<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Cheese Souffle Day'.
- From Wikipedia: 'A soufflé (French: (su.fle]) is a baked egg-based dish which originated in early eighteenth century France. It is made with egg yolks and beaten
egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a savory
main dish or sweetened as a dessert. The word soufflé is the past
participle of the French verb souffler which means "to breathe" or
"to puff"'.
'The earliest mention of the soufflé is attributed to French master
cook Vincent de la Chapelle, circa the early eighteenth century.
The development and popularization of the soufflé is usually traced
to French chef Marie-Antoine Carême in the early nineteenth century.'
Soufflés are typically prepared from two basic components:
a flavored crème pâtissière, cream sauce or béchamel, or a
purée as the base
egg whites beaten to a soft peak
The base provides the flavor and the egg whites provide the
"lift", or puffiness to the dish. Foods commonly used to flavor
the base include herbs, cheese and vegetables for savory soufflés
and jam, fruits, berries, chocolate, banana and
lemon for dessert soufflés.
Soufflés are generally baked in individual ramekins of a few ounces
or soufflé dishes] of a few liters: these are typically glazed,
flat-bottomed, round porcelain containers with unglazed bottoms,
vertical or nearly vertical sides, and fluted exterior borders'.
[The Hankster says] I am typing very quietly so as not to deflate the
Souffle. I have ordered mine, super sized, with more, lots more cheese and less air.
<> Other celebrations / observances
* 'National Visit Your Relatives Day',
[The Hankster says] I would suggest you call first, but do it.
* 'National No Dirty Dishes Day'.
[The Hankster says] Can't find a specific sponsor. Most likely a restaurant association or paper dinner supplies company. As much as I hate washing dishes, I will add: water conservation, less detergent pollution and calmer nerves.
* 'International Museum Day'.
- From Wikipedia: International Museum Day (IMD) is a celebration that held every
year on or around 18 May, coordinated by the International Council
of Museums (ICOM). The event highlights a specific theme that changes
every year and that is at the heart of the international museum
community’s preoccupations.
Themes: '2016 – Museums and Cultural Landscapes'.
[The Hankster says] I love history and a museum is a great way to see it and better feel it.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'World AIDS Vaccine Day / HIV Vaccine Awareness Day.:" .
- From Wikipedia: World AIDS Vaccine Day, also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, is observed annually on May 18. HIV vaccine advocates mark the day by
promoting the continued urgent need for a vaccine to prevent HIV
infection and AIDS. They acknowledge and thank the thousands of
volunteers, community members, health professionals, supporters
and scientists who are working together to find a safe and effective
AIDS
vaccine and urge the international community to recognize the
importance of investing in new technologies as a critical element
of a comprehensive response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic'.
* 'Emergency Medical Services for Children Day::" .
"The Wendsday of EMS Week. May 18 in 2016.
- From Wikipedia: The Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program is a US federal government health initiative. It is administered by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA), and the Maternal and Child Health
Bureau (MCHB). Its aim is to reduce child and youth disability and
death due to severe illness or injury by increasing awareness among
health professionals, provider and planners and the general public of the
special (physiological and psychological) needs of children
receiving emergency medical care'.
* 'National Patients' Day'. In Great Britain. A patient and professionals meet-up with the focus on Hughes/antiphospholipid syndrome.
- From Wikipedia: Antiphospholipid syndrome or antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
(APS or APLS), or often also Hughes syndrome, is an autoimmune,
hypercoagulable state caused by antiphospholipid antibodies. APS
provokes blood clots (thrombosis) in both arteries and veins as well
as pregnancy-related complications such as miscarriage, stillbirth,
preterm delivery, and severe preeclampsia.
The diagnostic criteria require one clinical event, i.e. thrombosis
or pregnancy complication, and two antibody blood tests spaced at
least three months apart that confirm the presence of either lupus
anticoagulant, or anti-ß2-glycoprotein-I (since ß2-glycoprotein-I
antibodies are a subset of anti-cardiolipin antibodies, an
anti-cardiolipin assay can be performed as a less specific proxy).
