Friday, October 11, 2019

albedo \al-BEE-doh\, noun:

1. the white, inner rind of a citrus fruit.
2. Astronomy. the ratio of the light reflected by a planet or satellite to that received by it.
3. Meteorology. such a ratio for any part of the earth's surface or atmosphere.

Albedo entered English in the 1850s. It comes from the Latin word albēdō meaning "whiteness."

 
instant tradition

• Something that as soon as it is done becomes decided upon to repeat the next year and years to come. Does not necessarily have to had been done previous years to be defined an instant tradition.

The boys, after going Christmas Caroling on Halloween, decided to make it an instant tradition, and do it every year afterwards.

History 

• Daughters of the American Revolution: lineage-based, conservative patriotic society was founded (1890)
• Vatican II: ecumenical council that led to liberalization and modernization of the church was convened by Pope John XXIII(1962)
• Saturday Night Live: late-night comedy-variety show debuted on NBC; George Carlin hosted (1975) 

Birthdays

• Parson Mason Weems 1759 - He was responsible for the story about George Washington cutting down his father's cherry tree.
• Henry Heinz 1884
• Eleanor Roosevelt 1884
• Willie Hoppe 1887
• Charles Revson 1906
• Joseph Alsop 1910
• Jerome Robbins 1918
• Art Blakey 1919
• Linda Stirling 1921
• Knobby (Grant) Warwick 1921
• Elmore Leonard 1925
• James Morrison 1931
• Dottie West 1932
• Ron Leibman 1937
• Maria Bueno 1939
• Gene Watson 1943
• Robert Gale 1945
• Daryl Hall (Hall & Oates) 1948
• Catlin Adams 1950
• Andre Woolfolk (Earth, Wind and Fire) 1950
• David Morse 1953
• Paulette Carlson 1953
• Lindy Boone (The Boone Family) 1955
• Steve Young (NFL) 1961
• Joan Cusack 1962
• Sean Patrick Flanery 1965
• Luke Perry 1966
• Jane Kradowski 1968
• MC Lyte 1971
• NeeNa Lee 1975
• Michelle Trachtenberg 1985