaton, Ariz.
PUZZLE
Wuhan
A woman hands over food to a person on the other side of a barrier along a street.
WORD SEARCH
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Tokyo
A pedestrian crossing in the Ginza shopping district.
SUDOKU ... very hard
solution:
New Delhi
Items left in circles by people reserving their turn at a free food distribution site.
QUOTE
thanks, Bonnie
Chicago
A nearly-empty O'Hare International Airport.
Marseille
An inhabitant of the residence Maison Blanche collects food offered by neighbors.
CLEVER
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
Website offers up-to-date information on wait times at stores in your area
Want to know how long the lineup is to get inside your nearest grocery store or pharmacy?
There's a site for that. The website covid19-waiting-time.thejoin.tech has an online tool which frequently updates the wait times from participating stores.
Panama Canal
Passengers of Holland America's cruise ship Zaandam as the ship navigates through the Panama Canal.
EYE OPENER
Israel
A man feeds pigeons at an empty parking lot in Tel Aviv.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it. -Madame De Stael, writer (22 Apr 1766-1817)
Istanbul
A man feeds pigeons at Taksim Square.
OPTICAL ILLUSION
Some people see 3 actors while some see 4 actors in this picture.
How many actors do you see?
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