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Disco Ergo Sum: April 2010
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An effort to learn something new everyday. Friday, April 16, 2010. Celebrate National Library Week. This week (April 11-17) is National Library Week. Is "Communities thrive @ your library," encouraging citizens to take advantage of the various resources made available at school, public, academic and special libraries. In honor of this week, I'm highlighting a couple state and local laws that regulate and protect our libraries. Most of the Kentucky Revised Statues. Any person who may use the books, pamphl...
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Disco Ergo Sum: Horse Capital of the World
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An effort to learn something new everyday. Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Horse Capital of the World. Horse capitals of the world. Four of them are in the United States (the other is in France, go figure). I'm pretty happy to live in one of them. Especially as the World Equestrian Games approach. Labels: Did you know? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Horse Capital of the World. Lawyers, Guns and Money. Cider and Knitting Circles. Civil Words: Yunker and Park Law Blog. In the course of determining that M...
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Disco Ergo Sum: Occam's Razor
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An effort to learn something new everyday. Friday, October 22, 2010. Occam on a Wigu t-shirt. So this guy, Ockham, never actually said, "the simplest explanation is usually the correct one." That is kind of what he was implying though. What Father William de Ockham actually said was "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity." In other words, do not add what is not needed. He also said " Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora. As for the razor? Was the "See Also" section. Above: Publ...
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Disco Ergo Sum: May 2010
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An effort to learn something new everyday. Wednesday, May 26, 2010. National Bike Month Lexington = Car Free Downtown 5/31. Pump up your tires and dust off your helmet, it's National Bike Month. Combine that with one of the friendlier bike cities in the country, and we have a party in the Bluegrass. Bike Lexington. Is throwing a bash on Memorial Day, food, drink and live music included, just BYOB (bring your own bike). Here is a description from the event's Facebook page:. 10 AM Fun Ride registration.
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Disco Ergo Sum: January 2010
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An effort to learn something new everyday. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. All kinds of things . about Kentucky. 356% of Lexington, KY work force has a Bachelor's degree or higher! This city has 15 golf courses and over 3000 acres of parks! Thank you Commerce Lexington for these delightful tidbits, but what really caught my attention was bourbon. Even more than horses, bourbon distilling is what helps make the state of Kentucky tick. According to Business Lexington. Sunday, January 10, 2010. However, is onl...
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Disco Ergo Sum: Cavities
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An effort to learn something new everyday. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Sugar-in-the-raw vs. white sugar came up at brunch today, so I decided to look into it. This was the most surprising sentence in the Wikipedia Sugar page:. It is impossible to develop cavities in the absence of fermentable carbohydrates. I love the word "impossible" when used somewhat scientifically. Or something like that. Confession: I thought white sugar was bleached like flour is. My bad.). Labels: Food and Drink. I was pleased as pi...
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Disco Ergo Sum: March 2010
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An effort to learn something new everyday. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Happy St. Patrick's Day. You don't have to be Irish to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Heck, even the Obamas show a little holiday spirit by dying the White House fountain green (then again, the Obamas might be Irish. Vid]) Here are a few ways to celebrate America's favorite Irish holiday:. Vid] I'm not talking about what might follow the first activity. Hurling is a fast-paced sport with dangerous looking sticks and a small ball that...
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Disco Ergo Sum: November 2009
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An effort to learn something new everyday. Saturday, November 21, 2009. Brazil is in Poor Company. What is one of the top ten economies (by GDP) doing at the bottom of a list with the Central African Republic, South Africa and Swaziland? Turns out that Brazil, though considered by many to be an extremely important rising economy has an income distribution. Brazil also struggles with corruption, according to Transparency International they are " roughly comparable to Burkina Faso, Saudi Arabia and Panama.
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Disco Ergo Sum: August 2010
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An effort to learn something new everyday. Wednesday, August 4, 2010. Love: the Verb. as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary. Verbatim (not including phrases or usage, though that is arguably the best part):. DRAFT REVISION June 2010. Etm /lv/, U.S. /lv/ Forms: . OE hlufian. Rare), OE lufian. Rare), lOE lofodest. 2nd singular past indicative, perh. transmission error), lOE louian. Past tense), ME luue. Definitions after the jump. Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Surgery is less scary. Surgery is less scary.
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Disco Ergo Sum: October 2010
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An effort to learn something new everyday. Friday, October 22, 2010. Occam on a Wigu t-shirt. So this guy, Ockham, never actually said, "the simplest explanation is usually the correct one." That is kind of what he was implying though. What Father William de Ockham actually said was "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity." In other words, do not add what is not needed. He also said " Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora. As for the razor? Was the "See Also" section. When I hear...
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