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Mother's Day Proclamation
Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts,
Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
"We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."
From the bosom of the devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace,
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God.
In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And at the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace.
---The "Mother's Day Proclamation" by Julia Ward Howe was one of the early calls to celebrate Mother's Day in the United States. Written in 1870, Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation was a pacifist reaction to the carnage of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. The Proclamation was tied to Howe's feminist belief that women had a responsibility to shape their societies at the political level.
Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts,
Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
"We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."
From the bosom of the devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace,
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God.
In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality
May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient
And at the earliest period consistent with its objects,
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions,
The great and general interests of peace.
---The "Mother's Day Proclamation" by Julia Ward Howe was one of the early calls to celebrate Mother's Day in the United States. Written in 1870, Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation was a pacifist reaction to the carnage of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. The Proclamation was tied to Howe's feminist belief that women had a responsibility to shape their societies at the political level.
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More on Mother's Day:
The first known observance of Mother's Day in America occurred in Albion, Michigan on the second Sunday in May, 1877.
It was the actions of an Albion pioneer woman, Juliet Calhoun Blakeley, that set Mother's Day in motion. Two days before her 59th birthday on May 11th, 1877, three young men, all sons of staunch temperance advocates, were found drunk on the streets of Albion's business district. They had been the victims of anti-temperance shenanigans.
One of the young men was the son of the pastor of the local Methodist Episcopal Church. On Sunday (Mrs. Blakeley's birthday) the pastor was so distraught that he had to leave the pulpit before the services were concluded. Mrs. Blakeley, sitting near the front, stepped to the pulpit to take over the remainder of the service and called other mothers to join her.
Mrs. Blakeley's sons, Charles C. and Moses A. were travelling salesmen. They were so moved by her gesture that they vowed to return to Albion every year to mark their mother's birthday anniversary and to pay tribute to her. In addition, the two brothers made it a practice to urge business associates and those they met on the road to honor their mothers accordingly on the second Sunday of May. Because of the brothers urgings, the Methodist Episcopal Church in Albion set aside the second Sunday of each May to pay special recognition to mothers, and especially to Juliet Calhoun Blakeley "The Original Mother of Mother's Day" early in the 1880's.
The first known observance of Mother's Day in America occurred in Albion, Michigan on the second Sunday in May, 1877.
It was the actions of an Albion pioneer woman, Juliet Calhoun Blakeley, that set Mother's Day in motion. Two days before her 59th birthday on May 11th, 1877, three young men, all sons of staunch temperance advocates, were found drunk on the streets of Albion's business district. They had been the victims of anti-temperance shenanigans.
One of the young men was the son of the pastor of the local Methodist Episcopal Church. On Sunday (Mrs. Blakeley's birthday) the pastor was so distraught that he had to leave the pulpit before the services were concluded. Mrs. Blakeley, sitting near the front, stepped to the pulpit to take over the remainder of the service and called other mothers to join her.
Mrs. Blakeley's sons, Charles C. and Moses A. were travelling salesmen. They were so moved by her gesture that they vowed to return to Albion every year to mark their mother's birthday anniversary and to pay tribute to her. In addition, the two brothers made it a practice to urge business associates and those they met on the road to honor their mothers accordingly on the second Sunday of May. Because of the brothers urgings, the Methodist Episcopal Church in Albion set aside the second Sunday of each May to pay special recognition to mothers, and especially to Juliet Calhoun Blakeley "The Original Mother of Mother's Day" early in the 1880's.
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It is Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia who is credited with bringing about the official observance of Mother's Day. Her campaign to establish such a holiday began as a remembrance of her mother, who died in 1905 and who had, in the late 19th century, tried to establish "Mother's Friendship Days" as a way to heal the scars of the Civil War.
For the first official Mother's Day service in 1908, Anna sent 500 white carnations to the church to be given to the participating mothers. During the next several years, she sent more than 10,000 carnations there. Carnations –- red for the living and white for the deceased -– became symbols of the purity, strength and endurance of motherhood.
For the first official Mother's Day service in 1908, Anna sent 500 white carnations to the church to be given to the participating mothers. During the next several years, she sent more than 10,000 carnations there. Carnations –- red for the living and white for the deceased -– became symbols of the purity, strength and endurance of motherhood.
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Mother's Day is celebrated around the world, but not all on the same date. Here's a short list of dates for 2008.
