Arthropod???

anthropogenic \an-thruh-puh-JEN-ik\, adjective: Caused or produced by humans: anthropogenic air pollution. Oh that is mighty mean

bLAH

Blah Blah Blah

OO-B-Doo-B-Doo

antepenultimate \an-tee-pi-NUHL-tuh-mit\, adjective:
1. Third from the end.
2. Of or pertaining to an antepenult.
noun:
1. An antepenult

If you are not at the beginning, maybe the antepenultimate is good enough for government work...

Please Sir, I want some more!

avidity \uh-VID-i-tee\, noun:
1. Enthusiasm or dedication.
2. Eagerness; greediness.

I ask you, who is basta-ing who's Pasta?

Merry Christmas

Christmas in upon us with a swooshing rush.

Be happy, Merry and let your star shine brightly!

Merry Merry and Happy Happy!

glissade \gli-SAHD\, verb:
1. To perform a glissade, a sliding or gliding step.
noun:
1. A skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
2. Dance. A sliding or gliding step.

I accept the challenge  to reach out, sent to me by Nic (not St Nic, Santa or any other 'official' {or unofficial, Grinch-like entity) and I will Press On...

fugid?

algid \AL-jid\, adjective:
Cold; chilly.

The sun weakens and grows pale as though seen through algid water and the air is stale and still.
-- Bryce Courtenay, The Family Frying Pan

 

Cold; chilly.

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This article is about the astronomical and cultural event of winter solstice, also known as midwinter. For other uses, see Winter solstice (disambiguation), Midwinter (disambiguation) or also see Solstice.

"Goru" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Goru, Iran.

UT date and time of equinoxes and solstices on the earth [1]
event	Northward equinox		Northern solstice		Southward equinox		Southern solstice
month	March		June		September		December
year
	day	time	day	time	day	time	day	time
2010	20	17:32	21	11:28	23	03:09	21	23:38
2011	20	23:21	21	17:16	23	09:04	22	05:30
2012	20	05:14	20	23:09	22	14:49	21	11:12
2013	20	11:02	21	05:04	22	20:44	21	17:11
2014	20	16:57	21	10:51	23	02:29	21	23:03
2015	20	22:45	21	16:38	23	08:20	22	04:48
2016	20	04:30	20	22:34	22	14:21	21	10:44
2017	20	10:28	21	04:24	22	20:02	21	16:28
2018	20	16:15	21	10:07	23	01:54	21	22:23
2019	20	21:58	21	15:54	23	07:50	22	04:19
2020	20	03:50	20	21:44	22	13:31	21	10:02

Winter solstice in Northern Hemisphere.

The winter solstice is the solstice that occurs in winter. It is the time at which the Sun appears at noon at its lowest altitude above the horizon. ^[2] In the Northern Hemisphere this is the Southern solstice, the time at which the Sun is at its southernmost point in the sky, which usually occurs on December 21 to 22 each year.^[3]
In the Southern Hemisphere this is the Northern solstice, the time at which the Sun is at its northernmost point in the sky, which usually occurs on June 20 to 21 each year.^[4]
The axial tilt of Earth and gyroscopic effects of the planet's daily rotation keep the axis of rotation pointed at the same point in the sky. As the Earth follows its orbit around the Sun, the same hemisphere that faced away from the Sun, experiencing winter, will, in half a year, face towards the Sun and experience summer. Since the two hemispheres face opposite directions along the planetary pole, as one polar hemisphere experiences winter, the other experiences summer.
More evident from high latitudes, a hemisphere's winter solstice occurs on the shortest day and longest night of the year, when the sun's daily maximum elevation in the sky is the lowest.^[5] Since the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, other terms are often used for the day on which it occurs, such as "midwinter", "the longest night", "the shortest day" or "the first day of winter". The seasonal significance of the winter solstice is in the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and shortening of days.
Worldwide, interpretation of the event has varied from culture to culture, but most Northern Hemisphere cultures have held a recognition of rebirth, involving holidays, festivals, gatherings, rituals or other celebrations around that time.^[6]

Oh I say!

echolalia \ek-oh-LEY-lee-uh\, noun:
1. The imitation by a baby of the vocal sounds produced by others, occurring as a natural phase of childhood development.
2. Psychiatry. The uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person.

Not Me!

whinge \hwinj\, verb:
To complain; whine.

I ain't a whinger!

I am who I am

lagan \LAG-uhn\, noun:
Anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.

I am not a lagan, pagan orwhatever...

