Int'l Day for Biological Diversity - May 22, 2020

DIANE'S CORNER ... 

Celebrate Int'l Day for Biological Diversity

Biodiversity, a simple word with some very broad reaching implications.  Biodiversity, when split into it’s component parts, “Diversity” defined as “a range of different things.” and bio meaning “life”, quite simply means “A Diversity of Life”.   It has been shown that ecological niches with good biodiversity flourish and are healthy.

History of the International Day for Biological Diversity

The International Day for Biological Diversity was first established in 1993, when the 29th of December was selected to serve as the day to educate the world of the importance of Biodiversity.  This was later changed to the 22 of May in 2000. Too many winter holidays were interfering with countries holding meaningful celebrations.

The prevalence of monoculture farming in the world has led to some rather dramatic and drastic consequences. Unknown to most consumers, most of the world only consumes one type of banana, and that isn’t the same kind that was being eaten only a few decades ago.  Due to monoculture farming, an entire species of banana was wiped out by disease, leading to the cultivation of our present strain.  Without biodiversity, we’re currently set up for the same thing to happen all over again.

Each year a theme is selected to educate the world on the broad variety of topics that fall under the veil of biodiversity, from Water and Marine biodiversity, to Forest and Sustainable development concerns.

Mary Cassatt, in full Mary Stevenson Cassatt, (born May 22, 1844, Allegheny City [now part of Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 14, 1926, Château de Beaufresne, near Paris, France), American painter and printmaker who was part of the group of Impressionists working in and around Paris. She took as her subjects almost exclusively the intimate lives of contemporary women, especially in their roles as the caretakers of children.

Joke of the Day

thanks, Ella

Teacher: "If I gave you 2 cats and another 2 cats and another 2, how many would you have?"

Johnny: "Seven."

fully... If I gave you two cats, and another two cats and another two, how many would you have?"

Johnny: "Seven."

Teacher: "Let me put it to you differently. If I gave you two apples, and another two apples and another two, how many would you have?"

Johnny: "Six."

Teacher: "Good. Now if I gave you two cats, and another two cats and another two, how many would you have?"
Johnny: "Seven!"

Teacher: "Johnny, where in the heck do you get seven from?!"

Johnny: "Because I've already got a freaking cat!"

Word of the Day

interpose

MEANING:

verb tr., intr.:	1. To place in between.
	2. To intrude or to interrupt.
noun:	1. The act of, or an instance of, putting something in between.
	2. An interference or interruption.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French interposer, from Latin interponere, from inter (between) + ponere (to put). Ultimately from the Indo-European root apo- (off or away), which is also the source of pose, apposite, after, off, awkward, post, puny, apposite, and apropos. Earliest documented use: for verb: 1599, for noun: 1610.

USAGE:

“‘Right -- of course we’re doing right,’ William answered her, ‘if, after what you’ve heard, you can marry a man of such incomprehensible confusion, such deplorable --’
‘Don’t, William,’ Katharine interposed.”
Virginia Woolf; Night and Day; Duckworth; 1919.

“Most remarkable is the interpose of Christmas dance during the interval at Sara’s. [Walter Murch’s journal]”
Charles Koppelman; Behind the Seen; Pearson; 2004.

Idiom of the Day

33. As you make your bed, so you must lie in it too

Meaning: Be prepared to face the consequences of your wrong actions.

This Day in History

1570 - Abraham Ortelius published the first modern atlas in Belgium.

1819 - The steamship Savannah became the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

1841 - Henry Kennedy received a patent for the first reclining chair.

1849 - Abraham Lincoln received a patent for the floating dry dock.

1891 - The first public motion picture was given in Thomas Edison's lab.

1892 - Dr. Washington Sheffield invented the toothpaste tube.

1906 - The Wright brothers received a patent their flying machine.


1955 - A scheduled dance to be headlined by Fats Domino was canceled by police in Bridgeport, Connecticut because "rock and roll dances might be featured."


1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" premiered on PBS.


1972 - The island Ceylon adopted a new constitution and became the republic of Sri Lanka.


1977 - Janet Guthrie set the fastest time of the second weekend of qualifying, becoming the first woman to earn a starting spot in the Indianapolis 500 since its inception in 1911.

1985 - Pete Rose passed Hank Aaron as National League run scoring leader with 2,108.

1992 - Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time. He had been host for 30 years.

2000 - Steely Dan received the Founders Award for a lifetime of songwriting at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards.

2003 - The final manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which was annotated by the composer, sold at an auction for $3.47 million.

2012 - In Japan, the Tokyo Skytree tower opened.

thanks, Lillian

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, May 22

You are a person with integrity, who is forthright and intelligent. You can be somewhat of a perfectionist, and you are often hard on yourself and sometimes others as a result. Your ideas and opinions are strikingly unique and unusual. You are forever learning and sharing what you've learned. Famous people born today: 

1813 Richard Wagner, German composer (The Ring of the Nibelung, Flying Dutchman), born in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany (d. 1883)


1859 Arthur Conan Doyle, British author who brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1930)

1907 Laurence Olivier, English actor (Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer), born in Dorking, Surrey (d. 1989)

1907 Hergé [Georges Prosper Remi], Belgian comic book creator (The Adventures of Tintin), born in Etterbeek, Belgium (d. 1983)

1930 Harvey Milk, American politician and gay activist, born in Woodmere, New York (d. 1978)

1970 Naomi Campbell, English model and actress (Cool as Ice, Unzipped), born in London, England

thanks, Jessica

READERS INFO

1.

