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Friday, January 15, 2016
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Word of the Day!
alacrity
noun uh-LAK-ruh-tee
Definition
: promptness in response : cheerful readiness
Examples
Jane is passionate about her job and performs her duties with enthusiasm and alacrity.
"The second grader was there to get an anti-cavity sealant put on her six year molars, and she was comporting herself with an alacrity many adults don't share in a dental chair." — William Porter, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2015
Source:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/alacrity-2016-01-03
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Trivia of the Day!
(January 13, 2016)
Sticker Day is a day to celebrate all things stickers, from the custom made to the everyday label. Every sticker has a story. They can be used for decoration or information depending on the situation. They can come in many different shapes, sizes and colours and can be used on a variety of things for example lunch boxes, in paper planners, lockers or notebooks.
European merchants in the 1880’s were some of the first to stick labels to their products, in an effort to promote their goods and wares to passers by. Using gum paste to get the labels to adhere and stick: hence “stickers.” By the 1900’s a sticker-specific paste had been developed and was widely used, most notably on stamps, which dried and then would re-apply when moistened.
Sticker Day is January 13 in honour of R. Stanton Avery, who was born on that day in 1907. R. Stanton Avery, a rags-to-riches entrepreneur who created the first commercially feasible self-sticking, peel-off labels and founded what is now Avery Dennison Corp. to manufacture and market them worldwide. It was R. Stanton Avery who invented it in 1935, launching a new company and a new industry. These innovative products were manufactured in a 100-square-foot rented loft space in Los Angeles.
source: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/sticker-day/
Sticker Day is a day to celebrate all things stickers, from the custom made to the everyday label. Every sticker has a story. They can be used for decoration or information depending on the situation. They can come in many different shapes, sizes and colours and can be used on a variety of things for example lunch boxes, in paper planners, lockers or notebooks.
Sticker Day is January 13 in honour of R. Stanton Avery, who was born on that day in 1907. R. Stanton Avery, a rags-to-riches entrepreneur who created the first commercially feasible self-sticking, peel-off labels and founded what is now Avery Dennison Corp. to manufacture and market them worldwide. It was R. Stanton Avery who invented it in 1935, launching a new company and a new industry. These innovative products were manufactured in a 100-square-foot rented loft space in Los Angeles.
source: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/sticker-day/
Gospel of the Day
( January 13, 2016)
Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 307
Reading 1 1 SM 3:1-10, 19-20
During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli,
a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent.
One day Eli was asleep in his usual place.
His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see.
The lamp of God was not yet extinguished,
and Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD
where the ark of God was.
The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.”
Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am. You called me.”
“I did not call you,” Eli said. “Go back to sleep.”
So he went back to sleep.
Again the LORD called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli.
“Here I am,” he said. “You called me.”
But Eli answered, “I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep.”
At that time Samuel was not familiar with the LORD,
because the LORD had not revealed anything to him as yet.
The LORD called Samuel again, for the third time.
Getting up and going to Eli, he said, “Here I am.
You called me.”
Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the youth.
So Eli said to Samuel, “Go to sleep, and if you are called, reply,
‘Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.’”
When Samuel went to sleep in his place,
the LORD came and revealed his presence,
calling out as before, “Samuel, Samuel!”
Samuel answered, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
Samuel grew up, and the LORD was with him,
not permitting any word of his to be without effect.
Thus all Israel from Dan to Beersheba
came to know that Samuel was an accredited prophet of the LORD.
source: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/011316.cfm
Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 307
Reading 1 1 SM 3:1-10, 19-20
During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli,
a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent.
One day Eli was asleep in his usual place.
His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see.
The lamp of God was not yet extinguished,
and Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the LORD
where the ark of God was.
The LORD called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.”
Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am. You called me.”
“I did not call you,” Eli said. “Go back to sleep.”
So he went back to sleep.
Again the LORD called Samuel, who rose and went to Eli.
“Here I am,” he said. “You called me.”
But Eli answered, “I did not call you, my son. Go back to sleep.”
At that time Samuel was not familiar with the LORD,
because the LORD had not revealed anything to him as yet.
The LORD called Samuel again, for the third time.
