Global Accessibility Awareness Day - May 21, 2020

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Celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Global Accessibility Awareness Day takes place every year on the third Thursday of May, and is all about getting people thinking and talking about making the web accessible for those with different disabilities.

Technology is a wondrous thing. With a quick search, we can find all the information we need on anything we want. We can order dinner, research a paper, listen to a podcast. But if you happen to be blind, deaf, or impaired in some way then it’s not uncommon to find technology can be more of a burden than a boon.

Keeping technology accessible for everyone is the key theme of this day, and in an era when technology just keeps getting more and more a part of our lives, it’s never been more important.

History of Global Accessibility Awareness Day

This day was first observed in 2015, and interesting came about due to the publication of a blog post written by a web developer by the name of Joe Devon. The blog post, featured on mysqltalk.wordpress.com, talked about how accessibility was low on the list of important things when creating a website – and how this needed to change.

After seeing the post, Jennison Asuncion contacted Joe to talk about web accessibility. Together, they joined forces to create this day and have since become big names in making the internet more accessible for everyone.

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People Are Recreating Paintings In Isolation

Joke of the Day

The Shark

Lou: A woman fell overboard from a ship. A shark came up, looked over her and swam away.

Bud: Why did the shark do that?

Lou: Because it was a man eating shark.

Word of the Day

traject

MEANING:

verb tr.: To transport or transmit.
noun: Transport, transmission, or passage.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin traicere (to throw across), from trans- (across) + jacere (to throw). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ye- (to throw), which also gave us jet, eject, project, reject, object, subject, adjective, joist, jactitation, and subjacent, and jaculate. Earliest documented use: for noun: 1552, for verb 1624.

USAGE:

“As her shot trajected toward the hoop, the whole IU bench rose to its feet.”
Dylan Wallace; From Walk-on to Scholarship; Indiana Daily Student (Bloomington, Indiana); Mar 4, 2019.

“During the whole traject I met with no living things save an enormous black eagle.”
Edmund O’Donovan; The Merv Oasis; Smith, Elder & Co.; 1882.

Idiom of the Day

32. You scratch my back, I will scratch yours

Meaning: If you help me then I will help you in return.

This Day in History

1542 - Hernando de Soto died along the Mississippi River while searching for gold.

1819 - Bicycles were first seen in the U.S. in New York City. They were originally known as "swift walkers."

1832 - In the U.S., the Democratic Party held its first national convention.

1881 - The American branch of the Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton.

1904 - Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded.

1922 - The cartoon, "On the Road to Moscow," by Rollin Kirby won a Pulitzer Prize. It was the first cartoon awarded the Pulitzer.

1929 - William Henry Storey registered the trademark for the board game Sorry! in the U.K. (U.K. number 502898)

1959 - The musical "Gypsy" opened on Broadway.

1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono began a ten-day "bed-in" in Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

1979 - Elton John began a series of Russian concerts that were videotaped for a cable-TV special and a videodisc. They were both titled "To Russia with Elton." This was the first time a Western pop star played in the U.S.S.R.

1980 - The movie "The Empire Strikes Back" was released.

thanks, Jenny

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, May 21

You are exceptionally witty, playful, and possess a youthful quality to your personality your entire life. You are highly creative on a mental level, have an excellent memory, and love a good debate. Sometimes short on patience, you might feel that others don't move as quickly in thought as you do. However, you are also a people person. Famous people born today: 

1688 Alexander Pope, English poet (Rape of the Lock, translation of Homer) (d. 1744), born in London, England

1780 Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, social reformer and Quaker Minister, born in Norwich, England (d. 1845)

1904 Fats Waller [Thomas Wright], American jazz singer and composer (Ain't Misbehavin', Hot Chocolate), born in NYC, New York (d. 1943)

1916 Harold Robbins, American author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy), born in NYC, New York

1921 Andrei Sakharov, Russian nuclear physicist and an activist for disarmament, peace and human rights (1975 Nobel), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1989)