10th February 2008
Norway
2nd March 2008
Gibraltar, Rep. of Ireland, United Kingdom
3rd March 2008
Georgia
8th March 2008
Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Vietnam.
21st March 2008
Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
7th April 2008
Armenia
4th May 2008
Angola, Azores, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Hungary, Lithuania, Madeira, Portugal, Spain
8th May 2008
Korea, Albania
10th May 2008
El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore
11th May 2008
Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus and Northern Cyprus, Czech. Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Holland, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Leichtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mariana Islands, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norfolk Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Sardinia, Sicily, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Africa, St Croix, St John, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Martin, St Thomas, St Vincent, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad, Turkey, Uruguay, United States of America USA, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
25th May 2008
Corsica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, French Polynesia, France, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Lebanon, Martinique, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, St Pierre / Miquelon, Senegal, Sweden
26th May 2008
Bolivia, Poland
30th May 2008
Nicaragua
8th June 2008
Luxembourg
12th August 2008
Thailand
19th October 2008
Argentina, Paraguay
28th November 2008
Russia
8th December 2008
Panama
16th December 2008
Iran
10th February 2008
Norway
2nd March 2008
Gibraltar, Rep. of Ireland, United Kingdom
3rd March 2008
Georgia
8th March 2008
Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Vietnam.
21st March 2008
Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
7th April 2008
Armenia
4th May 2008
Angola, Azores, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Hungary, Lithuania, Madeira, Portugal, Spain
8th May 2008
Korea, Albania
10th May 2008
El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore
11th May 2008
Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus and Northern Cyprus, Czech. Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Holland, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Leichtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mariana Islands, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norfolk Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Sardinia, Sicily, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Africa, St Croix, St John, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Martin, St Thomas, St Vincent, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad, Turkey, Uruguay, United States of America USA, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
25th May 2008
Corsica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, French Polynesia, France, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Lebanon, Martinique, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, St Pierre / Miquelon, Senegal, Sweden
26th May 2008
Bolivia, Poland
30th May 2008
Nicaragua
8th June 2008
Luxembourg
12th August 2008
Thailand
19th October 2008
Argentina, Paraguay
28th November 2008
Russia
8th December 2008
Panama
16th December 2008
Iran
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If a stay-at-home mom could be compensated in dollars rather than personal satisfaction and unconditional love, she'd rake in a nifty sum of nearly US$117,000 a year.
That's according to a pre-Mother's Day study released Thursday by Salary.com, a Waltham, Mass.-based firm that studies workplace compensation.
The eighth annual survey calculated a mom's market value by studying pay levels for 10 job titles with duties that a typical mom performs, ranging from housekeeper and day care center teacher to van driver, psychologist and chief executive officer.
The biggest driver of a mom's theoretical salary is the amount of overtime pay she'd receive for working more than 40 hours a week. The 18,000 moms surveyed about their typical week reported working 94.4 hours - meaning they'd be spending more than half their working hours on overtime.
Working moms reported an average 54.6 hour "mom work week" besides the hours they spent at paying jobs.
This year, the annual salary for a stay-at-home mom would be $116,805, while a working mom who also juggles an outside job would get $68,405 for her motherly duties.
That's according to a pre-Mother's Day study released Thursday by Salary.com, a Waltham, Mass.-based firm that studies workplace compensation.
The eighth annual survey calculated a mom's market value by studying pay levels for 10 job titles with duties that a typical mom performs, ranging from housekeeper and day care center teacher to van driver, psychologist and chief executive officer.
The biggest driver of a mom's theoretical salary is the amount of overtime pay she'd receive for working more than 40 hours a week. The 18,000 moms surveyed about their typical week reported working 94.4 hours - meaning they'd be spending more than half their working hours on overtime.
Working moms reported an average 54.6 hour "mom work week" besides the hours they spent at paying jobs.
This year, the annual salary for a stay-at-home mom would be $116,805, while a working mom who also juggles an outside job would get $68,405 for her motherly duties.
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If you bet against the existance of alien UFOs, then you would be betting against an almost sure thing. There are so many stars that it is mathematically probable that there is other life sources in the universe.
In 1961, University of California, Santa Cruz, astronomer and astrophysicist Dr. Frank Drake devised the Drake equation.
The Drake equation, sometimes called The Green Bank equation or The Green Bank Formula and often erroneously labeled "The Sagan equation", is a famous result in the speculative fields of exobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) elsewhere in the universe.
