Monday, May 31, 2021

Save Your Hearing Day - May 31, 2021

DIANE'S CORNER .. 

Celebrate Save Your Hearing Day



Save Your Hearing Day is our yearly reminder to turn down the dial and to listen to the birds chirping outside our windows, for a change. Its originator is unknown, but bless our eardrums, he did us a great service, because how would we otherwise have been able to tell teenagers to turn off that noise?

Save Your Hearing Day is best celebrated in peaceful environments, with earmuffs, if need be. There’s a 60:60 rule that everybody should abide by on this day, which says you should listen to your MP3 at 60% of volume capacity for less than 60 minutes a day. It applies to concerts, as well. But if you simply couldn’t resist going to a live rock concert without wearing earplugs, then you should know you’ve been exposed to hours of decibel noise, the equivalent of listening to an ambulance siren for hundreds of minutes. A hearing detox consisting of 16 hours of auricular rest would do wonders for your eardrums, so have it on this day, because everybody else is.

Learn about Save Your Hearing Day

It is vital to take some time to learn about different ways to protect your hearing and your family’s hearing. This is what Save Your Hearing Day is all about. After all, our hearing is critical, and there are a number of things that we can do to reduce the chances of hearing loss. 

There are a number of different signs and symptoms that you can look out for if you are worried that you or someone you love is experiencing hearing loss. This includes the following…

  • Needing to concentrate hard in order to hear what other people are saying, which can be stressful and/or tiring
  • Watching television or listening to music loudly
  • Asking people to repeat themselves
  • Having difficulty hearing what other people are saying clearly
  • Misunderstanding what others have said

There are a number of different things that you can do in order to prevent hearing loss. This includes the following…

  • Take precautions when you are at work. This includes wearing hearing protection, making sure you are not exposed to loud noises for long periods of time, and switching to quieter equipment if possible.
  • Protect your hearing when at a loud event. When at a loud event, for example, a sports event or a music gig, you should give your hearing about 18 hours for recovery afterward. You should also try to take a break from the noise every 15 minutes and don’t stand next to the source of the noise, i.e. speakers.
  • Avoid loud noises – The best way to protect your hearing is to avoid loud noises. A noise is probably loud enough to cause hearing damage if you have a ringing in your ears after, it hurts your ears, you can’t hear what people are saying nearby, or you need to raise your voice to talk to others. 

History of Save Your Hearing Day

It is estimated that half of the cases of deafness and hearing loss can be prevented. This is why Save Your Hearing Day has been created. It has been celebrated for a number of years now, and in order to understand Save Your Hearing Day, it is worth looking at the invention of some of the different products that have been created in order to help people protect their hearing. 

The invention of hearing protection has been spurred by military need. However, there have been references to hearing loss since Ancient Greek times. In fact, we know that people with hearing loss were shunned in Ancient Greece. They were called Barbarians by Aristotle because they were not able to speak the Greek language. 

In 1864, earplugs were patented. By 1884, canal caps that could be attached to an adjustable headband were invented so that they could protect sailors and soldiers. In 1905, there were attempts to try and reduce the noise of gunfire through the creation of mechanical devices. This resulted in Mallock-Armstrong plugs being used in WW1. In fact, in 1914, disposable earplugs were also patented. 

The V-51R were developed for WW2. These were leather flaps that went over the ears. They were designed to protect the crew on board military aircraft. Nevertheless, as jet engines became noiser and noiser, it was realized that something more effective would be needed, and this is when we Learn about Save Your Hearing Day

It is vital to take some time to learn about different ways to protect your hearing and your family’s hearing. This is what Save Your Hearing Day is all about. After all, our hearing is critical, and there are a number of things that we can do to reduce the chances of hearing loss. 

There are a number of different signs and symptoms that you can look out for if you are worried that you or someone you love is experiencing hearing loss. This includes the following…

Needing to concentrate hard in order to hear what other people are saying, which can be stressful and/or tiring

Watching television or listening to music loudly

Asking people to repeat themselves

Having difficulty hearing what other people are saying clearly

Misunderstanding what others have said

There are a number of different things that you can do in order to prevent hearing loss. This includes the following…

Take precautions when you are at work. This includes wearing hearing protection, making sure you are not exposed to loud noises for long periods of time, and switching to quieter equipment if possible.

Protect your hearing when at a loud event. When at a loud event, for example, a sports event or a music gig, you should give your hearing about 18 hours for recovery afterward. You should also try to take a break from the noise every 15 minutes and don’t stand next to the source of the noise, i.e. speakers.

