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Celebrate Pluto Demoted Day
Many of us are fascinated by outer space and its many mysteries. Our own solar system went through a change in classification on 2006, when Pluto was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet. Pluto Demoted Day now takes place every year to mark that very occasion. While sad for fans of the former ninth planet of the solar system, Pluto Demoted Day is an important day for our scientific history and is important to remember.
Pluto Demoted Day is a great opportunity for study into space and our solar system in general, as well as the history of Pluto itself. Children will be interested to learn about the composition and nature of planets, and Pluto is a fascinating subject for science projects. Marking the day itself is a good way to remember Pluto’s former status as a planet, from its discovery in 1930 to its demotion in 2006.
Joke of the Day
ALWAYS DIZZY
"You see, doctor, I’m always dizzy for half an hour after I get up in the morning,” said Carla.
“Well, try getting up half an hour later,” said the doctor.
“Well, try getting up half an hour later,” said the doctor.
Word of the Day
cliticize
MEANING:
verb tr., intr.: To attach or become attached.
ETYMOLOGY:
From clitic (an unstressed word that occurs in combination with another word), from enclitic/proclitic, from klinein (to lean), from klitos (slope). Ultimately from the Indo-European root klei- (to lean), which also gave us decline, incline, recline, lean, client, climax, ladder, heteroclite, and patrocliny . Earliest documented use: 1970s.
NOTES:
In linguistics, to cliticize is to attach a clitic to another word. What’s a clitic? An unstressed linguistic element that can’t exist on its own and is dependent on its neighbor. An example in the previous sentence is ’t in can’t”.
USAGE:
“Say anything to me and I see her face; her name and image have been cliticized, in my mind as necessary adjuncts of life, birth, breath.”
John McManus; Stop Breakin Down; Picador; 2000.
John McManus; Stop Breakin Down; Picador; 2000.
Grandpa, how bad was the recession and pandemic in 2020?
Me:
Idiom of the Day
This Day in History
0079 - Mount Vesuvius erupted killing approximately 20,000 people. The cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum were buried in volcanic ash.
1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.
1869 - A patent for the waffle iron was received by Cornelius Swarthout.
1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the U.S. non-stop. The trip from Los Angeles, CA to Newark, NJ, took about 19 hours.
1959 - Three days after Hawaiian statehood, Hiram L. Fong was sworn in as the first Chinese-American U.S. senator while Daniel K. Inouye was sworn in as the first Japanese-American U.S. representative.
1963 - John Pennel pole-vaulted 17 feet and 3/4 inches becoming the first to break the 17-foot barrier.
1989 - Pete Rose, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, was banned from baseball for life after being accused of gambling on baseball.
1995 - Microsoft's "Windows 95" went on sale.
2001 - The remains of nine American servicemen killed in the Korean War were returned to the U.S. The bodies were found about 60 miles north of Pyongyang. It was estimated that it would be a year before the identies of the soldiers would be known.
2004 - It was reported that the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum had acquired a Gibson L-5 accoustic guitar that had once been owned by "Mother Maybelle" Carter.
2006 - The planet Pluto was reclassified as a "dwarf planet" by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Pluto's status was changed due to the IAU's new rules for an object qualifying as a planet. Pluto met two of the three rules because it orbits the sun and is large enough to assume a nearly round shape. However, since Pluto has an oblong orbit and overlaps the orbit of Neptune it disqualified Pluto as a planet.
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DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, August 24
You are a natural psychologist, with a special interest in, and insight into, personal relationships. You enjoy bouncing your ideas off other people. You don’t always follow others’ advice, but you love to ask, if only to stimulate conversation. Your needs for communication and mental stimulation are strong, and you are at your best when you are one-on-one. Partnerships are important to you – you seem to need company. You are somewhat fearful of change, as security appeals most to you. You are highly intelligent, and although you tend to come up with the best ideas through conversation with others, your ideas are nevertheless your own – you simply seem to come alive through your interactions. There may be immature or premature themes in your earlier relationships – some with this birthday partner up early, possibly due to a fear of being alone, and others might attract immature partners. Still others simply attract youthful, playful people into their experience. Famous people born today:
1759 William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade, born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England (d. 1833)
1899 Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer of fiction and essays (Labyrinths), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1986)
1922 Howard Zinn, American historian and activist (A People's History of the United States), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2010)
1945 Marsha P. Johnson [born Malcolm Michaels Jr.], African-American gay liberation and AIDS activist, drag queen, and transgender pioneer (Gay Liberation Front, S.T.A.R.), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 1992)
1957 Stephen Fry, English comedian, writer and actor (Blackadder, QI), born in London
1960 Cal Ripken Jr, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (MLB record consecutive game streak, Baltimore Orioles), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland
1965 Marlee Matlin, American actress and the only deaf performer to win an Academy Award (Children of Lesser God), born in Morton Grove, Illinois
1988 Rupert Grint, English actor (Harry Potter), born in Harlow, Essex, England
READERS INFO
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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
In 2008, fast food chain Burger King released a product that NO ONE could have foreseen. They released their own cologne. Flame, as it was called, had the tagline of ‘Fire meets Desire’. Burger King described the scent as a mix of seduction and flame-broiled meat. The cost for this very unique scent… $3.99.
