The Loved One, 1965 film  *  Director of Photography Haskell Wexler was dissatisfied with some of the outdoor Whispering Glades scenes because they were being filmed at noon, and the trees were not casting significant shadows, which he felt was necessary to give the shot proper depth.  To compensate, he had the crew paint tree "shadows" on the ground.  This is plainly visible in some scenes, as the trees' "shadows" are entirely dissimilar from those of the actors standing next to them.  *  Evelyn Waugh disowned this movie of his famous novella, and tried unsuccessfully to get his name taken off of the credits.  *  This is Liberace's only movie in which he does not play the piano on-screen.  *  Screenwriter Terry Southern gave the name "Maxwell Kenton" to Milton Berle's character in the movie, who does not appear in the Evelyn Waugh novel.  "Maxwell Kenton" was a pseudonym Southern had used in real-life when his controversial and outrageous satirical novel "Candy" (co-written with Mason Hoffenberg) was published in Paris in the 1950s.  *  One of this movie's few off-the-lot filming locations was Beverly Hills' Graystone Mansion.   Shortly after this filming, Graystone was purchased by the city of Beverly Hills, and later converted into a public park.  *  This movie was advertised on its initial release as "the movie with something to offend everyone".  Among those offended rather than amused were the owners of the real-life Hollywood cemetery Forrest Lawn, who specifically found this movie's suggestion that certain burial grounds engaged in anti-Semitic practices cause for legal action.  This movie's release was held up while the lawsuit was adjudicated.  The fact that it was eventually released implies that the case was decided in favor of the filmmakers.  *  Near the beginning, Jamie Farr has a quick cameo as the restaurant busboy who replaces the portrait of President Johnson with a painting of Queen Elizabeth II.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059410/trivia  See full cast and crew at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059410/fullcredits

Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury, a novel based on his own short story "The Fireman" (originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction Vol. 1 No. 5 in February 1951), follows the exploits and self-examination of fireman Guy Montag in a dystopian society where books are banned and firemen create fires rather than put them out in order to protect society from the supposed dangers of reading.  "Do you ever read any of the books you burn?"   He laughed. "That's against the law!"  "Oh. Of course."  See other quotes at https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451



The Perfect Hard-Boiled Egg  Cover eggs with cold water by 1 inch.  Bring water to a boil.  Cover and remove from heat.  Let stand 13 minutes.  Drain and run under cold water.  To spice it up, cut the egg in half and top with a dash of salt mixed with paprika; pepper and lemon zest; or chili flakes. https://www.marthastewart.com/1156000/perfect-hard-boiled-egg          

boondocks  "remote and wild place," 1910s, from Tagalog bundok "mountain."  Adopted by occupying American soldiers in the Philippines for "remote and wild place."  Reinforced or re-adopted during World War II.  Hence, also boondockers "shoes suited for rough terrain," originally (1944) U.S. services slang word for field boots.  https://www.etymonline.com/word/boondocks

Hen and chicks (Sempervivum tectorum) date back to ancient times.  European peasants planted hen and chicks among the reeds on their thatched roof homes, creating a plant-based fire retardant.  Succulents such as hens and chicks cactus plants retain water in their leaves.  They catch fire at a slower rate than dried thatch, thus creating a natural firebreak.  Succulents do best in a sunny position although many of them can adapt to semi shade with greener leaves and suppressed flowering.  Too little light will result in weak stems that stretch too much.  Six hours of direct sunlight is ideal. 

Succulents do not enjoy dead and decaying vegetation around them as much as other plants do.  Try to remove all debris from the base of the plant.  Non-organic mulching with gravel and pebbles is preferable to tree bark and other organic mulches.  Succulents do not need as much water as most other plants.  Since they can store water, it is better to water them deeply, but occasionally.   https://garden.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Hen_and_Chicks_Cactus_Plants



Vertigo is a sensation of spinning dizziness.  It is not, as many people maintain, a fear of heights.  It is often associated with looking down from a great height but can refer to any temporary or ongoing spells of dizziness caused by problems in the inner ear or brain.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/knowledge/160900/vertigo-causes-symptoms-treatments