Getting up and going to Eli, he said, “Here I am.
You called me.”
Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the youth.
So Eli said to Samuel, “Go to sleep, and if you are called, reply,
‘Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.’”
When Samuel went to sleep in his place,
the LORD came and revealed his presence,
calling out as before, “Samuel, Samuel!”
Samuel answered, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
Samuel grew up, and the LORD was with him,
not permitting any word of his to be without effect.
Thus all Israel from Dan to Beersheba
came to know that Samuel was an accredited prophet of the LORD.
source: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/011316.cfm
Word of the day!
(Jan. 13, 2015)
chirography
noun kye-RAH-gruh-fee
Definition
: handwriting, penmanship
: calligraphy
Examples
"This envelope had the air of an official record of some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials than at present." — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850
"The stone bore confusing etchings: Arabic numerals coupled with Roman; the letter 'H' in ancient Spanish chirography; a puzzling mass of ovoid figures, circles and rectangles; and the weblike drawing that gave it its name." — Evan Moore, The Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2001
source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day
chirography
noun kye-RAH-gruh-fee
Definition
: handwriting, penmanship
: calligraphy
Examples
"This envelope had the air of an official record of some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials than at present." — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850
"The stone bore confusing etchings: Arabic numerals coupled with Roman; the letter 'H' in ancient Spanish chirography; a puzzling mass of ovoid figures, circles and rectangles; and the weblike drawing that gave it its name." — Evan Moore, The Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2001
source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Word of the Day!
ignominious
adjective ig-nuh-MIN-ee-us
Definition
1 : marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame : dishonorable
2 : deserving of shame or infamy : despicable
3 : humiliating, degrading
Examples
"[People's] first issue appeared in March of 1974—two years after the ignominious shuttering of the weekly Life—and it was an immediate sensation, drawing more than 900,000 readers from the outset." — Jim Windolf, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2013
"It made no difference that the doctor had said the cornea would heal. I didn't believe him. How ignominious to be blinded by a squash racquet." — Rosemary Mahoney, For the Benefit of Those Who See, 2014
Source:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/ignominious-2016-01-10
Monday, January 11, 2016
Word of the Day!
fealty
noun FEE-ul-tee
Definition
1 a : the fidelity of a vassal or feudal tenant to his lord
b : the obligation of such fidelity
2 : intense fidelity
Examples
"The fealty of country music fans to their favorite stars is as strong as old-time religion." — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Republic, 18 July 1994
"Mr. Keith was more of a rabble-rouser, from the contentiousness of his politics to the muscularity of his sound, but his fealty to tradition was never in doubt." — Jon Caramanica,The New York Times, 8 Oct. 2015
Source:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/fealty-2016-01-09
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Hot for this MONTH! Popular Book in Librarything.com! #RankNo.1
Title: My Brilliant Friend (Goodreads)
Author: Elena Ferrante
Translator: Ann Goldstein
Series: The Neapolitan Novels #1
Published: Text, 2013
Pages: 331
Genres: Historical Fiction
My Copy: Paperback
Buy: Amazon, Book Depository, Kindle (or visit your local Indie bookstore)
Title: My Brilliant Friend (Goodreads)
Author: Elena Ferrante
Translator: Ann Goldstein
Series: The Neapolitan Novels #1
Published: Text, 2013
Pages: 331
Genres: Historical Fiction
My Copy: Paperback
Buy: Amazon, Book Depository, Kindle (or visit your local Indie bookstore)
Elena Ferrante has become a literary
sensation lately, with the four-part Neapolitan series. These books are a
bildungsroman that explores the lives of friends Elena and Lila. My Brilliant Friend
follows their childhoods and teenage years, living in Naples during the
1950s. There are speculations that this series is autobiographical but
Elena Ferrante is so secretive and does not do interviews, so no one can
know for sure.
Naples was the first Italian
city to rise up against the Nazi occupation, in fact when American
troops landed they found that the city was already liberated. After the
war, while Italy was trying to rebuild and recover, a majority of the
focus remained in Rome and this southern city did not much get more
attention. The Italian Social Movement and neo-fascist movements across
Italy caused plenty of political tension.
