Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 - 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin, and his name is rendered in Latin as Carolus Linnæus (after 1761 Carolus a Linné).
Linnaeus was born in the countryside of Småland in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his Systema Naturae in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect and classify animals, plants, and minerals, while publishing several volumes. He was one of the most acclaimed scientists in Europe at the time of his death.
Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau sent him the message: "Tell him I know no greater man on earth." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote: "With the exception of Shakespeare and Spinoza, I know no one among the no longer living who has influenced me more strongly." Swedish author August Strindberg wrote: "Linnaeus was in reality a poet who happened to become a naturalist." Linnaeus has been called Princeps botanicorum (Prince of Botanists) and "The Pliny of the North". He is also considered as one of the founders of modern ecology.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Sweden.
Randall wrote:
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Alan J answered:
Sweden.
mj said:
First learned of him in BSCS biolgy
Found it odd that a Swede would have a Latin name. Guess he self
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Dave replied:
Sweden. He was a big deal in the 18th century. But that was back in the days when science was respected. Today in the USA, Trump doesn't believe in science. He believes his gut understands more than any scientist. Impeach.
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Kevin K. in Washington, DC, said:
Sweden
Deborah wrote:
I'm pretty sure he was Swedish. I'm sticking to that.
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Barbara, of Peppy Tech fame said:
Carl Linnaeus was born in Sweden.
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Music: "Rebel Girl" from the album THE SINGLES
Artist: Bikini Kill
Artist Location: Olympia, Washington
Info: "Bikini Kill is a feminist punk band that was based in Olympia, WA and Washington DC, forming in 1990 and breaking up in 1997. Kathleen Hanna sang, Tobi Vail played drums, Billy Karren (aka Billy Boredom) played guitar and Kathi Wilcox played bass. Bikini Kill is credited with instigating the Riot Grrrl movement in the early 90's via their political lyrics, zones and confrontational live show."
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When she talks, I hear the revolution
In her hips, there's revolution
When she walks, the revolution's coming
In her kiss, I taste the revolution
Rebel girl, rebel girl
Rebel girl you are the queen of my world
Rebel girl, rebel girl
I know I wanna take you home
I wanna try on your clothes, uh
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• Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of such children's classic picture books as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen, absolutely loved Mickey Mouse cartoons when he was a child, and he says that seeing one would throw him in a frenzy. His sister, Natalie, and brother, Jackie, agree. His sister remembers, "We knew it was coming, and Jackie would grab you by one arm and I would grab you by the other arm, and you would have a seizure." Mr. Sendak says about Mickey, "I adored him, and I still do."
• When she was a little girl, Maud Petersham loved her "Auntie" (her mother's half-sister), with whom she and her three sisters stayed during the summers. At the end of one summer, rather than board the train that would take her home again, she hid until the train left. The result was that she was allowed to stay with Auntie for four years. Later, Maud and her husband, Miska Petersham, created many illustrated books for children, including The Christ Child (1931).
• Bob Weber is the creator of the syndicated comic strip Slylock Fox, in which the main character solves mysteries by using his knowledge of science. Among the products associated with this comic strip is a set of Slylock Fox Brain Bogglers mystery cards that can be purchased at stores. When Mr. Weber's daughter was a little girl, she memorized all the answers. He said, "When I go out to libraries or stores to promote the set and the strip, she shouts out the answers. I have to 'shhh' her every time!"
• When Margaret Bourke-White was still in high school, her family took a vacation to Canada, where her father wanted to photograph some boys. Unfortunately, when the boys saw the camera, they stood still and ceased to act naturally. Thinking quickly, Margaret threw a coin onto the ground near their feet, the boys dove for the coin, and Margaret's father got his photograph. Later, Margaret became a world-famous photographer.
• Children's book illustrator Lisa Desimini used to do her friends' art homework for them when she was small. One of her friends' mothers liked a sunflower that she had painted so much that she hung the painting up in the living room - of course, the mother thought that her own daughter had created it.
