Needhams, a chocolate potato candy that originated in the state of Maine, dates back to approximately 1872 and it was named
after George C. Needham, a popular preacher from Maine. But the candy itself was developed by a cook
who worked for a candy-maker named Seavy--and he ingeniously came up with the
idea of developing a candy using Maine potatoes. (Maine was once the largest harvester of potatoes
in the United States.) Find pictures
and recipe at https://www.afamilyfeast.com/needhams-maines-famous-potato-candy/
Need for Needhams
https://newengland.com/today/food/desserts/candy/needhams-2/
and
If you are lucky, in a dusty used
book store or flea market, you may someday happen upon a copy of Mark Twain's Memory Builder, a history game developed by
Samuel L. Clemens in the mid-1880s and debuted in 1892, an obscure treasure by
one of America’s great writers, an old game of memory almost entirely forgotten
today. Twain’s game was little more than a cardboard score sheet, a set of
instructions, a pamphlet filled with historical facts, and a box of pins. Yet the idea of this game consumed the
attention of America’s great humorist for two years, including those heady
months in 1883 when he was finishing The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn. That summer, he quit
writing every day at 5:15 pm, then burned midnight oil working on his memory
game. What is Mark Twain’s Memory Builder? Players take turns stating historical facts
and dates, earning scores. The player
with the most points wins. Twain’s
description of the game and his rules printed on the back of the game board,
are funny—not a surprise, given the author—but game play lends itself to more
sober exchanges of historical information.
Twain fancied himself an inventor, and
this was not his first patent. Fourteen
years earlier, in 1871, he received patent no. 121,992 for an adjustable
garment strap. In 1873, he received
patent no. 140,245 for a self-pasting scrapbook that eventually sold more than
25,000 copies, becoming the most profitable of all of Twain’s books during his
lifetime. Read much more and see
graphics at https://timeonline.uoregon.edu/twain/pleasures.php
In physics, noise has been popularly
defined as a disturbance, especially a random and persistent disturbance, that
obscures or reduces the clarity of a signal. It is a known
fact that white color consists all the colors that can be seen. This holds true in case of sound too, where
white noise gets created when sounds of different frequencies reach one's
ear. Read descriptions of white, pink, red, blue, green, grey and black
noise at https://sciencestruck.com/what-are-different-colors-of-noise
"I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career.
I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the
game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in
my life. And that is why I succeed."
Read other quotes by Michael
Jeffrey Jordan (born 1963, also known by his initials, MJ, retired professional basketball player, businessman,
and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets at https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan
Scott
County is
a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of
the 2010
census, the population was
22,228. Its county seat is Huntsville. Scott County is known for having seceded from
Tennessee in protest of the state's decision to join the Confederacy during
the Civil
War, and subsequently forming The Free and Independent State of Scott. Scott County was formed in 1849
from portions of Anderson, Campbell, Fentress and Morgan counties. It is named for U.S. Army General Winfield Scott, a hero of the Mexican War. The county remained a pro-Union enclave throughout the war. The proclamation was finally repealed, over a
hundred years later, by Scott County in 1986. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_County,_Tennessee
worry wart
The origin, as so often with popular phrases, is a comic strip. In this case, it was the highly popular Out Our Way by J R Williams, which began life in 1922 and
ran until 1977. In the early days it
often featured a small-town family. One
of the boys, aged about eight, was nicknamed Worry Wart by his elder brother. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-wor4.htm
Thomas John Thomson (1877–1917) was a Canadian artist active in the
early 20th century. During his short
career he produced roughly 400 oil sketches on small wood panels along with around 50 larger
works on canvas. His works consist
almost entirely of landscapes depicting trees, skies, lakes, and rivers. His paintings use broad brush strokes and a
liberal application of paint to capture the beauty and colour of the Ontario landscape. Raised in rural Ontario, Thomson was born
into a large family of farmers and displayed no immediate artistic talent. He worked several jobs before attending a
business college, eventually developing skills in penmanship and copperplate writing. At the turn of the 20th century, he was
employed in Seattle and Toronto as a pen artist at several
different photoengraving firms,
including Grip Ltd. There
he met those who eventually formed the Group of Seven, including J. E. H. MacDonald, Lawren Harris, Frederick Varley, Franklin Carmichael and Arthur Lismer.
In May 1912, he visited Algonquin Park—a
major public park and forest reservation in Central Ontario—for the first time. It was there that he acquired his first
sketching equipment and, following MacDonald's advice, began to capture nature
scenes. He became enraptured with the
area and repeatedly returned, typically spending his winters in Toronto and the
rest of the year in the Park. Although
he died before the formal establishment of the Group of Seven, Thomson is often
considered an unofficial member. His art
is typically exhibited with the rest of the Group's, nearly all of which
remains in Canada—mainly at the Art Gallery of
Ontario in Toronto, the National Gallery
of Canada in Ottawa, the McMichael
Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg and the Tom Thomson Art Gallery
in Owen Sound.
See many graphics at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Thomson
Popular 1000 Books To Read Before You Die Shelf
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Mustich https://www.1000bookstoread.com/
The 1000 Books Foundation Presents the April Showers
Bring May BOOKS Contest (2019) The “April Showers Bring May Books Contest” is designed to introduce our children and
families to the importance of Early Literacy.
When does the contest begin and end? April 1st- April 30th, 2019
The top 5 Libraries with the most number of new registrants
receive: a donation of Jumping Cow
books, an official certificate from 1000 Books Foundation, an autographed copy
of 1KBB4K and book log, and bragging rights for their children’s library. A trophy will also be displayed at the
winning branch. “Children are
made readers on the laps of their parents”- Emilie Buchwald” Find out how to participate and register at https://1000booksbeforekindergarten.org/the-1000-books-foundation-presents-the-april-showers-bring-may-books-contest-2019/
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY The tax which will be paid for
the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be
paid to kings, priests, and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the
people in ignorance. - Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect, and
author (1743-1826)
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 2080
April 15, 2019
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