Bingo, you have mail!

buttress \BUH-tris\, verb:
1. To give encouragement or support to (a person, plan, etc.).
2. To support by a buttress; prop up.
noun:
1. Any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
2. Any prop or support.
3. A thing shaped like a buttress, as a tree trunk with a widening base.
4. A bony or horny protuberance, especially on a horse's hoof.

Don't lick ass or you might be a 'Buttress'...careful of the opposing trusts.

Thursday 13, a day to remember.

plication \plahy-KEY-shuhn\, noun:
1. The act or procedure of folding.
2. The state or quality of being folded; a fold.
3. Surgery. A. The folding in and suturing of tucks, so as to tighten weakened or stretched tissue. B. The folding of an organ, as a section of the intestine, and the attaching of it to another organ or tissue.

And what a suture it was, quite organisational!

Work like you don’t need the money.
Love like nobody has ever hurt you.
Dance like nobody is watching.
Sing like nobody is listening.
Live as if this was paradise on Earth.

What's up then?

cruciverbalist \kroo-suh-VUR-buh-list\, noun:
A designer or aficionado of crossword puzzles.

Alarms are ringing...what's the matter??

Off now 22:10 Night.

Blog, blog, blog

mulligrubs \MUHL-i-gruhbz\, noun:
Ill temper; colic; grumpiness.
Oh I say, WTF is James Robert Bruce???

A bit of fig?

anopisthograph \an-uh-PIS-thuh-graf\, noun:
Manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on only one side of the leaves.

And that's what she said to me...talk about the leaves...Ficus Macro phylum!

Ficus macrophylla

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Moreton Bay Fig
Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay Fig)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Ficus
Species:	F. macrophylla
Binomial name
Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers.
Synonyms
Ficus macrocarpa Hugel ex Kunth & Bouche Ficus magnolioides[1]

Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay Fig, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Moraceae family that is a native of most of the eastern coast of Australia, from the Atherton Tableland (17° S) in the north to the Illawarra (34° S) in New South Wales, and Lord Howe Island. Its common name is derived from Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia. It is best known for its beautiful buttress roots.
As Ficus macrophylla is a strangler fig; seed germination usually takes place in the canopy of a host tree and the seedling lives as an epiphyte until its roots establish contact with the ground. It then enlarges and strangles its host, eventually becoming a freestanding tree by itself. Individuals may reach 60 m (200 ft) in height. Like all figs, it has an obligate mutualism with fig wasps; figs are only pollinated by fig wasps, and fig wasps can only reproduce in fig flowers.
Ficus macrophylla is widely used as a feature tree in public parks and gardens in warmer climates such as California, Portugal, Italy (Sicily, Sardinia, Liguria) and Australia. Old specimens can reach tremendous size. Its aggressive root system allows its use in only the largest private gardens.

I have seen the light, discerned, and Life's Good

Well, That's what its all about, tell you what!

Definition of DISCERN

transitive verb

1

a : to detect with the eyes <discerned a figure approaching through the fog>

b : to detect with senses other than vision <discerned a strange odor>

2

: to recognize or identify as separate and distinct : discriminate <discern right from wrong>

3

: to come to know or recognize mentally discern

his motives>

intransitive verb

: to see or understand the difference

— dis·cern·er noun

— dis·cern·ible also dis·cern·able adjective

— dis·cern·ibly adverb

dis·cern  

/diˈsərn/

Verb Perceive or recognize (something). Distinguish (someone or something) with difficulty by sight or with the other senses.

Synonyms distinguish - perceive - make out - descry

Yes Please, I can Boogie

rime \RAHYM\, noun:
A coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of water droplets.

This reminds me of, "...a gorgled snodbag..." or simething from Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy

Yet another glorius day dawns!

 Monday, 26 November 2012
amygdaliform \uh-MIG-duh-luh-fawrm\, adjective:
Shaped like an almond.

What a word, this has got to be the most successful finding of a beautiful and appropriate word!

Thank you for this beautiful day; Pressing on,...

Yellow belly, perhaps

potvaliancy \POT-val-yuhn-see\, noun:
Brave only as a result of being drunk..

Could that be displaying some yellow-ness? It is definitely not a yellow belly!
I think of 'Braveheart' and William Wallace. Aha, now there is a great picture.

Healing, I tell you!

Word of the Day for Friday, November 23, 2012 balsamaceous \bawl-suh-MEY-shuhs\, adjective: Possessing healing or restorative qualities.

Cancer, why worry, stop smoking ...I wonder!

Cancer shall not be the end of me!