• Even as a child, Spanish artist Salvador Dalí was sensitive to color. Once, his father sent him to buy two tortillas, but young Salvador returned with two rolls instead. His father asked why he had not gotten the tortillas, and Salvador replied, "I got rid of them - I didn't like the yellow."
• A friend of TV's Mister Rogers used to paint trees when he was a little boy. Once, he painted a tree blue, and someone criticized his choice of colors. For years, he stopped painting trees - until a teacher told him that artists can paint things any color they want.
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• Andy Warhol was an interesting character. He was interested in money, and on 10 February 1966, he took out an ad in the Village Voice that stated this: "I'll endorse with my name any of the following: clothing AC-DC, cigarettes small, tapes, sound equipment, ROCK N' ROLL RECORDS, anything, film, and film equipment, Food, Helium, Whips, MONEY!! love and kisses ANDY WARHOL EL 5-9941." His body was in bad shape; for one thing, he was shot twice by Valerie Solanas, the sole member of SCUM: Society for Cutting Up Men. He also had a hernia, for which he wore an abdominal belt. His friend Brigid Berlin dyed the belts in various pretty colors. When he finally got a gall bladder operation - the aftermath of which killed him - he wore his trademark silver wig during the operation. Throughout his life, he used glue to make the wig stay put. And yet he was normal in many ways. His mother stayed with him until her declining health and senility made it too difficult for him, who spent much time away from their home, to take care of her. He sent her back to family members in Pittsburgh, and she soon died there. His diary contains an entry saying "at Christmas time I really think about my mother and if I did the right thing sending her back to Pittsburgh. I still feel so guilty."
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'The Neighborhood', followed by a FRESH'Bob Hearts Abishola', then a FRESH'All Rise', followed by a FRESH'Bull'.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 9/12/19) are Jake Tapper and Jon Lovett.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 8/14/19) are Anthony Anderson, Jared Harris, Smokey Robinson, and Christian Finnegan.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'The Voice', followed by a FRESH'Bluff City Law'.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 9/23/19) are Gwen Stefani, Ben Platt, and Zac Brown Band.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 9/3/19) are Sonia Sotomayor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Schlossberg, and Carter McLean.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 9/25/19) is Anna Faris.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Dancing With The Stars', followed by a FRESH'The Good Doctor'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Jeff Bridges, Mykal-Michelle Harris, and Morris Day featuring Snoop Dogg.
The CW offers a FRESH'All American', followed by a FRESH'Black Lightning'.
Faux has a FRESH'9-1-1', followed by a FRESH'Prodigal Son'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Live PD: Police Patrol', another 'Live PD: Police Patrol', followed by a FRESH'Live PD: Police Patrol', then a FRESH'Live PD: Police Patrol', followed by a FRESH'Live Rescue'.
AMC offers the movie 'Halloween', followed by a FRESH'The Terror', then a FRESH'Lodge 49'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 1-Encounter at Farpoint (Part 1)
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 2-Encounter at Farpoint (Part 2)
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 16-Q Who
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 2 - EPISODE 17-Samaritan Snare
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 26-The Best of Both Worlds (Part 1)
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 1-The Best of Both Worlds (Part 2)
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 2-Family
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 4 - EPISODE 21-The Drumhead
[2:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 23-I, Borg
[3:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 6 - EPISODE 15-Tapestry
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 7 - EPISODE 25-All Good Things... (Part 1)
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 7 - EPISODE 26-All Good Things... (Part 2)
[6:00PM] GLADIATOR (2000)
[9:30PM] APOCALYPTO (2006)
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 21-Juggernaut
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 22-Someone to Watch Over Me
[12:30AM] GLADIATOR (2000)
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 21-Juggernaut
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: VOYAGER - SEASON 5 - EPISODE 22-Someone to Watch Over Me (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Below Deck', another 'Below Deck', followed by a FRESH'Below Deck', another 'Below Deck', then a FRESH'Watch What Happens Live'.
FX has the movie 'Spider-Man: Homecoming', followed by the movie 'Bad Moms'.
History has 'American Pickers: Bonus Buys', 'American Pickers', followed by a FRESH'American Pickers', then another FRESH'American Pickers'.