This equation was devised by Dr. Frank Drake (now Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California ) in 1960, in an attempt to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy with which we might come in contact. The main purpose of the equation is to allow scientists to quantify the uncertainty of the factors which determine the number of such extraterrestrial civilizations...
Drake's estimate using his mathematical formula gave a figure of around 10,000 possible civilised life-form planets in existance in our universe, and some of these would have the advanced technology to communicate with each other in one way or another... which should include some form of space travel.
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In 1961, University of California, Santa Cruz, astronomer and astrophysicist Dr. Frank Drake devised the Drake equation.
The Drake equation, sometimes called The Green Bank equation or The Green Bank Formula and often erroneously labeled "The Sagan equation", is a famous result in the speculative fields of exobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) elsewhere in the universe.
This equation was devised by Dr. Frank Drake (now Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California ) in 1960, in an attempt to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy with which we might come in contact. The main purpose of the equation is to allow scientists to quantify the uncertainty of the factors which determine the number of such extraterrestrial civilizations...
Drake's estimate using his mathematical formula gave a figure of around 10,000 possible civilised life-form planets in existance in our universe, and some of these would have the advanced technology to communicate with each other in one way or another... which should include some form of space travel.
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Song titles with months of the year...
-------- January --------
January : Pilot : 1975
January February : Barbara Dickson : 1980
June In January : Bing Crosby : 1934; Dean Martin : 1953
------- February --------
February Brings The Rain : Julie London : 19??
One February Friday (F.G.T.H.) : Frankie Goes To Hollywood : 1983
Xmas in February : Lou Reed : 1989
------- March --------
The Ides of March : Iron Maiden : 1981
-------- January --------
January : Pilot : 1975
January February : Barbara Dickson : 1980
June In January : Bing Crosby : 1934; Dean Martin : 1953
------- February --------
February Brings The Rain : Julie London : 19??
One February Friday (F.G.T.H.) : Frankie Goes To Hollywood : 1983
Xmas in February : Lou Reed : 1989
------- March --------
The Ides of March : Iron Maiden : 1981
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Literally thousands of government employees are sworn to secrecy at the base called Area 51. Why? It is known for a fact that many USA aircraft are designed and tested there, and for national security reasons, these state-of-the-art planes and weapons demand secrecy. But is that the only reason for the veil?
The government did not even acknowledge the existence of the site until the mid-1990s, when it had to begin responding to workers’ claims of injuries resulting from hazardous waste practices, even though the base had been established in 1955.
Writers for “The X-Files” were able to dredge up numerous scripts from stories that have built up since May 1989, when a physicist named Bob Lazar told a Las Vegas television station about nine alien flying saucers he said were being held near Groom Lake by a rogue agency of the federal government.
Lazar claimed that the government was studying the propulsion system of the spacecraft, which were flown to Earth from the Zeta Reticuli star system. According to Lazar, the Reticulans have been overseeing human evolution for a hundred centuries, and since they were found out, they have been cooperating with the U.S. government on a direct exchange of technology.
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The government did not even acknowledge the existence of the site until the mid-1990s, when it had to begin responding to workers’ claims of injuries resulting from hazardous waste practices, even though the base had been established in 1955.
Writers for “The X-Files” were able to dredge up numerous scripts from stories that have built up since May 1989, when a physicist named Bob Lazar told a Las Vegas television station about nine alien flying saucers he said were being held near Groom Lake by a rogue agency of the federal government.
Lazar claimed that the government was studying the propulsion system of the spacecraft, which were flown to Earth from the Zeta Reticuli star system. According to Lazar, the Reticulans have been overseeing human evolution for a hundred centuries, and since they were found out, they have been cooperating with the U.S. government on a direct exchange of technology.
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Area 51 Timeline
April, 1955: Groom Lake is chosen as a test site for the U-2.
July, 1955: Area 51 is finished, and the first U-2 was shipped on July 23.
June 20, 1958: 38,400 acres are withdrawn to create a security perimeter.
November, 1958: An A-12 is shipped to Area 51.
January, 1962: Existing restricted airspace is expanded.
1965: The base population reaches over 1800.
November, 1977: The F117 prototype is shipped to Area 51.
May, 1981: The first production of the F117 is airlifted to Area 51.
1984: Nearly 89,000 acres of land is seized to push the border of restricted land far from the base.
July 17, 1988: A soviet spy satellite takes a photo of Area 51 which is released "Popular Science," and other publications.