Having said that, for Elena and Lila,
their entire world consisted of the few blocks they grew up in. Not
knowing the devastation running across Italy, these two friends focused
on their own problems, both having a very tough life with plenty of dark
moments seeping into this novel. Do not expect a normal coming of age
story, these two brilliant friends have to live through devastating
moments and conditions, making this novel not for the faint of heart.
Source;
http://www.knowledgelost.org/book-reviews/genre/historical-fiction/my-brilliant-friend-by-elena-ferrante/
Technical Librarian
Friday, January 8, 2016
Word of the Day!
bogart
verb BOH-gahrt
Definition
1 : bully, intimidate
2 : to use or consume without sharing
Examples
Three of the older girls bogarted the ice cream, ignoring the other girls' pleas for them to share.
"Cornwell disputes the group's claim for April 19 and says it and other groups are bogarting the park by reserving Saturdays in the spring to prevent other festivals in Candler Park other than their own." — Carla Caldwell, The Atlanta Business Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2015.
Source:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/bogart-2016-01-06
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Word of the Day!
rugose
adjective ROO-gohss
Definition
1 : full of wrinkles
2 : having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between elevated
Examples
The leaves of the plant are dark green and rugose.
"I lost no time in asking directions of a stooped crone shuffling along the sleepy sidewalk, who turned her rugose visage towards me and shouted in a coarse and idiomatic form of French…." — John A. Minahan, The Providence (Rhode Island) Journal, 23 Aug. 2015
Source:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/rugose-2016-01-08
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Word of the Day!
chirography
noun kye-RAH-gruh-fee
Definition
1 : handwriting, penmanship
2 : calligraphy
Examples
"This envelope had the air of an official record of some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials than at present." — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850
"The stone bore confusing etchings: Arabic numerals coupled with Roman; the letter 'H' in ancient Spanish chirography; a puzzling mass of ovoid figures, circles and rectangles; and the weblike drawing that gave it its name." — Evan Moore, The Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2001
Source:
chirography
play
noun kye-RAH-gruh-fee
Definition
1 : handwriting, penmanship
2 : calligraphy
Examples
"This envelope had the air of an official record of some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials than at present." — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850
"The stone bore confusing etchings: Arabic numerals coupled with Roman; the letter 'H' in ancient Spanish chirography; a puzzling mass of ovoid figures, circles and rectangles; and the weblike drawing that gave it its name." — Evan Moore, The Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2001
Trivia of the Day!
(January 6, 2016)
Some people believe that Bean Day has no origin and no purpose, but there are plenty of farmers and bean aficionados who would disagree. The day probably has its roots in celebrations of the early bean harvests in farming communities and now Bean Day is a wonderful excuse for a party.
You can attend an organised bean-cleaning party, or a dinner where everyone brings a different bean dish to share. Alternatively, plant some beans, read ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, compile a bean recipe book or just eat beans. Some cultures believe you will have good health and happiness if you throw beans at your house and eat the same number of beans as your age.
On Bean Day, two important rules apply. Firstly, remember beans can have some interesting side effects and should be consumed in moderation, and secondly, don’t share an elevator with anyone.
source: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/bean-day/
Some people believe that Bean Day has no origin and no purpose, but there are plenty of farmers and bean aficionados who would disagree. The day probably has its roots in celebrations of the early bean harvests in farming communities and now Bean Day is a wonderful excuse for a party.
You can attend an organised bean-cleaning party, or a dinner where everyone brings a different bean dish to share. Alternatively, plant some beans, read ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, compile a bean recipe book or just eat beans. Some cultures believe you will have good health and happiness if you throw beans at your house and eat the same number of beans as your age.
On Bean Day, two important rules apply. Firstly, remember beans can have some interesting side effects and should be consumed in moderation, and secondly, don’t share an elevator with anyone.
source: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/bean-day/
Gospel of the Day
( January 6,2016)
Wednesday after Epiphany
Lectionary: 214
Reading 1 1 JN 4:11-18
Beloved, if God so loved us,
we also must love one another.
No one has ever seen God.
Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us,
and his love is brought to perfection in us.
This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us,
that he has given us of his Spirit.