Antiphospholipid syndrome can be primary or secondary. Primary
antiphospholipid syndrome occurs in the absence of any other related
disease. Secondary antiphospholipid syndrome occurs with other
autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
In rare cases, APS leads to rapid organ failure due to generalised thrombosis this
is termed "catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome" (CAPS) and is
associated with a high risk of death.
Antiphospholipid syndrome often requires treatment with anticoagulant
medication such as heparin to reduce the risk of further episodes of
thrombosis and improve the prognosis of pregnancy. Warfarin/Coumadin
is not used during pregnancy because it can cross the placenta, unlike
heparin, and is teratogen
<> Historical events in the past on: May 18
* In 1933, As part of the 'New Deal', President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. The enterprise was a result of the efforts of Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska. TVA was envisioned not only as a provider, but also as a regional
economilopment agency that would use federal experts and electricity to rapidly modernize the region's economy and society.
T.V.A.'s service area covers most of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small slices of Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. It was the first large regional planning agency of the federal government and remains the largest. Under the leadership of David Lilienthal ("Mr. T.V.A."), T.V.A. became a model for America's governmental efforts to seek in assisting the modernization of agrarian societies in the developing world'.
* In 1963, The song 'If You Wanna Be Happy' by Jimmy Soul hits #1.
- From Wikipedia: '"If You Wanna Be Happy" is a 1963 song recorded by Jimmy Soul, written by Joseph Royster, Carmella Guida and Frank Guida.'
'"If You Wanna Be Happy" is based on the song "Ugly Woman" by the
Trinidadian calypsonian Roaring Lion recorded in 1934. It hit number
one on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 18, 1963, as well as the R&B
singles chart. It was issued on Guida's S.P.Q.R. label and distributed
by London Records, and in the United Kingdom on EMI's Stateside label'.
* In 1969, Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
- From Wikipedia: 'Apollo 10 was the fourth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, and the second (after Apollo 8) to orbit the Moon. Launched on May 18, 1969, it was the F mission: a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing, testing all of the components and procedures, just short of actually landing. The Lunar Module (LM) came to within 8.4 nautical miles (15.6 km) of the lunar surface, the point where the powered descent to the lunar surface would begin. Its success
enabled tst landing to be attempted on Apollo 11 in July, 1969'.
* In 1974, The song 'The Streak' by Ray Stevens hits #1.
- From Wikipedia: '"The Streak" is a popular country/novelty song written, produced, and sung by Ray Stevens. It was released in March 1974 as the lead single to his album Boogity Boogity. "The Streak" capitalized on the then popular craze of streaking. In 2007 Cledus T. Judd covered "The Streak" on his album "Boogity Boogity - A Tribute to the Comic Genius of Ray Stevens".
One of Stevens' most successful recordings, "The Streak" was his second number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA, spending three weeks at the top in May 1974 and reached #3 on the Billboard Country singles chart. A major international hit it also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, spending a single week at the top of the chart in June 1974. In total it sold over five million copies internationally and ranked on Billboard magazine's Top hits of 1974 at number 8.
Each of the three verses starts with a news reporter, played by Stevens, commenting on a streaking incident somewhere around town, and trying to interview one of the witnesses, who always turns out to be the same man, also played by Stevens. A slide whistle can be heard through out the song. The witness tells what he saw and relates how he tried to warn his wife, Ethel, not to look ("Don't look, Ethel!"), but is always too late. After each interview, a chorus is sung by multiple voices; the chorus
is the only part of the song that is actually sung; the rest is spoken. After the third interview, the man sees the streaker again, but to his horror the streaker is joined by his wife, and the man changes his tune: "Ethel, you shameless hussy!", as well as "You get your clothes on!", and "Say it isn't so, Ethel!"'.