April 10, 1995: Freedom Ridge and WhiteSides peak are taken from public access.
April, 1955: Groom Lake is chosen as a test site for the U-2.
July, 1955: Area 51 is finished, and the first U-2 was shipped on July 23.
June 20, 1958: 38,400 acres are withdrawn to create a security perimeter.
November, 1958: An A-12 is shipped to Area 51.
January, 1962: Existing restricted airspace is expanded.
1965: The base population reaches over 1800.
November, 1977: The F117 prototype is shipped to Area 51.
May, 1981: The first production of the F117 is airlifted to Area 51.
1984: Nearly 89,000 acres of land is seized to push the border of restricted land far from the base.
July 17, 1988: A soviet spy satellite takes a photo of Area 51 which is released "Popular Science," and other publications.
April 10, 1995: Freedom Ridge and WhiteSides peak are taken from public access.
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If... who what why where when?
If you were think of things that are quintessentially American what would they be?
If you were think of things that are quintessentially American what would they be?
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- Graduation Day from school (in UK we don't have the same pomp and circumstance)
- Enormously fat people (these people are so obese they need buggies to allow them to move around, if we have them in the UK then we are too embarrassed to let them out in public
)- Adverts on TV (relentless!)
- Country and Western, Soul music
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The term "cheesecake" is synonymous with pin-up photo. The earliest documented print usage of this sense of cheesecake is in 1934, predating "pin-up", although anecdotes say the phrase was in spoken slang some 20 years earlier, originally in the phrase (said of a pretty woman) "better than cheesecake". In the 1950s, for example, there was a magazine called Cheesecake that had a young Marilyn Monroe in an itsy bitsy yellow bikini on its cover in 1953
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That just goes to prove that we are never too old to learn
OK, so why aren't they peppers?
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Song titles with months of the year...
------- April -------
April (Blackmore/Lord) : Deep Purple : 1968
April come she will (Simon) : Simon & Garfunkel : 1965
April Fool : Soul Asulym : 1992
April Fools : Dionne Warwick : 1969
April in Paris : Count Basie : 1956
April in Paris : Charlie Parker : 19??
April in Paris : Frank Sinatra : 1954
April in Portugal : Les Baxter : 1953
April in Portugal : Richard Hayman : 1953
April in Portugal : Vic Damone : 1953
April Love (Fain/Webster) : Doris Day : 1952
April Love (Fain/Webster) : Pat Boone : 1957
April Moon (Brown) : Sam Brown : 1990
I'll Remember April : Frank Sinatra : 1945
In April (Baker) : Michael Cox : 1962
Sometimes it rains in April (Prince) : Prince : 1986
The unexpected snow of April : Stonecake : 1991
------- May -------
Autumn to May : Peter Paul & Mary : 19??
First of May : The Bee Gees : 1969
My girl the month of May (DiMucci) : Dion & The Belmonts : 19??
October to May : Dave Cousins : 1972
------- June --------
June In January : Bing Crosby : 1934; Dean Martin : 1953
June is busting out all over (Rodgers/Hammerstein) : Carousel : 19??
June July and August : Freddy Cannon : 1962
June night (Bear) : Jimmy Dorsey : 1957
------- April -------
April (Blackmore/Lord) : Deep Purple : 1968
April come she will (Simon) : Simon & Garfunkel : 1965
April Fool : Soul Asulym : 1992
April Fools : Dionne Warwick : 1969
April in Paris : Count Basie : 1956
April in Paris : Charlie Parker : 19??
April in Paris : Frank Sinatra : 1954
April in Portugal : Les Baxter : 1953
April in Portugal : Richard Hayman : 1953
April in Portugal : Vic Damone : 1953
April Love (Fain/Webster) : Doris Day : 1952
April Love (Fain/Webster) : Pat Boone : 1957
April Moon (Brown) : Sam Brown : 1990
I'll Remember April : Frank Sinatra : 1945
In April (Baker) : Michael Cox : 1962
Sometimes it rains in April (Prince) : Prince : 1986
The unexpected snow of April : Stonecake : 1991
------- May -------
Autumn to May : Peter Paul & Mary : 19??
First of May : The Bee Gees : 1969
My girl the month of May (DiMucci) : Dion & The Belmonts : 19??
October to May : Dave Cousins : 1972
------- June --------
June In January : Bing Crosby : 1934; Dean Martin : 1953
June is busting out all over (Rodgers/Hammerstein) : Carousel : 19??
