Tag: Canada

On This Day……

On this day…

July 1: Canada Day; Independence Day in Rwanda and Burundi (1962)

Remington No. 1 typewriter

  • 1770 – Lexell’s Comet passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.015 AU.
  • 1874 – The Remington No. 1 (pictured), the first commercially successful typewriter, went on sale.
  • 1963 – The British Government revealed that former MI6 agent Kim Philby had engaged in espionage for the Soviet Union.
  • 1999 – Legislative governance of Scotland was transferred from the Scottish Office in Westminster to the Scottish Parliament.
  • 2002 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 and DHL Flight 611 collided in mid-air over the towns of Owingen and Überlingen in Germany, killing all 71 people aboard both aircraft.
  • 2008 – Rioting erupted in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the recent legislative elections.

EIGHT GIFTS THAT DO NOT COST A CENT

EIGHT GIFTS THAT DO NOT COST A CENT

 

  1. THE GIFT OF LISTENING…
    But you must REALLY listen. No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning your response. Just listening.
  2. THE GIFT OF AFFECTION…
    Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back and holds. Let these small actions demonstrate the love you have for family and friends.
  3. THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER…
    Clip cartoons. Share articles and funny stories. Your gift will say, “I love to laugh with you.”
  4. THE GIFT OF A WRITTEN NOTE…
    It can be a simple “Thanks for the help” note or a full sonnet. A brief, handwritten note may be remembered for a lifetime, and may even change a life.
  5. THE GIFT OF A COMPLIMENT…
    A simple and sincere, “You look great in red,” “You did a super job” or “That was a wonderful meal” can make someone’s day.
  6. THE GIFT OF A FAVOR…
    Every day, go out of your way to do something kind.
  7. THE GIFT OF SOLITUDE…
    There are times when we want nothing better than to be left alone. Be sensitive to those times and give the gift of solitude to others.
  8. THE GIFT OF A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION…
    The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word to someone, really it’s not that hard to say, Hello or Thank You.

 

 

— Author Unknown
— Submitted by Farez Shabudin Karimani

Herb of the Day for April 24 is Red Root

Herb of the Day

 

Red Root

Botanical: Ceanothus Americanus (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Rhamnaceae

—Synonyms—New Jersey Tea. Wild Snowball.
—Parts Used—Root or bark of the root.
—Habitat—North America.

—History—This is a half-hardy shrub growing to 4 or 5 feet high. It has downy leaves and stems and small ornamental white flowers in great numbers, coming into bloom June or July, followed by bluntly triangular seedvessels. It is usually called ‘New Jersey Tea’ in America because its leaves were used as a substitute for tea during the War of Independence. In Canada it is used to dye wool a cinnamon colour. It takes its name from its large red roots. Its wood is tough, pale brown red, with fine rays – taste bitter and astringent with no odour. Fracture hard, tough, splintering. Its bark is brittle, dark-coloured and thin.

—Constituents—The leaves are said to contain tannin, a soft resin and bitter extract, a green colouring matter similar to green tea in colour and taste, gum a volatile substance, lignin, and a principle called Ceanothine.

—Medicinal Action and Uses—Astringent, antispasmodic, anti-syphilitic expectorant and sedative, used in asthma, chronic bronchitis, whooping-cough, consumption, and dysentery; also as a mouth-wash and gargle, and as an injection in gonorrhoea, gleet and leucorrhoea.

—Dosages—Of the decoction, 1/2 OZ. Fluid extract, 1 to 30 drops.

—Other Species—Mexican Ceanothus azurea (Desf.), a powerful febrifuge.