Ash Wednesday Lent

Ash Wednesday Lent, Fat Tuesday: Carbo loading begins ahead of Ash Wednesday, Lent. Fat Tuesday is your last hurrah, folks, so let the carbo loading begin. Fat Tuesday will give way to a more solemn occasion -- Ash Wednesday -- and then a 40-day period of self-sacrifice known as Lent.

Definition What Are Paczkis

Definition What Are Paczkis, The definition of Paczkis can be defined as a pastry which is a deep-fried piece of dough shaped into a flattened sphere and filled with confiture or other sweet filling.
Today is the Paczkis Day in Poland and U.S.

In Poland, p?czki are eaten especially on Fat Thursday which is the last Thursday before Ash Wednesday.

Many Polish Americans also celebrate Paczki Day on Fat Tuesday.
The reason for making p?czki was to use up all the lard, sugar, eggs and fruit in the house, because they were forbidden to be consumed due to Catholic fasting practices during Lent.

Baker's Dozen 13

Baker's Dozen 13, A baker's dozen, devil's dozen, long dozen, or long measure is 13, one more than a standard dozen. The oldest known source, but questionable explanation for the expression "baker's dozen" dates to the 13th century in one of the earliest English statutes, instituted during the reign of Henry III (1216–1272), called the Assize of Bread and Ale. Bakers who were found to have shortchanged customers (some variations say that they would sell hollow bread) could be subject to severe punishment. To guard against the punishment of losing a hand to an axe, a baker would give 13 for the price of 12, to be certain of not being known as a cheat. Specifically, the practice of baking 13 items for an intended dozen was insurance against "short measure", on the basis that one of the 13 could be lost, eaten, burnt, or ruined in some way, leaving the baker with the original legal dozen. The practice can be seen in the guild codes of the Worshipful Company of Bakers in London.

E Coli Outbreak

E Coli Outbreak, Q&A: E. coli outbreak. An outbreak of E. coli linked to contaminated salad vegetables has caused at least 22 deaths and hundreds of infections in Germany, Sweden and other countries.
What is E. coli?

E. coli is short for Escherichia coli. It is a type of bacterium present in the gut of humans and other animals.

Most strains are harmless but some are able to produce toxins that can cause symptoms in humans.

The severity of the illness people can get varies considerably, but some types of E. coli lead to severe cramps and diarrhoea.

Nachos And Beer Day

Nachos And Beer Day, Go! Fight! Win! ... Eat healthy? Although that mantra isn't usually present at what's also known as the "Nachos and Beer Day" (Super Bowl!), as a registered dietician that helps you with all areas of your life, I'm coming to the rescue. The whole point is to live your life and not your diet. But back to football.

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13 At Last Supper On A Friday

Will you change your plans today because of the fear of the date?

It's Friday, the end of work week for millions of Americans. But for an estimated 17 to 21 million in the U.S. it's anything but a day to look forward to because this Friday happens to fall on the 13th of the month.

For centuries the fear of Friday the 13th has haunted many who consider it just a downright unlucky day. Studies show that some people even go so far as to alter their plans for the day, choosing to avoid flying in an airplane, buying or selling stocks or even getting out of bed to face the day.

NASA Why The World Won't End

2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won't End?

Remember the Y2K scare? It came and went without much of a whimper because of adequate planning and analysis of the situation. Impressive movie special effects aside, Dec. 21, 2012, won't be the end of the world as we know. It will, however, be another winter solstice.

Much like Y2K, 2012 has been analyzed and the science of the end of the Earth thoroughly studied. Contrary to some of the common beliefs out there, the science behind the end of the world quickly unravels when pinned down to the 2012 timeline. Below, NASA Scientists answer several questions that we're frequently asked regarding 2012.

Predator Drone Dimensions

General Atomics MQ-1 Predator

he General Atomics MQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used primarily by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Initially conceived in the early 1990s for reconnaissance and forward observation roles, the Predator carries cameras and other sensors but has been modified and upgraded to carry and fire two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles or other munitions. The aircraft, in use since 1995, has seen combat over Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bosnia, Serbia, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia.

Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day, Nov. 15: Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day, America Recycles Day, National Bundt Day, I Love to Write Day. Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

With Thanksgiving a couple of weeks away and more holiday entertaining around the corner, there's no better time to celebrate Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. Not sure where to start? Start by cleaning out the expired or empty condiment containers in the door. Then work your way down shelf by shelf tossing mystery meats and those vegetables you never ate. Wipe down the shelves with hot water and baking soda. Don't forget to clean out the drawers! Now your refrigerator is prepared for a whole new batch of leftovers.

Alex Zanardi biography

Alex Zanardi biography, Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi (born October 23, 1966) is an Italian racing driver and paracyclist. He won two CART championship titles in North America during the late 1990s. He also had a less successful career as a Formula One driver. More recently, he has attracted widespread praise for his return to competition in the aftermath of a crash in 2001 that resulted in the amputation of his legs. He returned to racing less than two years after the accident, competing in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for BMW Team Italy-Spain between 2003 and 2009.

October in Memoriam

October in Memoriam, In October we said farewell to many noteworthy individuals, including Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Indy driver Dan Wheldon. Read on to learn more about them and others who passed away this month.

New Collectible Cars

New Collectible Cars, Future Classic Cars, Could these 10 performance models be tomorrow's collectibles? We think so.
You've probably heard that the value of a new car depreciates 50 percent as soon as it's driven off the dealer's lot. That's not entirely true. If it were, it wouldn't make any financial sense to buy a new car. However, the value of a new car does, in fact, depreciate the moment you leave the dealership. But by how much? That varies by automobile, but the average is about 9 percent, and after a year, a new car's value will decrease by about 20 percent.

Biography Arlo Guthrie

Biography Arlo Guthrie, Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice. One of Guthrie's better-known works is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talking blues song about 18 minutes in length.

Early life

Arlo Guthrie was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and his wife Marjorie Mazia Guthrie. His sister is Nora Guthrie. His mother was a one-time professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of the Committee to Combat Huntington's disease, the disease that took her husband's life in 1967. His maternal grandmother was renowned Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt. Guthrie's mother was Jewish, and he received religious training for his bar mitzvah from Rabbi Meir Kahane, who would go on to form the Jewish Defense League. "Rabbi Kahane was a really nice, patient teacher," Guthrie later recalled, "but shortly after he started giving me my lessons, he started going haywire. Maybe I was responsible." Guthrie attended Woodward School in Clinton Hill Brooklyn 1st through 8th grades and later graduated from the Stockbridge School, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1965, and briefly attended Rocky Mountain College. He received an Honorary Doctorate from Westfield State College, in 2008.

As a singer, songwriter and lifelong political activist, Guthrie carries on the legacy of his legendary father. He was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience award on September 26, 1992.

"Alice's Restaurant"

His most famous work is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a talking blues song that lasts 18 minutes and 34 seconds in its original recorded version. Guthrie has pointed out that this was also the exact length of one of the famous gaps in Richard Nixon's Watergate tapes. He has been known to spin the story out to forty-five minutes in concert. The Alice in the song is Alice Brock, who now runs an art gallery[5] in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

The song lampoons the Vietnam War draft. However, Guthrie stated in a 2009 interview with Ron Bennington that the song is more an "anti-stupidity" song than an anti-war song, adding that it is based on a true incident. In the song, Guthrie is called up for a draft examination, and rejected as unfit for military service as a result of a criminal record consisting in its entirety of a single arrest, court appearance, fine and clean-up order for littering and creating a public nuisance on Thanksgiving Day in 1965, when Arlo was 18 years old. On the DVD commentary for the film, Guthrie states that the events presented in the song all actually happened.

For a short period of time after its release in 1967, "Alice's Restaurant" was heavily played on U.S. college and counter-culture radio stations. It became a symbol of the late 1960s and for many it defined an attitude and lifestyle that were lived out across the country in the ensuing years. Many stations across the States have made playing "Alice's Restaurant" a Thanksgiving Day tradition.

