Thursday, April 21, 2016

Thursday, April 21, 2016

empyrean \em-py-REE-uhn; -PEER-ee-\, noun:
1. The highest heaven, in ancient belief usually thought to be a realm of pure fire or light.
2. Heaven; paradise.
3. The heavens; the sky.
adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to the empyrean of ancient belief
Empyrean comes from Medieval Latin empyreum, ultimately from Greek empurios, from en-, "in" + pyr, "fire."
 
Protohype
  • The process of leaking a prototype device to generate buzz about a product you don't quite yet have ready for market to a friendly tech website who will promote the gizmo well before it's ready to go.
Gizmodo's finding of that Apple iPhone 6SE months before it's released is clearly a case of protohype
History
  • Tiradentes: Brazilian hero nicknamed the "tooth puller" was executed in Rio de Janeiro for conspiring against Portuguese rule (1792)
  • The Red Baron: German ace aviator Baron Manfred von Richthofen was shot down for the second time — this time, fatally (1918)
  • Brasilia: became the capital of Brazil, instead of Rio de Janeiro (1960)
  • Tiananmen Square: anti-communist protest grew to 100,000 in Beijing; troops suppressed it six weeks later, killing thousands (1989).
Birthdays
  • Friedrich Froebel 1782 - Teacher, author, toy maker, invented kindergarten in 1837
  • Charlotte Bronte 1816 - Author ("Jane Eyre", "The Professor")
  • John Muir 1838 - Conservationist, influential in the creation of the U.S. National Parks System and U.S. foreset conservation, the Muir Woods National Monument in California is named after him
  • Oskar Herwig 1849
  • Joe McCarthy 1887 - Baseball manager
  • Anthony Quinn 1915 - Actor ("Viva Zapata! [1952]", "The Guns of Navarone")
  • Don Cornell (Louis Varlaro) 1924 - Singer
  • Clara Ward 1924 - Singer (Clara Ward Gospel Troupe)
  • Elizabeth II (Elisabeth Mary) 1926 - Queen of the United Kingdom
  • Silvana Mangano 1930
  • Carl Belew 1931 - Country singer
  • Elaine May 1932 - Actress, comedienne
  • Charles Grodin 1935 - Actor ("Clifford", "Beethoven I", "Beethoven II")
  • Reg Fleming 1935 - Hockey player
  • Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterburg) 1947 - Singer, songwriter (Psychedelic Stooges)
  • John Weider 1947 - Musician (Family)
  • Al Bumbry (Alonza Benjamin Bumbrey) 1947 - Baseball player
  • Paul Davis 1948
  • Patti LuPone 1949 - Actress ("Evita", "Driving Miss Daisy")
  • Tony Danza 1951 - Actor ("Who’s the Boss", "Taxi", "Angels in the Outfield")
  • Paul Carrack 1951 - Musician (Mike and the Mechanics, Noise to Go, Ace)
  • Andie MacDowell (Rosalie Anderson) 1958 - Actress ("Groundhog Day", "St. Elmo’s Fire", "Four Weddings and a Funeral")
  • Robert Smith 1959 - Musician (The Cure)
  • Michael Timmins 1959 - Musician (Cowboy Junkies)
  • John Cameron Mitchell 1963 - Actor, director ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch")
  • Michael Franti 1968 - Musician (Spearhead)
  • Nicole Sullivan 1969 - Actress, comedian ("MadTV", "King of Queens")
  • James McAvoy 1979 - Actor
  • Tony Romo 1980 - Football player
  • Cadillac Williams 1982 - Football player




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