NARROW The ring of canals in Amsterdam is
dotted with several unusually narrow houses.
One of the most famous is the building at Singel 7, which is often
labelled as the narrowest house in the world.
With a width of only one meter (about 3 ft., 3 in.), the house is barely
wider than its own front door. In all
fairness, it should be said that this is actually the rear façade of a house;
the front is a bit wider. For even more
“narrow” experiences, visit the narrowest house in Europe, located at Oude
Hoogstraat 22. This tiny house features
a typical Amsterdam bell-gable. The
façade is a mere 2.02 meters (6 ft., 7.5 in.) wide, and the house itself is six
meters (19 ft., 8 in.) deep. Measuring
only 100 centimeters in width (about 3 ft., 3 in.), the Trompettersteeg is the
narrowest street in Amsterdam.
NARROW A new sliver-hotel is set to rise at 160 West 56th
Street in Manhattan. The tiny property,
which formerly held a 4,000 square foot carriage house built in 1879, will soon
give rise to a 19-story and 63-room tower, though the Department of Buildings
shows a stop-work order in place. http://newyorkyimby.com/2013/09/new-hotel-rising-160-west-56th-street.html
The former carriage house across
from Carnegie Hall, was the Joseph Patelson Music House from 1947-2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/arts/music/13pate.html
See the Narrowest Houses in the World at http://io9.gizmodo.com/these-are-the-narrowest-houses-in-the-world-960593755
and 10 super skinny houses at http://www.dezeen.com/2014/08/25/10-of-the-skinniest-houses-on-dezeen/
and Father, Son & Holy Ghost row houses in
Philadelphia with three stories and one room per floor at http://www.phillymag.com/property/2015/08/06/philadelphia-trinity-house/
The grapefruit (Citrus × paradisi) is a subtropical citrus tree known for its sour to semi-sweet fruit. Grapefruit is a hybrid originating in Barbados as an accidental cross between two introduced species, sweet orange (C. sinesis) and pomelo or shaddock (C. maxima), both of which were
introduced from Asia in the seventeenth century. When
found, it was named the "forbidden fruit"; and it has also been misidentified
with the pomelo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit
Find a list of citrus hybrids, including
lemons and limes, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Citrus_hybrids
Norway, officially
the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose
territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus Jan Mayen and Svalbard. The name Norway comes from the Old Norse word norðrvegr,
"northern way"
or "way leading to the north. In a
Latin manuscript of 849, the name Northuagia is mentioned, while a
French chronicle of c. 900 uses the names Northwegia and Norwegia.
When Ohthere of Hålogaland visited King
Alfred the Great in England in the end of the 9th century, the land was
called Norðwegr (lit. Northway) and norðmanna land (lit.
Northmen's land). Old
Norse norðmaðr was Latinized as Nortmannus in
the 9th century to mean "Norseman, Viking",
giving rise to the name of the Normans. The Old Norse name was borrowed into Old English,
as Norðweg, Norweg, giving rise to modern Norway by regular
development via Middle English Norwey, Norwei. In the adjective Norwegian, the Old
English spelling '-weg' has survived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway
Flatbread Recipe:
Norwegian Potato Lefse http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-norwegian-potato-lefse-recipes-from-the-kitchn-175433 and http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016973-lefse
Joseph James Doherty, 82, of Salem, Massachusetts passed
away on February 9, 2016. He was born on September 18, 1933 in
Stamford, Connecticut, to James and Catherine (McGurn) Doherty. He grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where
he graduated from Central Catholic High School.
Following high school he joined the US Army where he served in Honolulu,
Hawaii. After leaving the Army, he attended Auburn University in Auburn,
Alabama on the GI Bill and graduated with a degree in business. Joe enjoyed a successful career that
culminated in his position as Vice President of Marketing and Communications
for Owens Corning in Toledo, Ohio. It
was there that he developed the popular Pink Panther Campaign which became
synonymous with Owens Corning. He won an Emmy Award in 1983 for his work on the popular WGBH series This
Old House. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=177807495
Owens-Corning Fiberglass Company was formed in 1935 through the merger of Owens-Illinois and Corning
Glass Works. It became a
separate company in 1938 with its headquarters established in Toledo, Ohio. The company has been on the Fortune
500 list every year since its
creation. In 1965, Owens-Corning
Fiberglas Europe was formed. In 1966,
Owens-Corning established a partnership with Armstrong Rubber Co. to produce
fiberglass-reinforced automobile tires.