Nor will it stop me from enjoying life!

When your time is up, it is up.

Life is good and one should enjoy it while the sun keeps on shinning.

giblets \JIB-lits\, noun: The heart, liver, gizzard, and the like, of a fowl, often cooked separately.

Words fail me!

Stumble Upon a mystery and Stumble away!
Tweet on twitter what the heck is my password?

dog-ear \DAWG-eer\, verb:
1. To fold down the corner of a page in a book.
noun:
1. (In a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
2. In architecture, another term for a crossette.

Sunday, 18 November 2012 09:15 the word of today has finally arrived; or am I just getting ahead of myself...it's a dog's life and my book could be dog-eared

Talk about a dog-day...

dog-ear \DAWG-eer\, verb:
1. To fold down the corner of a page in a book.
noun:
1. (In a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
2. In architecture, another term for a crossette.

I do not like dog-eared books, but then I do not read too many! Those who read dog-eared books are bound to be having a dog day, in Africa, this is quite possible!

A word to the wise

dovetail \DUHV-teyl\, verb:
1. To join or fit together compactly or harmoniously.
2. In carpentry, a joint formed of one or more such tenons fitting tightlywithin corresponding mortises.
3. To join or fit together by means of a carpentry dovetail or dovetails.
noun:
1. In carpentry, a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.

Words, make all the difference

pigeonhole \PIJ-uhn-hohl\, verb:
1. To lay aside for use or reference at some later, indefinite time.

Arf arf, me hearties, tell us about it...

What a day, and now I am way too late for bed...

disbosom \dis-BOOZ-uhm\, verb:
To reveal; confess.

It's all about being honest - Jacques Matthee came to visit today and we shall see him at Forries with Grant Jackson on Saturday; maybe Pieper will also show up - it will be a blast from the past!

23:30...off to bed - sleep tight

Ahem, where are you going today?

troth \TRAWTH\, noun:
1. Faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty.
2. One's word or promise, especially in engaging oneself to marry.

It lends itself to the word be-... and thus describes a state of being!

Poppy Day

armistice \AHR-muh-stis\, noun:
A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties.

Get my new cellular telephone on this day! Who's armistice was it anyhow? The Lord alone knows...

hohohohohhe

Hello and fluck, that is what ducks do....not

You cantankerous person you!

I say, Old Fellar, what is the problem///

Feel Not Like Getting THE Word of the Day and Publishing It...

Nictitate, you old fool!

It is all about finding things...
I am off to bed, late as per usual...

I still feel the urge to Nictitate!
nictitate \NIK-ti-teyt\, verb:
To wink.

Catch you later...

What a valuable word

quid \KWID\, noun:
1. A piece of something to be chewed but not swallowed.
2. One pound sterling.

I could always use a few of those...

A very, wordy day, not!

glean \GLEEN\, verb:
1. To learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly.
2. To gather (grain or the like) after the reapers or regular gatherers.
3. To gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.

What a word and it ties in with what the WareHouse does in general, with the help of us volunteers! I do say, old chap!

Guy Fawkes

A nasty plot that was burnt at the stake and to this day ppeople celebrate it by letting of fireworks, with a big bang!

A sad state that we continue with to this very day...

Hi Neil,

Trevor tagged you in a post.

Trevor wrote: "Well after two beers at the Fat Cactus I felt I was gonna puke by the time I go to the top of the Station Road bridge. Probably nothing for you cycling heroes, but a testy little uphill for a unfit slob like me. At least I got in a bit of cardio as the rest of the 8 minute ride home was flat.

So I figure the Fat Cactus might be a beneficiary of my attempts to get a little cycle fit. Since cycling to work and back is a bit short for any kind of work out I will go to Fat Cactus every day and work on my time for the ride home each day. Baby steps is what its called and I am sure Neil Anthony Hughes from whom I am purchasing this fine cycle would agree."

Ain't that the truth...


climacteric \klahy-mak-TER-ik\, noun:
1. A critical period.
2. Physiology: a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause.
3. A year in which important changes in health, fortune, etc., are held by some theories to occur, as one's sixty-third year
4. The period of maximum respiration in a fruit, during which it becomes fully ripened.

A pinch and a punch for the first of the month.
Damn, I mayhaps have missed the deadline for that...

Life's good, particularly when you get some much needed sleep.
Man, what a day I have had! Planting some magnificent specimens of the very things that I am so involved with at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.

