Happy Brithday

On This Day:
Friday June 28, 2013

This is the 179th day of the year, with 186 days remaining in 2013.

Fact of the Day: Happy Birthday

Mildred J. Hill, a schoolteacher born in Louisville, Kentucky, composed the melody "Happy Birthday to You." Her younger sister, Patty Smith Hill, wrote the lyrics. The song was first published in 1893 as "Good Morning to All," a classroom greeting, in the book Song Stories for Sunday School. Mildred Hill died in 1916 without knowing that her melody would become the world's most popular song, but her sister Patty did not die until 1946. The lyrics were amended in 1924 to include a stanza beginning, "Happy Birthday to You." It is now sung somewhere in the world every minute of every day. Though its writers earned very little from the song, its copyright owner earns about $1 million a year. The song is expected to enter the public domain upon expiration of the copyright in 2010.

Holidays

Feast day of St. Austell, Saints Potamiaena and Basilides, St. Irenaeus, St. Heimrad, St. John Southworth, Saints Sergius and Germanus of Valaam, and St. Paul, pope.

Events

1519 - Charles I of Spain was elected Holy Roman Emperor. He was crowned as Emperor Charles V.
1635 - The French colony of Guadeloupe was established in the Caribbean.
1778 - Molly Pitcher (Mary Hays), wife of an American artilleryman, carried water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth.
1894 - Labor Day was established as a holiday for federal employees on the first Monday of September.
1905 - Sailors on the Russian battleship Potemkin mutinied as unrest spread through the Russian navy.
1914 - Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, Sofia, were assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serb nationalist; it was the event which triggered World War I. 
1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I. 
1939 - Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic air service. 
1950 - North Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea. 
1951 - "Amos 'N' Andy" premiered on TV, the first series to have an all-black cast.
1969 - A police raid of the Stonewall Inn--a gay club located on New York City's Christopher Street--turned violent. This incident is regarded as the spark for the gay liberation movement.
1976 - Women entered the Air Force Academy for the first time.
2000 - The Supreme Court ruled the Boy Scouts can bar homosexuals from serving as troop leaders.
2004 - The United States resumed diplomatic relations with Libya after 24 years.

Births

1491 - Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547), founder of the Church of England.
1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter.
1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher.
1902 - Richard Rodgers, American award-winning composer with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein.
1926 - Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky), American writer, director, and actor.
1946 - Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress.
1964 - Mark Grace, American baseball player.
1966 - John Cusack, American actor.
1976 - Seth Wescott, American snowboarder.

Deaths

1836 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States of America.
1975 - Rod Serling, American screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction television series, "The Twilight Zone".
1978 - Clifford Dupont, first president of Rhodesia.
1993 - GG Allin (born Jesus Christ Allin), American punk rock singer.

Prisa - palabra del día.

Spanish Word of the Day
Friday, June 28, 2013

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prisa, noun
rush; hurry

Prisa is often used with the verb tener:

Tengo prisa.
I’m in a hurry.

So it’s used in the same structure as phrases you probably already know, such as tener sed, to be thirsty and tener hambre to be hungry.
In another very common expression prisa goes with the verb dar used reflexively:

darse prisa
to hurry up

¡Date prisa!
Hurry up!

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Mickle - word of the day

Word of the Day for Friday, June 28, 2013

mickle \MIK-uhl\, adjective:

Archaic. great; large; much.

The shipmaster laughed: "Friend," said he, "we can thee mickle thanks for all that thou biddest us. And wot well that we be no lifters or sea—thieves to take thy livelihood from thee."
-- William Morris, The Wood Beyond the World, 1894

If I to-day die not with Frenchmen's rage,/To-morrow I shall die with mickle age…
-- William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, 1591

Mickle came to English from the Old English term micel, mycel meaning "great," "big," or "much." It comes from a Proto-Indo-European root meg- meaning "great," or "large."

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lese majesty - word of the day

Word of the Day for Thursday, June 27, 2013

lese majesty \LEZ MAJ-uh-stee, LEEZ-\, noun:

1. Law. a. a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power. b. an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
2. an attack on any custom, institution, belief, etc., held sacred or revered by numbers of people: Her speech against Mother's Day was criticized as lese majesty.

“Little brother, if you're going to commit lese majesty, never do it by messenger. I'd have to execute him too, and it's wasteful.”
-- Harry Turtledove, The Misplaced Legion, 1987

His father was what you call an agitator, and his father was in jail for lese majesty—what you call speaking the truth about the Emperor.
-- Jack London, The Iron Heel, 1908

This term, which entered English in the 1400s, comes from the Latin laesa majestos, which literally means "violated majesty."

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Pirate

On This Day:
Thursday June 27, 2013

This is the 178th day of the year, with 187 days remaining in 2013.

