Matzo is an unleavened cracker-like bread that is traditionally eaten at Passover. It is made with flour and water, and it is
the flour-containing product that is deemed to be Kosher for passover. Matzo meal is made by finely grinding matzo
crackers into a breadcrumb-like consistency.
The most well known use for matzo meal is in matzo balls, but the
versatile meal can also act as a binding agent in place of regular bread crumbs
in foods such as meatballs and even as a thickener in some dishes. The crumbs also effectively take the place of
flour in desserts like almost-flourless chocolate tortes, adding a little structure to
a dessert while still making it acceptable for traditional Passover meals. Matzo meal is not wheat or gluten free, but
since the crumbs are already cooked until very dry and crisp, they don’t add a
lot of structure to a baked good like regular flour will. It should not be substituted directly for
flour in most recipes, but there are some (usually recipes only contain a very
small amount of flour to begin with) where you can substitute matzo meal and
still get a good result. http://bakingbites.com/2011/04/what-is-matzo-meal/
A few countries are using powerful electromagnets to develop high-speed trains, called maglev trains. Maglev is short for magnetic levitation, which
means that these trains will float over a guideway using the basic principles
of magnets to replace the old steel wheel and track trains. Learn how electromagnetic propulsion works,
how three specific types of maglev trains work and where you can ride one of
these trains at http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/maglev-train.htm
A think tank
(also called a policy institute) is an organization, institute, corporation, or
group that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social
policy, political strategy, economy, science or technology issues, industrial
or business policies, or military advice.
Many think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such
as the US and Canada provide with tax exempt status. While many think tanks are funded by
governments, interest groups, or businesses, some think tanks also derive
income from consulting or research work related to their mandate.
Find a list of think tanks ranked as
centrist, conservative, liberal and libertarian at http://www.usislam.org/thinktank/list_of_think_tanks_in_USA.htm
A simile is a metaphor, but not all metaphors are
similes
Metaphor is the broader term. In a literary sense metaphor is a rhetorical device that transfers the sense or
aspects of one word to another. For
example: The moon was a ghostly galleon
tossed upon cloudy seas. — “The Highwayman,” Alfred Noyes
A simile is
a type of metaphor in which the comparison is made with the use of the word like or its equivalent: My love is like a red, red rose. — Robert
Burns
Soft power is a concept developed by Joseph Nye of Harvard University to
describe the ability to attract and co-opt rather than coerce, use force or
give money as a means of persuasion.
Recently, the term has also been used in changing and influencing social
and public opinion through relatively less transparent channels and lobbying
through powerful political and non-political organizations. Nye coined the term in a 1990 book, Bound
to Lead: The Changing Nature of American
Power. He further developed the
concept in his 2004 book, Soft Power: The Means to Success
in World Politics. The term is now widely used in international affairs by
analysts and statesmen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power
Disneyland is arguably
America's greatest weapon in soft
diplomacy. Paraphrase from The Great
Zoo of China, a novel by Matthew Reilly
More on The Dark Night Rising See a picture of a painting by Max Adamo (1837-1901) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_Adamo_Sturz_Robespierres.JPG
with legal documents spilling on the floor and a judge on a high bench. Compare this to The Dark Knight Rises - Crane's Court
Cases at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-dJPoSlPfU 2:05
Thank you, Muse reader!
HARVEY POLLACK was all about the numbers. And there was no one better at recording them
than he. Given the nickname “Super Stat”
in 1966 by then-Bulletin sports
writer George Kiseda, Pollack brought such terms as triple-double, blocked
shots, assists and steals into the everyday basketball vernacular. But the numbers stopped June 23, 2015, as
Pollack passed away at the age of 93. Born
March 9, 1922, to immigrant parents, Harvey grew up in North Philadelphia and
was a 1939 graduate of Simon Gratz High School.
He entered Temple University that fall.
