Hypernym is
a term for a word whose meaning
includes the meanings of other words. Flower is
a hypernym of daisy and rose. http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/hypernym.htm Hyponym is a
specific term used to designate a member of a class. Daisy and rose are hyponyms of flower. http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/hyponymterm.htm
Bill Joy is
a Partner Emeritus at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Since joining KPCB in 2005, Bill helped develop KPCB’s
strategy of funding game-changing technologies that broadly address the twin
problems of climate change and sustainability.
Bill worked on ventures in areas such as wind, solar and thermoelectric
power generation, low-cost electrical energy storage, renewable fuels and green
chemicals from non-fuel sources, low-embodied-energy materials and
energy-efficient electronics.
Previously, Bill was a founder and chief scientist at Sun
Microsystems. While at Sun, Bill was a
key designer involved with a number of Sun technologies, including the Solaris
operating system, the SPARC microprocessor
architecture and several of its implementations, and the Java programming
language. In 1995, he installed the
first city-wide WiFi network in Aspen, Colorado, where his research lab was
located. As an inventor, Bill is named
on more than 40 patents. Before
co-founding Sun, he designed and wrote Berkeley UNIX, the
first open source operating system with built-in TCP/IP, making
it the backbone of the Internet. Bill’s
many industry contributions were recognized in a FORTUNE magazine cover story that called him
the “Edison of the Internet.” https://www.kpcb.com/partner/bill-joy
Technologist and futurist Bill Joy: "What
I'm worried about, what I'm excited about"
TED talk 2006 19:02 or link to
transcript at http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_joy_muses_on_what_s_next?language=en
verge noun the
edge, brink, or margin (of something):
also used figuratively: the verge of
the forest, on the verge of hysteria; BRIT. a grassy border, as along a road; an enclosing
line or border; boundary, esp. of something more or less circular (or the area
so enclosed); the edge of the tiling that projects over a gable; the spindle of
a balance wheel in a clock with an old-style vertical escapement; a rod or
staff symbolic of an office, as that carried before a church official in
processions; ENG. FEUDAL LAW a
rod held in the hand by a feudal tenant as he swore fealty to his lord http://www.yourdictionary.com/verge
See convergent and divergent sequences at https://www.khanacademy.org/math/integral-calculus/sequences_series_approx_calc/seq-conv-diverg/v/convergent-and-divergent-sequences
With a changing employment landscape, some U.S. commuters are travelling long times and distances
to get to work. One study by Moss and
Qing (2012) noted that “super” commuters are on the rise in the U.S. In their
analysis, a super commuter is defined as working in the central
county of a metropolitan
area, but lives beyond the boundaries of that metropolitan area, commuting long
distances by air, rail, car, bus, or some combination. This is a definition based on distance. Extreme commuting has been increasing since
at least 1990. Extreme commuters are
defined as workers who travel 90 minutes or more to work, one-way –a definition
based on time (U.S. Census Bureau, 2005).
Additionally, this research defines long distance commuters as workers
who travel 50 miles or more to work, one-way.
And mega commuters as those who combine these two definitions and travel
90 minutes or more and 50 miles or more to work, one-way. See Mega Commuters in the U.S., Working Paper
2013-13 of the U.S. Census Bureau at
3 Strategies for
Surviving a Long Commute
Dom Pierre Pérignon (1638–1715)
was a French Benedictine monk who made important contributions to the production and
quality of champagne wine in an era when the region's wines were predominantly
still red. The quote attributed
to Perignon—"Come quickly, I am drinking the stars!"—is supposedly
what he said when tasting the first sparkling champagne. However, the first appearance of that quote
appears to have been in a print advertisement in the late 19th century. While the monk did work tirelessly and
successfully to improve the quality and renown of the still wines of Champagne,
he did not invent sparkling wine, nor was he the first to make champagne. There
is documentary evidence that sparkling wine was first intentionally produced by
contemporary English scientist and physician Christopher Merret. A major proponent of the misconceptions
surrounding Dom Pérignon came from one of his successors at the Abbey of
Hautvillers, Dom Groussard, who in 1821 gave an account of Dom Pérignon
"inventing" Champagne. The
myths about Pérignon being the first to use corks and being able to name the precise
vineyard by tasting a single grape likely originated from Groussard's account. Prior to blending he would taste the grapes without
knowing the source vineyard to avoid influencing his perceptions. References to his "blind tasting of wine"
have led to the common misconception that Dom Pérignon was blind. Contrary to popular belief, Dom Pérignon did
not introduce blending to Champagne wines but rather the innovation of blending
the grapes prior to
sending them to press. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_P%C3%A9rignon_%28monk%29
Sparkling wine
recommendations from a wine aficionado I personally think that the standard (yellow/orange
label) Veuve Cliquot Brut is the best buy on the market, although there are
several outstanding ones that cost $150 to $500 a bottle. I actually like
the (pink label) Veuve Cliquot Brut Rose best of all, but that is another $5 or
so, and not everyone thinks that a pinkish sparkler can possibly be a real
Champagne. It is, but that's a matter of
taste. It is slightly fruitier, but still goes well with just about
anything you could eat. In case you are wondering, I personally think
that Dom Perignon is not as good as Veuve Cliquot by quite a bit, despite the
sales hype you hear. If the price is too
high, the Gruet sparkler from Albuquerque, New Mexico (really!) is an excellent
choice. It also comes in Brut and Brut Rose, although the Rose may be
harder to find, and is usually $2 more.
Both usually sell for less than $20. It is not a true Champagne,
since it doesn't come from the Champagne region of France, but it is still very
good.
Lincoln:
The Constitution and the Civil War exhibition will be at the Terhune Gallery at the Center
for Fine and Performing Arts, Owens Community College Toledo-area campus from
January 21–March 4, 2015. The National
Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office
organized the traveling exhibition, which was made possible by a major grant
from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The exhibit, composed of informative panels
featuring photographic reproductions of original documents, including a draft
of Lincoln’s first inaugural speech, the Emancipation Proclamation and the
Thirteenth Amendment, is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by
the National Constitution Center. Find hours, map and directions at https://www.owens.edu/lincoln/
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1244
January 16, 2014 On this date in 1964, Hello, Dolly! (musical) starring Carol Channing opened on
Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances. On this date in 1970, Buckminster Fuller received the Gold
Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
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