Eric Asimov (born July 17, 1957) is an American wine critic and food critic for The New York Times.  Asimov was born in Bethpage, New York, the son of Stanley Asimov, former vice-president for editorial administration at Newsday, and Ruth Asimov, a ceramic artist.  He is a nephew of author Isaac Asimov and brother of San Francisco Chronicle writer Nanette Asimov.  In 1992, Asimov conceived and wrote the "$25 and Under" column, dedicated to "restaurants where people can eat lavishly for $25 and under."  After several years of penning the column, the term "$25 and under" became less literal and more suggestive of inexpensive fare.  Until 1997, the column appeared in the Weekend Section.  It then moved to Wednesdays in the "Dining In, Dining Out" section.  From 1995 to 1998 Asimov published yearly compilations of the $25 and Under columns as books.  From 2000 to 2004, Asimov co-authored the annual New York Times Guide to Restaurants in New York City with Ruth Reichl and William Grimes.  Asimov became the chief wine critic of The New York Times in 2004, and the "$25 and Under" column was assigned to other critics.  As chief wine critic, he writes two columns, "The Pour" and "Wines of the Times" (or occasionally "Beers of the Times"), both of which appear in the paper on an alternating bi-weekly schedule.  In March 2006, Asimov began writing a wine blog, also titled "The Pour".  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Asimov



For years, Google News has put a category "For you"(under Top stories) on my screen.  In September 2019, they sent me an unsolicited email offering to send me a compilation of stories on a regular basis.  YouTube and Amazon list recommended items for me.  Some people might find these things flattering, but not me.



S GROUP, a Finnish retail co-operative, has pledged to reduce the food loss arising from its operations by 15 per cent by 2020.  “Our happy-hour prices for the evening hours will be adopted on a nationwide scale.  During these hours, customers will get a 60 per cent discount on products whose expiration dates are approaching,” the retail giant said in a press release in July 2019.  The products eligible for the discount are marked with red, 30 per cent-off sticker already before the evening sale.  The idea of offering the so-called red-sticker products at a 60 per cent-discount after 9pm has been trialled at the Alepa corner shops of HOK-Elanto since 2015.  The same practice has now been in use for almost 18 months at Prisma hypermarkets.  https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/16575-s-group-to-adopt-grocery-happy-hour-on-a-nationwide-scale.html 



http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 2151  September 11, 2019 

PARAPHRASES from Nothing But the Truth, book 6 in the Dismas Hardy series by John Lescroart  *  The voice was eiderdown--the tone cold steel  *  In San Francisco, summer is windy, harsh and damp.  From late August until mid-October, days are warm and skies cloudless.  The rest of the year, it's all fog and low clouds near the coast, clearing inland by afternoon, highs in low sixties, and winds from the west at fifteen to twenty.  *  They accepted the Chinese position that disaster and opportunity were derived from the same symbol.  *



In The Huckle and Goose Cookbook, Anca and Christine provide sixteen weeks of simple, seasonal recipes for home cooking at least three times a week.  All of the recipes integrate family traditions, good ingredients, and a use-up-everything-in-your-fridge approach.  There are Monday-Friday vegetable-packed dinners to choose from, salads you’ll crave, breakfasts to conquer the day, and desserts with gluten in all its glory.  http://newbookslib.com/book/The-huckle-goose-cookbook/



Vernacular architecture is characterised by its reliance on needs, construction materials and traditions specific to its particular locality.  It is a type of architecture which is indigenous to a specific time and place and not replicated from elsewhere.  Historically, vernacular architecture has incorporated the skills and expertise of local builders as opposed to formally-trained architects.  Often synonymous with primitive, nomadic or traditional architecture, can also apply to certain types or architecture in developed countries and urban societies.  As a concept, the term ‘vernacular’ became commonly used in the 1800s, at a time when western colonial powers were exploring the new worlds that were being discovered.  It is sometimes used as a derogatory term, suggesting something that may be quaint, but is derivative and has not been ‘properly’ designed by a professional.  During the first quarter of the 20th century, high profile architects such as Adolf Loos, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier began to extol the virtues of vernacular architecture.  However, it wasn’t until 1964 that a successful exhibition by Bernard Rudofsky called ‘Architecture without Architects’ that the form became popularized.  https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Vernacular_architecture  See also https://www.archdaily.com/898253/25-examples-of-vernacular-housing-from-around-the-world



Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes early in life, and ever since has given herself insulin shots before she eats, to help manage her blood sugar levels.  No big deal.  But some years ago, she had an upsetting experience at a restaurant.  She was in the restaurant bathroom, just finishing up her injection when another woman walked in.  They both returned to their dinners, but as Sotomayor left the restaurant, she heard the woman from the restroom say:  "She's a drug addict."  Sotomayor stopped, turned around, and said:  "Madam, I am not a drug addict.  I am diabetic, and that injection you saw me give to myself is insulin.  It's the medicine that keeps me alive.  If you don't know why someone's doing something, just ask them.  Don't assume the worst in people."  And walked away.  The justice has replayed that scene in her mind many times over the years, and it ultimately led her to write the children's book Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You.  Samantha Balaban and Evie Stone produced and edited this interview for broadcast.  Beth Novey adapted it for the Web.  Read more and see graphics at https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/01/755845325/just-ask-says-sonia-sotomayor-she-knows-what-its-like-to-feel-different  In an interview on September 3, 2019 Sonia said she also wrote a book about diabetes for adults and on another subject, said that her wonderful colleague Ruth Bader Ginsburg ("The Steel Magnolia") helped her greatly when she joined the bench.



Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age seven, and began taking daily insulin injections.   Her father died of heart problems at age 42, when she was nine years old.   After this, she became fluent in English.  Sotomayor has said that she was first inspired by the strong-willed Nancy Drew book character, and then after her diabetes diagnosis led doctors to suggest a different career from detective, she was inspired to go into a legal career and become a judge by watching the Perry Mason television series.  She reflected in 1998:  "I was going to college and I was going to become an attorney, and I knew that when I was ten.  Ten.  That's no jest."    Sotomayor was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by President George H. W. Bush in 1991; confirmation followed in 1992.  In 1997, she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Her nomination was slowed by the Republican majority in the United States Senate, but she was eventually confirmed in 1998.  On the Second Circuit, Sotomayor heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases and wrote about 380 opinions.  Sotomayor has taught at the New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School.  In May 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor to the Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice David Souter.  Her nomination was confirmed by the Senate in August 2009 by a vote of 68–31.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor



Summer Pain Surprise  The inspiration for this recipe was Pan Bagnat, the traditional Nice “sandwich,” in which the top of a round loaf would be sliced off and some of the crumb hollowed out, mixed with tuna, olives, anchovies, etc. then spooned back in and the “lid” put on top.  Later variations are often made with ham and cheese, and sometimes peppers layered up neatly inside the bread “shell,” but I thought it would be fun to stuff the ingredients between the slices of a whole loaf, and bake it.  We often make this for lunch. and everyone loves it warm, but it is also a great picnic showstopper.  You can carry it with you, still in its foil, then just open it up, drizzle with oil and let everyone help themselves.  Although I have suggested using prosciutto and mozzarella, which melts very well, I always associate pain surprise with Provence, as I like to make it when I am there on holiday with the family, but using local cured ham and cheese instead.  serves 10-12  Richard Bertinet  Find recipe at https://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/summer-pain-surprise



In a statement released to Publishers Weekly September 5, 2019, Amazon acknowledged it had unintentionally shipped some books ahead of the sale date.  "Due to a technical error a small number of customers were inadvertently sent copies of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments," the statement said.  "We apologize for this error; we value our relationship with authors, agents, and publishers, and regret the difficulties this has caused them and our fellow booksellers."  Before the broken embargo, the American Booksellers Associaation was already working on initiatives that would put pressure on Amazon.  In an organization-wide newsletter the ABA sent last week, ABA president Oren Teicher said the group is continuing its ongoing discussions with officials at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission about looking into whether Amazon is violating antitrust laws.  (ABA executives were in Washington, D.C., yesterday, when the news broke about Amazon’s violation of the PRH embargo.)  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/81086-aba-condemns-amazon-promises-to-inform-feds.html



bottle episode  noun  (originally US, television)  An episode of a television series designed to be inexpensive and restricted in its use of sets, effects, cast members, etc.  The first episode of the original Star Trek television series aired in the United States on September 8, 1966.  The term bottle episode is said to have originated from a nickname used by the cast and crew of the series for an episode set entirely on board the starship USS Enterprise.  Wiktionary



desideratum  noun  Something that is wished for, or considered desirable.  The American poet Max Ehrmann, known for his prose poem Desiderata (1927), died on September 9, 1945.  Wiktionary



http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 2150  September 9, 2019 

