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Wisdom A novel worth reading is an education of the heart. ~ Susan Sontag While interviewing Susan Sontag for “The Paris Review” in 1995, Edward Hirsch asked the writer and activist whether it was old-fashioned to think that the purpose of literature is to educate us about life. Sontag unequivocally confirmed that novels enlighten us. She went on to say, “[Novels enlarge] your sense of human possibility, of what human nature is, of what happens in the world.” When we read a story, we experience, on an intellectual and emotional level, the successes and failures of the characters — and we learn empathy and understanding from their stories. Mary Live long and prosper

From: Jackie Schmitt Here's today's celebrity birthdays. Jackie May 18: Actor Candice Azzara (″Caroline in the City,” ″Rhoda”) is 84. Bluegrass singer-guitarist Rodney Dillard of The Dillards is 83. Keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Yes is 76. Singer Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo is 75. Actor James Stephens (“Paper Chase,” ″Father Dowling Mysteries”) is 74. Country singer George Strait is 73. Actor Chow Yun-Fat (“Anna and the King,” ″The Replacement Killers”) is 70. Singer-guitarist Page Hamilton of Helmet is 65. Guitarist Barry Graul of MercyMe is 64. Singer Michael Tait of Newsboys and of dc Talk is 59. Singer-actor Martika (“Kids Incorporated,” “Wiseguy”) is 56. Comedian Tina Fey (“30 Rock,” ″Saturday Night Live”) is 55. Musician Jack Johnson is 50. Country singer David Nail is 46. Singer Darryl Allen of Mista is 45. Actor Allen Leech (“Downton Abbey”) is 44. Guitarist Kevin Huguley of Rush of Fools is 43. Contemporary Christian singer Francesca Battistelli is 38. Actor Spencer Breslin (“The Cat in the Hat”) is 33. Actor Violett Beane (“God Friended Me”) is 29. Actor Hala Finley (“Man with a Plan”) is 16. Mary Live long and prosper

From: Jackie Schmitt Music History for May 18 1963 - The Beatles began their third U.K. tour in Slough, England. They started the tour second on the bill after Roy Orbinson. They were soon moved to the number one spot. 1968 - Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe through the Tulips" was released. It was originally a number one hit for Nick Lucas in 1929. 1978 - "The Buddy Holly Story" had its world premiere in Dallas, TX. 1992 - Sister Souljah was quoted by the Washington Post as saying "If black people kill black people ever day, why not have a week and kill white people." 1993 - KISS released the album "Alive III." 1999 - The Backstreet Boys released their third album "Millennium." 2003 - Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) was arrested for drug possession. He was released on $10,000 bail. 2003 - "Les Miserables" closed after 6,680 shows and 16 years on Broadway. 2004 - "Hee Haw Collection" was released. It was the first time that full shows were released on VHS and DVD. 2004 - It was announced that the Country Cow Creamery would be producing the ice cream flavors Ozzy's Carnivorous Carrot Cake and Death by Sharon in honor of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Mary Live long and prosper

From: Jackie Schmitt TV History for May 18 1978 - The final episode of "Baretta" aired. 1990 - The TV movie "Return to Green Acres" was aired. 1998 - The final episode of "Murphy Brown" aired on CBS. Mary Live long and prosper

