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Celebrate Global Dignity Day
Global Dignity Day is an initiative to educate and inspire young people and help them to understand their self-worth and goals. It was established in 2008 and continues to grow in popularity.
On Global Dignity Day, speakers go into schools and tell pupils about their own lives and experiences with dignity and all that that entails: self-respect, ambition, hard work, a feeling of accomplishment.
Speakers can be of any nationality and any profession, from plumbers to CEO’s to soldiers to factory workers. It is less about the profession and more about the attitude of the speaker towards his or her own life.
After giving his or her talk, the speaker invites the students to think about what dignity means to them and how it affects their lives. After discussing dignity between themselves, the students are encouraged to tell their own stories in front of the class. After they have done this, which helps to crystallize their thoughts and is empowering in itself, they write a letter to themselves listing their aspirations and goals.
The letters are collected and stored and returned to the children on the next Global Dignity Day so that they can measure how their lives have changed and which goals have been met.
Global Dignity Day thus serves as a benchmark for children to measure their success and as a reminder of what they find truly important in life.
Social Distancing - Normally Swarming
Joke of the Day
At a training session in the fire station, the team was assembled around the kitchen table.
The training officer was discussing the behavior of fire. "You pull up to a house and notice puffs of smoke coming from the eaves, blackened out windows and little or no visible flame. What does this tell you?" he asked.
He was expecting to hear that the house is in a possible back draft situation, a condition very dangerous to fire fighters. Instead he heard the following from one quick wit in the back, "You got the right place!"
A surfer and his dog walk along the beach in Port Aransas, Texas.
Word of the Day
pensive
MEANING:adjective: Sadly thoughtful; wistful.
ETYMOLOGY:From Old French pensif (pensive), from penser (to think), from Latin pensare (ponder), frequentative of pendere (to weigh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root (s)pen- (to draw, to spin), which also gave us pendulum, spider, pound, pansy, pendant, ponder, appendix, penthouse, depend, spontaneous, vilipend, pendulous, ponderous, filipendulous, equipoise, perpend, and prepend. Earliest documented use: 1393.
USAGE:“When we met last spring, I expected the Belfast-born investor ... to be elated. Instead, I found him to be pensive and almost post-traumatic.”
Dearbhail McDonald; ‘Nama Nearly Destroyed Me’ -- Top London Hotelier; Sunday Independent (Dublin, Ireland); Sep 18, 2016.
A surfer on Manly Beach in Sydney.
Dearbhail McDonald; ‘Nama Nearly Destroyed Me’ -- Top London Hotelier; Sunday Independent (Dublin, Ireland); Sep 18, 2016.
Idiom of the Day
All and sundryThis idiom is a way of emphasising 'all', like saying 'each and every one'.
The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
This Day in History
1797 - "Old Ironsides," the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, was launched in Boston's harbor.
1849 - The first tattooed man, James F. O辰onnell, was put on exhibition at the Franklin Theatre in New York City, NY.
1858 - The Can-Can was performed for the first time in Paris.
1918 - Margaret Owen set a typing speed record of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter.
1927 - In New York City, construction began on the George Washington Bridge.
1959 - The Guggenheim Museum was opened to the public in New York. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
1967 - Thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, DC, in opposition to the Vietnam War.
1975 - Elton John received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1991 - Jesse Turner, an American hostage in Lebanon, was released after nearly five years of being imprisoned.
1998 - Cancer specialist Dr. Jane Henney became the FDA's first female commissioner.
2003 - The album "Streetcore" was released by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. Joe Strummer had died of a heartattack on December 22, 2002.
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DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, October 21
You are progressive and possess much dynamism and enthusiasm. Your life is characterized by emotional ups and downs, and you are a sensitive person who picks up much--perhaps too much--from your environment. At times you feel overloaded, but your will is strong and you are extremely resilient. In fact, you can be greatly stubborn at times! Highly magnetic, your communication skills are notable. You could be a natural teacher. Famous people born today:
1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English romantic poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner), born in Ottery St Mary, Devon (d. 1834)
1833 Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist who invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prizes, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1896)
1928 Whitey Ford, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (10 x MLB All Star; World Series 1950, 53, 56, 58, 61 [MVP], 62; AL Cy Young Award 1961; NY Yankees), born in NYC, NY (d. 2020)
1942 Judith Sheindlin, Jurist and Television personality (Judge Judy), born in Brooklyn, New York
1949 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, born in Tel Aviv, Israel
1956 Carrie Fisher, American actress (Princess Leia in Star Wars, When Harry Met Sally...) and writer (Postcards from the Edge), born in Beverly Hills, California (d. 2016)
1980 Kim [Kimberly] Kardashian, American TV personality (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California
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READERS INFO1.