Although historians can't pinpoint when the first book was created, the oldest known book in existence was printed in China in 868 CE.  Called "The Diamond Sutra," it was a copy of a sacred Buddhist text, in a 17-foot-long scroll printed with wooden blocks.  It was commissioned by a man named Wang Jie to honor his parents, according to an inscription on the scroll, though little else is known about who Wang was or who created the scroll.  Today, it is in the collection of the British Museum in London.  By 932 CE, Chinese printers regularly were using carved wooden blocks to print scrolls.  But these wooden blocks wore out quickly, and a new block had to be carved for each character, word, or image that was used.  The next revolution in printing occurred in 1041 when Chinese printers began using movable type, individual characters made of clay that could be chained together to form words and sentences.  By the early 1400s, European metalsmiths also had adopted wood-block printing and engraving.  One of those metalsmiths was Johannes Gutenberg, who began experimenting with printing work during his exile in Strasbourg—at the time, there were metalsmiths in Avignon, Bruges, and Bologna who were also experimenting with presses.  It is unclear when Gutenberg began publishing with his metal type, but by 1450 he had made sufficient progress to seek additional funds from another investor, Johannes Fust.  Using a modified wine press, Gutenberg created his printing press.  The ink was rolled over the raised surfaces of movable handset block letters held within a wooden form, and the form was then pressed against a sheet of paper.  By 1452, Gutenberg entered into a business partnership with Fust in order to continue funding his printing experiments.  Gutenberg continued to refine his printing process and by 1455 had printed several copies of the Bible.  Consisting of three volumes of text in Latin, Gutenberg's Bibles had 42 lines of type per page with color illustrations.  But Gutenberg didn't enjoy his innovation for long.  Fust sued him for repayment, something Gutenberg was unable to do, and Fust seized the press as collateral.  The bulk of Gutenberg's presses and types went to Peter Schöffer of Gernsheim, an employee and later son-in-law of Fust.  Fust continued printing the Bibles, eventually publishing about 200 copies, of which only 22 exist today.  Few details are known about Gutenberg's life after the lawsuit.  According to some historians, Gutenberg continued to work with Fust, while other scholars say Fust drove Gutenberg out of business.  https://www.thoughtco.com/johannes-gutenberg-and-the-printing-press-1991865



The Merenda is an Italian food tradition.  The word has Latin origin and it means “something to deserve it”.  It’s a light afternoon snack, usually prepared from raw ingredients commonly available at home.  While British have the afternoon tea break, Italians and, of course, Tuscans have the Merenda.  This is an Italian food tradition but each region has its own ingredients and different ways to prepare Merenda.  NICOLA BANDINI  https://mytravelintuscany.com/merenda-an-italian-food-tradition/



The word eponym (pronounced ep–uh-nim) came into use around 1833 and comes from the Greek word, “eponymos”.  Broken down, its construction is as follows:  “epi”, meaning “upon or after” and “onyma”, meaning “name”.  Simply put:  “named after”.  The phrase “sideburns” actually comes from Ambrose Burnside, an American jack-of-all-trades and first president of the NRA. “Graham crackers” were named after Sylvester Graham, a reverend who promoted the vegetarian diet and the firm bread of coarsely-ground flour we enjoy to this day.  The “Mason jar” is named after John Landis Mason, a tinsmith who invented the jar popular jar in 1858.  If you are said to have an “Achilles’ heel”, it means that you have a weakness of some kind.  This eponym goes back to the Greek myths and to the Trojan War.  The hero Achilles was dipped in the river Styx by his mother, making him invulnerable, except for the part of his heel where his mother held him.  He was eventually killed by being wounded in his heel.  https://literaryterms.net/eponym/



September 2019:  Kroger and Walmart are discouraging "open carry" in their stores.



