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Jun 18, 2010This week's themeWords related to weather This week's wordsaeolianvirgaEl Ninopluvialnimbus
Buddha with nimbus, 1st-2nd century CE
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nimbus

PRONUNCIATION:(NIM-buhs) plural: nimbi or nimbuses
MEANING:noun:1. A rain cloud.2. A halo or aura around the head of a person depicted in a piece of art.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin nimbus (cloud). Ultimately from the Indo-European root nebh- (cloud) that is also the source of nebula, nephometer (a device used in measuring the amount of cloud cover), and Sanskrit nabh (sky).
USAGE:"The works take their cue from the perspective view one might see out an airplane window but become a curious exercise in painterly flatness, the white nimbuses butting up along the faint horizon."Eric Banks; Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction; The Washington Post; Feb 20, 2010."He saw that at once; he took that also as the meed due his oil wells and his Yale nimbus, since three years at New Haven, leading no classes and winning no football games, had done nothing to dispossess him of the belief that he was the natural prey of all mothers of daughters."William Faulkner; Collected Stories of William Faulkner; Vintage Books; 1995. Explore "nimbus" in the Visual Thesaurus.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it. -Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist (1875-1926)
Wordsmith.org
The Magic of Words
Jun 18, 2010This week's themeWords related to weather This week's wordsaeolianvirgaEl Ninopluvialnimbus
Buddha with nimbus, 1st-2nd century CE
Sculpture: Tokyo National Museum
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A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg
nimbus
PRONUNCIATION:(NIM-buhs) plural: nimbi or nimbuses
MEANING:noun:1. A rain cloud.2. A halo or aura around the head of a person depicted in a piece of art.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin nimbus (cloud). Ultimately from the Indo-European root nebh- (cloud) that is also the source of nebula, nephometer (a device used in measuring the amount of cloud cover), and Sanskrit nabh (sky).
USAGE:"The works take their cue from the perspective view one might see out an airplane window but become a curious exercise in painterly flatness, the white nimbuses butting up along the faint horizon."Eric Banks; Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction; The Washington Post; Feb 20, 2010."He saw that at once; he took that also as the meed due his oil wells and his Yale nimbus, since three years at New Haven, leading no classes and winning no football games, had done nothing to dispossess him of the belief that he was the natural prey of all mothers of daughters."William Faulkner; Collected Stories of William Faulkner; Vintage Books; 1995. Explore "nimbus" in the Visual Thesaurus.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it. -Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist (1875-1926)



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AND IF DESI'd only follow his own advice, he would attend the following, CHOW2!:):)

Jemputan Ke Majlis

“Apa Khabar Orang Kampung” : Pertemuan dan Perbincangan dengan kawan-kawan dari Kampung Perdamian Sukhrin, Selatan Thailand

Tarikh : 20hb Jun 2010Masa : 7.30 P.M - 10.00 P.M
Tempat : Perkarangan pejabat Gerakbudaya/Sird, 11, Lorong 11/4E, 46200 Petaling Jaya, SelangorHidangan : Nasi lemak nusantara

Majlis “Apa Khabar Orang Kampung” ini dianjurkan oleh Gerakbudaya/SIRD.

Gerakbudaya/SIRD telah menjemput kawan-kawan dari Kampung Sukhrin iaitu saudara Indra Jaya Abdullah (Anas), naib ketua kampung saudara Sanya Bonked (Abdi)** dan saudara Hassan Salleh (Waiming) kader veteran Rejimen Ke-10. Mereka akan bersama-sama dengan kita semua untuk membicarakan tentang pelbagai isu serta membawakan khabar dari kampung. Di samping itu mereka juga ingin mengetahui khabar orang -orang kotaraya.
Oleh yang demikian, marilah kita sama-sama bersembang, bertukar-tukar fikiran dan bergembira sambil menikmati hidangan nasi lemak nusantara. Kami dengan rasa besar hati menjemput semua golongan tua dan muda bersama-sama hadir bagi memeriahkan lagi majlis ini di samping berkongsi pandangan serta pendapat masing-masing. Majlis ini akan diadakan di perkarangan Pejabat Gerakbudaya Enterprise/SIRD di Petaling Jaya Selangor.
Untuk maklumat lanjut, sila hubungi Pak Chong : No Tel: 016-3797231
**Sanya Bonked adalah berbangsa Thai dan beragama Islam