Pomology

Today I learned that pomology is the study of fruit and fruit-culture.  Not little fruit symphonies and art shows culture, but the process of culturing or growing fruit.

Dictionary.com definites it "the science that deals with fruits and fruit growing"

I have a backyard full of fruit trees.  I suppose I should study pomology to make them more productive :)

Ukranian Commando Dolphins?

According to a couple of news articles and the Geekshow podcast, some dolphins trained to attack, plant explosives and be otherwise menacing in non-dolphin like ways, have escaped from their handlers and are in the open ocean! 

CBS local in Seattle



USA Today story


Why on earth someone thought dolphins needed to be trained for fighting I'm not sure....

Halloween at Backstage Library Works

I get into Halloween at work.
This year we did Little Shop of Horrors and had killer plants. Below is 'Two-ey" aka "Audrey 2"

Today's random learning

Cartulary

A cartulary or chartulary (pronunciation: /ˈkɑrtjʊləri/, Latin: cartularium or chartularium), also called Pancarta and Codex Diplomaticus, is a medieval manuscript volume or roll (rotulus) containing transcriptions of original documents relating to the foundation, privileges, and legal rights of ecclesiastical establishments, municipal corporations, industrial associations, institutions of learning, or private families. The term is sometimes also applied to collections of original documents bound in one volume or attached to one another so as to form a roll. The word is formed from two Latin words, for a collection of charters – "an officer in charge of it."^{[citation needed]} (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartulary)

I did a card for one of these today and had to look it up.....

I also had an interesting poetry title. Lispings of Lagan I had to look up Lagan, apparently it's a river in Ireland-which makes sense being this is a research library IN IRELAND :)

Further proof that some people should NOT have children

This news story is so heartbreaking!


http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-08-15-disabled-child-dismembered_n.htm

People make me SICK.

Today's random learning

So my friend Lisa at work brought me a starter for Amish Friendship bread today.

That inspired a thought; was it actually invented by the Amish? According to Wikipedia, the answer is no. Although the Amish make a sourdough bread which is similar to the common friendship bread recipe, there is nothing definitively tying the two together. Commonly, Amish Friendship Bread is passed around in ziploc bags, which are a technology I would bet the Amish eschew.

So a related question was who invented the ziploc. This is apparently disputed. First of all, Ziploc is actually a brand name which was originally owned by the Dow Chemical Company and was first test-marketed in 1968. It is now owned by SC Johnson which bought the Dow Brands business in 1998. The actual design of a plastic bag which seals by pressing together two raised channels, similar to a zipper, was apparently originally licensed by a company called Minigrip in 1954 and first manufactured by them in 1959.



sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish_Friendship_Bread

http://www.ehow.com/about_5365229_invented-ziplock-bags.html

http://www.ehow.com/facts_4928021_history-ziplock-bag.html

Another cause or two!

Lizanell Boman likes

American Cancer Society Relay For Life

Create your Like Badge

I have decided to start a relay for life team this year. Several people at work have said they will participate or are thinking about it.

Here is our team page

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=34075&team_id=862344


And Stephanie, my PM and friend is still raising money as well

http://pages.teamintraining.org/dm/ogden11/shansenwqq