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Celebrate Superhero Day
A hero can be anyone even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a little boy’s shoulder to let him know that the world hadn’t ended.Ben Affleck
When we think of Superheroes, it’s all too common that what comes to mind is a man or woman in a tight-spandex suit that is often brightly colored, garishly patterned, and inevitably has the underwear on the outside. But there are other kinds of a superheroes in the world, those that wear Fireman’s Uniforms or Police Uniforms, those that drive ambulances or Medivac Helicopters, and sometimes they just wear the clothes of mother or father hard at work. Superhero Day is there to remind us that superheroes can come in any shape, size, or color, and being one is more about valor of the heart than super-powers.
History of Superhero Day
Superhero Day first got its start in 1995, when Marvel Comics employees went out into the world to ask what superpowers kids would want to have. The results were people talking about superheroes in their own lives, and how they often looked like your normal person. Superhero Day reminds us that all too often superheroes are just everyday people who rise to the occasion when threats call and that this is an ideal that we can pass on and practice in our daily lives.
Every day men and women go out in the world and face threats to their lives and livelihood to help protect others from the dangers of fire, crime, and unexpected health issues, but the list of superheroes in real life doesn’t end there. Someone helping the homeless with food or clothes, comforting a crying stranger, or stopping to help someone with a flat tire on the side of the road can all be considered superheroes. When Superhero Day comes around, keep your eyes open for these superheroes in disguise and be sure to give them some recognition.
Western France
French mobile baker and grocer Arnault Carnis providing supplies in Combres.
Joke of the Day
thanks, Carol
Why do spiders spin webs?
No one's ever taught them to crochet.
Washington, DC
Volunteers for the nonprofit organization Martha's Table load bags of fresh produce to distribute to people in underserved communities.
Word of the Day
hapless
MEANING:
adjective: Unfortunate.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old Norse happ (good luck) + less, from Old English laes (without). Earliest documented use: 1400.
USAGE:
“Sticking his gun into the patrolman’s abdomen, Chuck once more pulled the trigger, and again the gun didn’t fire. By then O’Sullivan had joined the fray, and the officers arrested the hapless gunman.”
Matthew Bernstein; The Fix Is In; Wild West (Leesburg, Virginia); Jun 2020.
Matthew Bernstein; The Fix Is In; Wild West (Leesburg, Virginia); Jun 2020.
Spain
Volunteers of the nonprofit organization DYA buy food for people who can not leave their homes in the Basque city of San Sebastian.
Idiom of the Day
- Misery loves company
Meaning: People who are unhappy want to make other people unhappy too.
Mexico City
A woman walks past a closed store.
This Day in History
1686 - The first volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia Mathamatic" was published.
1789 - A mutiny on the British ship Bounty took place when a rebel crew took the ship and set sail to Pitcairn Island. The mutineers left Captain W. Bligh and 18 sailors adrift.
1910 - First night air flight was performed by Claude Grahame-White in England.
1914 - W.H. Carrier patented the design of his air conditioner.
1932 - The yellow fever vaccine for humans was announced.
1940 - Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded "PEnnsylvania 6-5000."
1947 - Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out in a balsa wood craft known as Kon Tiki to prove that Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia. The trip began in Peru and took 101 days to complete the crossing of the Pacific Ocean.
1957 - Mike Wallace was seen on TV for the first time. He was the host of "Mike Wallace Interviews."
1967 - Muhammad Ali refused induction into the U.S. Army and was stripped of boxing title. He cited religious grounds for his refusal.
1969 - In Santa Rosa, CA, Charles M. Schulz's Redwood Empire Ice Arena opened.
1985 - The largest sand castle in the world was completed near St. Petersburg, FL. It was four stories tall.
1986 - For the first time, a compact disc of an album was released before its vinyl version. The album was "The Art of Excellence" by Tony Bennett. It was his first album upon re-signing with Columbia Records.
1992 - The U.S. Agriculture Department unveiled a pyramid-shaped recommended-diet chart.
