I hope everyone had a good weekend and will have a productive and great week ahead. I just wanted to touch base with you all and write some things for share.
I have been busy ! I have been planting, starting seedlings and watching things grow. I have also been preparing my garden area and my flower beds for the productive summer ahead. I love working with the dirt beneath my feet. It is so rewarding for me. Like therapy, in a way, working with dirt makes me happy. Although I am not as young as I feel I wish m body would cooperate better. Ha ha Getting older is fine but I want to do it gracefully.
I really like the fact that I get to share things that interest me on my webpage and blog. It is rewarding for me as well. I love knowing that there are readers out there that value what I write about or post on my site. It How great is that opportunity? To have something that benefits others, is awesome! I am hoping that I get better and better with my webpage and I hope to have more followers, more comments on my stuff, and more exciting things happen.
Life can be good for us. It is encouraging to me to know that I can add value to someone’s life. No, I do not have to personally know you but I hope to be someone who you like to follow and read from. I want to give that extra something to whomever it is that takes the time to include my stuff, my posts, my pages, in their days.
So, in closing I want to wish you all a good and happy life. I shall see you this side of the rainbow!!!!
Not “autonomy,” which means the right to self-govern, “autotomy” is a zoological noun that describes the bizarre defense mechanism of an animal in the wild (like a lizard) who detaches a part of its body to escape a predator. More specifically, Merriam-Webster defines autotomy as “reflex separation of a part (such as an appendage) from the body,” or “division of the body into two or more pieces.”
Borborygmus
A technical noun, “borborygmus” is a word that describes a certain embarrassing sound made in your gut. Cambridge Dictionary defines “borborygmus” as “a continuous low sound made by the movement of liquid and gas in the body.” Let’s be honest, the word sounds as weird as the noise it describes.
Catawampus
Also written as “cattywampus,” this unusual word has several meanings, including as a noun for “an imaginary, fierce wild animal.” More commonly, “catawampus” is used as an adjective that Dictionary.com defines as “something that’s askew or awry” (like a teenager’s bedroom) or something that is diagonally across from something else.
Curmudgeon
“Curmudgeon” is a fun way to call someone a cranky jerk. The Oxford Dictionary definition of this noun (which we swear was written about our great-aunt Alice) is “a bad-tempered person, especially an old one.” The thesaurus lists “sourpuss” and “grouch” as other amusing variations of the word.
For those that celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas!
For those that do not, Have a Merry Day anyway!
I just wanted to announce this is my 203 day of daily posting. Yay me!
Also I am glad to see more followers, and I hope more will come. Thanks for all those who comment, follow, and share my posts. I really appreciate it.
Although I do not necessarily follow any pattern I do like to keep all of my different interests posting. I work hard to find interesting and helpful things to share with you all.
I am busy trying to get things together for our gift giving and celebrations at my house and my brother in laws. We go to his house on Christmas Eve and of course we are my house on Christmas Day. It is fun and taxing all in the same accord.Seems like we all prepare for about 20 minutes of unwrapping gifts. The time it takes to buy, wrap and share, goodness!
Anyhow…
I hope everyone has love and comfort, healing and transitioning, wellness and support.
I shall see you on this side of the rainbow, again!
Tear gas canisters are fired by Israeli troops towards Palestinians during a protest against Israeli land seizures for Jewish settlements, on Nov. 30 near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
College Station, Texas
Visitors sign a guest book at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Center on Dec. 1 in College Station, Texas. Bush, who died on November 30, will be buried next to his wife Barbara at the library on Thursday.
Paris, France
A protester is wounded by a water canon as they clash with riot police during a ‘Yellow Vest’ demonstration near the Arc de Triomphe on Dec. 1, in Paris, France.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping along with members of their delegations, hold a dinner meeting at the end of the G20 Leaders’ Summit on Dec. 1 in Buenos Aires.
Mexico City, Mexico
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a banner while waiting for his arrival on Dec. 1 in Mexico City, Mexico.
WOW!!!
Pariangan, Indonesia
An Indonesian jockey rides two bulls with a cart during a traditional sport bull race locally called “pacu jawi” on Dec, 1 in Pariangan of Tanah Datar regency in West Sumatra.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
A tamed hawk attacks a rabbit during a traditional hunting contest on Dec. 2 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Brussels, Belgium
General view of the “Claim the Climate” march in Brussels to raise awareness for climate change on Dec. 2 in Brussels, Belgium.
Newry, Maine
Skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa Claus hit the slopes en masse during the annual Santa Sunday on Dec. 2 in Newry, Maine.
A new clinical study found a daily low-dose aspirin had no effect on prolonging life in healthy, elderly people. USA TODAY
If you are a healthy older person and take a low-dose aspirin every day, it may be more harmful than you think.