Polaris (α UMi, α Ursae Minoris, Alpha Ursae Minoris, commonly North Star, Northern Star or Pole Star, also Lodestar, sometimes Guiding star) is the brightest star in theconstellation Ursa Minor. It is very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star.

Based on measurements from the Hipparcos astrometry satellite,^[6][7] Polaris is estimated to be at a distance of about 434 light-years from Earth.^[1] It is a multiple star, consisting of the main star α UMi A, two smaller companions, α UMi B and α UMi Ab, and two distant components α UMi C and α UMi D. α UMi B was discovered in 1780 by William Herschel.

cantrip \KAHN-trip\, noun:

1. Chiefly Scot. A magic spell; trick by sorcery.
2. Chiefly British. Artful shamming meant to deceive.

teratoid \TER-uh-toid\, adjective:
Resembling a monster.

Some people say I am teratoid...I ask you?

supernormal \soo-per-NAWR-muhl\, adjective:
1. In excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
2. Lying beyond normal or natural powers of comprehension: supernormal intimations.

SKYPE messaged Andrea Walton, for his Birthday...

"My Guy" is a 1964 number-one hit single recorded by Mary Wells for the Motown label. Written and produced by Smokey Robinson of The Miracles, the song is a woman's dedication to the goodness of her man ("There's not a man today who could take me away from my guy").

parturient \pahr-TOOR-ee-uhnt\, adjective:
1. Bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
2. Pertaining to parturition.
3. Bringing forth or about to produce something, as an idea.

And that's what I say "Your Falconetti
- Exclusively and Unconditionally Yours"

Wilde, Oscar (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde), 1854–1900, Irish author and wit, b. Dublin. He is most famous for his sophisticated, brilliantly witty plays, which were the first since the comedies of Sheridan and Goldsmith to have both dramatic and literary merit. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself for his scholarship and wit, and also for his elegant eccentricity in dress, tastes, and manners. Influenced by the aesthetic teachings of Walter Pater and John Ruskin, Wilde became the center of a group glorifying beauty for itself alone, and he was famously satirized (with other exponents of "art for art's sake") in Punch and in Gilbert and Sullivan's operettaPatience. His first published work, Poems (1881), was well received. The next year he lectured to great acclaim in the United States, where his drama Vera (1883) was produced. In 1884 he married Constance Lloyd, and they had two sons, Cyril and Vyvyan.

You slack tarts...What kind of a fool waits up to past midnight.
Off I go to lumber.

mucro \MYOO-kroh\, noun:
A short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.

Do not be telling 'Freddie The Leaf' - it would surely offend his end of the stick!

Strandloper3 found Alien's Amanzi Paradise and had a few good smokes...

draggle \DRAG-uhl\, verb:

1. To soil by dragging over damp ground or in mud.
2. To trail on the ground; be or become draggled.
3. To follow slowly; straggle.

Yes, yes yes, a farteled gruntbug...

apophasis \uh-POF-uh-sis\, noun:
Denial of one's intention to speak of a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated, as “I shall not mention Caesar's avarice, nor his cunning, nor his morality.”

and what does Ed Lunnon say?.......

tardigrade \TAHR-di-greyd\, adjective:
1. Slow in pace or movement.
2. Belonging or pertaining to the phylum Tardigrada.
noun:
1. Also called bear animalcule, water bear. Any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc.

Well we do so hope that my Osteopath continues with the dynamic work of  realigning my errant nerves to reduce the pain  forever :-)

Word of the Day for Friday, September 28, 2012

fiducial \fi-DOO-shuhl\, adjective:

1. Based on or having trust: fiducial dependence upon God.
2. Accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.

And what a word it is...Let's see, I fiducially trust that our viewing of the flat will be good!

Well hello and FLUCK IT!

Is This the end or the beginning?

I just do not know...I need to practice the guitar and get hold of Mr Jackson!

Ah well, so desu ka!

ataraxia \at-uh-RAK-see-uh\, noun:
A state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquility.

Life's good! :-{
And no news is good news, or so they say.

The Paralympics tonoght!

1 Hour difference between London and South Africa, IE 20:00 our time is 19:00 over there.

truncate \TRUHNG-keyt\, verb:

1. To shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.
2. Mathematics, Computers. To shorten (a number) by dropping a digit or digits: The numbers 1.4142 and 1.4987 can both be truncated to 1.4.

Oh I say, I feel truncated sometime...

Well I say...

...it is a lovely day here in Sunland on Lupus Den.

bathetic \buh-THET-ik\, adjective:

Displaying or characterized by insincere emotions: the bathetic emotionalism of soap operas.

