February 2012
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Origin of the word "cash"
cash, n.2
[ad. (ultimately) Tamil kāsu (‘or perhaps some Konkani form of it’), name of a small coin, or weight of money:—Skr. karsha ‘a weight of silver or gold equal to 1/400 of a tulā’ (Williams); Singhalese kāsi coin. The early Portuguese writers represented the native word by cas, casse, caxa, the Fr. by cas, the Eng. by cass: the existing Pg. caixa and Eng. cash are due to a natural...
January 2012
11 posts
The Teacher of the Future
lareviewofbooks:
XUJUN EBERLEIN
on two accounts of the great Chinese famine.
Image: Murri via Ralph Magazine
Yang Jisheng Tombstone
Cosmos Books, 2008. 950 pp. Frank Dikötter Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962
Walker & Company, September 2010. 448 pp. 1.
In July 2011, Frank Dikötter’s Mao’s Great Famine won the BBC’s Samuel Johnson...
Dan K's Blog: Cuisine Concentration in New York... →
dfkoz:
To cap off a recent series of posts on New York restaurants (see What’s the Safest Food in New York City? and Heatmap of Restaurants in New York City), I put together heatmaps of restaurant density by cuisine type.
Only one comment before we get started: I have no idea how the DOHMH…
India's first Ironman is a woman →
Anuradha Vaidyanathan is India first Ironman athlete. The multi-tasking 30-year-old PhD holder and entrepreneur tells us about the challenges she’s had to face and how she made it.
Very few of us may have even heard of the sporting event she represents. Fewer are probably aware of the extreme physical endurance it demands. Ironman one-day triathlon that involves a 3.8km swim, 180km bicycle ride...
November 2011
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July 2011
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June 2011
22 posts
“In New York it is rare to find a taxi driver born in America. In Milan, Italy’s...”
– In Italy, cartels that make life cushy for insiders exact a heavy toll on everyone else. (via theeconomist)
“It is not illegal to pay for sex in Japan; a 1997 study showed that more than...”
– Many facets of Japan seem mysterious to outsiders. Attitudes to sex, marriage and romance in particular. (via theeconomist)
“I am always fascinated when I see the latest Apple products. Apple has managed...”
– Legendary designer Dieter Rams, often considered the greatest product designer alive today, interviewed in The Telegraph. His principles of good design persevere as timeless and relevant as ever. (via curiositycounts)
Apple magic
May 2011
22 posts
