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Jan 28

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via 4.bp.blogspot.com

“Zheng summed up his life-long experience in business and politics in one single eternal quote:”To resist foreign aggression, one must continuously strive to make progress; to continuously strive to make progress, one must first acquire wealth; to acquire wealth, one must first build up the education system, institute a Constitution, value morality, and improve governance.” — Mon Memoire: Memory of Macau ——— Zheng Guanying

“ravine Look up ravine at Dictionary.com 1760, “deep gorge,” from Fr. ravin “a gully” (1690, from O.Fr. raviner “to hollow out”), and from Fr. ravine “violent rush of water, gully,” from O.Fr. ravine “violent rush, robbery, rapine,” both ult. from L. rapina (see rapine); sense influenced by L. rapidus “rapid.” M.E. ravine meant “booty, plunder, robbery” from c.1350-1500. Cf. ravening.” — Online Etymology Dictionary

“enthusiasm Look up enthusiasm at Dictionary.com c.1600, from M.Fr. enthousiasme, from Gk. enthousiasmos, from enthousiazein “be inspired,” from entheos “inspired, possessed by a god,” from en- “in” + theos “god” (see Thea). Acquired a derogatory sense of “excessive religious emotion” (1650s) under the Puritans; generalized sense of “fervor, zeal” (the main modern sense) is first recorded 1716.” — Online Etymology Dictionary

Jan 27

Queens Bridge Under Snow by Jonathan Janson

Queens Bridge Under Snow by Jonathan Janson

A Young Girl Writing an Email by Jonathan Janson

A Young Girl Writing an Email by Jonathan Janson

Jan 22

Mouse pointer track (via Anatoly Zenkov)

Mouse pointer track (via Anatoly Zenkov)

Jan 21

Shooting Waves with a Scanning Camera

Shooting Waves with a Scanning Camera

Jan 20

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Jan 13

Thought Experiment #2 - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

Thought Experiment #2 - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com