Avoid loud noises – The best way to protect your hearing is to avoid loud noises. A noise is probably loud enough to cause hearing damage if you have a ringing in your ears after, it hurts your ears, you can’t hear what people are saying nearby, or you need to raise your voice to talk to others. started to see the earmuffs that we know today being produced. However, at first, the cushions were incredibly stiff, meaning a strong headband was needed to ensure a seal against the head. This caused a grip that was described as vice-like. This issue was resolved by 1954 when fluid-filled cushions were developed. 

Since then, there have been many progressions in the world of hearing protection. Progress has continued towards acceptability and comfort. In the late ‘50s, glass-down appeared, and then in the ‘70s, we saw the introduction of conformable foam plugs. In the ‘80s, non-linear electric systems were incorporated into earmuffs.


thanks for 'A Look Back at 1921' pics, Olivia

A Look Back at 1921

A row of New York City policemen, photographed wearing sets of portable traffic lights. At the time, effective methods of traffic control were still being developed in big cities in the U.S.

JOKE OF THE DAY
thanks, Carol

How do knitters get more fibre in their diet?

They go to their local yarn shop.

A view of Mount Rainier, with the buildings of Seattle, Washington, visible in the foreground. This photo was taken from Bigelow Avenue, near present-day Bhy Kracke Park. 

WORD OF THE DAY

Fort Knox

MEANING:
noun:
1. An inordinate amount of wealth.
2. A place extraordinarily secure and thus impossible to break into.

ETYMOLOGY:
After Fort Knox, nickname of the United States Bullion Depository, a vault that houses most of the US government’s gold, in Fort Knox, Kentucky.

NOTES:
Consider a kilo of gold. That sounds like a lot of the shiny yellow thing. How about 1000 kilos, about a ton? How about 1000 tons of gold? Now we’re talking. Fort Knox houses about 4,600 tons of gold. 4,603 tons to be precise, but what’s a ton here or there when we’re talking about gold?

That may sound like a lot, but all that gold is still going to buy you only about one-tenth of Apple or Google or Microsoft.

If you have your GPS handy, you can locate the vault at the intersection of Gold Vault Rd. and Bullion Blvd. in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Here’s the map. Don’t even think about it. Goldfinger was fiction and even that didn’t end well. For more productive results I recommend launching an online startup. Whatever your idea, please make it into something less detrimental to humanity than Facebook (permalink).

Guess what happens when the vault in Fort Knox overflows? They turn all that extra metal into crayons for nearby elementary schools.

JOKE:
A man prayed. He prayed and prayed and prayed. God was relaxing on His celestial couch watching the Superbowl. The man’s whiny voice eventually got to Him. He picked up the remote and pressed pause. All the players froze in midair.

“What the hell do you want?” God asked.
“I want to be surrounded by so much gold, so much gold that I’d look tiny in comparison.”
This was a big ask, but God was eager to get back to the game. The man turned into a worm and found himself crawling among the pallets of gold inside Fort Knox.

He was happy for a few seconds, but then reality set in. He prayed again.
“What is it now?”
“Thank you so much for granting my wish, but get me out of here, please!”
“Man! Do you have any idea where you are? Even I can’t get anything out of Fort Knox. How about I make your football team the winner?”

USAGE:
“The net result is a Fort Knox of vested-interest cash fighting for fewer and fewer genuinely contestable seats in an increasingly unrepresentative electorate.”
Peter Hartcher; Democracy Is Fragile. Guard It; Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia); Oct 17, 2020.

“Q: Your TV wife, Mandy Moore, recently let it drop that there was a big hot plot twist at the start of Season 4. Can you hint at what we should expect?
A: I think I’m a little more of a Fort Knox than Mandy Moore.”
Kathryn Shattuck; Milo Ventimiglia Finds a Good Guy Lane; The New York Times; Aug 4, 2019.

A 1921 publicity photo of the Canadian actress Mary Pickford, reading a copy of Little Lord Fauntleroy. She portrayed both Cedric Errol and Widow Errol in a screen version of the classic children's book.

TODAY'S ARTIST 
thanks, Natalie
Dirck Jaspersz. van Baburen (c. 1595 – 21 February 1624) 


A view of Copacabana, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in October 1921 

IDIOM OF THE DAY



What does 'Average Joe' mean?

An average Joe is an ordinary person without anything exceptional about them.

The actress Madge Saunders rides her "Ner-A-Car" motorcycle, somewhere in the U.K, circa 1921. 