September 3, 2019  Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie are among the six authors shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.  Atwood is in contention again with The Testaments, her eagerly awaited follow-up to The Handmaid's Tale, while Sir Salman makes the cut with Quichotte.  Bernardine Evaristo, Chigozie Obioma, Elif Shafak and US author Lucy Ellmann are also up for the prize.  Both Atwood and Rushdie have won the coveted prize before, in 2000 and 1981 respectively.  Atwood also made the shortlist with The Handmaid's Tale in 1986.  The Testaments, which is set 15 years after the end of that novel, will be officially published next week.  The winner, whittled down from 151 submissions and a longlist of 13, will be announced on 14 October.  https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49562607



IMAGINED CARTOON  Caption:  Hurricane Durian  Picture:  Durian fruits ("tastes like heaven, smells like hell") rain down from above  Credit:  Reporters who pronounce Dorian like Durian 



PERSON OF THE DAY  Jane Addams (September 6, 1860–May 21, 1935) was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator and author.  She was a notable figure in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and an advocate for world peace.  She co-founded Chicago's Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses.  In 1910, Addams was awarded an honorary master of arts degree from Yale University, becoming the first woman to receive an honorary degree from the school.  In 1920, she was a co-founder for the American Civil Liberties Union.  In 1931, she became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and is recognized as the founder of the social work profession in the United States.  Wikipedia



Alexander Girard:  A Designer's Universe  May 5, 2019-October 27, 2019  Museum of International Folk Art  706 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill  Santa Fe, NM  505-476-1200   Alexander Girard was one of the most influential interior and textile designers of the 20th century.  Alexander Girard:  A Designer’s Universe is the first major retrospective on Girard’s work, organized by the Vitra Design Museum in Germany.  It opens a door to his creative universe and shows his close relationships with contemporaries such as Charles & Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Andy Warhol, Rudi Gernreich, and many others.  Featured are Girard’s designs in textiles, furniture, and sculptures, as well as numerous sketches, drawings, and collages never shown before.  Girard was also a pivotal figure in the history of the Museum of International Folk Art, donating more than 100,000 objects from his and his wife Susan’s folk art collection, and in 1981 creating the museum’s long-term, beloved exhibition Multiple Visions.  Girard’s playful designs attest to a passion for colors, ornamentation, and inspirations from folk art.  See graphics at http://internationalfolkart.org/exhibition/3815/alexander-girard-a-designer-039s-universe  The exhibition will be on view from November 23, 2019 through March 1, 2020 at the Palm Springs Art Museum.  https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/palm-springs-art-museum-presents-alexander-girard-a-designers-universe-on-view-november-23-2019march-1-2020-300902591.html 



Alexander Girard was a designer who defied easy categorization, mostly because he worked—and excelled—in every field.  Tireless, creative, and immersive, Girard was most comfortable when absorbed in a project, and he managed to complete a staggering catalog raisonné in his lifetime:  houses, department stores, trendy restaurants, less trendy restaurants, logos, a terrazzo material, an airline, a folk art museum, even an imaginary land with its own language.  When Alexander Girard was posthumously awarded the AIGA medal in 2019, Herman Miller produced a video tribute that attempted to compress the designer’s voluminous accomplishments into a five-minute film now available to stream online.   

https://www.curbed.com/2019/8/21/20826791/alexander-girard-herman-miller-videoO

IMINTERNATIONAL FOLK ART

  http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 2149  September 6, 2019 

The cast of the 1950 Billy Wilder film 'Sunset Boulevard' featured:  Buster Keaton as himself (bridge player), Anna Q. Nilsson as herself (bridge player), and H. B. Warner as himself (bridge player).  Movie star bridge players include Buster Keaton, John Wayne, Omar Sharif, the Marx Brothers, and Humphrey Bogart.  See others at https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/bridge-players-and-the-movie-world/