Fact of the Day: Pirate

"A pirate or buccaneer was a person who seized a ship and took the property aboard. They stole from any ship that came by and disrupted the trade of many nations. There are many tales - tall and true - about pirates. The stories go back 4,000 years, but we are most familiar with those who were active between 1500-1800 - Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, and Jean Lafitte. Pirates used small, fast ships that were easy to maneuver. They had lots of weapons and cannons. There are still pirates today - especially in the South China Sea close to Vietnam. Pirates are often confused with privateers who have the blessing of their nation to seize enemy property. Famous ones were Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins, and Sir Walter Raleigh. True pirates only stole for themselves. Pirates often buried their stolen treasure in secret places and some drew up treasure maps and charts marking the spot with an X."

Holidays

Feast day of St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. Zoilus, St. Samson of Constantinople, St. George Mtasmindeli, the Martyrs of Arras, St. John of Chinon, and St. Ladislas, king of Hungary.
Djibouti: Independence Day.

Events

1829 - English scientist James Smithson died after a long illness, leaving behind a will which established the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; it provided for a museum, a library, and a program of research, publication, and collection in the sciences, arts, and history. 
1847 - New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires. 
1871 - The yen became the new form of currency in Japan.
1893 - The New York stock market crashed. 
1929 - Scientists at Bell Laboratories revealed a system for transmitting television pictures.
1950 - President Harry S. Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict following a call from the United NationsSecurity Council for member nations to help.
1973 - Former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate Watergate Committee about an "enemies list" kept by the Nixon White House. 
2003 - More than 735,000 phone numbers were registered on the first day of a national do-not-call list aimed at blocking unwelcome solicitations from telemarketers.
2005 - BTK serial killer Dennis Rader pleaded guilty to 10 murders in the Wichita, Kansas area. He was later sentenced to serve 10 consecutive life sentences without possibility of parole for 175 years.

Births

1859 - Mildred J. Hill, American composer of "Happy Birthday to You" and "Good Morning to All" (with sister, Patty Smith Hill).
1880 - Helen Keller, American author, educator, advocate for the blind.
1927 - Bob Keeshan, American actor most famous as the title character of the children's television show "Captain Kangaroo."
1930 - Ross Perot, American business executive and former presidential candidate.
1975 - Tobey Maguire, American actor.

Deaths

1844 - Mormon founder Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois.
2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor.
2002 - John Entwistle, English singer and songwriter, who was best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band The Who.
2005 - John Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.

Palabra del dia: Ojo

Spanish Word of the Day
Thursday, June 27, 2013

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ojo, noun
eye

When we’re talking about parts of the body in English we tend to use words like ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’. But in Spanish these words are used by the definite article, in this case el or los.
There are lots of colorful phrases associated with parts of the body in English, such as ‘to cost an arm and a leg’, and so forth. The same thing happens in Spanish.
Sometimes the image is very similar:

Tengo algo en el ojo.
I’ve got something in my eye.

Other times it’s similar to English, but with a different twist:

ser todo ojo
to be all eyes

Es conocido por su buen ojo para los negocios.
He’s well-known for having a good eye for a business opportunity.

And often the image or idea is completely different.

¡Ojo! Es muy mentiroso.
Be careful/Look out! He’s an awful liar.

Ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente.
Out of sight, out of mind.

Me costó un ojo de la cara.
It cost me an arm and a leg.

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Korean War

On This Day:
Wednesday June 26, 2013

This is the 177th day of the year, with 188 days remaining in 2013.

Fact of the Day: Korean War

The Korean War started out being between North Korea and South Korea. After World War II, Korea was hurriedly divided for administrative purposes at the 38th parallel. Almost immediately, the Soviets began a short-lived reign of terror in northern Korea that quickly politicized the division by driving thousands of refugees south. An independent South Korea became UN policy in early 1948 and southern communists opposed this, so warfare began in parts of every Korean province below the 38th parallel. The war became international in June 1950 when North Korea, supplied and advised by the Soviets, invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal participant, joined the war on the side of the South Koreans, and the People's Republic of China came to North Korea's aid. In 1953, Joseph Stalin died, and within weeks the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party voted that the war in Korea should be ended. After more than a million combat casualties on bo th sides, the fighting ended in July 1953 with Korea still divided into two hostile states.

Nombre de pila

Spanish Word of the Day
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

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nombre de pila, noun
first name

The pila referred to here is the font in which Christian children are traditionally baptized.
Most of the first names in Spain have some kind of Christian associations. It’s not uncommon for a boy to be called Jesús (with an accent) after Jesus, or José, after Joseph. It’s equally common for a girl to be named María, after the Virgin Mary. There is also a tendency to sandwich names together, making combinations like José María (for a boy) or María Jesús (for a girl).
Though a lot of these names are used in Latin America, you are also more likely to come across names which do not have any specific religious associations.

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Class 31 Occupations

Here you have class 31 on occupations.

On this class you will learn about occupations and the simple present tense.

IDIOM - Taken to the cleaners