DAILY SQUEEK



If You Were Born Today, May 31

Your clever mind and strength of character are traits that others tend to notice first, and they earn you respect. You are an engaging conversationalist, offering a unique perspective on whatever topic is on the table. You are very capable and determined, and you have a distinct traditional side to your personality. Famous people born today:

1819 Walt Whitman, American poet (Leaves of Grass) and volunteer nurse during the Civil War, born in West Hills, New York (d. 1892)

1930 Clint Eastwood, American actor (Dirty Harry)/mayor (Carmel, California), born in San Francisco, California

1943 Joe Namath, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Super Bowl 1969; Super Bowl MVP 1969; Pro Bowl 1972; NY Jets), born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

1965 Brooke Shields, American model/actress (Blue Lagoon, Suddenly Susan), born in NYC, New York

1976 Colin Farrell, Irish actor (In Bruges, Minority Report), born in Dublin, Ireland

thanks, Cindy


(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY

The are plenty of wedding traditions that span the globe. Some are done for luck, some to ward off evil spirits, some to bless a new home. The Greeks have a tradition in which the bride will carry a sugar cube in one of her gloves. This is done to ‘sweeten the marriage’.

What is the Halo Effect? It is the phenomenon in which your mind can’t stop your heart from seeing what it wants to see in another person. More or less. Being attracted to someone or thinking they are smart and/or good looking can and will influence how you rate their abilities or skills in other areas.

In the medieval days of Germany, they had an interesting way of curing a toothache. They would kiss a donkey. You read correctly. Somehow, the dentists of back then convinced their patients to kiss a donkey whenever they had a toothache.

READERS INFO
1.
1962 -
The State of Israel hanged German official Adolf Eichmann, who had escaped from a prison camp in 1946 and spent some 14 years in hiding, for his part in the Nazi extermination of Jews during World War II.


2.
thanks for the Offbeat Holiday, Patty

1st June – Dare Day.

Today is the day to dare yourself, or someone else, to do something crazy. Just make it legal and preferably safe!

3.
Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
A Jewish Poker Game
  
Six retired Jewish gents were playing poker in the condo
clubhouse when Meyer loses $500 on a single hand,
clutches his chest and drops dead at the table.

Showing respect for their fallen comrade, the other
five continue playing, but standing up.

At the end of the game, Finklestein looks around and asks,
"So, who's gonna tell his wife?" They cut the cards.
Goldberg picks the low card and has to carry the news.

They tell him to be discreet, be gentle, don't make a bad
situation any worse. "Discreet? I'm the most discreet person
you'll ever meet.  Discretion is my middle name. Leave it to me."

Goldberg goes over to the Meyer's condo and knocks on the door.

The wife answers through the door and asks what he wants? 
Goldberg declares: "Your husband just lost $500 in a poker game
and is afraid to come home."

"Tell him to drop dead!" yells the wife.

"I'll go tell him." says Goldberg.

In May 1921, the Irish Republican Army briefly occupied and then burned the Dublin Custom House, which housed a British government agency, during the Irish War of Independence

COFFEE
thanks, Ella


PICTURES OF THE DAY

Clitocybe nebularis, commonly known as the clouded agaric or the cloud funnel, is a common gilled fungus that grows both in conifer-dominated forests and broad-leaved woodland in Europe and North America. This C. nebularis mushroom was photographed growing among fallen beech leaves in Famberhorst nature reserve, the Netherlands.


The Garden of Eels

A colony of garden eels at least two-thirds the size of a football field, stretching down a steep sandy slope off Dauin, in the Philippines – a cornerstone of the coral triangle

The original caption from April 25, 1921 reads: "All the drudgery of dishwashing—this three-times-a day task which comes to the housewife who does her own housework—has been eliminated by the new dishwasher shown in this photograph. It is the invention of a Cincinnati school teacher, who sought to make things a bit more pleasant for his wife. Incidentally, his idea was worth $12 to him, for a manufacturing concern thought so much of the 'dishwasher,' they purchased the rights and will seek to add a little joy to thousands of other housewives. With the aid of only hot water, dishes placed in a wire rack and set into the drum are made clean and spotless in two minutes."

knit .. Father's Day

thanks, Marilyn

How To Knit A Tie

knit
thanks, Nancy
Garden Party Table Runner

knit

knit
Owl Cushion

Albert Einstein, with his second wife, Elsa Lowenthal Einstein, photographed aboard a ship in April 1921. Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in theoretical physics and the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.

CROCHET PATTERNS OF THE DAY 
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent



The Einsteinturm, or Einstein Tower, is an astrophysical observatory in Potsdam, Germany, named after Albert Einstein, and designed by Erich Mendelsohn. Construction was completed in 1921.

crochet
thanks, Lisa
Delhi Shawl Wrap

crochet
thanks, Sasha

crochet

crochet .. Father's Day
Beer Cozy


A scene from the Z-T Ranch in Park County, Wyoming

RECIPE
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent


The painter Marc Chagall teaches children in the colony for Jewish Homeless Children in Malakhovka, Russia, in 1921.

QUARANTINE COOKING RECIPES
thanks, Debbie

A view of the crowd attending President Warren G. Harding's inaugural address on March 4, 1921, in Washington, D.C. 