What happens when you cut a starfish up into pieces? Depending on where it has been cut, the starfish will regenerate itself into a whole new starfish. This applies as long as the cut piece is still attached to part of the original central region. A piece cut off the edge will not be able to regenerate itself.
Japan has a LOT of islands! I’m talking a LOT! To be exact, this country has 6,582 islands, of which only 6% are inhabited. The four main islands of Japan are Kyushu, Honshu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku.
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thanks for the heads up, Ara
Oct 3 - Nov 7, 2020
30th Anniversary One of a Kind
3 views of "Double Bind" 15 x 8.5 x 9 inches, 2020
Kittrell Riffkind Art Glass
@Southwest Gallery
4500 Sigma Road (at Welch)
Dallas, Tx 75244
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Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
0079 - Mount Vesuvius erupted killing approximately 20,000 people. The cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum were buried in volcanic ash.
2001 - The remains of nine American servicemen killed in the Korean War were returned to the U.S. The bodies were found about 60 miles north of Pyongyang. It was estimated that it would be a year before the identies of the soldiers would be known.
2006 - The planet Pluto was reclassified as a "dwarf planet" by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Pluto's status was changed due to the IAU's new rules for an object qualifying as a planet. Pluto met two of the three rules because it orbits the sun and is large enough to assume a nearly round shape. However, since Pluto has an oblong orbit and overlaps the orbit of Neptune it disqualified Pluto as a planet.
thanks, Ruth
DAILY SQU-EEK
thanks for the heads up, Ara
Oct 3 - Nov 7, 2020
30th Anniversary One of a Kind
30th Anniversary One of a Kind
3 views of "Double Bind" 15 x 8.5 x 9 inches, 2020
Kittrell Riffkind Art Glass
@Southwest Gallery
4500 Sigma Road (at Welch)
Dallas, Tx 75244
@Southwest Gallery
4500 Sigma Road (at Welch)
Dallas, Tx 75244
Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847 – September 4, 1909)
was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century.
Along with William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White, he was
a member of the partnership McKim, Mead & White. The firm's
New York City buildings include Manhattan's former Pennsylvania
Station, the Brooklyn Museum, and the main campus of Columbia
University. Elsewhere in New York state and New England, the
firm designed colleges, libraries, schools, and other buildings,
such as the Boston Public Library and the Rhode Island State
House. In Washington, D.C., the firm renovated the West and
East Wings of the White House, and designed Roosevelt Hall on
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THE AGE OF AVIATION
There are four runways at San Francisco’s International Airport (SFO). This is a rare look at the approach end of runways 28 left and right.
knit
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knit
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Crochet Pattern of the Day:
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Local distillery open but only has one kind of bottle
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CROCKPOT RECIPE
SWEETS
The fusion Nobody Asked For
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE
Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.
thanks, Alice
COPYCAT RECIPE
thanks, Jenny
SWEETS
ADULT COLORING
What to do in isolation? Recreate famous art!
FUN
CRAFTS
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Quarantine Self Hair Cut
CHILDREN'S CORNER
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PUZZLE
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SUDOKU ... hard
solution:
QUOTE
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CLEVER
thanks, Susie, West Coast Correspondent
EYE OPENER
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god. -Jorge Luis Borges, writer (24 Aug 1899-1986)
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house and their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors!
You think it’s bad now? In 20 years our country will be run by people home-schooled by day drinkers…
This virus has done what no woman had been able to do…cancel all sports, shut down all bars, and keep men at home!!!
Do not call the police on suspicious people in your neighborhood! Those are your neighbors without makeup and hair extensions!
OPTICAL ILLUSION
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