Buster Keaton was a master filmmaker and comic genius.  He produced, directed, acted, wrote and edited.  He performed with his mother and father in Vaudeville at a very young age and had no formal education.  His father even acts in many of his films.  Keaton has been called The Great Stone face for his stoic facial expressions.  His slap shoes and pork pie hats became his trademark.  He loved to film on location and was a master of traveling shots.  He was even a world class bridge player.  Keaton’s film debut was in the 1917 Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle film The Butcher Boy. Keaton and Arbuckle became best friends and began collaborating on films together.  After a few films Keaton was co-directing.  They were in 14 films together with The Garage (1920) being their last.  Arbuckle left to make pictures for Paramount and Keaton got his own studio, Buster Keaton Comedies.  Keaton was known for his dangerous, physical stunts and in Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) he performed his most legendary stunt.  During one scene Keaton is standing in front of a two story house.  The half ton house facade falls down and he is saved by a very small open window.  When television became popular Buster re-staged all his old routines for television shows.  He appeared on The Donna Reed Show, This is Your Life, The Twilight Zone and many others.  Read more and see many pictures at https://timelesshollywood.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/the-great-stone-face-buster-keaton/



Yellowstone has three seasons:  July, August and winter  *  Coffee went from hot to tepid in a couple of toe taps  *  The Beast (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Series Book 21) by Faye Kellerman


A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg  Turning a person into a verb (to boycott, coined after a real person named Boycott) happens from time to time, but singer-songwriter Paul Simon got carried away and turned about a dozen people into verbs in a single song:  I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored   I been John O’Hara’d, McNamara’d   I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I’m blind   I been Ayn Randed . . . 

pythagorize  (puh-THOG-uh-ryz)  verb intr:  To philosophize or speculate in the manner of Pythagoras or the Pythagoreans.  verb tr:  To convert (a person or thing) into another.   After Pythagoras, Greek philosopher (c. 570-495 BCE).  Earliest documented use:  1603.

malaprop  (MAL-uh-prop)  verb intr:  To misuse a word by confusing it with a similar-sounding word, producing a humorous effect.  For example, “pineapple of perfection” for “pinnacle of perfection” (from the play The Rivals).  After Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Richard Sheridan’s play, The Rivals (1775), who confused words in this manner.  The name Malaprop is coined from French “mal à propos” (inappropriate).  Earliest documented use:  1959.

aladdinize  (uh-LAD-uh-nyz)  verb. tr. To magically transport or transform someone or something.  After the title character of the story Aladdin and the Magic Lamp.  Earliest documented use:  1848.



Ubiquitous describes something that is global, universal, may be encountered everywhere, is pervasive or ever-present.  Something that is ubiquitous may actually be present everywhere or simply seem to be present everywhere.  Ubiquitous is an adjective, the adverb form is ubiquitously and the noun form is ubiquitousness or ubiquity.  The word ubiquitous is often used today in the term ubiquitous computing or ubicomp, which is a concept that describes computing occuring everywhere and in any device, not simply in a desktop computer.  The word ubiquitous dates from the early 1800s, though its earlier form, ubiquitary, dates back to the early 1600s.  The word ubiquitous is derived from the Latin word ubiquitas, from the Latin word ubique which means everywhere.  https://grammarist.com/usage/ubiquitous/


Joseph-Louis Lagrange by Nahla Seikali   Joseph Louis Lagrange was born in Turin, Italy in 1736.  Although his father wanted him to be a lawyer, Lagrange was attracted to mathematics and astronomy after reading a memoir by the astronomer Halley.  At age 16, he began to study mathematics on his own and by age 19 was appointed to a professorship at the Royal Artillery School in Turin.  The following year, Lagrange sent Euler a better solution he had discovered for deriving the central equation in the calculus of variations.  These solutions and Lagrange's applications of them to celestial mechanics were so monumental that by age 25, he was regarded by many of his contemporaries as the greatest living mathematician.  In 1776, on the recommendation of Euler, he was chosen to succeed Euler as the director of the Berlin Academy.  During his stay in Berlin, Lagrange distinguished himself not only in celestial mechanics, but also in algebraic equations and the theory of numbers.  After twenty years in Berlin, he moved to Paris at the invitation of Louis XVI. Napoleon was a great admirer of Lagrange and showered him with honors--count, senator, and Legion of Honor.  The years Lagrange spent in Paris were devoted primarily to didactic treatises summarizing his mathematical conceptions.  One of Lagrange's most famous works is a memoir, Mecanique Analytique, in which he reduced the theory of mechanics to a few general formulas from which all other necessary equations could be derived.  In spite of his fame, Lagrange was always a shy and modest man.  On his death in 1813, he was buried with honor in the Pantheon.  https://math.berkeley.edu/~robin/Lagrange/



