Thursday, January 19, 2017

Popcorn Day January 19, 2017

DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate Popcorn Day

Oh Popcorn! Delicious and delightful popcorn is part of so many traditions. Popcorn balls at Halloween, Popcorn strings at Christmas, and Popcorn all year round at the movies! Corn has played an important role in the diets of many cultures, and has spread to be a worldwide phenomenon since it was imported from the new world. So on Popcorn Day make sure you have yourself a great big bowl of this delicious treat!
To discuss the history of Popcorn Day one must understand the history of Popcorn. The original corn was derived from a small grass with kernels not much different than that of wheat, careful selection and generations of breeding has resulted in what we think of today as the corn plant. When settlers came to the New World from the Old Country, they discovered this amazing crop and that it had been in use for time out of mind.
Sometime along the line it was realized that certain corn kernels, when subjected to heat, will pop and reveal their soft fluffy endosperm in a cloud around their shell. Before long it was discovered to be a light and delicious treat, and cultivation led to the popcorn we have today. There’s actually two types of popcorn, but the familiar yellow popcorn we all see in movie theaters is by far the most popular. Popcorn has been used for everything from arts and crafts to the foundation of some of the most popular treats around. You can find it just about anywhere you go. The National Popcorn Board decided that this fluffy treat needed a day of celebration and recognition of its own, and thus was born National Popcorn Day!
You can celebrate popcorn by doing crafts with it, popcorn strings are a wonderful decoration, or you can use it to make garlands or even glue it to construction paper for a collage! And don’t forget the paint and glitter!
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Word of the Day

petrous 


Definition:(adjective) Of, relating to, or resembling rock, especially in hardness; stony.
Synonyms:stonelike
Usage:The veterinarian removed several rounded, petrous objects from the animal's wound.

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Idiom of the Day

home, James (, and don't spare the horses)

 
— A humorous directive for a driver to take one home directly and without delay.

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History

Apple Lisa Launched (1983)

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In 1983, after five years of development, Apple released the Lisa, the first personal computer with a graphical user interface. Although the Lisa was a commercial failure—due in part to its initial price tag of $9,995—it had a significant impact on the computer industry. It is often rumored to have been named after the first daughter of Apple's Steve Jobs, though several acronyms have been ascribed to the name.

James Watt (1736)

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A largely self-taught Scottish engineer and inventor, Watt greatly impacted the Industrial Revolution with his development of the Watt engine. Asked to repair a model of Thomas Newcomen's steam engine, he instead made improvements to it that resulted in a new type of engine. One such design enhancement, the separate condenser, radically improved the power, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of steam engines. The watt, a unit of power, is named for him. 

Bonfim Festival (Festa do Bonfim)

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There is a church in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, known as Our Lord of the Happy Ending (bonfim). Today during the Bonfim Festival, hundreds of Brazilian women dress in the traditional white dresses of colonial Bahia and form a procession to the church. The bahianas balance jars of water, scented with blossoms, on their heads. The washing of the steps at Bonfim Basilica on the second Thursday after Epiphany is the highlight of the festival. 

Shark Switches to Asexual Reproduction, Gives Male-Less Birth

Did you know that sharks can reproduce asexually? It's true -- female sharks can produce offspring without a contribution from a male shark. This is called parthogenesis, and has been observed in frogs, fish, lizards, plants, insects and birds, to name 
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1907 - The first film reviews appeared in "Variety" magazine. 

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1915 - George Claude, of Paris, France, patented the neon discharge tube for use in advertising signs. 

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1937 - Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record. He flew from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. 

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1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy. 

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1977 - U.S. President Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino (the "Tokyo Rose"). 

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2006 - NASA's New Horizons spacecraft was launched. The mission was the first to investigate Pluto. 

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2013 - In Scottsdale, AZ, the original Batmobile for the TV series "Batman" sold at auction for $4.6 million. It was the first of six Batmobiles produced for the show. 


DAILY SQU-EEZ




If You Were Born Today, January 19

You are a very competent Capricorn. If today is your birthday, your personality is that of a hard working, intelligent, reliable and loyal individual but that is just on the exterior. On the inside, you struggle with doubt and insecurity. You ask yourself questions like, “Did I say that wrong?“, or “Was I over the top?." Also born on this day Desi Arnez, Jr., Paula Deen, Janis Joplin, Dolly Patron, Robert E Lee, Robert Palmer, Edgar Allan Poe, Katey Sagal, Lil Scrappy, Jean Stapleton, Shawn Wayans.

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READER'S INFO

1. Top 10 facts about January
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1. The Anglo-Saxons called January “Wulfmonath” as it was the month hungry wolves came scavenging at people’s doors.
2. The Romans named it January after Janus, the God of gateways.
3. Janus had two heads so he could look in both directions, back at the old year and forward towards the new year, at the same time.
4. According to the International Standard Organisation’s ISO 8601, week 1 of any year is the week including January 4.
5. Daytime temperatures in January make it the coldest month of the year in the UK. February nights are colder in England (but not Scotland).
6. The only Shakespeare plays that mention January are Much Ado About Nothing and Winter’s Tale.
7. The birthstone for January is the garnet; the flower is the carnation.
8. The first recorded reference to a “January sale” in the UK was in 1865.
9. There is a variety of cold-tolerant winter cabbage grown in England known as January King.
10. More couples separate or divorce in January than in any other month.
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3. sharon has a plant-based diet, chickens, ducks, etc., spinner of her fiber animal furs for crochet and quilting, gardener .. lots to see in our reader's action packed blog!
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Pictures of the day

Petra Martić

Petra Martić (b. 1991) is a tennis player from Split, Croatia. Beginning her career as a junior in 2006, Martić turned professional in 2008. She reached a career high of World No. 42 in 2012 in women's singles.


A Syrian Restaurant is Posting Before and After Photos of Aleppo and It’s Heartbreaking

A Syrian Restaurant is Posting Before and After Photos of Aleppo and It’s Heartbreaking
Before and after photos that capture unbelievable destruction the city and its citizens have endured
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crochet - VALENTINE'S DAY

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CROCKPOT RECIPE

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SWEETS

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ADULT COLORING


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CRAFTS - VALENTINE'S DAY
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CHILDREN'S CORNER ... dot to dot 
VALENTINE'S DAY




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PUZZLE
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QUOTE
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Sliced bread was patented by a jeweler, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928. He had been working on the machine for 16 years!--------------------- Thanks to Daylight Savings Time, Samuel Peterson was born about half an hour after his younger twin brother, Ronan!-------------------- In 2011, an earthquake in Japan knocked 1.8 microseconds off the length of every day afterward.


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CLEVER
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EYE OPENER



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