![]() ![]() ![]() The title translates into “kiss me a lot”. “Bésame Mucho” was written in 1940, by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez. Nowadays the escape key is used for all sorts of things, especially in gaming programs. It was a key that allowed the computer operator to stop what the peripheral was doing (cancel a print job, for example). The escape key (Esc) was originally used just to control computer peripherals. ![]() Alma has its own Scottish marching band, a Scottish dance troupe and even its own design of tartan. The school has a Scottish heritage of which it is very proud. ![]() 25 Michigan college or its town : ALMAĪlma College in Alma, Michigan was founded by Michigan Presbyterians in 1886. The term comes from the Greek “steno” (narrow) and “graphe” (writing). Stenography is the process of writing in shorthand. Falco also won an Emmy in 2010 for playing the title role in “Nurse Jackie”, an excellent black comedy. 18 Falco of TV’s “Oz” : EDIEĪctress Edie Falco won three Emmy Awards for playing Carmela Soprano on HBO’s outstanding drama series called “The Sopranos”. The additional notation “pianissimo” (pp) means “very soft”, and fortissimo (ff) means “very loud”. In musical notation, the Italian word “piano” (p) instructs musicians to play softly, and “forte” (f) to play loudly. And I know, I know … a lot of people think it rude to merge late … 17 F in music class? : LOUD That said, one should always obey whatever instructions are given by the traffic authorities at the scene. The favored technique is to use both lanes until the merge point, and then alternate (zipper) from each lane through the merge itself. The alternative “early merge”, where cars move out of the lane that is closing before reaching the merge point, tends to be discouraged. The “zipper merge” or “late merge” is encouraged by most traffic authorities when two lanes of traffic are merging into one. 16 What you might have to do for some highway construction … or a first hint to solving this puzzle’s theme : MERGE LEFT “Arco” is a musical direction instructing a string player to return to normal bowing technique after a passage played using some other technique (perhaps pizzicato). 9 Direction to bow, for a violinist : ARCO Over 750,000 people died from malaria in 2009, out of 225 million cases reported. As a result of the disease, a parasite invades human red blood cells and multiplies causing fever and possibly coma or death. Malaria is a disease passed onto humans by mosquitoes. That ban is touted as the main reason that the bald eagle was rescued from near extinction. It was the public outcry sparked by the book, and reports of links between DDT and cancer, that led to the ban on the use of the chemical in 1972. And then Rachel Carson published her famous book “Silent Spring”, suggesting there was a link between DDT and diminishing populations of certain wildlife. DDT was used with great success to control disease-carrying insects during WWII, and when made available for use after the war it became by far the most popular pesticide. This civet coffee can cost about $100 a cup, if you want to try some … 6 Banned antimalarial : DDTĭDT is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (don’t forget now!). There is a type of coffee that is highly prized in Vietnam and the Philippines that is made from coffee beans that have been eaten by civets, partially digested and then harvested from the civet’s feces. The civet is a spotted cat that is native to Africa and Asia. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across ![]()
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