Moreover, we have seen and testify
that the Father sent his Son as savior of the world.
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,
God remains in him and he in God.
We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us.
God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.
In this is love brought to perfection among us,
that we have confidence on the day of judgment
because as he is, so are we in this world.
There is no fear in love,
but perfect love drives out fear
because fear has to do with punishment,
and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love.
source: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/010616.cfm
Wednesday after Epiphany
Lectionary: 214
Reading 1 1 JN 4:11-18
Beloved, if God so loved us,
we also must love one another.
No one has ever seen God.
Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us,
and his love is brought to perfection in us.
This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us,
that he has given us of his Spirit.
Moreover, we have seen and testify
that the Father sent his Son as savior of the world.
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,
God remains in him and he in God.
We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us.
God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.
In this is love brought to perfection among us,
that we have confidence on the day of judgment
because as he is, so are we in this world.
There is no fear in love,
but perfect love drives out fear
because fear has to do with punishment,
and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love.
source: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/010616.cfm
Word of the day!
(Jan. 6, 2015)
shibboleth
noun SHIB-uh-luth
Definition
: catchword, slogan
: a widely held belief or truism
: a custom or usage regarded as distinctive of a particular group
Examples
The town's name is a shibboleth: locals know its pronunciation does not reflect its French spelling but others use the Gallic pronunciation of the more famous European city.
"For Gorbachev, schooled in the rusty shibboleths of party ideology, the West was intent on destroying the Soviet Union." — Vladimir Tismaneanu, The Times Higher Education Supplement, 12 Nov. 2015
source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day
shibboleth
noun SHIB-uh-luth
Definition
: catchword, slogan
: a widely held belief or truism
: a custom or usage regarded as distinctive of a particular group
Examples
The town's name is a shibboleth: locals know its pronunciation does not reflect its French spelling but others use the Gallic pronunciation of the more famous European city.
"For Gorbachev, schooled in the rusty shibboleths of party ideology, the West was intent on destroying the Soviet Union." — Vladimir Tismaneanu, The Times Higher Education Supplement, 12 Nov. 2015
source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day
Monday, January 4, 2016
Word of the Day!
brogue
noun BROHG
Definition
1 : a heavy shoe often with a hobnailed sole
2 : a stout oxford shoe with perforations and usually a wing tip
Examples
"Canvas isn't the chosen medium of many shoemakers, so it was a bit exciting and a bit confusing when Toms Shoes, purveyors of the ever-casual espadrilles, announced its intention to make brogues." — Andrew Burmon, Men's Journal, 19 Aug. 2013
"The X-Men star, who played Jean Grey in the superhero movies, wore patent brogues, where the chunky style helped emphasise her slender legs which were encased in thick opaque tights." — Ciara Farmer, DailyMail.co.uk, 26 Nov. 2015
Source:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day?utm_content=buffer485ea&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Trivia of the Day!
(January 4, 2016)
source: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/trivia-day/
(January 4, 2016)
- In the Victorian era, special teacups were produced to protect the mustache from being inadvertently dipped in tea.
- Hallmark now produces cards for those whom have been made redundant.
- On Venus, it snows metal.
- Dr Dre has made more money from the “Beats” headphones franchise than he made over his entire musical career.
- Cuba is the only Caribbean Island with a railway
- 19 of the 25 of the highest peak in the world are in the Himalayas
- 99% of Glaciers are in the Arctic and Antarctic
- The 7 largest country in the world take up half of the world’s surface
- There are 17 active volcanoes in Japan
- Several building in New York have their own zip code
- There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
- Ethiopia has never been a European colony
- In 2006, over 2 billion people lived on less than $2 a day
- The country Brazil was named after the Brazil nut, and not the other way around
- Spain means “the land of rabbits”
- Rome was the first city to reach a million people
- The entire population of the Earth would fit in Texas
- Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can, and when he died in 2008, his ashes were buried in one
- Only female mosquitoes bite
- Captain Morgan rum was named after a Welsh pirate who later became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica
- The Vatican Bank is the world’s only bank that allows ATM users to perform their transactions in Latin
- Jacuzzi is a brand name, and the company also produces toilets and mattresses
- Failed PEZ flavors include coffee, eucalyptus, menthol, and flower
source: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/trivia-day/
Gospel of the Day
( January 4,2016)
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious
We receive from him whatever we ask,
because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And his commandment is this:
we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,
and love one another just as he commanded us.
Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them,
and the way we know that he remains in us
is from the Spirit whom he gave us.
Beloved, do not trust every spirit
but test the spirits to see whether they belong to God,
because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
This is how you can know the Spirit of God:
every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ come in the flesh
belongs to God,
and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus
does not belong to God.
This is the spirit of the antichrist
who, as you heard, is to come,
but in fact is already in the world.
You belong to God, children, and you have conquered them,
for the one who is in you
is greater than the one who is in the world.
They belong to the world;
accordingly, their teaching belongs to the world,
and the world listens to them.
We belong to God, and anyone who knows God listens to us,
while anyone who does not belong to God refuses to hear us.
This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.
source: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/010416.cfm
( January 4,2016)
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious
Lectionary: 212
Reading 1 1 Jn 3:22–4:6
Beloved:We receive from him whatever we ask,
because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And his commandment is this:
we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,
and love one another just as he commanded us.
Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them,
and the way we know that he remains in us
is from the Spirit whom he gave us.
Beloved, do not trust every spirit
but test the spirits to see whether they belong to God,
because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
This is how you can know the Spirit of God:
every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ come in the flesh
belongs to God,
and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus
does not belong to God.
This is the spirit of the antichrist
who, as you heard, is to come,
but in fact is already in the world.
You belong to God, children, and you have conquered them,
for the one who is in you
is greater than the one who is in the world.
They belong to the world;
accordingly, their teaching belongs to the world,
and the world listens to them.
We belong to God, and anyone who knows God listens to us,
while anyone who does not belong to God refuses to hear us.
This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.
source: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/010416.cfm
Word of the day! (Jan.4, 2015)
alacrity
noun
uh-LAK-ruh-tee
Definition
: promptness in response : cheerful readinessExamples
Jane is passionate about her job and performs her duties with enthusiasm and alacrity."The second grader was there to get an anti-cavity sealant put on her six year molars, and she was comporting herself with an alacrity many adults don't share in a dental chair." — William Porter, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2015
source:
Word of the Day
magnificat
PRONUNCIATION:
(mag-NIF-i-kat)
MEANING:
noun:
1. The hymn of the Virgin Mary in Luke 1:46-55.
2. An utterance of praise.
1. The hymn of the Virgin Mary in Luke 1:46-55.
2. An utterance of praise.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin magnificat (magnifies), the first word of the Latin version of the hymn that opens with “Magnificat anima mea Dominum” (“My soul magnifies the Lord”), from Latin magnus (great). Ultimately from the Indo-European root meg- (great), which is also the source of magnificent, maharajah, master, mayor, maestro, magnate, magistrate, maximum, magnify,mickle, mahatma, magnanimous, magisterial, magnifico, and majestious. Earliest documented use: before 450.
USAGE:
“Upon this level of success in my life, I have enough reason to intone my magnificat in honour of various people.”
Charles Lwanga Mubiru; The Uganda Martyrs and the Need for Appropriate Role Models in Adolescents’ Moral Formation; Lit Verlag; 2012.
Charles Lwanga Mubiru; The Uganda Martyrs and the Need for Appropriate Role Models in Adolescents’ Moral Formation; Lit Verlag; 2012.
Source :
Happy New Leap Year 2016!
It's year 2016! Are you all excited? Here's a reminder! It's a leap year! So watch carefully on your calendar of events this year!
Have you written your new year's resolution or goals for this year? The Top Library has it's new year goals too!
Top Library Goals and Activities:
1. Improve this blogsite.
2. Add activities:
Have you written your new year's resolution or goals for this year? The Top Library has it's new year goals too!
Top Library Goals and Activities:
1. Improve this blogsite.
2. Add activities:
- Keep posted for our Daily Trivia
- Enhance your vocabulary through our Word of the Day and;
- Be inspired by Gospel of the Day
This 2016, watch out for your favorite books inside the library! We'll keep you posted of our new acquisitions!
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