brimstone   sulfur  origin:  Middle English brinston, probably from birnen to burn + ston stone  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brimstone

sulfur  During ancient times, sulfur and carbon were the only nonmetals known to man.  Some might define sulfur as the second member of the oxygen family.  Sulfur appears yellow in color, and because it is a member of Group 6, sulfur serves as a relatively good oxidizing agent.  Sulfur can be defined as 'a nonmetallic that exists in several forms, which burns with a blue flame and suffocating odor.'  http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-sulfur-definition-facts-uses.html

Unfortunately, newspapers often don't check to see if their op-ed contributors are shading the truth or lying outright.  The evidence is clear that some editorial page editors don't believe it's their responsibility to vet for accuracy and truth what they publish, unless the material comes from their own staff--and, of course, even that doesn't guarantee veracity.  Op-ed pieces that run under the bylines of famous politicians, celebrities and business people are almost never written by those people, just as they rarely author their autobiographies.  They don't have time.  Their staffers and PR people, or paid ghostwriters in the case of books, do the research and writing for them.  Sometimes, the "author" is blindsided by what he or she "wrote".  This can have hilarious results, as in the case of retired basketball star Charles Barkley. Upon the publication of his autobiography, which contained some controversial observations, he complained that he'd been misquoted.  Then again, he hadn't actually read it, let alone written it.  Dan Gillmor  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/aug/24/oped-ghostwriter-deception

Communicators used to present a point of view:  Ghostwriter, mouthpiece, speechwriter, press secretary, spokesperson, ghostposter. spin doctor.  See also "Who's actually writing your favorite celebrity's tweets?" by Evan Dashevsky at http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048479/whos-actually-writing-your-favorite-celebritys-tweets-.html

Gonzo Journalism is a style of reporting in which the journalist is far more than a detached observer of the events being recorded.  It rejects objectivity in favor of vivid depictions of events experienced, subjectively, by the reporter.  The Gonzo Journalist is part of the story, by coincidence, or a conscious choice to participate in shaping the events and outcome.  Fictional elements sometimes co-exist with non-fictional elements in Gonzo Journalism.  Hunter S. Thompson is the father of Gonzo Journalism.  The article "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved," published in Scanlan's Monthly, in June of 1970, and illustrated by Ralph Steadman, is often considered to be the first true example of the style.  http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1106&context=lib_articles

Life hack (or life hacking) refers to any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency, in all walks of life.  The term life hack was coined in 2004 during the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego, California by technology journalist Danny O'Brien to describe the "embarrassing" scripts and shortcuts productive IT professionals use to get their work done.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_hack

"Get out of here" can mean "You're kidding."  See idioms from get out to get real at http://esl-bits.net/idioms/id236.htm

Cheryl Kettinger who  works at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in North Philadelphia isn’t a doctor or a nurse.  She’s a law school graduate.  She’s also not a lawyer.  Her area is compliance.  She helps interpret medical law and create company guidelines so people don’t break those laws.  “My whole goal is to find a way to do things the right way,” said Kettinger.  Before she landed her current gig, Kettinger got her master’s of jurisprudence—or M.J.—in health law at Widener University’s Delaware Law School just outside Wilmington.  The law school business model used to be simple.  You recruit a bunch of aspiring lawyers.  Those aspiring lawyers pay a lot of money.  Three years later—and after a few hundred nights in the law library—the aspiring lawyers graduate and become lawyers.  The model worked fine, until the recession hit U.S. law firms.  With fewer jobs available, a lot of aspiring lawyers decided they should aspire to something else.  So what does a law school do when there aren’t enough aspiring lawyers left to educate?  They start to look for students in places you wouldn’t expect—places like hospitals.  Rod Smolla, dean at Delaware Law School, says close to a third of the school’s students are now in non-JD programs.  “And I can easily imagine it going bigger,” said Smolla.  “I can imagine it being half of what we do.”  Most of Delaware Law’s new programs are for people in higher ed, healthcare or finance.  It’s law school for non-lawyers.  “That’s a whole new thing for law schools,” said Smolla.  “And it’s good for us in terms of expanding our revenue streams and diversifying our portfolio.”  Delaware Law needs to diversify.  Enrollment in its traditional J.D. program has fallen by almost 50 percent since 2011.  Smolla doesn’t think those folks are ever coming back.  “I would be delighted if it just held very steady and stable indefinitely,” said Smolla.  “In contrast, where there’s real entrepreneurial growth is on the non-J.D. programs.”  Delaware Law’s M.J. degrees cost about $30,000 apiece, take one or two years to complete, and are taught totally online.  More and more law schools now rely on these non-J.D. programs.  Nationwide, non-J.D. enrollment at law schools spiked 45 percent between 2007 and 2013, according to the American Bar Association.  Avi Wolfman-Arent  http://www.marketplace.org/2016/07/15/education/law-schools-offering-programs-non-lawyers  Thank you, Muse reader!

chock–full  : completely full :  full to the limit  Origin:  Middle English chokkefull, probably from choken to choke + full  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chock%E2%80%93full

Grosgrain, also gros-grain and, rarely, gros grain, is a type of fabric characterized by its ribbed appearance.  In grosgrain, the weft is heavier than the warp, creating prominent transverse ribs. It is called a "corded" fabric since the weft resembles a fine cord.  Grosgrain is a plain weave corded fabric, with heavier cords than in poplin but lighter than in faille.  Grosgrain is both a direct French loan word and a folk corruption of the French word grogram.  Grogram, originally gros gram (appeared in literature in 1562), is defined as a coarse, loosely woven fabric of silk, silk and mohair, or silk and wool.  The adjective grosmeans thick or coarse, originally from the Old French gros, itself derived from the Latin grossus.  "Grain" is derived from Old French graine, itself derived from the Latin grana (plural of granum) – seed or in some contexts texture.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosgrain

Not content with being one of the best footballers in the world, Barcelona and Brazil star Neymar is out to make an impression in the music industry too.  That’s after the footballer announced on September 11, 2016 he was to launch his music career, under the moniker "Neymusico."  "This Wednesday I begin my music career and I’m going to release my first song on Facebook," said the 24-year-old on his Twitter account, per Aled Byron of AS. " . . . We will have 'Neymusico'. Share it."  Footballers delving into the music industry is not a new phenomenon.  As noted by Byron, Neymar's compatriot, Pele, the legendary three-time World Cup winner, released an album.  More recently, Paris Saint-Germain forward Jese Rodriguez, formerly of Real Madrid, dropped a rap track.  United States international striker Clint Dempsey has also released music under the alias "Deuce."  Matt Jones  http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2663107-neymar-reveals-launch-of-neymusico-music-career-on-twitter

http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 1525  September 12, 2016  On this date in 1609, Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.  On this date in 2011, the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City opened to the public.