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Wordsmith.orgThe magic of words May 18, 2025 This week’s theme Interesting usage examples This week’s words renunciatory winsome susurrant ruderal bereft How popular are they? Relative usage over time AWADmail archives Index Next week’s theme Bloody words! Send a gift that keeps on giving, all year long: A gift subscription of A.Word.A.Day or the gift of books AWADmail Issue 1194 A Compendium of Feedback on the Words in A.Word.A.Day and Other Tidbits about Words and Language Sponsor’s Message: “Scrabble on steroids, with a thieving twist.” One Up! -- where stealing is the name of the game. “My daily dose of dopamine.” A wicked smart anytime gift. Game on! Words in News: Eighty-six From our archives, Jun 3, 2003: eighty-six (also see this) From: Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) Subject: Interesting stories from the Net Could the English Language Die? The Guardian Permalink Linguists Find Proof of Sweeping Language Pattern Once Deemed a Hoax Scientific American Permalink From: Henry M. Willis (hmw ssdslaw.com) Subject: The hottest places in Hell (renunciatory) A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. -Dante Alighieri, poet (c. May 1265-1321) Dante never said exactly this, though JFK used the quote and, like other politicians and editorialists going back to Teddy Roosevelt, attributed it to Dante. Quote Investigator also cites many examples of similar sentiments going back even further, often without citing Dante. But Dante instead damned neutrals to spend eternity outside the gates of Hell, where they chase a flag that turns one way and then the other, while being stung by wasps. As the words he put in the mouth of Virgil show, Dante had nothing but contempt for these fence-sitters: “This is the sorrowful state of souls unsure, whose lives earned neither honor nor infamy. And they are mingled with angels of that sort who, neither rebellious to God nor faithful to Him, chose neither side, but kept themselves apart -- Now Heaven expels them, not to mar its splendor, and Hell rejects them, lest the wicked of heart take some glory over them. ... They have no hope of death, but a blind life so abject, they envy any other fate. Mercy and justice disdain them. Let us not speak of them: look and pass on.” Inferno III:34-42, 46-51. This dismissive treatment of neutrals fits the image of Dante the fierce partisan, who settled scores with many of his enemies in the Comedy. But Dante the politician was not quite so partisan: he tried to reconcile the warring Black and White factions within the Guelphs when he was a Prior of the city-state of Florence, even though that meant exiling the most prominent partisans on both sides. His reward for that was exile and a death sentence imposed in absentia after his political opponents took power while he was on a diplomatic mission to Pope Boniface VIII. And in his exile, after some time participating in the squabbles and rivalries of his fellow exiles, he decided to abandon politics, to become “a party of one.” Not a neutral, perhaps, but no longer an active partisan either. As his comment about “the little threshing floor [i.e., earth] that makes us so savage” in Canto XXII of Paradiso indicates, while Dante had firm ideas as to what a just political order should look like, he had distanced himself somewhat from the political struggles and infighting that “make ... us so savage.” That does not change how Dante treated neutrals in Canto III, but it does call for a subtler understanding of it. Dante certainly despised those who changed sides out of expediency rather than principle and those who did not oppose evil when they needed to do so, but he did not see them as worse than the evil-doers themselves. Which is why the misattribution needs to be corrected. Henry M. Willis, Los Angeles, California From: Ray Paseur (ray.paseur gmail.com) Subject: Re: A.Word.A.Day--winsome The Lt Governor of our Commonwealth of Virginia is Winsome Earle-Sears, and she is indeed charming! Ray Paseur, McLean, Virginia From

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From: Gregory Fry Today's Scripture: When Judas had left them, Jesus said: "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself and will glorify Him immediately." "My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. "I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. "This is how all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." --John 13: 31-33A; 34-35 Today's Scripture perfectly complements last week’s passage because it goes to the heart of its meaning. Two weeks ago, we reflected on the decisive moment when Jesus re-commissioned Peter by Lake Galilee, instructing him to “feed His sheep”—a call to show love, compassion, and care for those in need. As we emphasized last week, this commission extends to all of us. Each person is called to live a life of love, support, and encouragement, standing alongside those who feel frail and vulnerable. Today's Scripture beautifully complements last week’s message?,? highlighting the essence of following Jesus. He summarizes Christian teaching in a simple, straightforward command: “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this, everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” So, what does this love look like? How do we embody our faith as a lifestyle of love? Here are three key characteristics: 1. Love is sacrificial At the very heart of the Christian faith is the fact that Jesus died on the cross; not some empty, meaningless, failing type of death, but a death that won a significant victory over the power of sin and death so that we could live in a beautiful relationship with God. But, of course, that death was immensely sacrificial. Jesus had to give up everything so we could live; to give up His birthright, His power, His majesty, His glory, His own life. In his letter to the Philippians, Paul had written that “Christ emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave…” The ultimate act of self-emptying so He could show sacrificial love towards us. There was no limit to Jesus’s sacrifice, because there was no limit to His love for us. In truth, Jesus didn’t just make sacrifices for us. He BECAME a sacrifice for us! So, the fact that we love God and others is a response. In another part of the Bible, also written by John, we read, "We love because He first loved us.” Christ has shown us sacrificial love; as a response, we model sacrificial love to others. I wonder what that means in your life and mine. How can we show truly sacrificial love toward others? What can we give of ourselves—who we are and what we have—to love better? Christ is the model for us to follow, and we have a lifetime to determine what that means for ourselves. So first, we love one another sacrificially. 2. Love is unconditional In the Sermon on the Mount, as recorded in Matthew 5:43-48, Jesus states: "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and the unjust. What reward do you have if you love those who love you? Don't even the tax collectors do the same? If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the pagans do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." This brings the earlier commandments in Leviticus into greater context. This is no call to "love" that can allow for exceptions. It is a commandment to love as Jesus lived and demonstrated love! Recall that when Jesus washed His disciples' feet, he also washed Judas's feet. He treated His betrayer no differently than any of the others. Jesus also suffered the taunts of His enemies--their abuse of Him, their to

