Today is...

[IceWizard]

Saturday 1 Oct 2016

Older Peoples Day



With people living and working longer, it’s increasingly important that we recognise the importance of supporting senior citizens and OAPs within our society.

Senior Citizens Day is an opportunity to acknowledge the long-term contribution and dedication of older people, and to ensure that we’re doing our best to give something back to older people.



And



World Vegetarian Day



Every year there are thousands of people making the move to a healthier, more socially responsible way of living. These people care about the lives of animals and want cruelty to come to an end, they want to live long healthy lives and avoid the perils of heart disease, and they want to have beautiful bodies sustained by living in tune with the Earth.

Who are these people?

They’re vegetarians, and World Vegetarian Day celebrates their decision to eliminate meat and animal products from their diet and live a more conscientious life.

History of World Vegetarian Day

World Vegetarian Day was established by the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) in 1977 to help promote the vegetarian way of life, and educate people on the health and social benefits of making the move to eliminate meat from their diets.

As omnivores, humans are capable of surviving in complete health on a diet that contains no animal meat or products of any kind, but are there other benefits than merely a clean conscience?

As it turns out, the answer is an unequivocal yes.

Vegetarian diets are significantly more healthy than diets that contain animal products, especially when you are conscientious about your fat intake. With a low-fat vegetarian diet you can completely avoid any issues with cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States alone.

Not only do vegetarian diet remove animal fat and cholesterol from their diets (especially true for vegans), but they consume more fiber and anti-oxidants, well known for their ability to fight cancer!

So profound is the effect of vegetarianism on our health it has statistically been shown to add 13 healthy years to our lives.

Need more proof?

Just look at Okinawa, where the people with the longest life-span in the world live. Guess what their diet primarily consists of?



And

International Coffee Day



Coffee in the morning; coffee and a catch up with old friends; going for coffee with your new hot date – we drink coffee morning, day and night with friends, business associates and lovers. You have only to walk down the nearest high street and note the number of coffee chains to realise the extent of our love affair with our favourite caffeinated beverage.

Whether you favour espresso, americanos, lattes or cappuccinos; iced, decaf, instant or filter – Coffee Day is the day to savour and appreciate your beverage, and maybe even pick one up for free at certain chains in the USA.

Coffee Day also marks the long history of the drink: the properties of coffee beans are thought to have first been discovered in Ethiopia. The beans are actually the pits found in the coffee berry or cherry.

The story goes that a 9th century goat herder noticed their stimulating effects on his goats and began experimenting.

Coffee drinking was originally popularised in the Arab world from around the 15th century spreading across Asia then to Italy and across Europe and to the Americas – and finally to your coffee cup.

Today, coffee is one of the world’s biggest crops so buying ethically grown coffee is all the more important – be sure to be selective in buying your cup of coffee and supporting ethical trade.

So when you drink your cup of coffee today, inhale its aroma, taste its dark and full-bodied flavour, think about its story – but most of all enjoy.

Linville... Another day mainly for you my friend

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October 1 Birthdays


Julie Andrews - 81



Jimmy Carter - 92



Zach Galifianakis - 47






October 1st

2005: Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley joined Pearl Jam onstage during their concert at the Borgata Events Center in Atlantic City for a rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World”.

2004: Bruce Springsteen, R.E.M. and John Fogerty kicked off the Vote for Change tour in Philadelphia. This tour was a politically motivated tour and was held in swing states across the U.S.

2004: Buffalo Springfield bassist Bruce Palmer died of a heart attack in Belleville, Ontario. He was 58 years old.

1992: Ozzy Osbourne began a two night stand in San Antonio at the Joe and Harry Freeman Coliseum, Osbourne’s first concerts in San Antonio in a decade after his arrest for urinating on the Alamo.

1988: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “I Hate Myself for Loving You” which was their third and final top ten single in the U.S.

1987: Def Leppard kicked off the North American leg of their tour in support of Hysteria at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, NY. When the tour ended in October of 1988, they played 243 concerts, 172 in North America alone.

1977: Elton John became the first musician to be inducted into the Madison Square Garden Hall of Fame.

1976: David Bowie moved out of the U.K. to live in West Berlin, Germany where he lived semi-reclusively for three years. He moved there to kick his cocaine addiction and during his time in West Berlin he began collaborating with Iggy Pop and Brian Eno.

1969: The Beatles released their eleventh studio album Abbey Road which went on to reach number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and sell twelve million copies in the U.S.



Birthdays:

Cub Koda - Singer and guitarist for Brownsville Station born in 1948