| Friday 17 October 2014 |
Subject: Friday 17 October 2014 by captmike13 on 2014/10/17 10:37:35 Good morning gang. The world series is set. Royals and Giants. Not much happening here. Should be a nice day today with partly sunny skies and temps in the mid to upper 60's. Let's get the day started. Word of the Day Friday, October 17, 2014 duple \ DOO-puhl, DYOO- \, adjective; 1.having two parts; double; twofold. 2.Music . having two or sometimes a multiple of two beats in a measure: duple meter. Origin: Duple entered English in the mid-1500s. It comes from the Latin word duplus which meant "double." Today is NATIONAL PASTA DAY National Pasta Day is celebrated annually on October 17th. October is also recognized as National Pasta Month. Pasta is a type of noodle of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily and first attested in English in 1874. Typically it is made from an unleavened dough of a durum wheat flour that is mixed with water or eggs and formed into sheets or various shapes, then cooked and served in a variety of dishes. Pasta is divided into two categories; dried or fresh. Fresh pasta was originally produced by hand but today, many varieties of fresh pasta are commercially produced by large scale machines and the products are widely available in supermarkets. ◦Dried and fresh pasta come in a number of shapes and varieties. ◦There are 310 specific forms known variably by over 1300 names having been recently documented. ◦In Italy, names of specific pasta shapes or types vary with locale. ◦Example: Cavatelli is known by 28 different names depending on the region and town. Learn more about pasta from the National Pasta Association at http://ilovepasta.org/ NATIONAL PASTA DAY HISTORY Within our research we were unable to find the creator of National Pasta Day, an “unofficial” national holiday. NATIONAL MULLIGAN DAY Each year on October 17, people all across the country celebrate National Mulligan Day. In a game, a mulligan happens when a player gets a second chance to perform a certain move or action. This day was created as a day for giving yourself a second chance or, as some people call it, a “do-over”. We can all think of something that at one point in time we have said “I wish I could do that over”, Today, to celebrate National Mulligan Day, take your “do-over”. According to the United States Golf Association (USGA), there are three different stories explaining that the term derived from the name of a Canadian golfer, David Mulligan, one-time manager of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, who played golf in the 1920′s. A different, later etymology gives credit to John A. “Buddy” Mulligan, a locker room attendant at Essex Fells C.C., New Jersey in the 1930′s. Yet another story according to author Henry Beard, states that the term comes from Thomas Mulligan, a minor Anglo-Irish aristocrat and passionate golfer who was born in 1793. According to the USGA, the term first achieved widespread use in the 1940′s HAVE A HAPPY NATIONAL MULLIGAN DAY ! NATIONAL MULLIGAN DAY HISTORY Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Mulligan Day, an “unofficial” national holiday. NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY National Mammography Day is observed annually on the third Friday in October, as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This day serves as a reminder to all women that the best defense is early detection. * Make sure you get your regular checkups. * NATIONAL MAMMOGRAPHY DAY HISTORY President Bill Clinton proclaimed the first National Mammography Day in 1993. |