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At 8:32 a.m. PDT on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210 square miles of wilderness. Called Louwala-Clough, or “the Smoking Mountain,” by Native Americans, Mount St. Helens is located in... read more THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 18 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts At 8:32 a.m. PDT on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210 square miles of wilderness. Called Louwala-Clough, or “the Smoking Mountain,” by Native Americans, Mount St. Helens is located in... read more 21st Century 2012 Facebook raises $16 billion in largest tech IPO in U.S. history American Revolution 1783 United Empire Loyalists reach Canada Arts & Entertainment 1593 Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe 1980 Ian Curtis of Joy Division dies by suicide Asian History 1974 India joins the nuclear club Civil War 1863 The Siege of Vicksburg commences Crime 1926 Popular evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears Native American History 1871 Chief Satanta attacks wagon trains, killing teamsters Religion 1920 Pope John Paul II born U.S. Government and Politics 1896 Supreme Court rules “separate but equal” constitutional in Plessy v. Ferguson U.S. Presidents 1860 Abraham Lincoln nominated for presidency at Republican Convention World War I 1917 U.S. Congress passes Selective Service Act Follow The HISTORY ? Channel Update Preferences | Subscribe | Contact Us Having trouble viewing this message? View the web version. This is a promotional email from HISTORY and A+E Global Media?. ? 2025 A&E Television Networks, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Email Marketing, 235 E 45th Street, New York, NY 10017 http://www.aegm.com/ TV Parental Guidelines | Careers | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy Mary Live long and prosper

? On This Day in History May 18 ?Historical Events? ?1291 After 100 years of Crusader control, the last Crusader stronghold of Acre is reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil ?1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate ?1896 Khodynka Tragedy: A stampeding crowd on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the coronation festivities for Russian Tsar Nicholas II, causes the deaths of an estimated 1,300 people ?1974 India becomes the sixth nation to detonate an atomic bomb Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts ?1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state triggers the largest landslide in history, killing 57 people and causing over $1 billion in damage ?2009 The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending the Sri Lankan Civil War and almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides More Historical Events ?Famous Birthdays? ? ?Nicholas II? ?1868 - 1918 ? ?Bertrand Russell? ?1872 - 1970 ? ?Frank Capra? ?1897 - 1991 ? ?John Paul II? ?1920 - 2005 Also Reggie Jackson (78) More Famous Birthdays ?Famous Deaths? ? ?John Bellingham? ?Hanged in 1812 ? ?Jeannette Rankin? ?1880 - 1973 More Famous Deaths ?The Quiet Passing of Halley’s Comet? ? Halley’s Comet has been skirting Earth over and over again for centuries and did so again on this day. Happily, the disasters predicted by some failed to happen Fear Over Halley’s Comet Weekly Quiz for May 13 - 19 ? ? 2024 On This Day Pte. Ltd. 160 Robinson Road, #14-04 SBF Centre, Singapore, 068914

A different word. "You scored 10 out of 10 points" Mary Live long and prosper On Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 08:56:54 PM CDT, Mary Landers via groups.io <maryeland@...> wrote: anomaly /??nɑm?li/ noun 1. anomaly: something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected "there are a number of anomalies in the present system" Anomaly - Dictionary Scoop Mary Live long and prosper

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Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2025 May 17 Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited Image Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA Explanation: This close-up from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera shows weathered craters and windblown deposits in southern Acidalia Planitia. A striking shade of blue in standard HiRISE image colors, to the human eye the area would probably look grey or a little reddish. But human eyes have not gazed across this terrain, unless you count the eyes of NASA astronauts in the sci-fi novel, "The Martian," by Andy Weir. The novel chronicles the adventures of Mark Watney, an astronaut stranded at the fictional Mars mission Ares 3 landing site, corresponding to the coordinates of this cropped HiRISE frame. For scale, Watney's 6-meter-diameter habitat at the site would be about 1/10th the diameter of the large crater. Of course, the Ares 3 landing coordinates are only about 800 kilometers north of the (real life) Carl Sagan Memorial Station, the 1997 Pathfinder landing site. Tomorrow's picture: fly over pluto < | Archive | Submissions | Index | Search | Calendar | RSS | Education | About APOD | Discuss | > Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn Specific rights apply. NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. Mary Live long and prosper