Tuesday, December 27, 2011

adventive \ad-VEN-tiv\, adjective:

1. Not native and usually not yet well established, as exotic plants or animals.

noun:

1. A not native and usually not yet well established plant or animal.

Adventive, like adventure, is derived from the Latin word adventus meaning “an advance.” The suffix -ive denotes a noun that comes from an adjective, like detective or active.

price point

• n., bullshit speak for "price", in common use by real estate industry "professionals" to emphasize a limited vocablary

your looking in the wrong neighborhood at this price point

Trivia

To what height is the tennis court grass cut for tournament play at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, England?

• About 5/16 inch, or 8 millimeters.

History

• anesthesia: was first used for childbirth (1845)
• Peter Pan: play by J.M. Barrie debuted in London (1904)
• Carry Nation: hatchet-wielding temperance activist smashed her first saloon (1900)
• Radio City Music Hall: world's largest indoor theater staged its first show (1932)
• World Bank: was formed to fund postwar reconstruction in Europe; later, the focus turned to developing third-world countries (1945)
• Afghanistan: was seized by Soviet forces; president Hafizullah Amin, was overthrown, executed and replaced with Soviet-supported Babrak Karmal (1979)
• Free Aceh Movement: Indonesia's Aceh rebels formally disbanded their military wing, ending a 30-year armed struggle for independence, in accordance with a peace deal that came out of the 2004 tsunami (2005)

Birthdays

1. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895): microbiologist who developed pasteurization; scientists Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) and George Cayley (1773-1857) shared this birth date
2. Cokie Roberts: political journalist, author (68)
3. T.S. Monk (62): jazz drummer and vocalist; other musicians born on this date include David Knopfler (59) and Matt Slocum (39)
4. Masi Oka (37): actor and digital effects expert who plays Hiro Nakamura in Heroes; also, actors Sydney Greenstreet (1879-1954), John Amos (72), Gérard Depardieu (63), Tovah Feldshuh (59), Maryam D'Abo (51), Eva La Rue (45) and Emilie de Ravin (30)

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