I am no fan of soaps...

Oh, I say!

amnesty

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am·nes·ty

   [am-nuh-stee] Show IPA noun, plural am·nes·ties, verb, am·nes·tied, am·nes·ty·ing.

noun

1.

a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.

2.

Law . an act of forgiveness for past offenses, especially to a class of persons as a whole.

3.

a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense.

Today is the day

fabulist \FAB-yuh-list\, noun:

1. A liar.
2. A person who invents or relates fables.

Well yesterdays word:

No idea why...

Way to go!

compère \KOM-pair\, noun:

1. A host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.

verb:
1. To act as compère for: to compère the new game show.

An absolutely incomparable position...

The acronym INRI represents the Latin inscription IESVS·NAZARENVS·REX·IVDÆORVM (Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum), in English reads as "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews".^[13] John 19:20 states that this was written in three languages: Hebrew, Latin and Greek.^[4] The Greek version reads ΙΝΒΙ.^[4]

Devotional enthusiasm greeted the discovery by Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza in 1492 of what was acclaimed as the actual tablet, said to have been brought to Rome by Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine.^[14]

Our Word For The Day

What's this?

pelagic \puh-LAJ-ik\, adjective:

1. Of or pertaining to the open seas or oceans.
2. Living or growing at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land, as certain organisms.

WTF????

that's what they say...

incondite \in-KON-dit\, adjective:

1. Ill-constructed; unpolished: incondite prose.
2. Crude; rough; unmannerly.

Education is one of those things where every ignoramus and his brother is an expert.

scup·per
verb (used with object) British|1.Military . to overwhelm; surprise and destroy, disable, or massacre.
2.Informal . to prevent from happening or succeeding; ruin; wreck.
1.Nautical . a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges. Compare freeing port.
2.a drain, closed by one or two flaps, for allowing water from the sprinkler system of a factory or the like to run off a floor of the building to the exterior.
3. any opening in the side of a building, as in a parapet, for draining off rain water

What is that word?

kakemocracy

The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling suggestion below or try again using the search bar above.

And now for the word we have been waiting for...

usageaster \YOO-sij-as-ter\, noun:

A self-styled authority on language usage.

Hou Die Blink Kant Bo!

banausic \buh-NAW-sik\, adjective:

Serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical: architecture that was more banausic than inspired.

I am inspired; Nanny's service was exceptional and I saw a wondrous group of folk who I knew and couldn't remember when I had met them.

Uthixo, guide Nanny's spirit and keep her well!

It is the very night before...

...Nanny's memorial service, and I am way too late for bed.

Should I continue my blog post?

intrapreneur \in-truh-pruh-NUR\, noun:

An employee of a large corporation who is given freedom and financial support to create new products, services, systems, etc., and does not have to follow the corporation's usual routines or protocols.

Sunday evening, prepare for the chill...

integument \in-TEG-yuh-muhnt\, noun:

1. A natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind.
2. Any covering, coating, enclosure, etc.

I wear my integument to endure the exposure to our climate, hot in the day and chilly at night.

Hoohah...

THis might be seen as kak in die meelees...
Back yo CPT for Nannies Funeral, and then back to the farm...

We want "Quality", and this is not qualia...

qualia \KWAH-lee-uh\, noun:

1. A quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object.
2. A sense-datum or feeling having a distinctive quality.

Qualia

First published Wed Aug 20, 1997; substantive revision Tue Jul 31, 2007

Feelings and experiences vary widely. For example, I run my fingers over sandpaper, smell a skunk, feel a sharp pain in my finger, seem to see bright purple, become extremely angry. In each of these cases, I am the subject of a mental state with a very distinctive subjective character. There is something it is like for me to undergo each state, some phenomenology that it has. Philosophers often use the term ‘qualia’ (singular ‘quale’) to refer to the introspectively accessible, phenomenal aspects of our mental lives. In this standard, broad sense of the term, it is difficult to deny that there are qualia. Disagreement typically centers on which mental states have qualia, whether qualia are intrinsic qualities of their bearers, and how qualia relate to the physical world both inside and outside the head. The status of qualia is hotly debated in philosophy largely because it is central to a proper understanding of the nature of consciousness. Qualia are at the very heart of the mind-body problem.