CROCKPOT RECIPE

thanks, Sara

President Harding addressed the U.S. Congress in April 1921.

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

The original caption reads: "Girls of University of Cincinnati Stage Grecian Games. Garbed in costumes of ancient Greece, fair students of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, arranged a set of Grecian Games for the benefit of the University athletic fund. All of the girl students of the University, who take a great interest in outdoor games and athletics, took part in the games. The fund was greatly increased through the staging of the unique attraction."

COPYCAT RECIPE 
thanks, Jenny
An aerial view of the Lower Manhattan area of New York City with Battery Park on the left, seen in September 1921

RETRO
thanks, Ann
Telephone operators at work, in the Hotel Crillon in Paris, France, on March 10, 1921.

SWEETS
thanks, Heide

The Westwood, a new sports car driven by Bertie Timberlake, photographed somewhere in England on April 1, 1921 

ICE POP
thanks, Michelle
The original caption from April 27, 1921 reads: "New York, NY- Seizure of wine on a court warrant at 38 Cherry Street. Shows officials taking barrels from the cellar." Prohibition was in effect in the United States from 1920 to 1933.

ADULT COLORING


Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, President Warren Harding, and Harvey Firestone spend time together during a camping trip in Washington County, Maryland, in July 1921.

FUN



answer:



The Italian Caproni Capronissimo, a prototype nine-winged flying boat, sits in Lake Maggiore, Italy. With quarters for 100 passengers, it was the largest aircraft in the world at the time. After a brief but successful maiden flight, the aircraft crashed on its second flight in March 1921, breaking apart on impact.

CRAFTS .. Father's Day
thanks, Mary
Father's Day Pencil Cup Homemade Gift Idea

A young newspaper seller wears a hat that reads "Have you read the news? One cent" in November 1921. He holds copies of The Washington Daily News.

CHILDREN'S CORNER .. Father's Day

thanks, Mindy
Paper Roll Father's Day Craft

People enjoy fairground rides in Southend-on-Sea in England. The sign at left promises "Uncontrolled Mirth."

PUZZLE


The original caption from 1921 reads: "Russian agricultural workers plow a field with a captured British tank, after the Civil War decimated technical resources in Russian rural areas." 


WORD SEARCH


agree
area

below
brisk

charm
check
coach
cohort
confidence
corporation

debit
design
dread

effective
enemy
exist
expert
field

grace
grill

hake
happen

knock
limit

mess

needle
number

ornate

peer
promise
record
reed
rocket
roll
route

screen
store

tandem
throw


Murderer's Row (from left): Wally Pipp, Babe Ruth, Roger Peckinpaugh, Bob Meusel, and Frank "Home Run" Baker, of the New York Yankees, photographed in Yankee Stadium in 1921 


SUDOKU 


solution:




A group of people pick hops at Paddock Wood in Kent, England, in 1921.

ICE BREAKER
thanks, Kris
You can use 'ice breaker questions' to build a rapport, enabling strangers to engage in back and forth conversion. With a little practice and possibly a beer or two, you’ll be breaking more ice than the Titanic. 

Do You Have An Irrational Fear?

Leon Trotsky, People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the Soviet Union, reviews the Red Band in Moscow.

QUOTE
thanks, Nina

The original caption from June 1921 reads: "New York City - Madison Square Garden transformed into a swimming scene in Tex Rickard's luxurious indoor swimming pool which was thrown open to the public." The boxing promoter Tex Rickard had built "the world's largest indoor swimming pool" for this event at the arena.



The original caption reads: "Washington, D.C. - Louise Johnson and Sgt. Stubbie, the famous war dog, made a striking sight in the parade. Stubbie was the most decorated dog in the AEF, wearing wound and service stripes earned in action. Miss Louise Johnson is daughter of Colonel Johnson, of the General Staff, USA."

CLEVER 
thanks, Vicky
If you've ever sworn off this fruit entirely because cutting it up is too hard, this hack is worth a try. The key is using mangoes that are ripe and ready for peeling.

cut mango#mango#cut #fruit

A group portrait of a class in home hygiene and care of the sick, taken in New Sweden, Bonneville County, Idaho, in July 1921.

EYE OPENER 
thanks, Julie
You can stream movies and watch courses all for free with either your library card or a university login.   

People play a game of water tennis in Washington, D.C., in August 1921.


Betsey Price, in her first year of high school, is photographed sewing at her 4-H club in Marlinton, West Virgina.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing. -Walt Whitman, poet (31 May 1819-1892)

Thomas Edison enjoys a mid-day nap under a tree at a camp in Washington County, Maryland, in July 1921.

OPTICAL ILLUSION

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