A large clinical trial involving participants in Australia and the United States found a daily low-dose aspirin had no effect on prolonging life in healthy, elderly people. It also showed a higher rate of suffering from a major hemorrhage.
Over a four-year span starting in 2010, the trial enrolled more than 19,000 people in Australia and the U.S. who were 70 and older, or 65 for African-American and Hispanic participants because their risks of dementia or cardiovascular disease are higher. Also, the participants did not have cardiovascular disease, dementia or a physical disability.
Roughly half of participants were given 100 mg of low-dose aspirin, while the rest were given a placebo.
The results showed the aspirin had no impact on whether people would suffer from dementia or a disability. The trial found 90.3 percent of the people who took aspirin remained alive with no persistent physical disability or dementia, compared with 90.5 percent of people on the placebo. Rates of people who suffered from disability and dementia were nearly the same.
It is no secret that as a blogger or any person that is found on the internet, can and that we do somehow, influence others. Maybe this is intentional, maybe it is not.
Rule of thumb though…
You are on the internet, millions of millions of people cruise and look at the internet daily.
Scarlett London, a style and travel blogger, has come under fire on Instagram.
London uploaded a photo of her “perfect morning,” but eagle-eyed followers quickly realised her cup of tea was empty and her plate of pancakes was actually made up of tortilla wraps.
Not everything we see on Instagram is a reality, and people criticised London for adding to the problem.
Young people may feel inadequate by looking at these sorts of images, they argued.
London said she never wanted to post something harmful, and her aim has always been to show the opposite – that you can live a fun and full life despite your problems.
There was an estimate of 3.5 billion internet users worldwide in 2016. This means about 45 percent of the global population accessed the internet that year. The majority of global internet users are located in East and South Asia, while China is the largest online market in the world. In 2016, China had over 721 million internet users, more than double the amount of third-ranked U.S. with nearly 290 million internet users. India ranked second in number of users; Brazil and Japan complete the top 5. English is the most common language on the internet by share of users, followed by Chinese and Spanish. South Korea has the world’s fastest average internet connection speed – 27 Mbps as of 2016. The global average internet speed stood at 6.1 Mbps that year.
Internet users often turn to their mobile devices to access the internet. Millennial internet users, for example, spent an average of 185 minutes on mobile internet services every day in 2016. Generation X internet users’ average daily use of mobile internet stood at 110 minutes that year. Many companies have been profiting from the increased mobile usage by following a mobile-first strategy and optimizing their content for mobile devices. Some of the most popular mobile internet activities are using email, working, social networking, online search, online video and online shopping. Instant messaging is also popular among mobile internet users worldwide. WhatsApp is the most popular mobile messaging app in the world with one billion monthly active users. Facebook Messenger closely follows with 900 million monthly active users. Facebook was found to be the leading social network with 1.7 billion active users. Other popular social networks include Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr, as well as mobile chat apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger or WeChat.
WordPress Usage Statistics That Will Make Your Jaw Drop
As we are sure you will soon agree, the stats below are nothing if not impressive. To paint as accurate a picture as possible, we tried to include the most current statistics. If not stated otherwise, all numbers are from 2016.
1. WordPress powers almost 27 percent of the entire internet.
As already stated in the beginning, WordPress is by far the most popular CMS on the web. However, you might not be aware just how popular the platform has become.
First of all, its market share among all content management systems is close to 60 percent. What’s more, its closest competitor Joomla (here is a comparison of the two CMS) is used by only 6.3 percent. Yes, that’s the second most popular content management system in the world!
2. WordPress sites around the world publish 24 posts per second.
You read that right. In 2016, blogs that are part of the WordPress network (meaning blogs hosted either on WordPress.com or externally hosted WordPress sites that have the Jetpack plugin installed) published on average 24 blog posts per second. That comes down to 1,481 blog posts per minute, 88,888 in an hour and just above 2.13 million per day. And that’s not counting those sites for which WordPress cannot collect any statistics.
To get a better impression of what this looks like, WordPress.com offers a map that lets you see updates around the world in real-time. You can find it here.
It appears that all of that activity is paying off, resulting in massive traffic. For this year alone, blogs in the WordPress network have garnered a combined average of 22.17 billion page views per month. That’s three times as many as there are people on the planet! Let that sink in for a minute.
4. WordPress blogs receive 46.6 million comments per month.
And man are those visitors a talkative bunch. Each month of this year produced on average 46.6 million comments. Looks like there are some fierce discussions going on out there. Plus, these are legitimate comments, which made it through the spam protection, mind you.
