THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“When a distinction lacks a name, it tends to disappear into the background of experience. Language focuses attention. Naming a concept does not invent it — it allows us to notice, discuss, and refine it deliberately.”

— Al Shalloway

BIRTHDAYS:

1632 Giovanni Battista Vitali, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States. Sonata Scalabrina

1732 Johann Christian Kittel, German organist, composer, teacher, and student of Johann Sebastian Bach, born in Erfurt, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire. Praeludium d-moll

1745 Alessandro Volta, Italian chemist and physicist who was a pioneer of electricity and power, and is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane.

1883 Níkos Kazantzákis, prominent Greek writer and philosopher (Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ), born in Kandiye, Ottoman Empire

MISCELLANEOUS:

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BEFORE THE NEXT LOCK DOWN (INCLUDING VIOLATING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE), THE AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO READ THE FOLLOWING: