this pressed for your awareness: 10 Household Products That Have KILLED People – Likes

10 Household Products That Have KILLED People – Likes.

Visit, subscribe, enjoy: Valentina Lisitsa, Pianist on YouTube

Valentina Lisitsa pianist visit her YouTube Channel (Click to access YouTube Channel)

A great cartoon by @varvel just now — Arnold Melm (@countUP)

RT @4zido: Klasse! RT @LoganBooker_BI: A great cartoon by @varvel just now. #JeSuisCharlie pic.twitter.com/xYLo9DNbAQ

— Arnold Melm (@countUP) January 9, 2015

#JeSuisCharlie, one of the most popular hashtags ever, was in 3.4 million tweets in 24 hours — Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett)

#JeSuisCharlie, one of the most popular hashtags ever, was in 3.4 million tweets in 24 hours http://t.co/ZsX2xx4mpM pic.twitter.com/nMcDQeXOin

— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) January 10, 2015

Duo Kontarsky @ BIZET Jeux d’enfants Op.22 – 1982 *vinyl* , great compositions/performances

Duo Kontarsky @ BIZET Jeux d’enfants Op.22 – 1982 *vinyl*

Emilio Pessina

Published on Mar 23, 2013

Georges BIZET: Jeux d’enfants Op.22, 12 pieces for piano 4 hands
0:05 / 1. L’Escarpolette (Reverie. Andantino) [2’52”]
2:57 / 2. La Toupie (Impromptu. Allegro vivo) [0’57”]
3:53 / 3. La Poupée (Berceuse. Andantino semplice) [2’49”]
6:42 / 4. Les Chevaux de Bois (Scherzo. Allegro vivo) [1’18”]
8:01 / 5. Le Volant (Fantaisie. Andantino molto) [1’14”]
9:15 / 6. Trompette et Tambour (Marche. Allegretto) [2’07”]
11:22 / 7. Les Bulles de Savon (Rondino. Allegretto) [1’22”]
12:44 / 8. Les Quatre Coins (Esquisse. Allegro vivo) [2’07”]
14:52 / 9. Colin-Maillard (Nocturno. Andante non troppo) [1’58”]
16:50 / 10. Saute-Mouton (Caprice. Allegro molto) [1’21”]
18:10 / 11. Petit Mari, petite Femme! (Duo. Andantino) [3’00”]
21:10 / 12. Le Bal (Galop. Presto) [1’39”]
Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, piano (rec. 1982 – vinyl (p)1983 DGG)
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Alfons & Aloys KONTARSKY – piano duet *vinyl*
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Giuseppe Sammartini Oboe Concerto in E flat major: make music part of your life series

Giuseppe Sammartini Oboe Concerto in E flat major

  Volkan Işılay

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The only surviving portrait of Sammartini by Domenico Riccardi. Cattoretti, Anna, ed. Giovanni Battista Sammartini and His Musical Environment. Brepolis, 2004. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Giuseppe Baldassare Sammartini (also Gioseffo, S Martini, St Martini, San Martini, San Martino, Martini, Martino;^[1] 6 January 1695 – November 1750) was an Italian composer and oboist during the late Baroque and early Classical era. Although he was from Milan, most of his professional life was spent in London and with Frederick, the Prince of Wales.

Giuseppe Sammartini was born in Milan, Italy. He had a younger brother, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, who also became a particularly renown composer and oboist. Both brothers took oboe lessons from their French father Alexis Saint-Martin.^[2] Although he was born in Milan, Giuseppe found his success in other parts of Europe. His first trip was to Brussels, and from there he made his way to London where he would go on to spend the rest of his life. Giuseppe did return to Milan for his sister Madalena’s marriage on 13 February 1728.^[3] In July of 1728 Giuseppe also travelled to Brussels with his pupil Gaetano Parenti.^[4]

Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto in A Minor (13 year old Mendelssohn): make music part of your life series

Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto in A Minor (13 year old Mendelssohn)

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Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (German born, and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn (3 February 1809 — 4 November 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.

Piano Concerto in A Minor (1822):

1. Allegro
2. Adagio (13:32)
3. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo (22:10)

Cyprien Katsarsis piano and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra conducted by Janos Rolla

paintings and drawings by Felix Mendelssohn (except his images and his wife’s)

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word: pedantic

pedantic 

Definition:	(adjective) Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules.
Synonyms:	donnish, academic
Usage:	Pedantic and hypercritical, meddlesome and fault-finding, he was a terror to the clerks under him. Discuss.

Glassblowing

Glassblowing is the art of shaping molten glass into a vessel by blowing air into it through a tube. Its processes have remained essentially the same since ancient times. Glass materials are fused at high temperatures, boiled down, skimmed, cooled several hundred degrees, and then blown. The manufacture of simple glass objects, like light bulbs, is now done by machines, but ornamental objects are still made using traditional methods. One key glassblowing tool is a “punty.” What is it used for? More… Discuss

Shocking Boredom Study

Fifteen minutes may not seem like a terribly long time, but when left alone with just one’s thoughts for company, it is apparently unbearable, and many would sooner shock themselves than endure it. Nearly half of the participants in a recent study—18 of 42—elected to administer at least one mildly painful electric shock to themselves at some point during a 15-minute period in which they were left alone in an empty room and asked to sit at a table “entertaining themselves with their own thoughts.” Though some have criticized the study’s design, the researchers concluded that, on the whole, people prefer doing something, even something unpleasant, to doing nothing at all. More… Discuss

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today’s holiday: Nunavut Day

Nunavut Day

Canada’s northernmost territory of Nunavut was established on July 9, 1993, through a land claim signed by the national government and the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area. Most of the day’s activities take place in Nunavut’s hub and capital city, Iqaluit. Festivities include barbeques, parades, traditional Inuit games, and feasts featuring local cuisine of caribou, walrus, and arctic char. In recent years, the day’s program has also included organized tournaments of cribbage, checkers, and Scrabble. More… Discuss

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make music part of your life series: Sergei Rachmaninoff – Études-Tableaux, Op. 39

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Sergei Rachmaninoff – Études-Tableaux, Op. 39

N. Lugansky, piano

Rachmaninoff, in his later years, toured the United States extensively, and became an American citizen shortly before his death. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

No. 1, in C minor
No. 2, in A minor
No. 3, in F sharp minor
No. 4, in B minor
No. 5, in E flat minor
No. 6, in A minor
No. 7, in C minor
No. 8, in D minor
No. 9, in D major

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What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You, Or Can It? (Not if by doing that, th patient decides to avoid certain agravatingactivities!)

What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You, Or Can It?

In medicine, early detection is a double-edged sword. It can mean the difference between life and death, but not always the way you might think. Being diagnosed with a medical condition can worsen a person’s perception of his own well-being, and poor self-rated health has been linked to a greater risk of death. When it comes to minor conditions or “pre-disease” states, giving a patient a diagnosis could potentially do more harm than good. More… Discuss

today’s holiday: Carberry Day

Carberry Day

The students and faculty at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, celebrate the fictitious academic exploits of Professor Josiah Stinkney Carberry every Friday the 13th. On Carberry Day, small brown jugs appear around campus, and students and teachers fill them with change. The money goes to a book fund that Professor Carberry has set up “in memory of my future late wife, Laura.” More… Discuss

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word: martinet

martinet 

Definition:	(noun) Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.
Synonyms:	disciplinarian, moralist
Usage:	Any deviation from the classroom rules was met with a swift rebuke from our teacher, a real martinet. Discuss.

article: The University of Padua

The University of Padua

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EUZICASA: 200 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE VISITED THIS SITE! THANKS TO EVERYONE OF MY VISITORS!

EUZICASA: 200 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE VISITED THIS SITE! MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE OF MY VISITORS!

 

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ARTICLE: Dyslexia

Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a developmental disability that inhibits recognition and processing of graphic symbols, particularly those pertaining to language. The condition is often diagnosed in childhood, as the symptoms—trouble reading, reversing words and letters, writing illegibly—become evident in the classroom. To a dyslexic, d may be seen as b or was as saw. Though dyslexia‘s underlying cause is unknown, it appears to be heritable to some degree. When was it first identified? More… Discuss

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Ave verum, Op.65 No.1 ／ Gabriel Fauré

Direction : Richard Marlow
＊THE CHOIR TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE : Female Voice
＊Recorded : 1996 in Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge

QUOTATION: Victor Hugo “Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.”

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Discuss

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QUOTATION: Aristotle

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.

Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC) Discuss

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834)

Charles William Eliot (1834)

Eliot was an educator and the president of Harvard from 1869 to 1909. Under his administration, Harvard developed from a small college with attached professional schools into a great modern university. Several notable reforms were introduced during his tenure: the elective system was extended, the curriculum was enriched, written exams became mandatory, and the faculty was enlarged. Eliot opposed football and tried unsuccessfully to abolish the game at Harvard. Why did he object to the sport? More… Discuss

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: GARRETT AUGUSTUS MORGAN, SR. (1877)

Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. (1877)

Born into poverty and having had little formal education, Morgan nevertheless became a successful inventor and entrepreneur. In 1914, he patented his “breathing device,” a hood that allows one to breathe safely in the presence of smoke, gas, and other pollutants. He worked hard to market it, especially to fire departments, and often demonstrated its reliability, most famously using it to rescue several men from an Ohio tunnel accident in 1916. What did he invent after he had gone nearly blind? More… Discuss

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Sergei Rachmaninoff – Prelude Op. 23

S. Rodriguez

Sergei Rachmaninoff – Prelude Op. 23
No. 1, in F-sharp minor
No. 2, in B-flat major
No. 3, in D minor
No. 4, in D major
No. 5, in G minor
No. 6, in E-flat major
No. 7, in C minor
No. 8, in A-flat major
No. 9, in E-flat minor
No. 10, in G-flat major

 

QUOTATION: James Madison ABOUT TYRANNY

The accumulation of all powers, Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.

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Un bulgăre de humă (1989) (Ion Creangă și Mihai Eminescu)

Povestea lui Ion Creanga, scriitorul care a reusit sa impresioneze generatii de-a randul cu basmele si povestirile sale. Continuand un har mostenit de la stramosii sai, Creanga considera povestile lui o simpla sursa de amuzament, lipsita de profunditate. Mihai Eminescu este cel care incearca sa-l convinga ca detine un talent deosebit. Poetul, insa, are alte probleme, fiind implicat intr-o imposibila poveste de dragoste cu Veronica Micle…. Respectul pe care il avem in mod firesc fata de marile personalitati Ion Creanga si Mihai Eminescu a devenit, in
momentul realizarii acestui film extrem de inhibant. Acesta a constituit principalul handicap pe care l-am avut de trecut. Pentru a deveni personaje de film, Eminescu si Creanga trebuiau sa coboare de pe statui, sa prinda viata imprumutand chipurile unor actori: sa vorbeasca, sa se miste si sa evolueze intr-un chip cat mai firesc. In loc sa pastram un ton solemn, omagial, care ar fi imprimat filmului, cred, un aer sedentios, an incercat sa ne apropiem cu discretie si caldura de personalitatile readuse la viata. Chiar daca primele lor aparitii in film risca sa deceptioneze printr-o fireasca neidentificare cu fotografiile icoana, atat de cunoscute, speram ca personajele sa devina convingatoare pe parcursul desfasurarii povestirii cinematografice. Este un omagiu pe care ila duce cu intarziuere implinirii a 100 de ani de la moartea lui Ion Creanga, Mihai Eminescu si Veronica Micle” (Nicolae Margineanu).

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: PETER MARK ROGET (1779)

Peter Mark Roget (1779)

If you have ever used a thesaurus, you have Roget to thank. He was an English physician who created not only the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases—a comprehensive classification of synonyms that he published in 1852 during his retirement—but also a slide rule for calculating the roots and powers of numbers. Roget was an obsessive list-maker, and it has been speculated that he worked on the thesaurus to combat depressive tendencies. What institution did Roget help to establish? More… Discuss

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Manuel de Falla – El Sombrero de Tres Picos – Complete Ballet

Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946)

Español: Estatua de Manuel de Falla en la Avenida de la Constitución de Granada (España). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

El Sombrero de Tres Picos – Complete Ballet
(The Three-Cornered Hat / Le tricorne / Der Dreispitz – 1919)

Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE
Carlos Kalmar – Conductor

Maria del Mar Campo – Mezzosoprano

Introducción y escena – Introduction and Scene
La tarde – Afternoon
Danza de la molinera (Fandango) – Dance of the Miller’s Wife
Las uvas – The Grapes
Danza de los vecinos (Seguidilla) – Dance of the Neighbors
Danza del molinero (Farruca) – Dance of the Miller
Danza del corregidor – Dance of the Magistrate
Danza final (Jota)

Inside the Classroom with Britannica School, Grade 7

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: JAIME ALFONSO ESCALANTE GUTIERREZ (1930)

Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutierrez (1930)

The subject of the acclaimed 1988 film Stand and Deliver, Escalante was a math teacher who, with his unconventional teaching style, dedication, and complete faith in his students’ potential, created a successful advanced placement—or college level—calculus program at a high school in a poor East Los Angeles neighborhood. In 1982, when 18 of his students received perfect or near-perfect scores on a national exam, they were accused of cheating. What happened when 12 retook the test? More… Discuss

 

C. Saint – Saens Morceau de concert op. 94 | Peter Müseler, Horn

Conducted by Juri Lebedev | Summer Concert 2007 at Belvedere School of Music Weimar/Germany | Musikgymnasium Schloß Belvedere

 

Hopeful for a Gracious Future: Mozart – Missa Brevis in D minor KV 65 ( final competition )

Koriyama Fifth Junior High School ( The Vocal Ensemble Competition Japan 2013 )
Mozart Missa Brevis in d KV 65 
Kyrie・Gloria・Credo・Sanctus・Benedictus・Ag­nus Dei

 

Word: FROWSTY

frowsty 

Definition:	(adjective) Stale and unclean smelling.
Synonyms:	fusty, musty
Usage:	As a college student, all I could afford was a frowsty basement apartment, but it served its purpose. Discuss.

 

EXERCISE GETS KIDS’ BRAINS IN GEAR

Researchers have found another reason for kids to exercise—it is good for their brains. A recent study has found that children who get regular exercise perform better academically. Researchers found that for every 15 minutes of daily exercise, performance in subjects like English, math, and science increases by an average of about a quarter of a grade. While most youngsters involved in the study exercised far less than the recommended 60 minutes a day, if they did, they could improve their academic performance by as much as a full letter grade. More…

Natalia Kartashova plays Liszt – La Campanella

Natalia Kartashova plays Liszt La Campanella 
Thank you for watching! 
You are also welcome to visit my website at: http://www.nataliakartashova.com

Audio and video by Umberto Belfiore

 

Word: STAID

staid 

Definition:	(adjective) Characterized by sedate dignity and often a strait-laced sense of propriety.
Synonyms:	serious, sober, quiet, calm, grave, steady, composed, solemn
Usage:	I instinctively stood up a little straighter when the staid duke entered the parlor. Discuss.

Quotation: Charles Dickens on liberal education

I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Discuss

 

Carl Orff – Sunt Lacrimae Rerum – Singphoniker Münchner – July 10, 1995

Performance of a selection from Carl Orff‘s “Sunt Lacrimae Rerum“, men’s choir (TTTBBB) and soloists (TBarB), by the Singphoniker Münchner on July 10, 1995 – Carl Orff’s 100th birthday, at the composer’s gravesite in the Klosterkirche Andechs, near the composer’s home in Dießen am Ammersee. 

The inscription on the memorial plaque reads, “Summus Finis”, “The Highest Goal”

The title of the music is from the Aeneid, line 462 of Book I – “sunt lacrimae rerum” – “There are tears for things”

The lyrics are from The Book of Ecclesiastes 8:15–

Omnium deliciarum et pomparum saeculi brevis finis.
Mors, dolor, luctus et paror invadit omnes. 
In hora ultima peribunt omnia: tuba, tibia et cythera, jocus, visus, saltus, cantus et discantus.

Of all delights and pomps of the world the time is short
Death, pain and mourning invadeth all.
At the last hour perisheth all things: the trumpet, the flute and the lyre, joy, laughter, dancing, singing, and harmony.

Die Singphoniker are (thanks to Daniel Schreiber for this information):

Alfons Brandl, Hubert Nettinger, Ludwig Thomas- tenors. Berno Scharpf, Gunnar Mühling- baritones. Christian Schmidt, bass.