If the Akismet stats are any indication, the number of spam comments generated at the same time is about 30 times higher. That means besides the legitimate comments WordPress blogs receive every month, they get bombarded by 1.4 billion spammers at the same time. Jeez!
5. There are 2.7 million global monthly searches for WordPress.
Seeing the amount of data WordPress.com alone can handle, it is unsurprising that WordPress is so popular and continues to garner attention. The platform’s growing esteem is also reflected in its Google searches.
In the United States alone, “WordPress” as a keyword receives 450,000 search requests every month. Globally that number is up to 2.7 million. That’s not even taking into account people looking for “WordPress templates,” “WordPress plugins,” and other WordPress-centric information. Overall, WordPress-related terms (including those for “wp,” a common abbreviation for WordPress) receive somewhere between 10 and 100 million global searches every month.
As for how the platform stacks up against its competitors: Google Trends sees WordPress 5.5 times more popular than Joomla and almost nine times more in demand than Drupal. Seems like the WordPress usage statistics will only continue to grow.
How are you all doing? I hope you are well today and everyday.
So…
As you know I write poems. I have published 3 self published books, for those who do not already know. I started this blog originally to get the information of those books out into the public.
Well…
I since have added recipes, news information, personal information share, music information shares, and song videos and lyric shares, as well as various other things.
I know it appears to some maybe, that I am all over the spectrum of things. I like being that way but I really feel the need to share things that other might enjoy.
I wrote up the RAKA AWARD, for those who don’t know what that is, look it up. It is an award for random acts of kindness. Hope you will check my page out to see more.
I recently started sharing products that I use and like. I am not sure for how long I will do this sort of posts but I feel it is good , if a person finds something that they like and to share that with others. If you are like me, you appreciate the information.
I think so far, I have a good variety of things. I do not like to be boring or mundane. So far, I have loved seeing the positive feedback others give me, and I hope to continue in doing so.
Now…
I hope you know, you all matter. I hope you know there is no one quite like you.
I hope you each feel loved, accepted and cherished.
![Slide 4 of 36: Tear gas canisters are fired by Israeli troops towards Palestinians during a protest against Israeli land seizures for Jewish settlements, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank November 30, 2018.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmAqw.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmAqw.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmAqw.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Ramallah, Palestinian Territories - Mohamad Torokman/Reuters")
![Slide 5 of 36: Visitors sign a guest book at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Center on December 1, 2018 in College Station, Texas. Bush, who died on November 30, will be buried next to his wife Barbara at the library on Thursday. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmyQi.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=1911&y=806"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmyQi.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=1911&y=806"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmyQi.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=1911&y=806"}} "Texas, United States - Scott Olson/Getty Images")
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![Slide 8 of 36: US President Donald Trump (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) along with members of their delegations, hold a dinner meeting at the end of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on December 01, 2018. - US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping had the future of their trade dispute -- and broader rivalry between the world's two top economies -- on the menu at a high-stakes dinner Saturday.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmHGD.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=1058&y=825"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmHGD.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=1058&y=825"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmHGD.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=1058&y=825"}} "Buenos Aires, Argentina - Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 9 of 36: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a banner while waiting for his arrival at Zocalo square in Mexico City, Mexico December 1, 2018.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmFMQ.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmFMQ.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmFMQ.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Mexico City, Mexico - Edgard Garrido/Reuters")
![Slide 10 of 36: An Indonesian jockey rides two bulls with a cart during a traditional sport bull race locally called "pacu jawi" in Pariangan of Tanah Datar regency in West Sumatra on December 1, 2018.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmPoz.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=1940&y=1654"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmPoz.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=1940&y=1654"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQmPoz.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=1940&y=1654"}} "Pariangan, Indonesia - Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 12 of 36: A tamed hawk attacks a rabbit during a traditional hunting contest in Almaty, Kazakhstan December 2, 2018.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQpbLo.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQpbLo.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQpbLo.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "A tamed hawk attacks a rabbit during a traditional hunting contest in Almaty, Kazakhstan December 2,... - Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters")
![Slide 13 of 36: This picture taken on December 2, 2018 shows a general view of the "Claim the Climate" march in Brussels to raise awareness for climate change.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQseut.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=3151&y=1993"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQseut.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=3151&y=1993"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQseut.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f&x=3151&y=1993"}} "This picture taken on December 2, 2018 shows a general view of the \"Claim the Climate\" march in Brus... - Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 14 of 36: Skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa Claus hit the slopes en masse during the annual Santa Sunday event, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, in Newry, Maine. The red-suited lookalikes aim to put a smile on people’s faces while raising money for charity.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQsqau.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQsqau.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBQsqau.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa Claus hit the slopes en masse during the annual Santa Sunda... - Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo")