1952 Mr. T, [Lawrence Tureaud], American actor (A-Team, Rocky III, T & T), born in Chicago, Illinois

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READERS INFO

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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:

The bright yellow letter M for McDonald’s is one of the most recognizable logos in the world. However, there’s one McDonald’s that forgoes that famous yellow color in its logo. In Sedona, Arizona, the arches are turquoise! Why you ask? The city of Sedona, is famous for its natural beauty—namely, its mountainous landscape of red rock. Because of the landscape, there are rules in place for buildings in Sedona to make sure that no structure intrudes on the surrounding
natural scenery. City officials believed that gold would clash with the surrounding red rocks, and instead opted for a more pleasing, soft blue color.

The word sheriff comes from the two words “Shire” and “Reeve”. Shire refers to land or county, while Reeve is the official who was in charge. Shire Reeve then became sheriff.

It took the inventor of the Rubik’s cube a whole month to solve it before he introduced it to the world.

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Founded on this day in 1881, The American Red Cross, also known as The American National Red Cross, is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. 

                    

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Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

 "These are really, REALLY good. Yeah. Really good.

Gluten Free Chocolate Cookies

2 c. GF cake & pastry flour (or 1-1/2 c. white rice flour + 1/2 c. corn starch)
1/2 c. cocoa (Dutch-processed is good)
2-1/4 t. sifted baking powder
1/2 t. fine salt (not coarse Himalyan, if you please)
1/2 t. Xanthan gum
1/2 c. butter, soft
1 c. light brown sugar (fine)
2 eggs
1/2 t. Almond or Rum extract
1/2 t. Vanilla extract

Sift the dry ingredients together in a smaller mixing bowl. In a larger bowl, cream the butter and sugar, then beat in the eggs and extracts. Mix in the dry ingredients until you have  a lovely cookie dough.

• For refrigerator-type cookies, roll into a log, wrap in plastic, and let chill 20 minutes before slicing and baking.
• Or, roll them in 1″ balls and, dent them with your thumb, and stick a sweetened cranberry or half a maraschino cherry in the dent.
• Or, flatten the balls and dunk in fruit sugar (superfine) mixed with some powdered sugar before baking for a crackled type of cookie.

And if you haven’t nibbled all the dough gone, bake these little darlings at 325 degrees for 10 minutes.

Then hide them in a air-tight tin.

Pictures of the day

Self-Portrait is the second of the German Renaissance  painter Albrecht Dürer's three self-portraits. He painted  himself in half length and slightly turned, under an arch  and beside a window that opens onto a landscape with  mountains. Created after his first trip to Italy, the work  portrays him with an arrogant, cocky expression, which  betrays the assured self-confidence of a young artist at  the height of his ability. Dürer is dressed with effeminate  grace in flamboyant clothes and fine gloves, showing the  influence of Italian fashion. On the windowsill is a German  inscription that translates as: "I painted this from my own  appearance. I was twenty-six years old." The work was  painted in oil on panel in 1498, and is now held at the Museo  del Prado in Madrid.

Turkey

Wild boars enter the streets of Bodrum in search of food.

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Hexagon Baby Blanket

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Knitting Pattern for Blank Square Dishcloth

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Winnow sock

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Anisette Cardigan

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Men’s Vest

Knit Pattern of the Day: 

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V-necked sweater

Farmers Market Tote

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Wild Jasmine blanket pattern by Dr Nasreen Imrit

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G'winveer Duster pattern by Kristi Murrell

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Tiny Teddy Bookmark

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City Break Blouse

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Caribe Big Crocheted Bag

Quarantine Cooking Recipes

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Quick Black Beans and Rice Recipe

RECIPE

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Hot Artichoke And Spinach Dip

CROCKPOT RECIPE
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Slow Cooker Chicken Chili {Hearty & Healthy}

SWEETS

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Zucchini Banana Bread

Zucchini Banana Bread

ADULT COLORING

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CRAFTS

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DIY: Personalized Envelope Lining

CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts

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DIY Stress Ball for Kids



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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend. -Alexander Pope, poet (21 May 1688-1744)

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