In 1974, the company opened a temporary plant to produce insulation for
the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. In 1977, Owens-Corning acquired Frye Roofing
and began production of fiberglass mat to replace traditional paper mat used in
roofing. Owens-Corning began using the United
Artists cartoon character Pink Panther in its PINK Fiberglas insulation
marketing in 1979. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owens_Corning
Many people are surprised
to learn that all teas, white, green,
oolong, black and pu-erh are made from the leaves of the same species. While the varietal of the particular Camellia sinensis plant as well as the weather conditions
and soil contribute to the final taste of the tea, the significant differences
of tea type develop in the processing of the leaves. The distinguishing factor that determines
whether a tea plant will become white, green, oolong, or black tea is
oxidation. Oxidation begins after the
leaf has been plucked from the plant, and begins a process of being dried,
withered, rolled, and heat treated. A
black tea is fully oxidized, causing it to turn black, while a white tea is
barely oxidized at all, thus retaining its soft, silvery down. We tend to call many things that we infuse in
hot water a tea. But technically, it’s
only tea if it’s made from the leaves of Camellia
sinensis, an evergreen plant indigenous to China and India. Today tea is grown in over one hundred
countries to meet the worldwide demand.
Tea is the world’s second most popular beverage, after water. http://theteaspot.com/about-tea.html
Steeping can make or break a cup of tea, and for those who love tea, steeping is an art form
in itself. Steeping begins when heated
water is poured over the tea bag, infuser, tea strainer or in the teapot. The goal of steeping is to infuse the water
with the tea. Over-steeping may cause
bitterness, so it’s important to experiment with different types of teas, bags
or loose leaf teas, and the appropriate steeping times for each. Heartier teas, such as black, red, herb and
oolong, can be steeped in water that has fully boiled without risk of
over-processing. White and green teas
are more delicate, and should be steeped in water that is heated to just below
the boiling point. Black tea bags and
black loose-leaf tea may steep up to five minutes. Oolong tea bags may steep up to five minutes
while the loose leaf variety may steep up to seven minutes. Red and herb loose leaf teas and tea bags can
both be steeped for up to seven minutes.
White tea bags may be steeped up to one minute and loose leaf teas up to
three minutes. Green tea bags may be
steeped up to three minutes and loose leaf tea up to four minutes. http://www.livestrong.com/article/480185-what-is-the-difference-between-brewing-tea-steeping-tea/
On February 24, 2016 President Obama announced Carla Hayden as his nominee for Librarian of Congress. In a video, Dr. Hayden describes a library
as "like heaven" and the "original treasure chest." https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/02/24/meet-president-obamas-nominee-librarian-congress?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email569-image&utm_campaign=loc
Thank you, Muse reader!
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1432
February 26, 2016 On this date in
1616, Galileo Galilei was formally
banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or
defending the view that the earth orbits the sun. On this date in 1917, the Original
Dixieland Jass Band recorded
the first jazz record, for the Victor
Talking Machine Company in
New York. Quote of the Day The greatest happiness of life is the
conviction that we are loved--loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of
ourselves. - Victor Hugo, novelist and dramatist (26 Feb 1802-1885) Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of
the Romantic movement. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first
from his poetry and then from his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des
siècles stand
particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the
novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame
de Paris, 1831 (known in
English as The
Hunchback of Notre-Dame). He also produced more than 4,000 drawings,
which have since been admired for their beauty, and earned widespread respect
as a campaigner for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment. Though a committed royalist when
he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a
passionate supporter of republicanism; his work touches upon most of the
political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His legacy has
been honoured in many ways, including his portrait being placed on French franc banknotes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo
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