2000 - Jay Leno received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2001 - A Russian rocket launched from Central Asia with the first space tourist aboard. The crew consisted of California businessman Dennis Tito and two cosmonauts. The destination was the international space station.
2004 - The iTunes Music Store marked its first anniversary with over 70 million songs sold.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, April 28
You are a practical, security-minded person who feels most comfortable in the world of the five senses. Gentle and intuitive, you form close relationships with others that last. Although you are considerate and concerned, you can also be quite stubborn and fixed in your ways. You are a very hard worker, often taking on more than your share. Famous people born today:
1758 James Monroe, 5th US President (1817-25), born in Monroe Hall, Virginia (d. 1831)
1878 Lionel Barrymore [Blythe], American actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1954)
1908 Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman and subject of the novel "Schindler's Ark" and the film "Schindler's List", born in Zwittau, Austria-Hungary (d. 1974)
1926 [Nelle] Harper Lee, American author (To Kill a Mockingbird), born in Monroeville Alabama (d. 2016)
1948 Terry Pratchett, English author of fantasy novels (Discworld), born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (d. 2015)
1950 Jay Leno, American comedian and TV talk show host (Tonight Show), born in New Rochelle, New York
1974 Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress (Vanilla Sky, Waking Up in Reno), born in Madrid, Spain
1981 Jessica Alba, American actress (Dark Angel, Sin City) and businesswoman (The Honest Company), born in Pomona, California
thanks, Alice
READERS INFO
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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer.
Queen Elizabeth is a crafty lady. She has secret code signals that she sends to her staff whenever she is ready to leave a conversation and move on.
Cathay Williams became the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. army in 1866. Since women were barred from joining the military at the time, she enlisted as a man under the pseudonym William Cathay.
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Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
1686 - The first volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia Mathamatic" was published.
1985 - The largest sand castle in the world was completed near St. Petersburg, FL. It was four stories tall.
1992 - The U.S. Agriculture Department unveiled a pyramid-shaped recommended-diet chart.
2000 - Jay Leno received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2001 - A Russian rocket launched from Central Asia with the first space tourist aboard. The crew consisted of California businessman Dennis Tito and two cosmonauts. The destination was the international space station.
2004 - The iTunes Music Store marked its first anniversary with over 70 million songs sold.
DAILY SQU-EEK
Like casinos, shopping malls are intentionally designed to disorient visitors. The feeling of losing track of time and geography inside a mall is called the Gruen Transfer.
Queen Elizabeth is a crafty lady. She has secret code signals that she sends to her staff whenever she is ready to leave a conversation and move on.
Cathay Williams became the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. army in 1866. Since women were barred from joining the military at the time, she enlisted as a man under the pseudonym William Cathay.
Rhetorical Question Of The Day: Why has my cat lost weight?
Her diet has not changed. Neither has mine, but oh, the pounds do linger!
Louisville
A child dribbles a basketball at Waterfront Park in downtown.
Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
Old Age is the fourth in a series of allegorical oil-on-canvas
paintings by American artist Thomas Cole, entitled The
Voyage of Life, which represent man's journey through life.
The final painting is an image of death. The man, still in his
boat, has grown old, and the waters of the river have calmed
as they flow into the sea of eternity. The figurehead and
hourglass are missing from the battered boat; the withered old
voyager has reached the end of earthly time. His guardian
angel hovers close to the boat, while angels descend from
heaven in the distance. The landscape is practically gone, with
just a few rough rocks representing the edge of the earthly world,
and dark water stretching ahead. This painting, along with the
other three in the series, was painted in 1842 and is held by the
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East Java
An Indonesian police officer disinfects vehicles in Mojokerto.
knit
thanks, Ann
knit
thanks, Charlotte
knit
The Road to Camp pattern by James Nacy
knit
knit
Buttonbox pattern by Elizabeth McCarten
India
A vegetable vendor sets up her stall at a bus stand in Chennai.
