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[IceWizard]

10 May 2017


World Lupus Day



Imagine being bothered by sunlight, being covered in a rash, suffering fatigue, mouth sores, kidney and joint problems, as well as experiencing substantial hair loss and the swelling of lymph nodes.

Sounds awful, doesn’t it?

World Lupus Day was created to help us understand that this seemingly random grab bag of symptoms is actually a debilitating, chronic autoimmune disease suffered by approximately 5 million people worldwide, with 1.5 million of them living in the United States alone. In short, lupus causes the immune system to become overactive, creating antibodies that attack healthy tissue causing pain, inflammation and damage in a given part of the body. Although lupus can be fatal, there is currently no known cure.

Sadly, a large majority of people have little to no idea about lupus, often confusing it with arthritis, a much less serious disease. Many people have no idea lupus even exists until they themselves or somebody they know is diagnosed with it. This is the problem World Lupus Day was created to combat.

The History of World Lupus Day

World Lupus Day was created by Lupus Canada in 2004 to raise awareness of this little-known disease that can have devastating effects on sufferers and their families.

It was organised by lupus organisations from thirteen countries, who called for their governments to increase funding for research, provide better patient services, increase epidemiological data and raise awareness. Ever since then, the day has been observed in an increasing amount of countries all over the world.

A high profile supporter of World Lupus Day is musician and philanthropist Julian Lennon, who is a Global Ambassador. Other celebrities who have made sizable contributions to the Lupus Association of America are Daniel Radcliffe, Lady Gaga and Ian Harding.



And




Mother Ocean Day



Water is essential to human life. In fact, it is essential to all of the forms of life known to humankind in general, as there are no known species that can survive without it. Though marine biologists are unsure just how many kinds of creatures reside in our planet’s 5 oceans, it is estimated that about one-quarter of all of the Earth’s species do. Not to mention how very important the oceans are to our civilization—for thousands of years, braving their waters has been one of the bravest feats a human being could accomplish, one that often led to amazing discoveries and the general increase of our knowledge of the planet we inhabit.

For all of these reasons and many, many more, Mother Ocean Day is a long-overdue celebration of our oceans in all of their majesty and peril.

The History of Mother Ocean Day

Mother Ocean Day is relatively a new celebration, as it was introduced for the first time in 2013. It is a concept thought up by the South Florida Kayak Fishing Club that has since sought the approval of the City of Miami to declare this a day official. The point, of course, is to take a day to celebrate the beauty and wonder of the ocean, and it is no surprise that inhabitants of Florida were the ones to come forward with this idea, as Florida is famous for particularly gorgeous white sand beaches and clear, aquamarine waters.

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May 10 Birthdays



Bono - 57




Sid Vicious - (1957 - 1979) (21)




Fred Astaire - (1899 - 1987) (88)




Gary Owens - (1934 - 2015) (80)




Dave Mason - 71







May 10th

2007: A tribute concert to former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett took place at the Barbican Centre in London. The concert featured performances from Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Chrissie Hynde, John Paul Jones, Nick Mason & Rick Wright.

2003: Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler received an honorary doctorate degree in music from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

2000: Napster bans 317,377 users from the popular file sharing site for illegally sharing Metallica songs.

1986: Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee married Heather Locklear in Santa Barbara, CA. They would later divorce in 1994.

1984: Twisted Sister released their third studio album Stay Hungry which went on to become their most successful album selling three million copies in the U.S.

1970: David Bowie received the Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Song for “Space Oddity”.

1969: The Moody Blues topped the U.K. album chart for the first time with On the Threshold of a Dream which spent two weeks on top.

1967: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards appear in court on drug charges in Chichester, England. They would plead not guilty & elect to go to trial.

1964: Bob Dylan arrived in the U.K. for his first major U.K. tour which kicked off at London’s Royal Albert Hall on the 17th.



Birthdays:

Dave Mason - Guitarist for Traffic born in 1944

Donovan born in 1946

Sid Vicious - Bassist for the Sex Pistols born in 1957

Bono - Singer for U2 born in 1960