1855 -

TODAY:  In 1855, Victor Hugo dies.

2.

thanks for the Offbeat Holiday, Patty

MAY 23: WORLD TURTLE DAY

Celebrate by reading 20 things you didn't know about sea turtles right here.

3.

MAY 24, 1883 -

After 14 years of construction the Brooklyn Bridge was opened to traffic on this day in 1883.

4. Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

How to make two more soups with Ichiban! If you are not in Canada, this is the soup that comes in hard cello rectangles of instant dried noodles with a packet of soup powder inside.

Soup #1 - East Meets West

Add a heaping tablespoon of Cesar Salad Dressing to Ichiban soup. It is delicious, and a nice change if you have to eat it a few times every week.

Soup# 2 - Soup For Dinner

To your boiling Ichiban soup add one very, very thinly sliced carrot and a stick of celery, and one egg beaten with a teaspoon of soy sauce and a teaspoon of toasted sesame oil. Stir until the egg is cooked, pour into bowls, and garnish with chopped green onion.

You could also add some green pepper, again, thinly sliced, and a dash of siracha.

FRIDAY'S INTERESTING FACTS

The smallest bone in your body is in your ear.

The stapes is a bone in the middle ear of humans that which helps conduct sound vibrations for identification.

Ants leave maps for other ants when they walk.

Ants leave pheromone trails when they walk as maps for other ants to follow, meaning they can travel the fastest route to food or their hive. The more ants that walk that route, the stronger the map is for others to follow.

Ronald McDonald is “Donald McDonald” in Japan because it makes pronunciation easier for the Japanese.

Ever since the first McDonald’s opened in Japan in 1971, the mascot has been called Donald McDonald. Often, Japanese people are surprised to learn he has a different name everywhere else.

During your lifetime, you will spend around thirty-eight days brushing your teeth.

This equals out to about 35.5 days in total. At about two minutes per day, this equates to 0.1% of your life!

In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people’s clothes.

These cameras had special lenses that use infrared light meant to be used as night vision, but it also allowed you to see through some types of clothing.

PATTERN BOOK FRIDAY

Patons 678 Little Gems



Pictures of the day

The Tête à Tête is the second 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 in London. In this picture, the couple are shown shortly after their wedding, and there are signs that the marriage has already begun to break down. The husband and wife appear uninterested in one another, amidst evidence of their separate dalliances the previous night. A small dog finds a lady's cap in the husband's coat pocket, indicating his adultery. A broken sword at his feet shows that he has been in a fight. The posture of the wife also indicates unfaithfulness; as Hogarth once noted: "A lock of hair falling thus cross the temples ... has an effect too alluring to be strictly decent, as is very well known to the loose and lowest class of women". The disarray of the room and the servant holding a stack of unpaid bills show that the affairs of the household are in a mess.

NEW ORLEANS
Nakosha Smith, a member of the Caramel Curves, an all-female motorcycle club that meets almost every weekend.



knit
thanks, Charlotte

Summer Hat

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thanks, Leah

Wash-cloth with horses pattern by Ruth Maria
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Market Bag

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Orange Dream Top

knit ... Father's Day

Plaid Pillow

Crochet Pattern of the Day: 

thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Cold Shoulder Crochet Top

Peasant Top

crochet ... Father's Day
thanks, Ruth

Men's Slippers

crochet
thanks, Joy

Rubber Ducky Basket

crochet

Sakura Market Bag Crochet pattern by K.A.M.E. Crochet

crochet

Crochet a Spring Scarf

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BONNIE'S TULIP AFGHAN SQUARE

Quarantine Cooking Recipes

thanks, Debbie

Bisquick® Substitute Recipe

RECIPE

thanks, Lesley

Mustard Pickled Eggs

CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent

Slow-Cooker Stuffed Peppers

SWEETS

thanks, Stacy

LAVENDER TEA BREAD

INGREDIENTS

Lavender Cake:

¾ cup milk

3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh lavender

6 tablespoons butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

Lavender Glaze:

½ cup milk

1 tablespoon dried lavender buds

1 cup confectioner’s sugar

PREPARATION

Cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Combine the milk and lavender in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat to a simmer, then remove from heat, and allow to cool slightly. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg until the mixture is light and fluffy. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk and lavender until just blended. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a wooden pick inserted into the crown of the loaf comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.

Lavender Glaze: Place the milk in a saucepan over medium heat. When it starts to boil, take the pan off the heat and add the dried lavender buds. Let the mixture steep for 5-8 minutes, then strain the milk Whisk it into the sugar, a tablespoon at a time, until you get a smooth and opaque glaze. Pour or spoon over the cooled loaf.

COOKBOOK FRIDAY

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Treasury of Barbecue - Favorite Brand Name Recipes

ADULT COLORING

FUN

thanks, Anita

... Answer to this Riddle

"I am Charcoal"

CRAFTS

thanks, Jeri

How to make floral ice cubes

CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Father's day

thanks, Gwen

Spring Cupcake Flowers

PUZZLE

Racing Car Jigsaw Puzzle



WORD SEARCH

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SUDOKU ... very hard

solution:

QUOTE

CLEVER 

thanks, Lily

EYE OPENER 

thanks, Alice

52 Tricks To Teach Your Dog!

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. -Arthur Conan Doyle, physician and writer (22 May 1859-1930)

Mary Cassatt

OPTICAL ILLUSION

"Rollers"

Rollers appear to rotate without effort. On the other hand, they appear to rotate in the opposite direction when observers see this image keeping blinking.

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