IFC -
[6:00A] Inescapable
[8:00A] Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
[10:00A] Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof
[12:30P] From Dusk Till Dawn
[3:00P] That '70s Show - Bye-Bye Basement
[3:30P] That '70s Show - The Relapse
[4:00P] That '70s Show - Uncomfortable Ball Stuff
[4:30P] That '70s Show - Donna's Story
[5:00P] That '70s Show - The Forgotten Son
[5:30P] That '70s Show - Red and Stacey
[6:00P] Two and a Half Men - Warning, It's Dirty
[6:30P] Two and a Half Men - Fart Jokes, Pie and Celeste
[7:00P] Two and a Half Men - Yay, No Polyps!
[7:30P] Two and a Half Men - Crude and Uncalled For
[8:00P] Two and a Half Men - Aye, Aye, Captain
[8:30P] Two and a Half Men - Tinkle Like a Princess
[9:00P] Two and a Half Men - I Found Your Mustache
[9:30P] Two and a Half Men - Ixnay on the Oggie Day
[10:00P] Two and a Half Men - Keith Moon Is Vomiting in His Grave
[10:30P] Two and a Half Men - I Called Him Magoo
[11:00P] Two and a Half Men - Gumby With a Pokey
[11:30P] Two and a Half Men - This Is Not Gonna End Well
[12:00A] Two and a Half Men - Welcome to Alancrest
[12:30A] Two and a Half Men - Grab a Feather and Get in Line
[1:00A] That '70s Show - Bye-Bye Basement
[1:30A] That '70s Show - The Relapse
[2:00A] That '70s Show - Uncomfortable Ball Stuff
[2:30A] That '70s Show - Donna's Story
[3:00A] That '70s Show - The Forgotten Son
[3:30A] Behind Enemy Lines (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00am] Love Lust
[6:15am] M*A*S*H
[6:45am] M*A*S*H
[7:15am] M*A*S*H
[7:45am] M*A*S*H
[8:15am] M*A*S*H
[8:45am] M*A*S*H
[9:15am] M*A*S*H
[9:45am] M*A*S*H
[10:15am] M*A*S*H
[10:45am] M*A*S*H
[11:15am] M*A*S*H
[11:45am] M*A*S*H
[12:15pm] M*A*S*H
[12:45pm] M*A*S*H
[1:15pm] Footloose
[3:45pm] Stand by Me
[5:45pm] The Breakfast Club
[8:00pm] Troop Beverly Hills
[10:30pm] Summer Rental
[12:30am] 48 HRS.
[2:30am] Planes, Trains and Automobiles
[4:30am] M*A*S*H
[5:00am] M*A*S*H
[5:30am] M*A*S*H (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire', followed by the movie 'Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 9/16/19) is Nikki Glaser.
Country superstar Dolly Parton is still working "9 to 5," and doing what she loves as she celebrated her 50th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member.
The 73-year-old actress, singer and songwriter, who first played the Opry when she was just a teenager, played the longstanding radio show Saturday night in Nashville, Tennessee, in front of sold-out crowds. Hank Williams Jr., Lady Antebellum and Toby Keith performed in her honor as well and her shows capped off a week of Dolly-themed performances and events at the Opry.
She joked to reporters before her performance that when the Opry approached her about the anniversary, she told them, "I don't want people to think I'm 50 years old."
"Well a lot of people think this is my 50th year the Grand Ole Opry," Parton said. "It's actually been 60 because first time I got to sing on the Opry I was 13 years old. And actually Johnny Cash introduced me, I believe. And Jimmy C. Newman had given me his spot."
"I'm just very honored that I'm still around, not only to just get to accept this, that I can actually perform and get out there and still doing what I love to do," Parton said. "And maybe I'll be around another 50 years, who knows. If I'm lucky."
Friends fans, step aside, because there's another '90s sitcom about to take over and we don't just mean on Netflix. Elaine Benes's Seinfeld townhouse has landed on the real estate market?-listed with Mark Thomas Amadei and Jonathan Hettinger of Sotheby's International Realty-for a casual $8.65 million.
