Sunday, July 24, 2011

somatic \soh-MAT-ik\, adjective:

1. Of the body; bodily; physical.

2. In anatomy, zoology, pertaining to the body wall of an animal.

3. In cell biology. pertaining to or affecting the somatic cells, as distinguished from the germ cells.

Somatic derives from the Greek somatikos, "of the body."

slide to unlock

• A phrase used to describe a girl that is "easy". They are just like the iPhone, as simple as slide to unlock.

Ben: Damn, did you see that girl? I'd get with that any day.

Trevor: Nah dude, slide to unlock.

Trivia

What futuristic 1948 car had a center headlight that turned with the steering wheel?

• The Tucker sedan, built by Preston Tucker. The swiveling “Cyclops eye” center beam enabled the motorist to see what lay ahead in the direction the car would be traveling.

History

• Detroit: La Ville d'Etroit, or "city of the strait," was founded by Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, a French fur trader (1701)
• Brigham Young: seeking a safe haven, the Mormon leader and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake, in what is now Utah (1847)
• kitchen debate: US vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev debated the merits of capitalism vs. communism in a replica of an American kitchen, set up at the American National Exhibition in Moscow (1959)
• Watergate: the US Supreme Court ordered President Richard Nixon to turn over incriminating subpoenaed White House recordings (1974)

Birthdays

• Símon Bolívar (1783-1830): "The Liberator" of South America
• Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870): author of The Three Musketeers; plus, writers Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965), Robert Graves (1895-1985) and John D. MacDonald (1916-1986)
• Amelia Earhart (1897-1937): pilot who disappeared over the S. Pacific while attempting to circumnavigate the globe; plus, women's rights activist Bella Abzug (1920-1998)
• Pat Oliphant (76): award-winning political cartoonist
• Karl Malone (48): NBA hall-of-famer; also, slugger Barry Bonds (47)
• Anna Paquin (29): Rogue in the X-Men movies and Sookie Stackhouse on True Blood; also, actors John Aniston (78), Dan Hedaya (71), Chris Sarandon (69), Robert Hays (64), Michael Richards (62), Lynda Carter (60), Kristin Chenoweth and Laura Leighton (both 42), Jennifer Lopez (42), Eric Szmanda (36), Rose Byrne (32), Summer Glau (30) and Elisabeth Moss (29)

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