Tuesday, August 9, 2011

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Of the 44 Presidents of the United States, at least half have displayed proficiency in speaking or writing a language other than English. Of these, only one, Martin Van Buren, learned English as his second language; his first language was Dutch. Four of the earliest Presidents were multi-lingual, with John Adams and Thomas Jefferson demonstrating proficiency in a number of foreign languages. James A. Garfield not only knew Greek and Latin, but used his ambidexterity to write both at the same time. Both Roosevelts spoke French, and Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke German. Few modern Presidents have spoken a foreign language. Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush displayed a limited ability in Spanish. Two presidents have known an Asian language: Herbert Hoover spoke fluent Mandarin Chinese and Barack Obama speaks conversational Indonesian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multilingual_Presidents_of_the_United_States

Difference in American and British spelling
color/colour, draft/draught, while/whilst, on/upon, dialog/dialogue, check/cheque,
program/programme. Based on patterns and casual observation, toward may be American and towards, British.
http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/toward-or-towards/

Google hotel finder has been launched as an "experiment"--choose location, dates, price, hotel class and user rating. http://www.google.com/hotelfinder/

NEW YORK — August 5 Four Latin jazz artists are suing the organizers of the Grammy Awards, alleging the elimination of their category from next year’s competition has caused them irreparable harm. Musicians Robert Sanabria, Benjamin Lapidus, Mark Levine and Eugene Marlow accused the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of violating its fiduciary and contractual obligations in April when it cut 31 categories from the annual awards ceremony, including Latin jazz. The musicians’ complaint was filed last week in New York State Supreme Court. The lawsuit also accused the academy of failing to consider the adverse impact the decision would have on the musicians’ careers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/latin-jazz-artists-sue-grammys-for-dropping-their-category/2011/08/03/gIQA3vdYwI_story.html

Can a flyer/envelope be put it in someone else's mailbox without being mailed? What if a stamp was placed on it? Postage must go through the United States Postal Service and be delivered for it to be valid postage and therefore acceptable in the mail receptacle. A flyer cannot be placed in a mailbox after putting a stamp on it unless the item was actually mailed. According to Sect. 508.3.1.3 of the Domestic Mail Manual (DMM): "No part of a mail receptacle may be used to deliver any matter not bearing postage, including items or matter placed upon, supported by, attached to, hung from, or inserted into a mail receptacle. Any mailable matter not bearing postage and found as described above is subject to the same postage as would be paid if it were carried by mail."

"Postage" is defined as: Payment for a delivery service that is affixed or imprinted to a mailpiece, usually in the form of a postage stamp, permit imprint, or meter impression.

If you have a curbside mailbox or a mailbox on the outside of your house, Postal Service regulations govern what can and can not be placed in them. Generally speaking, only mail that has been sent through the USPS may be placed in these types of receptacles. Conversely, USPS regulations do not govern what can be placed in a mail slot on your door. This means that if a local business wants to put a flyer in the mail slot, they can do so.

For further questions (or to report occurrences) regarding flyers being placed into your mailbox without first going through the postal system, please refer to the local Post Office.

Can I affix a flyer or poster to a United States Postal Service Collection Box? United States Postal Service Collection boxes are the property of the Postal Service. You are not allowed to affix anything to them, including flyers, signs about missing items or animals, and advertisements. Search mailbox at: http://faq.usps.com/eCustomer/iq/usps/request.do?create=kb:USPSFAQ

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service Domestic Mail Manual, HTML version http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/dmm300_landing.htm

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service Domesic Mail Manual, PDF version http://pe.usps.com/framepdf.asp?Dest=dmmtoc.pdf

Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits any mailable matter such as statements of accounts, circulars, sale bills, or other like matter, on which no postage has been paid, in any letter box established, approved, or accepted by the Postal Service for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any mail route with intent to avoid payment of lawful postage thereon, shall for each such offense be fined under this title. http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/83/1725

The Parrish Museum on the East End of Long Island was founded in 1897 by Samuel Longstreth Parrish, a successful attorney who began collecting art in the early 1880s and who established the museum to house his collection of Italian Renaissance painting and copies of classical and Renaissance sculpture. Designed by noted architect Grosvenor Atterbury and constructed in 1897, the Museum was incorporated the following year as the Art Museum of Southampton. The original building was expanded twice, in 1902 and 1913. After his death in 1932, the collection and building were bequeathed to the Village of Southampton but, without Parrish’s guiding vision, the Museum ceased to thrive. It wasn’t until the 1950s, under the direction of the newly elected president of the board of trustees, Mrs. Robert M. Littlejohn, that the Museum enjoyed its own renaissance. Recognizing the importance of this country’s contribution to the arts, Mrs. Littlejohn launched a campaign to strengthen the Museum’s holdings of American art, with special attention to artists associated with eastern Long Island such as Thomas Moran, Childe Hassam, and Thomas Doughty. Upon her death, the Museum became the beneficiary of more than 300 paintings, drawings, and watercolors from her personal collection, which included work by Martin Johnson Heade, Asher B. Durand, John H. Twachtman, John Sloan, and a remarkable collection of thirty-one paintings by American Impressionist William Merritt Chase. In 1981, further depth was added to the collection when nearly 200 works of art by the prominent American painter, critic, and longtime Southampton resident Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) were donated by his wife Anne and by the artist’s estate. Building from the strength of these collections, the Museum now traces the evolution of American art from its roots in an emerging landscape tradition through the liberating influences of European modernism and the development of the New York School to the stylistic diversity of contemporary art, focusing its exhibitions and acquisitions on American painting of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, with special attention to artists who have lived and worked on Long Island’s East End and their influence on the national and international art world. In 2005 the Museum purchased a 14-acre (57,000 m2) site in Water Mill, New York, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) from the original location on Jobs Lane, Southampton. Pritzker Prize winning architects Herzog & de Meuron were engaged to develop a new building for the site. From the beginning, the architects were inspired by the many artists’ studios they visited on the East End, the area’s distinctive light, and the landscape. The result is a long, low structure, reflecting the indigenous architecture of the region and maintaining, through floor-to-ceiling windows affording views outside, the connection of the landscape to the art and artists of the region. North facing skylights will allow the galleries to be illuminated by the natural and ever changing light cited as a source of inspiration by so many artists. Ground for the new building was officially broken on July 19, 2010. Construction is expected to take eighteen months, with the new facility opening in 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrish_Art_Museum

A web feed (or news feed) is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. Making a collection of web feeds accessible in one spot is known as aggregation, which is performed by an aggregator. A web feed is also sometimes referred to as a syndicated feed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed

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