Built in 1839, the New York City townhouse features the "holy trinity," which includes "exceptional scale, brilliant light, and large front and rear gardens," boasts the listing. Located at 408 West 20th Street in the neighborhood of Chelsea, the 5-story townhouse spans over 4,730-square-feet with 6-bedrooms, 4 full bathrooms, and 2.5 baths.
But if that doesn't sound luxurious enough, the home also features high ceilings, hand-carved moldings, and an astonishing eight fireplaces. New Yorkers can easily escape into their own private oasis by stepping into the lush green garden complete with a fountain and pond.
Looking for activities in your new neighborhood? You can take a short walk to the Whitney Museum of American Art, Chelsea Market, or the High Line. It's also important to note that this is the first time in 24 years that Elaine Benes's Seinfeld townhouse has been put up for sale. The current homeowners, Harry Azorin and Lori Monson, purchased it back in 1995 for $950,000, captivated by its historic character.
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Days after riling up Marvel fans by referring to the comic book films as "not cinema," Martin Scorsese has now likened modern-day movie theaters to "amusement parks."
Speaking at the BFI London Film Festival event on Saturday, the director addressed his controversial criticism of big-budget superhero films, which prompted outcry from a "saddened" James Gunn of Guardians of the Galaxy. (Samuel L. Jackson, who had a small role in Scorsese's Goodfellas before going on to become Marvel fixture Nick Fury, brushed off the remarks, saying, "Ain't going to stop nobody from making movies.")
While Scorsese, currently promoting The Irishman, clarified that he admires the work that goes into these blockbusters, he isn't backing down on his personal reaction to what he dubbed "theme park films."
"Theaters have become amusement parks," he said Saturday, per The Hollywood Reporter. "That is all fine and good but don't invade everything else in that sense ... That is fine and good for those who enjoy that type of film and, by the way, knowing what goes into them now, I admire what they do. It's not my kind of thing, it simply is not. It's creating another kind of audience that thinks cinema is that."
"It's not cinema, it's something else," he insisted "We shouldn't be invaded by it. We need cinemas to step up and show films that are narrative films."
Elton John has recalled an incident where he found Michael Jackson playing video games with the 11-year-old son of his housekeeper, after inviting him to a dinner party with his future husband David Furnish.
John wrote about the event in his first memoir, Me, which is released on 15 October.
In the book, John explains that one of his guests was Jackson's psychiatrist, and Jackson happened to be in England at the time.
Jackson, whom John first met when the late "King of Pop" was 14 years old, ended up attending the party as well, which John had arranged so Furnish could meet his mother.
"I'd known Michael since he was 13 or 14," John writes, explaining that they met after one of his shows in Philadelphia. "Elizabeth Taylor had turned up on the Starship with him in tow. He was just the most adorable kid you could imagine. But at some point in the intervening years, he started sequestering himself away from the world, and away from reality the way Elvis Presley did."
Almost 400 scientists have endorsed a civil disobedience campaign aimed at forcing governments to take rapid action to tackle climate change, warning that failure could inflict "incalculable human suffering."
In a joint declaration, climate scientists, physicists, biologists, engineers and others from at least 20 countries broke with the caution traditionally associated with academia to side with peaceful protesters courting arrest from Amsterdam to Melbourne.
Wearing white laboratory coats to symbolise their research credentials, a group of about 20 of the signatories gathered on Saturday to read out the text outside London's century-old Science Museum in the city's upmarket Kensington district.
The declaration was coordinated by a group of scientists who support Extinction Rebellion, a civil disobedience campaign that formed in Britain a year ago and has since sparked offshoots in dozens of countries.
The group launched a fresh wave of international actions on Monday, aiming to get governments to address an ecological crisis caused by climate change and accelerating extinctions of plant and animal species.
The few remaining indigenous Lacandon are locked in a struggle to protect their ancestral home: the last pocket of tropical rainforest in North America.
There are only about 1,500 Lacandones left, scattered in a handful of settlements across the 1,280 square miles (3,312-square-kilometer) Montes Azules jungle reserve on Mexico's southern border with Guatemala.
