bush league  adjective  "mean, petty, unprofessional," 1906, from baseball slang for the small-town baseball clubs below the minor league where talent was developed (by 1903), from bush (noun) in the adjectival slang sense of "rural, provincial," which originally was simple description, not a value judgment.  https://www.etymonline.com/word/bush%20league#:~:text=bush%20league%20(adj.),description%2C%20not%20a%20value%20judgment. 

A quick response (QR) code is a type of barcode that can be read easily by a digital device and which stores information as a series of pixels in a square-shaped grid.  QR codes are frequently used to track information about products in a supply chain and often used in marketing and advertising campaigns.  QR codes are considered an advancement from older, uni-dimensional barcodes, and were approved as an international standard in 2000 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).  Adam Hayes  https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quick-response-qr-code.asp  

Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric who wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, published sermons and memoirs, and indulged in local politics.  He grew up in a military family, travelling mainly in Ireland but briefly in England.  While Vicar of Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorkshire, he married Elizabeth Lumley in 1741.  His ecclesiastical satire A Political Romance infuriated the church and was burnt.  With his new talent for writing, he published early volumes of his best-known novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.  See pictures at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Sterne  

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne   This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org.  https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39270/39270-h/39270-h.htm  

The word ‘torchio’ means press.  It is used to refer to both a pasta press and a wine press.  In the world of pasta, the torchio was first invented in 1600s.  Originally, it was a hand operated press used by both housewives and artisan pasta makers.  Eventually, a hydraulic press was invented and pasta making became industrialized.  Today pasta extrusion machines are also called ‘torchio’ in Italian.  Jacqui Debono  Link to recipes at https://www.the-pasta-project.com/torchio-pasta-maccheroni-al-torchio/  

Author John Lescroart is three-quarters Irish.  His last name is French.  It’s pronounced “less-kwah”.  John’s bestselling books are printed in 16 languages and published in more than 75 countries.  The author:  Music is a big part of my life, so much so that about five years ago I formed a record label, CrowArt Records.  The first project on CrowArt Records was a CD of original piano solos, the melodies written by me and performed by master pianist (regularly working at the Bel Air Hotel) Antonio Castillo de la Gala, entitled Date Night.  There are now several CDs available from CrowArt Records.  https://johnlescroart.com/meet-john/faq/#:~:text=It's%20pronounced%20%E2%80%9Cless%2Dkwah%E2%80%9D,was%20my%20father's%20last%20name.  

Drawings and diagrams that Leonardo da Vinci made in the 1400s and 1500s are now on display at a D.C. public library.  The free exhibit “Imagining the future - Leonardo da Vinci:  In the mind of an Italian genius” went on display at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown D.C. on June 21, 2023.  The exhibit includes 12 original drawings from da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus collection.  This is the first time so many of these pieces have been on display in the United States, library officials said.  An exhibit called “Leonardo's Lab” is geared toward children and has hands-on activities.  The main exhibit will be on display through Aug. 20.  The children’s exhibit will show through Sept. 30.  Derrick Ward, News4 Reporter and Andrea Swalec   https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/da-vinci-drawings-on-display-at-dc-library-on-rare-us-visit/3371087/  

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