June July and August : Freddy Cannon : 1962
June night (Bear) : Jimmy Dorsey : 1957
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- Graduation Day from school (in UK we don't have the same pomp and circumstance)
- Enormously fat people (these people are so obese they need buggies to allow them to move around, if we have them in the UK then we are too embarrassed to let them out in public
- Adverts on TV (relentless!)
- Country and Western, Soul music
Gaia, I have enjoyed your thread for quite a while, now, and I like a lot of the trivia that has been posted. Tonite, when I logged on, I found this entry. My question is, is this the majority opinion of people in the United Kingdom, or is it your own prejudice? To be frank, I am a large person. I always have been. I am happy with myself, mostly because I am reasonably healthy, strong as an ox, blessed with a job I like, which pays me well, and surrounded by good friends and family. If my size were the only criteria for social interaction, I wouldn't have any of that, by your standard. Thank you for illuminating me.
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That just goes to prove that we are never too old to learn
OK, so why aren't they peppers?
I can't apoogize enough. It seems I fell for the "bloke down the pub" thing. On "proper" research I find out that what the "bloke down pub" was trying to say was that chili peppers(Capsicum) are not related to pepper(Piper) the ground up spice Where I was under a totally different impression.
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Please call me Lorraine
I assure there was no prejudice on my part and I apologise if you thought I insinuated so.
Particularly I don't want anyone to feel that they need feel reticent about tackling a taboo subject, as long as it can be supported by relevant facts.
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Latest Obesity Statistics
USA Obesity Rates Reach Epidemic Proportions
* 58 Million Overweight; 40 Million Obese; 3 Million morbidly Obese
* Eight out of 10 over 25's Overweight
* 78% of American's not meeting basic activity level recommendations
* 25% completely Sedentary
* 76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990
UK Obesity Statistics
Trends in Overweight and Obesity
About 46% of men in England and 32% of women are overweight (a body mass index of 25-30 kg/m2)
17% of men and 21% of women are obese (a body mass index of more than 30 kg/m2 ).
Overweight and obesity increase with age. About 28% of men and 27% of women aged 16-24 are overweight or obese but 76% of men and 68% of women aged 55-64 are overweight or obese.
Overweight and obesity are increasing. The percentage of adults who are obese has roughly doubled since the mid-1980's.
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Thanks for the clarification hon
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Thanks for the clarification hon
Just goes for show that you can't beat old fashioned research.
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Song titles with months of the year...
-------- July --------
July 12, 1939 : Charlie Rich : 1970
June July and August : Freddy Cannon : 1962
July Morning : Uriah Heep : 19??
------- August --------
August : Love : 19??
August October : Robin Gibb : 1969
June July and August : Freddy Canon : 1962
-------- September --------
Come September : John Severson : 19??
It might as well rain until September : Carole King : 1962
My September Love : David Whitfield : 1956
See you in September (Edwards/Wayne) : The Tempos : 1959
See you in September (Edwards/Wayne) : The Happenings : 1966
September : Earth Wind & Fire : 1979
September in the rain : Dinah Washington : 1961
September Morn : Neil Diamond : 1980
September Song (Anderson/Weill) : The Ravens : 1948
September Song (Anderson/Weill) : Ian McCulloch : 1984
-------- July --------
July 12, 1939 : Charlie Rich : 1970
June July and August : Freddy Cannon : 1962
July Morning : Uriah Heep : 19??
------- August --------
August : Love : 19??
August October : Robin Gibb : 1969
June July and August : Freddy Canon : 1962
-------- September --------
Come September : John Severson : 19??
It might as well rain until September : Carole King : 1962
My September Love : David Whitfield : 1956
See you in September (Edwards/Wayne) : The Tempos : 1959
See you in September (Edwards/Wayne) : The Happenings : 1966
September : Earth Wind & Fire : 1979
September in the rain : Dinah Washington : 1961
September Morn : Neil Diamond : 1980
September Song (Anderson/Weill) : The Ravens : 1948
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Quotidian
Adjective
(1) daily, of every day
(2) commonplace, trivial
Noun
quotidian fever - a fever recurring every day
(Origin Latin cotidianus daily)
Quotidian
Adjective
(1) daily, of every day
(2) commonplace, trivial
Noun
quotidian fever - a fever recurring every day
(Origin Latin cotidianus daily)
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