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todaysdocument: Happy National Doughnut Day! Doughnut Day was established in 1938 by the Salvation Army to honor women who handed out the yummy treats to soldiers during World War I and is celebrated on the first Friday of June. Patent Drawing for G. W. Baier’s Cake or Doughnut Cutter, 09/13/1904 Some of you might wonder - didn’t we already post something for Doughnut Day back in November?  Yes we did — on further research, it appears November 5 is “Doughnut Appreciation Day” — but who can argue with 2 days to celebrate doughnuts?

todaysdocument:

Happy National Doughnut Day!

Doughnut Day was established in 1938 by the Salvation Army to honor women who handed out the yummy treats to soldiers during World War I and is celebrated on the first Friday of June.

Patent Drawing for G. W. Baier’s Cake or Doughnut Cutter, 09/13/1904

Some of you might wonder - didn’t we already post something for Doughnut Day back in November?  Yes we did — on further research, it appears November 5 is “Doughnut Appreciation Day” — but who can argue with 2 days to celebrate doughnuts?

thedailyfeed:

No wonder our waistlines are getting wider! The average restaurant meal today is more than four times larger than it was in the 1950s.

A shocking new graphic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention titled “The New (Ab)Normal” shows just how drastically portion sizes in fast food restaurants have been supersized in the last 60 years.

The size of the average burger has tripled, going from just 3.9 ounces in the 1950s to a typical 12 ounces now, according to the CDC.

Burgers are not the only foods to have increased in size, with fries and soft drinks also growing by leaps and bounds.

U. S. History; For what important reasons did President Kennedy visit Bermuda? lbjlibrary: December 1961. JFK visits Bermuda, and as on his visit to Texas, he refuses to put on a hat. Photo by UK National Archives via Flickr.

U. S. History; For what important reasons did President Kennedy visit Bermuda?

lbjlibrary:

December 1961. JFK visits Bermuda, and as on his visit to Texas, he refuses to put on a hat.

Photo by UK National Archives via Flickr.

(via ourpresidents)

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Hey, Civics Class!  Define cloture and filibuster! (What is it? Who can do it? Is it Constitutional)  Why would the chart show that the use of these tools is growing? ilovecharts: The Rise of the Filibuster

Hey, Civics Class!  Define cloture and filibuster! (What is it? Who can do it? Is it Constitutional)  Why would the chart show that the use of these tools is growing?

ilovecharts:

The Rise of the Filibuster

Think about the legacy that your adult role models are leaving you.  What would you sue society over?  What do you think adults are doing well so that you will be left with a positive world? theatlantic: An Inconvenient Lawsuit: Teenagers Take Global Warming to the Courts Alec Loorz turns 18 at the end of this month. While finishing high school and playing Ultimate Frisbee on weekends, he’s also suing the federal government in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The Ventura, California, teen and four other juvenile plaintiffs want government officials to do more to prevent the risks of climate change — the dangerous storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, and food-supply disruptions that scientists warn will threaten their generation absent a major turnabout in global energy policy. Specifically, the students are demanding that the U.S. government start reducing national emissions of carbon dioxide by at least six percent per year beginning in 2013. “I think a lot of young people realize that this is an urgent time, and that we’re not going to solve this problem just by riding our bikes more,” Loorz said in an interview. Read more. [Image: Victoria Loorz]

Think about the legacy that your adult role models are leaving you.  What would you sue society over?  What do you think adults are doing well so that you will be left with a positive world?

theatlantic:

An Inconvenient Lawsuit: Teenagers Take Global Warming to the Courts

Alec Loorz turns 18 at the end of this month. While finishing high school and playing Ultimate Frisbee on weekends, he’s also suing the federal government in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

The Ventura, California, teen and four other juvenile plaintiffs want government officials to do more to prevent the risks of climate change — the dangerous storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, and food-supply disruptions that scientists warn will threaten their generation absent a major turnabout in global energy policy. Specifically, the students are demanding that the U.S. government start reducing national emissions of carbon dioxide by at least six percent per year beginning in 2013.

“I think a lot of young people realize that this is an urgent time, and that we’re not going to solve this problem just by riding our bikes more,” Loorz said in an interview.

Read more. [Image: Victoria Loorz]