* In 1980, Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington state.
- From Wikipedia: 'On May 18, 1980, a major volcanic eruption occurred at Mount St. Helens, a volcano located in the state of Washington, United States. The eruption (a VEI 5 event) was the only significant volcanic eruption to occur in the contiguous 48 U.S. states since the 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California. The eruption was preceded by a two-month series of earthquakes and steam-venting episodes, caused by an injection of magma at shallow depth below the volcano that created a
huge bulge aracture system on the mountain's north slope.
An earthquake at 8:32:17 a.m. PDT (UTC-7) on Sunday, May 18, 1980, caused the entire weakened north face to slide away, creating the largest landslide ever recorded. This suddenly exposed the partly molten gas- and steam-rich rock in the volcano to lower pressures. The rock responded by exploding a hot mix of lava and pulverized older rock toward Spirit Lake so fast that it overtook the avalanching north face.
An eruption column rose 80,000 feet (24 km; 15 mi) into the atmosphere and deposited ash in 11 U.S. states. At the same time, snow, ice and several entire glaciers on the volcano melted, forming a series of large lahars (volcanic mudslides) that reached as far as the Columbia River, nearly 50 miles (80 km) to the southwest. Less severe outbursts continued into the next day, only to be followed by other large, but not as destructive, eruptions later that year.
Approximately fifty-seven people were killed directly, including innkeeper Harry R. Truman, photographer Reid Blackburn and geologist David A. Johnston. Hundreds of square miles were reduced to wasteland, causing over a billion U.S. dollars in damage ($2.89 billion in 2015 dollars), thousands of game animals were killed, and Mount St. Helens was left with a crater on its north side. At the time of the eruption, the summit of the volcano was owned by the Burlington Northern Railroad, but afterward
the land passed to the United States Forest Service. The area was later preserved, as it was, in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in May
Food
Aramanth Month - Grain of the month
Gifts From The Garden Month
International Mediterranean Diet Month
National Barbeque Month
National Egg Month
National Hamburger Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month
National Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
National Vinegar Month
Health
ALS Awareness Month - (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
APS Awareness Month - Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
Arthritis Awareness Month
Asthma Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Borderline Personality Disorder Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Celiac Awareness Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Awareness Month
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Food Allergy Action Month
Global Health and Fitness Month
Heal the Children Month
Healthy Vision Month
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
National Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
National Better Hearing Month
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Meditation Month
National Mental Health Month
National Osteoporosis Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Physiotherapy Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Toddler Immunization Month
National Tuberous Sclerosis Month
National Water Safety Month
National Youth Traffic Safety Month
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Spiritual Literacy Month
Strike Out Strokes Month
Tay-Sachs and Canavan Diseases Month
Tourettes Syndrome Awareness Month
Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month
Ultra-violet Awareness Month
Women's Health Care Month
World Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Animal / Pet
Chip Your Pet Month
Gardening for Wildlife Month
Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month
National Guide Dog Month
National Pet Month
National Service Dog Eye Examination Month
Pet Cancer Awareness Month
Other
American Wetlands Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Building Safety Month
Clean Air Month
Creative Beginnings Month
Family Reunion Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Global Civility Awareness Month
Golf Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Home Schooling Awareness Month
International Audit Month
International Business Image Improvement Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
Motorcycle Safety Month
Mystery Month
National Bike Month
National Foster Care Month
National Good Car Keeping Month
National Inventors Month
National Photo Month
National Smile Month
Personal History Month
Social Security Education Awareness Month
Tennis Month
Textile Month
Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month
May is:
May origin (from Wikipedia):
The month May was named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified
with the Roman era goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was
held in May. Conversely, the Roman poet Ovid provides a second etymology,
in which he says that the month of May is named for the maiores, Latin for
'elders,' and that the following month (June) is named for the iuniores, or 'young people'
May
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is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.
May is a month of Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere (Summer in Europe). Therefore May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
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