A 1969 film, directed and co-written by Arthur Penn, was based on the true story told in the song, but with the addition of a large amount of fictional scenes. This film, also called Alice's Restaurant featured Arlo portraying himself. However, the part of his father Woody Guthrie was played by an actor, Joseph Boley.[6]
From The Guthrie Family Legacy Tour 2007

Despite its popularity, the song Alice's Restaurant Massacree is not always featured on the set list of any given performance.

Popular and critical reception

In 1972 Guthrie made famous Steve Goodman's song "City of New Orleans", a paean to long-distance passenger rail travel. Guthrie's first trip on that train was in December 2005 (when his family joined other musicians on a train trip across the country to raise money for musicians financially devastated by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, in the South of the United States). He also had a minor hit with his song "Coming into Los Angeles," which was played at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, and success with a live version of "The Motorcycle Song." Guthrie's 1976 album Amigo received a 5-star (highest rating) from Rolling Stone, and may be his best-received work; unfortunately that milestone album, like Guthrie's earlier Warner Bros. Records albums, is rarely heard today even though each boasts compelling folk and folk rock music accompanied by top-notch musicians such as Ry Cooder.

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Gadhafi plastic surgery

Gadhafi plastic surgery, Brazilian Plastic Surgeon Says Operated on Gadhafi. It was well past midnight when the Brazilian surgeon says he was escorted deep inside a bunker in the Libyan capital.

His assignment: to shave years off Moammar Gadhafi's appearance by removing fat from his belly and injecting it into his wrinkled face. The Libyan leader also got hair plugs.

Best trick or treat cities

Best trick or treat cities, The Best Cities for Trick-or-Treating. You may have your costume already picked out, but how does your city rate for celebrating Halloween? Richard Florida crunched the numbers for the ultimate list of the best cities to collect candy.

You may have your costume already picked out, but how does your city rate for celebrating Halloween? Richard Florida crunched the numbers for the ultimate list of the best cities to collect candy. Plus, the most fattening Halloween candy.

Out of wedlock births high

Out of wedlock births high, Out-of-wedlock births hit record high. Had she been born a generation earlier, Kim Hoffman might have had a shotgun wedding. As it turned out, she and Steve Miller took the time to plan their dream nuptials -- outdoors, on an organic farm, and with their 10-month-old daughter in tow.

A pre-marriage birth certainly wasn't what her father wanted for his only daughter, said Hoffman, of Oakland, California. But seven months into her relationship with Miller, the unplanned pregnancy simply changed life's course.

Princess Diana's last words 'Oh my God'

Princess Diana's last words 'Oh my God'

Princess Diana's last words 'Oh my God', Princess Diana may have been alive moments after the accident in Paris that eventually took her life 10 years ago.
French firefighter Damian Dalby, one of the first people to arrive on the crash scene in Paris, testified Wednesday at the inquest into Diana's death that she uttered her last words, "Oh my God," as paparazzi closed in on the scene and snapped photos of the wreckage.

Best retirement locations in the world

Best retirement locations in the world

 

Best retirement locations in the world, For some, an attractive suburb near a big city is the best choice for a place to spend their retirement years. These locations stand out in terms of costs and quality of life.

How to spot an atm skimmer

How to spot an atm skimmer, There have been plenty of ATM skimmers ripping New Yorkers off, but would you be able to spot one? Boing Boing shows you what they call a "chillingly well-camouflaged" skimmer, with a design much less crude than previously seen ones. The devices capture card numbers while secretly filming you punching in your PIN number — Krebs Security notes that this one may have been purchased from an online criminal forum. They say: "Some of the skimmers sold on these forums are extremely sophisticated, incorporating features such the ability to send an SMS text message to the thieves’ mobile phone whenever a new card is swiped." Just check out this insane photo showing the cell phones hooked up inside the ATM. Keep your eyes peeled for pinhole cameras and ears alert for peculiar ringtones coming from the money machines!