Disney Princes
Reimagined as Feminist Allies by Blythe Roberson
Prince Adam is fine with
having been turned into a beast by an enchantress. He keeps Belle at his house so that whenever
this anxiety overwhelms him he can ask her, over and over, if he is a
misogynist. Is he holding Belle hostage?
I mean . . . maybe,
technically? But he’s doing this for
her, and for all women!
The Beast gave Belle a whole library that she can use whenever he doesn’t need
her to perform emotional labor. Every
single book in it is by Don DeLillo. Read
about seven more reimagined Disney princes at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/20/disney-princes-reimagined-as-feminist-allies
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10 Secrets of NYC’s Turtle Bay Neighborhood by Stephanier Geier Midtown Manhattan’s Turtle Bay encompasses
the area between 41st and 53rd streets east of Lexington Avenue, including the United Nations headquarters and the Chrysler Building. It all
started with the 17th century arrival of the Dutch in Turtle Bay. Historians still debate the precise origins
of the name “Turtle Bay,” but many have proposed that it comes from the Dutch
word deutal, which meant a “bent blade.” This would be in reference to the bay’s knife
shape. However, others believe the name
derived from the bay’s turtle-filled creek (once called DeVoor’s Mill Creek),
once located at 47th street. Find the secrets at https://untappedcities.com/2015/11/11/top-10-secrets-of-nycs-turtle-bay-area/
When a vowel sounds like its name,
this is called a long sound. A vowel letter can
also have short sounds. Whether a vowel has a long sound, a short
sound, or remains silent, depends on its position in a word and the letters
around it. http://www.abcfastphonics.com/long-short-vowels.html
See also Short and Long--Differences
and Examples by C. PARIS at https://blog.udemy.com/short-and-long-vowel-differences/
Soybean plants are legumes.
Legumes have bacteria on nodules which are on the roots of the
plant. The bacteria on the nodules takes
nitrogen from the air and fixes it into the soil, so
that other plants that require nitrogen can use it as well. Farmers use soybeans and other legumes in
rotations with grass crops such as corn or wheat. Grass crops are unable to take their own nitrogen from the air so they either
need the nitrogen in the soil that the legumes provide for them in a crop
rotation or they need a chemical fertilizer containing nitrogen. http://www2.kenyon.edu/projects/farmschool/nature/soy.htm
"Words.
You can't see them but they're the most dangerous weapons on
earth." "In rhetoric, lawyers use the trick of
personification--picking words to make their own clients seem human and
sympathetic and their opponents less so."
Speaking in Tongues, a novel by Jeffery Deaver
An argumentative statement in which the writer or
the speaker omits
one of the major or minor premises, does not clearly pronounce it, or keeps
this premise implied, is called an “enthymeme.” However, the omitted premise in an enthymeme
remains understandable even if is not clearly expressed. For instance, in the sentence, “Where there
is smoke, there is fire,” the hidden premise is: fire causes smoke. Enthymeme is
very common in advertisements, political speeches, and literature. It makes the audience work out their own
conclusions, and nudges them to read further to get a clearer picture of the
premise or an idea. By forcing the
audience to take a final step, it strengthens the argument of the writer. Often enthymemes help to hide the underlying
idea upon which a major argument relies.
In addition, the purpose of using an enthymeme is to persuade the
audience by using implied arguments. https://literarydevices.net/enthymeme/
Why Cook Over an Icelandic
Geyser? Because You Can
Librarian-turned-journalist
rises; she ‘helped us be this giant scoop factory’ by David Beard Earlier in this decade, Brandy Zadrozny had been happy in
Vermont, baking pies, cross-country skiing, working at the Burlington Public
Library, handling the reference desk at Champlain College. That is until she wasn’t. And journalism is grateful. Over the past year, she’s been getting
noticed for research and reporting on Russia’s Internet
Research Agency, uncovering the secret life of a pro-Trump, white
nationalist school shooter and digging deep into Vice Media’s rampant
culture of sexual harassment. She’s also made frequent appearances on CNN or MSNBC
explaining those stories. On March 2,
2018, the librarian-turned-senior researcher and writer announced she was
leaving The Daily Beast after five years and moving to NBC News as a national
reporter. Zadrozny’s move to NBC—along
with The Daily Beast’s senior news editor, tech reporter (and frequent
reporting partner) Ben Collins—will allow her to break stories for a broader
audience, at a medium where the White House is compelled to respond. Zadrozny, a former English teacher before she
got a master’s in library and information science at the Pratt Institute, says
her mission starts with trying to find unique, useful, question-answering information. “My mission on the Reference Desk is the same
as it is now,” she says. “To inform the
public that is hungry for answers to their questions. At the Reference Desk it was, ‘What is the
capital of Montana?’ And now it’s: ‘Who is this person who is being retweeted by
our president?’ or, ‘Who is the person who runs the Internet Research
Agency?’” Collins, whose mother is a
librarian, says Zadrozny will be missed more sorely around The Daily Beast than
he will. “It’s very clear once you talk
to Brandy that she’s the crown jewel of any newsroom she’s in,” he says. “She can find information that no one can
find, and then she can present it in a way that is human.” Nancy Groves, a former news librarian for CNN
who now is Head of Social Media for the United Nations, says trained researchers
are more valuable now than ever to news organizations. “Being able to critically assess the value of
a piece of data and being able to weed out questionable data sources can save
valuable time,” says Groves, who got her master’s in information science at the
University of Maryland. “Trained
librarians, researchers and information professionals know how to be efficient
when it comes to searching online . . . Being
able to anticipate what a reader wants to know, in a way that librarians and
trained researchers are able to tease out what their clients want to know, will
help media companies retain audiences in the era of information overload.” https://www.poynter.org/news/librarian-turned-journalist-rises-she-helped-us-be-giant-scoop-factory
One of Edmonton's most
famous musicians died peacefully March 2, 2018. Ryan Arcand, known as the city's piano
man, didn't play at the Winspear Centre for Music or at the Jubilee
Auditorium. But his fingers danced over
piano keys in public squares and churches, and finally in the supportive
housing facilities that became his home in the final years of his life. He was 46.
Arcand was living on the streets in 2014 when a stranger heard him
playing a piano in Churchill Square downtown. The music was so beautiful that Roslyn Polard
asked if she could take a video of his performance. More than three years later, the video of
Arcand playing the song he wrote has been viewed more than 11 million times on
YouTube. Arcand, a member of the
Alexander First Nation, was moved into a foster home as a young boy, but stayed
in touch with his extended family of cousins. Some were as close to him as siblings. Carrie Rockwood, Arcand's cousin, remembers
he stuttered as a child, but not when he was singing. Alexandra
Zabjek Read more and link to videos to
hear Arcand playing the piano at
Florida lawmakers are the first in
the nation to pass a bill signaling the
intent to stay on daylight
saving time year-round if allowed by Congress, according to enthusiasts who
track America’s annual rituals of springing
forward and falling back. The bill that is headed to Gov. Rick Scott,
which he can sign, allow to become law without his signature, or veto, is
called the Sunshine State Protection Act. It says if Congress amends U.S. code to allow
states to observe year-round daylight saving time it is the “intent of the
legislature that daylight saving time shall be the year-round standard time of
the entire state.” Kimberly Miller http://weatherplus.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2018/03/08/florida-passes-daylight-saving-time-bill-but-what-does-it-mean/ See also HB 1013, the Sunshine
Protection Act, at http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/1013/BillText/er/PDF
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1855
March 9, 2018 Find events,
holidays and observances, births and deaths on March 9 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_9 (At bottom of page, you may link to any day
of the year.)
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