A Sheepadoodle is a cross-breed/hybrid dog obtained by breeding an Old English sheepdog with a poodle.  The name (which alters "poodle" to "doodle" in reference to the Labradoodle) was coined in 1992.  A first generation (F1) Sheepadoodle is a doodle which is bred from an old English sheepdog and a poodle.  First generation doodles tend to have added health benefits since they are the first in their line.  They shed very lightly.  F1b sheepadoodles are first generation backcross sheepadoodles which mean they are bred from a sheepadoodle and poodle.  This helps with allergies as this generation sheds even less than F1.  Not to be confused with a shepadoodle, which is a standard poodle and a German Shepherd.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheepadoodle



WORD OF THE DAY  bread and circuses noun (idiomatic)  Food and entertainment provided by the state, particularly if intended to placate the people.  (by extension) Grand spectacles staged or statements made to distract and pacify people.  The Western Roman Empire is conventionally regarded as having fallen on September 4 in 476 C.E., when Odoacer deposed the 16-year-old Emperor Romulus Augustulus.  Wiktionary



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picadillo  Chef David Guas describes this traditional Cuban ground-beef stew with raisins, onions, olives and tomato as an “à la minute chili.”  According to him, it’s a simple dish with countless variations.  Find recipe at https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/picadillo  The picadillo can be refrigerated up to 3 days.



Aldrovanda is a free-floating and rootless aquatic plant.  This plant is closely related to the Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula, and shares many of its attributes--it functions as a snap-trap carnivore, just under water!  A common name for it is the waterwheel plant because a single whorl of leaves, cut from a stem, is wheel-like.  The genus name commemorates the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605).  In fact, the name for the genus was originally "Aldrovandia", but Linnaeus misspelled this, and we use the incorrect spelling even today.  Each leaf in a whorl terminates in a little clam-like trap.  Just like the traps of a Venus flytrap, the trap lobes of Aldrovanda contain trigger hairs.  When stimulated, these cause the traps to close.  The closure takes about 1/4 to 1/2 second, which is impressive when you reflect upon the fact that the trap lobes must push water as they close.  If no prey is captured, the trap reopens in ten to twenty hours.  http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5040.html



As nouns the difference between affiliation and filiation is that affiliation is the relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another while filiation is (uncountable) the condition of being a child of a specified parent.  https://wikidiff.com/affiliation/filiation  Filiation and Affiliation is a book by Harold W. Scheffler



Pesto, or to refer to the original dish pesto alla genovese, is a sauce originating in Genoa, the capital city of Liguria, Italy.  It traditionally consists of crushed garlic, European pine nuts, coarse salt, basil leaves, hard cheese such as Parmigiano-Reggiano (also known as Parmesan cheese) or Pecorino Sardo (cheese made from sheep's milk), all blended with olive oil.  The name is the past participle of the Genoese verb pestâ (Italian:  pestare), which means "to pound", "to crush", in reference to the original method of preparation.  According to tradition, the ingredients are "crushed" or ground in a marble mortar through a circular motion of a wooden pestle.  This same Latin root, through Old French, also gave rise to the English noun pestle.  Strictly speaking, pesto is a generic term for anything that is made by pounding; that is why the word is used for several pestos in Italy.  Nonetheless, pesto alla genovese ("Genoese pesto") remains the most popular pesto in Italy and the rest of the world.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesto



The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media.  Programs are recognized in seven categories:  news, entertainment, documentaries, children's programming, education, interactive programming, and public service.  Peabody Award winners include radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals from around the world.  Established in 1940 by a committee of the National Association of Broadcasters, the Peabody Award was created to honor excellence in radio broadcasting.  It is the oldest major electronic media award in the United States.  Final Peabody Award winners are selected unanimously by the program's Board of Jurors.  Reflecting excellence in quality storytelling, rather than popularity or commercial success, Peabody Awards are distributed annually to 30 out of 60 finalists culled from more than 1,000 entries.  Because submissions are accepted from a wide variety of sources and styles, deliberations seek "Excellence On Its Own Terms".  Each entry is evaluated on the achievement of standards established within its own context.  Entries, for which a US$350 fee (US$225 for radio) is required, are self-selected by those making submissions.  Link to list of Peabody Awards winners at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peabody_Award



overcover  verb  From Middle English overcoveren, equivalent to over- +‎ cover.  (third-person singular simple present overcovers, present participle overcovering, simple past and past participle overcovered)  (transitive)  To cover over.  The floodwaters soon overcovered the little hill.  (transitive)  To give too much coverage (as for example on television).  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overcover



Literary Wine Labels by Tasha Brandstatter   VICTOR HUGO LES MIS 2017  A literary rosé for you to enjoy out on the deck with a good book.  The Victor Hugo winery in Paso Robles, California, is owned by Victor Hugo Roberts.  No relation to the literary giant, but that doesn’t stop the winery from cashing in on the mystique of everyone’s favorite 19th-century French wordsmith.  Not only do they produce Les Mis, but there’s also a Hunchback estate blend.  IF YOU SEE KAY 2014  “If you see Kay” is a line cribbed from James Joyce’s Ulysses.  J. BOOKWALTER SUBPLOT NO. 32 2015  J. BOOKwalter Winery is a literary-themed winery in Columbia Valley.  Not only do they give their wines book-inspired names like Subplot, Foreshadow, Protagonist, etc.; they have a wine club called The Book Club and a restaurant in their tasting room called Fiction whose tagline is, “Literally the best of Washington Wine and Food.”  And, praise be, they use the word literally correctly:  Fiction’s been listed as one of the top ten tasting room restaurants in the nation by USA Today, Food & Wine, Zagat, and other publications.  Bonny Doon Vineyard A Proper Claret  2015  On the back of the label there’s a short story about what a bloke’s got to do to get a proper claret (a lot).  As for the wine, claret is what the Brits call Burgundy, so you know what you’re getting:  a Burgundy-style blend with plenty of Cabernet Sauvignon for tannins and Petit Verdot for acidity, with Merlot, Cab Franc, and Malbec thrown in.  https://bookriot.com/2018/06/25/more-literary-wines/



The National Book Festival is a literary festival in the United States organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, founded by Laura Bush and James H. Billington in 2001.  In 1995 the First Lady of Texas Laura Bush (a former librarian) founded the Texas Book Festival with Mary Margaret Farabee and other volunteers.  The goal of the festival was to honor Texas authors, promote the joys of reading, and benefit the state’s public libraries.  The first Texas Book Festival took place in November 1996.  As First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush worked with Librarian of Congress James H. Billington to create the National Book Festival.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Book_Festival



National Book Festival August 31, 2019  Ruth Bader Ginsburg (The audience can see that I am alive)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDNPM6gj12Y  David McCullough (thanked librarians and archivists for helping in his research, praised especially Marietta College librarian and the library  *  my ambition to write began at the Library of Congress  *  we are all in need of immigrants)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki2DSqwWbHY  David Brooks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4gNvAtL00U  Richard Ford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSztbKegZvo Raina Telgemeier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fer_AxcCv8E



September 1, 2019  A Roman Catholic school in Tennessee has banished JK Rowling's universally popular series of Harry Potter novels from its library shelves after its pastor took exception to their portrayal of magic, warning the spells and curses the author describes are real and “risk conjuring evil spirits” when read.  The Reverend Dan Reehill explained his decision in an email to the parents of students at St Edward Catholic School in Nashville, declaring that he had consulted with exorcists in the US and at the Vatican before outlawing the seven-volume tale of the boy wizard’s career at Hogwarts and his battle against Lord Voldermort and the forces of darkness.  “These books present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception.  The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells; which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text,” the Reverend Reehill wrote, apparently in all seriousness.  Joe Sommerlad  See J.K. Rowling's hidden Harry Potter sketches at https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/harry-potter-banned-school-library-nashville-tennessee-exorcist-a9087676.html



A THOUGHT FOR TODAY  Form follows function. - Louis Sullivan, architect (3 Sep 1856-1924)



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