Music Publisher: Schott C39534 ISMN: 979-0-001-00875-4
available here:
http://www.schott-music.com/shop/1/sh…

 

Quotation: Charles Dickens

Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Discuss

 

From Wikipedia: Right to education

The right to education is a universal entitlement to education, a right that is recognized as a human right. According to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights the right to education includes the right to free, compulsory primary education for all,^[1] an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all, in particular by the progressive introduction of free secondary education,^[2] as well as an obligation to develop equitable access to higher education, ideally by the progressive introduction of free higher education.^[3] The right to education also includes a responsibility to provide basic education for individuals who have not completed primary education. In addition to these access to education provisions, the right to education encompasses the obligation to rule out discrimination at all levels of the educational system, to set minimum standards and to improve quality of education.^[4]

Compulsory education 

The realisation of the right to education on a national level may be achieved through compulsory education, or more specifically free compulsory primary education, as stated in both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.^[5][23]

 

Today’s Quotation: John Milton (1608-1674) on Education

I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.

John Milton (1608-1674) Discuss

California Poppies : Sunday November 27, 2011 at Bolsa Chica Beach

California Poppies: Sunday November 27, 2011 at Bolsa Chica Beach

Today’s Birthday: Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779)

Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779)

Regarded as one of the founders of modern chemistry, Berzelius was a Swedish professor who achieved an immensely important series of innovations and discoveries. He developed chemistry’s modern system of symbols and formulas, prepared a remarkably precise table of atomic weights, analyzed numerous chemical compounds, and discovered the elements selenium, thorium, and cerium. He also introduced basic laboratory equipment that remains in use today. What common scientific terms did Berzelius coin? More… Discuss

Today In History: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Established (1958)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Established (1958)

NASA is an agency of the US government charged with aeronautics research and the nation’s civilian space program. During its history, it has been responsible for manned trips to the Moon, orbiting observatories, and unmanned programs that explored other planets and interplanetary space. Today, its goals include improving human understanding of the universe and establishing a permanent human presence in space. NASA was created by an act of Congress passed largely in response to what 1957 event? More… Discuss

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Today’s Birthday: JOHNS HOPKINS (1795)

Johns Hopkins (1795)

Hopkins, a US merchant and financier, worked with an uncle as a wholesale grocer before going into business with his brothers in 1819. As he continued to prosper, his interests diversified into banking, insurance companies, steamship lines, and railroads. In his will, he set aside $7 million—the largest philanthropic bequest in US history at the time—for the founding of a free hospital and university in Baltimore, Maryland. His will also called for the establishment of what other institution? More… Discuss

Palace of Versailles: Virtual Tour: Thanks to Google Art Project… Let’s Go!

Marie-Antoinette_Painting_Pallace_Versailles_Tour (click on the Picture to start your tour)

I hope you’ll enjoy your virtual tour, as much as I did. You can save your link, as a portal to the Google Art Project and visit more  famous museums and their art galleries.

Don’t Try To Remember everything…Research Instead…VIRTUALLY

Image via Wikipedia

My proffessors tought me a valuable lesson… may be the most valuable lesson of all:

  

  

  

  

DON’T EVEN ATTEMPT TO LEARN EVERYTHING BE HEART: THE REAL SKILL OF A UNIVERSITY GRADUATE, IS… TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, TO KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR INFORMATION, AND HOW TO MAKE IT USER FRIENDLY”. ALways can visit a library. for instance visit this one:

The Library Of Congress Online: 
http://catalog.loc.gov/,

I mean I was able to find telephone books from Romania, from 1925, and 1958; I was able to find my address and telephone number, and my great grand parents business, adresses, etc. One can find, that which one is searching for: literally.          

 

Well in those times we were talking libraries, today we’re talking virtual libraries: Create one of your own: Start today, start now, by adding this acronym finder and acronym attic list to your new library, of your congress, of your choice:

http://www.acronymfinder.com/RSS.html

http://www.acronymattic.com/

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• ACAD | Library (acad.ab.ca)
• How To Consolidate Your iPhoto Library and Remove Duplicates [MacRx] (cultofmac.com)
• Future Libraries Programme (culture.gov.uk)
• The Library of Congress – Webcasts (loc.gov)