By his senior year, Pollack began to be defined by basketball
statistics. In 1942, he started keeping
his own stats as a student-manager for first-year basketball coach Josh Cody. Not long after, at the urging of Temple’s
legendary sports information director Bob Geasey, Pollack was sending his stats
to all five Philadelphia daily newspapers. The other city schools took notice that
Temple’s stats were taking up two columns while theirs only took up one. In 2002,
Pollack became the first—and still only—statistician enshrined in the Naismith
Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The
impact he had on basketball statistics was similar to the impact his favorite
player, Wilt Chamberlain, had on the record books. The 76ers began publishing “Harvey Pollack’s
NBA Statistical Yearbook” in 1966. It
has grown from 24 pages to almost 400 pages in its latest edition. But Pollack’s greatest night as a stat man,
sports writer and PR director was March 2, 1962, in Hershey, Pa. Chamberlain, playing for the Warriors, scored
100 points against the New York Knicks and Pollack was the only media
representative there. He had the
wherewithal to grab Paul Vathis, an Associated
Press photographer who just
happened to be at the game but not shooting it, to take a photo of Chamberlain
in the locker room after the game. Needing
something to commemorate the historic event, Pollack scribbled “100” on a piece
of paper. Wilt held it up and Vathis
shot what became one of the most iconic photos in sports history. Mark Perner
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/Sixers_stat_man_Harvey_Pollack_dies_at_93.html
June 16, 2015 The
Board of Lucas County (Ohio) Commissioners created the honorary, un-paid
position of Lucas County Poet Laureate in 2007. The Lucas County Poet Laureate is modeled
after the United States Poet Laureate and contributes to the community’s
visible arts profile. Lucas County’s
Poet Laureate works with area schools to highlight the importance of poetry
amongst children and encourages and mentors those interested in expressing
themselves through the art of poetry. The
Board has appointed Dr. Jim Ferris to serve as Lucas County’s Poet Laureate, an
honorary and un-paid position, for a two-year term commencing immediately and
until June 16, 2017. https://lcapps.co.lucas.oh.us/carts/resos/16791.pdf
The Supreme Court on June 25, 2015 upheld a key
provision of the Affordable Care Act, handing a major victory to the Obama
administration. The decision was 6-3, with
Chief Justice John Roberts delivering the court's majority opinion. Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy joined the
court's liberals. It's the second time
in four terms the court has prevented the law from a major obstruction that
would threaten its existence. Instead,
the Affordable Care Act again survives as the largest expansion of healthcare
in half a century. "Congress passed
the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy
them," Roberts wrote in his opinion.
The key question in the case centered on whether the federal government
had the ability to provide subsidies to help low-income Americans buy health
insurance.
I am proud to report that
our colleague John Cannan has been
cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in its decision in King v. Burwell,
issued June 25, 2015. The court cites
John’s article from the Law Library Journal: “A Legislative History of the Affordable Care
Act: How Legislative Procedure Shapes
Legislative History,” 105 Law Libr. J. 131 (2013). Maleeff, Tracy Z. Here is the citing text from Chief Justice
Robert’s majority opinion: “The Affordable Care Act contains more than a
few examples of inartful drafting. (To
cite just one, the Act creates three separate Section 1563s. See 124 Stat. 270,
911, 912.) Several features of the Act's
passage contributed to that unfortunate reality. Congress wrote key parts of the Act behind
closed doors, rather than through “the traditional legislative process.” Cannan, A Legislative History of the
Affordable Care Act: How Legislative Procedure Shapes Legislative History, 105
L. Lib. J. 131, 163 (2013). And Congress
passed much of the Act using a complicated budgetary procedure known as
“reconciliation,” which limited opportunities for debate and amendment, and
bypassed the Senate's normal 60–vote filibuster requirement. Id., at 159–167. As a result, the Act does not reflect the type
of care and deliberation that one might expect of such significant legislation.
Cf. Frankfurter, Some Reflections on the
Reading of Statutes, 47 Colum. L.Rev. 527, 545 (1947) (describing a cartoon “in
which a senator tells his colleagues ‘I admit this new bill is too complicated
to understand. We'll just have to pass it to find out what it means.’ ”).” See the slip opinion for King v. Burwell at http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-114_qol1.pdf
Word of the Day for June
26 not dog
noun A vegetarian imitation-sausage,
or hot dog sandwich made with one. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1316
June 26, 2015
On this date in 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Federal Credit
Union Act, which established credit unions.
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