(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
The idea of making “The Flintstones,” a cartoon that Joseph Barbera admitted was based loosely on the TV comedy “The Honeymooners,” came after marketing experts discovered the audience for cartoons in the late ‘50s was more
than 50% adults. Since the show's inception, people have noted the similarities between The Flintstones and The Honeymooners. To put it simply, the Flintstones and the Rubbles are the stone-age equivalents of the Kramdens and
the Nortons. Jackie Gleason even considered suing Hanna and Barbera for ripping off his show, but ultimately decided he did not want to go down in history as "the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air".
Trees can recognize their "children" trees. They have to ability to send them more carbon below ground and also make more room for them.
Chick-fil-A locations across the US are all closed on Sunday, in keeping with founder Truett Cathy's Christian faith. He believed that all franchised Chick-fil-A Operators and their employees should have an opportunity to rest, spend time
with family and friends, and worship if they choose to do so. "Closing our business on Sunday, the Lord's Day, is our way of honoring God and showing our loyalty to Him," Cathy wrote in his book "Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People."
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with family and friends, and worship if they choose to do so. "Closing our business on Sunday, the Lord's Day, is our way of honoring God and showing our loyalty to Him," Cathy wrote in his book "Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People."
October 21, 22 - Orionids Meteor Shower. The Orionids is an average shower producing up to 20 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by dust grains left behind by comet Halley, which has been known and observed since ancient times. The shower runs annually from October 2 to November 7. It peaks this year on the night of the 21st and the morning of of the 22nd. The waxing crescent moon will set before midnight leaving dark skies for what should be a good show. Best viewing will be from a dark location after midnight. Meteors will radiate from the constellation Orion, but can appear anywhere in the sky
3.thanks for today's Offbeat Holiday, Patty
These eel-shaped, slime-producing fish are fairly disgusting (seriously), but they're also kind of awesome. They have four hearts, have been around for hundreds of millions of years, and can feed through their skin. So while it might not be beautiful, the humble hagfish does deserve a little love and respect.
4.Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
Shucky's Coffee Spice*****
I make this for my daughter-in-law, because it is one of the only things she will let me do for her. I put it together after years of learning other people's secrets, and this one combines them all! If you are one of those rare people who are allergic to nutmeg, don't use it - the coffee will still be great!
1 T. ground cinnamon
1 T. salt
1 T. mustard powder
1 T. ground nutmeg
Put these in a dry, air-tight spice jar and shake until well mixed. Put 1 pinch (that is all!) into the coffee grounds before you brew a pot. You don't want to taste it so much as mellow the flavour, and this works! If you put too much in, people will taste the spice, but the coffee will still be delicious!
1 T. ground cinnamon
1 T. salt
1 T. mustard powder
1 T. ground nutmeg
Put these in a dry, air-tight spice jar and shake until well mixed. Put 1 pinch (that is all!) into the coffee grounds before you brew a pot. You don't want to taste it so much as mellow the flavour, and this works! If you put too much in, people will taste the spice, but the coffee will still be delicious!
Pictures of the Day
This Jellybean Corn Looks Amazing ... A stunning strain of glass gem corn developed by Carl Barnes
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knit, must register
Crochet Patterns of the Day:
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CROCKPOT RECIPE
VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE ... Thanksgiving
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, Karla
Bubble Gum Challenge
Gather around in a circle. Give all the same amount of some good tasting bubblegum. Each person then takes a turn blowing a bubble to see who can make the biggest one. This challenge can be fun with as little as two people or make it interesting and split into teams.
CRAFTS .. Halloween sewing
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CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Halloween
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SUDOKU ...
CLEVER
there was a door.
Hear me out: that which you call death
I remember.
Overhead, noises, branches of the pine shifting.
Then nothing. The weak sun
flickered over the dry surface.
It is terrible to survive
as consciousness
buried in the dark earth.
Then it was over: that which you fear, being
a soul and unable
to speak, ending abruptly, the stiff earth
bending a little. And what I took to be
birds darting in low shrubs.
You who do not remember
passage from the other world
I tell you I could speak again: whatever
returns from oblivion returns
to find a voice:
from the center of my life came
a great fountain, deep blue
shadows on azure seawater.
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