Chiropractic is a health care profession concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders of the neuromusculoskeletal system and the effects of these disorders on general health.^[1] It is generally categorized as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).^[2] Although chiropractors have many attributes of primary care providers, chiropractic has more of the attributes of a medical specialty like dentistry or podiatry.^[3]

The main chiropractic treatment technique involves manual therapy, including manipulation of the spine, other joints, and soft tissues; treatment also includes exercises and health and lifestyle counseling.^[4] Traditional chiropractic assumes that a vertebral subluxation interferes with the body's innate intelligence,^[5] a vitalistic notion ridiculed by the scientific and healthcare communities.^[6] A large number of chiropractors want to separate themselves from the traditional vitalistic concept of innate intelligence.^[7]

D.D. Palmer founded chiropractic in the 1890s, and his son B.J. Palmer helped to expand it in the early 20th century.^[8] It has two main groups: "straights", now the minority, emphasize vitalism, innate intelligence and spinal adjustments, and consider vertebral subluxations to be the cause of all disease; "mixers", the majority, are more open to mainstream views and conventional medical techniques, such as exercise, massage, and ice therapy.^[7]

Chiropractic is well established in the U.S., Canada and Australia^[9] and is the "third largest of the doctored health professions (behind only medicine and dentistry)".^[10] It overlaps with other manual-therapy professions, including massage therapy, osteopathy, and physical therapy.^[11] Most who seek chiropractic care do so for low back pain.^[12]

Throughout its history, chiropractic has been controversial.^[13][14] For most of its existence it has battled with mainstream medicine, sustained by pseudoscientific ideas such as subluxation and innate intelligence^[15] that are not based on solid science.^[16] Despite the consensus of public health professionals regarding the benefits of vaccination, among chiropractors there are significant disagreements over the subject,^[17] which has led to negative impacts on both public vaccination and mainstream acceptance of chiropractic.^[18] The American Medical Association called chiropractic an "unscientific cult"^[19] and boycotted it until losing an antitrust case in 1987.^[20] Chiropractic has developed a strong political base and sustained demand for services; in recent decades, it has gained more legitimacy and greater acceptance among medical physicians and health plans in the U.S.,^[20] and the principles of evidence-based medicine have been used to review research studies and generate practice guidelines.^[21]

Many studies of treatments used by chiropractors have been conducted, often with conflicting results.^[16][22] Manual therapies commonly used by chiropractors are effective for the treatment of low back pain,^[23][24] and might also be effective for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy,^[25][26] neck pain,^[27] some forms of headache,^[28][29] and some extremity joint conditions.^[30][31] The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of maintenance chiropractic care are unknown.^[32]

Chiropractic care is generally safe when employed skillfully and appropriately.^[1] Spinal manipulation is frequently associated with mild to moderate adverse effects, with serious or fatal complications in rare cases.^[33][34] A systematic review found that the risk of death from manipulations to the neck outweighs the benefits.^[35]

Aha, some would say this is crap...

But Sir Thomas Crapper started it, can you believe it?
Well...

Analysis: Thomas Crapper (1836-1910) did exist, and was a plumber, and is, in fact, credited with improving the functionality of the early flush toilet (or "water closet," as it was then called), but he did not, contrary to popular belief, invent the pseudo-eponymous bathroom appliance from scratch.

Credit for that goes to 16th-century author Sir John Harington, who not only came up with the idea but installed an early working prototype in the palace of Queen Elizabeth I, his godmother. The first patent for a flushing water closet was issued to Alexander Cummings in 1775, sixty years before Thomas Crapper was born.

The son of a Yorkshire steamboat captain, Tom Crapper's destiny was fixed when he was apprenticed to a master plumber at the age of 14. He owned his own plumbing shop in London by the time he was 25. Crapper was awarded nine patents for plumbing innovations during his lifetime, three of them consisting of improvements to the flushing water closet.

Though he made his name as a sanitary engineer to bluebloods, Crapper himself was lowborn and never knighted, so it's a mystery why storytellers consistently award him the title "Sir."

Compounding the error, he is sometimes referred to as "Sir John Crapper."

Welll that was then and now for something completely different:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/polar_bears_clifton/7577572250/

On March 2, 26-year-old Hayley Jones changed her Facebook status from "married" to "single." Ten days later, the mother of four and longtime girlfriend of 31-year-old Brian Lewis, was dead.

Murdered in her UK home and found by her children, aged 3 to 10, Jones had been spending more time online as her relationship of 13 years unraveled.

Bliksem...

...itis mighty cold and it is not aven 16:00...

Josh is so cool, California even has icebergs.

Word of the Day for Sunday, July 15, 2012 mote \moht\, noun: 1. A small particle or speck, especially of dust. 2. Moit.