Over the years, other indigenous groups like the Tzeltales and Choles have settled in the jungle. But these groups plant large fields and raise cattle, something the Lacandones don't do.
Known for wearing their traditional loose white cotton tunics and long hair, the Lacandones practice sustainable low-impact agriculture, clearing small plots and planting a close-packed combination of food crops. They then rotate cultivation to another clearing that has been allowed to rest and recover for several years. They don't have cattle.
In August, residents of the reserve held elections for officials who will finish marking each group's territory in the reserve, and the Lacandones say they were locked out by their more numerous, newer neighbors.
It is one of Britain's most prized coral reefs, sitting off the coast of the Cayman Islands which were praised by Prince Charles as a "shining example" of a Commonwealth nation protecting its marine life.
But 15 acres of the coral reef, which is home to critically endangered turtles, could be destroyed to make way for two cruise ship docks as part of plans to boost tourism.
Environmental campaigners warn the George Town Harbour project will see 22 acres of the seabed dredged, and silt sedimentation will turn the "crystal-clear aquamarine waters to murky white".
In December, the first publicly initiated referendum on the islands will decide the reef's future, after 25 per cent of the electorate signed a petition to take the decision to a vote.
There are fears it may not save the reef as campaigners claim the Government has withheld the latest designs for the docks, and the date of the vote coming so close to Christmas will mean many residents are on holiday.
The top suggested searches on YouTube for "snake eats" offer some insight into our fascination with the scary and disgusting. Some of the suggestions are gross ("snake eats frog live") or hard to imagine ("snake eats porcupine"). Others seem symbolic ("snake eats itself"). But the largest group of suggestions emphasize one theme: size. Anyone with a macabre sensibility and a few minutes to spare can watch a snake scarf down an alligator, a deer, a pig, a crocodile or a cow.
But what's the largest animal that a snake can devour?
Snakes are extremely successful animals. Except for some islands and the coldest corners of the globe, snakes' habitats span the planet. They're also incredibly diverse.
Snakes have an unusual relationship with food. Without the pesky need to produce body heat, a snake can get by on far fewer calories than most other warm-blooded animals its size. Researchers estimated that female snakes can keep themselves alive and reproduce even when consuming less than 3% the amount of prey that a warmblooded animal of similar size would need, according to a study published in 1988 in the journal Oecologia.
Contrary to popular belief, snakes don't unhinge or dislocate their jaws. Instead, they use a specialized collection of skull bones, ligaments and muscles to open their mouths incredibly wide, allowing a snake to prey on animals that can be significantly larger than the snake itself. The size of this opening, which herpetologists call the "gape," places an upper limit on the size of prey a snake can eat.
The first weekend was no fluke: "Joker" is a hit. The R-rated comic book villain origin story had a phenomenal second weekend at the box office, topping the charts once more over newcomers such as the animated "The Addams Family" and the Will Smith action pic "Gemini Man."
Warner Bros. said Sunday that "Joker" added an estimated $55 million from North American theaters this weekend, bringing its domestic total to $192.7 million.
"Joker's" second weekend success played well alongside the counterprogramming of the kid-friendly "Addams Family," which exceeded expectations and came in a strong second with $30.3 million.
The ambitious, star-driven "Gemini Man" was not so lucky. The visual effects-heavy Ang Lee film about an assassin on the run from a younger version of himself (both played by Smith using state of the art de-aging technology) opened in third place with only $20.5 million. Even Smith's disastrous "After Earth" had a better debut ($27.5 million).
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1."Joker," $55 million ($123.7 million international).
2."The Addams Family," $30.3 million.
3."Gemini Man," $20.5 million ($31.1 million international).
4."Abominable," $6.2 million ($15 million international).
5."Downton Abbey," $4.9 million ($4.1 million international).
6."Hustlers," $3.9 million ($3.9 million international).
7. "Judy," $3.3 million ($1.6 million international).
8."It: Chapter Two," $3.2 million ($2.3 million international).
9."Jexi," $3.1 million.
10."Ad Astra," $1.9 million ($2.9 million international).
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