Knit Pattern of the Day:
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
Singapore
Urinals at an Ikea outlet are marked to encourage shoppers to practice safe distancing.
crochet
thanks, Sarah
thanks, Rae
crochet
crochet
Splendid Scalloped V-Stitch Shawl
crochet
Tehran
Volunteers spray disinfectant at the Tajrish bazaar.
RECIPE
thanks, Denise
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
SWEETS
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... puzzle
PUZZLE
WORD SEARCH
SUDOKU ... medium
QUOTE
CLEVER
Buenos Aires
Cooks prepare pasta at a soup kitchen in the San Cayetano church.
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
Italy
Inside a bakery in Salerno.
SWEETS
thanks, Abby
Buenos Aires
People queue in a supermarket.
ADULT COLORING
Manhattan
Shoppers practice social distancing at a Target store.
CRAFTS
Netherlands
Customers queuing outside a coffee shop in Nijmegen.
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... puzzle
thanks, Patty
answer:
ACROSS
1.
| Full of prickles |
4.
| To encourage, give heart to |
7.
| Kind of monkey |
8.
| Plural of "this" |
10.
| A garret |
11.
| A portable light |
15.
| Absence of waste; habit of saving |
17.
| Locomotive |
20.
| Small bed |
21.
| Kind of weather a place has |
22.
| An old horse |
23.
| One who writes verses |
24.
| Water from the sky |
27.
| Each one |
31.
| A mistake |
32.
| Foe |
33.
| To bend the head down slightly, to greet |
34.
| To make ready |
35.
| To ship by some quick means |
DOWN
1.
| Nickname for "Patrick" |
2.
| Frozen water |
3.
| Woolen thread used in knitting |
4.
| Being present, in this place |
5.
| A little child |
6.
| National Broadcasting Company (abbr.) |
9.
| Small fairy creature |
10.
| Girl's name |
12.
| Athletic person |
13.
| Used on finger when sewing |
14.
| Home of a rector |
15.
| Small nail |
16.
| To decay, spoil |
18.
| Small hotel |
19.
| Rim, side |
23.
| A pocketbook |
25.
| Daughter of one's brother or sister |
26.
| The way frogs jump |
28.
| Any climbing or trailing plant |
29.
| Impolite |
30.
| Used to see with |
answer:
India
A cow passes by people as they stand in line in an alley to collect free foodgrains from a grocery store in New Delhi.
PUZZLE
People keep their distance while crossing a traffic junction on Orchard Road.
WORD SEARCH
| abounding apple basic build cancel celebrate circus contagious | cream cross crud eels emotion enigma expect follow friend | goals guide harass heat heave mount outside | piece pile point scale scripture seed sense slave | space stack sues swing valuable vulgar words |
Botswana
A notice at a supermarket to encourage social distancing in Gaborone.
SUDOKU ... medium
solution:
France
Inhabitants of the residence Maison Blanche queue at the bottom of their building to pick up food in Marseille.
QUOTE
thanks, Amy
Jakarta
Passengers sit on taped up benches at a train station.
Pakistan
People stand on circles marked on the ground to maintain social distancing as they wait to collect a free dry ration in Quetta.
CLEVER
thanks, Ella
Las Vegas
Homeless sleep in a temporary parking lot, with spaces marked for social distancing.
EYE OPENER
thanks, Heide
Hong Kong
Tables and chairs are taped up to keep social distancing at a Starbucks.
South Africa
Shoppers queue at a grocery store in Chatsworth near Durban.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
People don't alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it. -Terry Pratchett, novelist (Apr 28 1948-2015)
India
Volunteers from Dera Kar Sewa Sant Baba Bhuri Wale prepare food for people in need in Amritsar.
OPTICAL ILLUSION
Stare at the image for about half a minute without moving your eyes and watch as it gradually disappears.
This is a variation of Troxler’s effect which essentially says that if you fixate your eyes on a certain point, stimuli near that point will gradually fade.
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