Adduce is
one of a plethora of familiar words that trace to the Latin root ducere,
which means "to lead." Perhaps
we can induce you to deduce a few other ducere offspring if we offer
a few hints about them. One is a
synonym of kidnap, one's a title for a British royal, and one's another
word for decrease. Give up? They are abduct, duke,
and reduce, respectively. There are
also many others, including induce, which means "to persuade" or
"to bring about." https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adduce
See history hoaxes at http://hoaxes.org/archive/display/category/history
and seven historical hoaxes at http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-historical-hoaxes
Lithography (from Ancient Greek λίθος, lithos,
meaning "stone", and γράφειν,
graphein, meaning "to write") is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The
printing is from a stone (lithographic
limestone) or a metal plate with a ball grained surface. It was invented in 1796 by German author and
actor Alois Senefelder as
a cheap method of publishing theatrical works. Lithography can be used to
print text or artwork onto
paper or other suitable material. Lithography originally used an image drawn
with oil, fat, or wax onto the surface of a smooth, level lithographic
limestone plate. The
stone was treated with a mixture of acid and gum arabic, "etching" the grease content of the
drawing material into the pores of the stone and chemically creating grease
reservoirs. The open stone (without
drawing) was affected by the gum arabic creating a thin gum layer that would
then attract water. When the stone was
subsequently moistened, these gummed areas retained water; an oil-based ink could then be applied with
a roller sticking only to the original drawing. The ink would finally be transferred to a
cotton fine art paper sheet, producing a printed page. This traditional technique is still used as
a fine art medium today. Today, most types of high-volume books and
magazines, especially when illustrated in colour, are printed with offset lithography,
which has become the most common form of printing technology since the 1960s. The related term "photolithography" refers to when
photographic images are used in lithographic printing, whether these images are
printed directly from a stone or from a metal plate, as in offset printing. "Photolithography" is used
synonymously with "offset printing". Read more and see graphics
at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithography See also COLOR PRINTING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: Lithography at http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/color/lithogr.htm
Litographs.com prints the words of books on posters, t-shirts, totes and scarves.
"Litographs is committed to promoting
literacy, both at home and abroad. Since
2012, we have donated over 200,000 books to communities in need through the
International Book Bank." https://www.litographs.com/pages/about
Learn more about Litographs, a company based
in Cambridge, MA, and link to blog and newsletter at https://www.litographs.com/pages/faqs The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
Classics Gift Shop sells socks, scarves, and T-shirts for book lovers.
The expression cold feet may have
come from Italian, with cold feet being a euphemism for penniless, no shoes and
all that. Thing is, it’s not known if
that actually has any link to the modern meaning. The first time it’s attested with the modern
meaning is in Fritz Reuter’s Olle Kamellen, back in the 1860s,
in which a gambler gets cold feet. He
may have implied that he was unable to gamble further, which may have implied
that he was penniless in the old sense . . . but with a centuries-long gap,
it’s hard to tell. What isn’t hard to
tell is that after this reference more and more sources were using “cold feet”
to mean chickening out. There are cites
of books, newspapers, and other stories following toward the end of the 19th
century, taking on the modern meaning, and since then it’s been largely
unchanged. Joshua Bowman https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-and-meaning-of-cold-feet
See also https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cold-feet.html
Did you know that Kansas City, Missouri is also
known as “The City of Fountains”? The 132
miles of boulevards and parkways in Kansas City are home to well over 100
fountains. The downtown area alone
contains 32 fountains in a 6.25 square mile radius. A short distance from downtown Kansas City is
the Country Club Plaza. Designed by the
architect J.C. Nichols in 1922, it is notable for being the first shopping
center in the world designed to accommodate shoppers arriving by automobile. It contains a number of fountains as well as
excellent shopping and dining opportunities.
The Kansas City metro area also has large and historic parks. Swope Park is the city’s largest park (more
than twice the size of New York’s Central Park) and contains many wonderful
attractions including a wonderful zoo, two lakes, and the Starlight Theatre. Hodge Park contains the Shoal Creek Living
History Museum, a village of more than 20 historical buildings dating from the
first half of the 19th century.
The novel Lincoln in the Bardo by American
author George Saunders (born 1958) won the 2017 Man Booker
Prize. Wiktionary
PARAPHRASES
from The Lobster Kings, a novel by
Alexi Zentner * Lack of ambition is a thing that can only come
with a safety net * I've never seen anyone keep gloves in a glove
compartment before *
Alexi Zentner
is the author of the novels The Lobster Kings and Touch.
The Lobster Kings was named one of the must-read books of summer
by The New York Post, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Boston Magazine. His first novel, Touch, was published in a
dozen countries, and shortlisted for the 2011 Governor General’s Literary
Award, The Center for Fiction’s 2011 Flahery-Dunnan First Novel Prize, the 2012
VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and the 2011 Amazon.ca First Novel Award, and
longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the 2013 International
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The CBC has
named Alexi as one of 12 Writers to Watch - "the future of this country's
literature" - and one of six "fresh voices" for 2011. Alexi’s
fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic Monthly,
Narrative Magazine, Tin House, Glimmer Train, The Southern Review, The Walrus,
and many other publications. He is the
winner of both the O. Henry Prize (jury favorite) and
the Narrative Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Best
American Short Stories and the Pushcart Prize. Alexi is an Assistant Professor at Binghamton University and a faculty member in the Sierra Nevada College low
residency MFA program. Alexi has also taught creative writing at
Cornell University, where he received his MFA, in the Brooklyn College MFA
program, and at the Rutgers-Camden Writers' Conference, and has been a teaching
fellow at the Bread Loaf and Wesleyan University writing conferences.
Alexi Zentner was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, and currently lives in
Ithaca, New York, with his wife and two daughters. He holds both Canadian and American
citizenship. http://www.alexizentner.com/styled-11/
14 Pierogi Recipes That Put Other Dumplings To Shame by Alison Spiegel In the battle of best dumpling on earth,
the pierogi has
a fighting chance for the championship.
These Polish dough pillows are usually filled with farmer’s
cheese, potatoes, sauerkraut, mushrooms, meat or fruit. They’re endlessly versatile and seriously
comforting. Pierogis, like all dumplings, can pretty much do no wrong. They’re great as a side, as the main event
or, wait for it . . . in a pierogi casserole.
A pierogi casserole consists of pre-made pierogies layered with cheese,
bacon and onions, that are then baked.
Or it can be something even more amazing: a lazy person’s pile of noodles, mashed
potatoes, caramelized onions and cheese, that come together to taste like one
giant baked pierogi. You read that
right: a giant baked pierogi. Making your own pierogis is easier than you
might expect. The fun part comes in when
you start playing around with different filling combinations, the possibilities
of which are endless. Check out 14
pierogi recipes at https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/27/pierogi-recipes-pierogies-photos_n_3180787.html As far as we’re concerned, the pierogi knows
no boundaries.
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1817
December 27, 2017 On this date in
1831, Charles Darwin embarked on his journey aboard
the HMS Beagle, during which he
will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.
On this date in 1927, Show Boat, considered to be the first
true American musical play, opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_27
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