Feb 28, 2019

How Many Students in 1966? Guestimate

Does anyone know how many students were in MPHS in 1966?

Dale Davies (MPHS Jan 66) counted students in our yearbook and found 112 photos in Jan 66 and 397 in Jun 66 ( not counting for camera shy ?).

He therefore Guesstimates 4 years x 509 for a total of 2036. The guestimate is probably a bit low - anyone know for sure?

Total Enrollment is currently 1,417 according to US News.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/illinois/districts/chicago-public-schools/morgan-park-high-school-6578

Westin Hotel Feb 27, 2019 Downtown Sarasota

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/kudiDhF1tfmfeKr18

Feb 27, 2019

New to the Chicago Skyline

https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/3/16/17121148/chicago-supertall-skyscraper-architecture?fbclid=IwAR03MEC35KyfiGFzyAoHdIYpDlS7xTdMhWGLVerr45eRC21DFZ_QuaPErmg

Feb 26, 2019

Blue Jay - Roger Friedman Photo

Roger Friedman to Ohio Bird Photography

February 1 at 2:49 PMNorth Ridgeville, OH

I took advantage of the light snow that fell overnight to go after a snowy evergreen shot. This Blue Jay fit the bill. Taken on 2-01-2019 at Sandy Ridge Reservation, North Ridgeville Ohio. Sony RX10Miv 1/400, ISO 100, f/4.

Posted on our https://www.facebook.com/MorganParkHigh/

Gökotta

Gökotta' (approximately pronounced 'djuh-koo-ta' – sit on the T for half a second). It's a Swedish word meaning 'the act of getting up early specifically to go outside and listen to birdsong'.

Video of Gokotta in our neighborhood
https://photos.app.goo.gl/om1otqk5Th8Sk287A

Pronounce [zyohh-koh-tah], Gokotta is a Swedish word that describes the act of rising early just to go outside and hear the birds sing!

The best untranslatable Scandi words you need to include in your everyday use from now on and forever

Image: The utterly brilliant satwcomic.com

We have some great words that deserve to be used outside their humble Scandi origins. Thank you to everybody who wrote in with suggestions – we got far too many words to use them all, but we have included our best ones here.

Lagom (pronounced [ˈlɑ̀ːɡɔm]). A very Swedish word. It means not too much, not too little. Just the right amount. You can have a lagom amount of coffee, for example. How many meatballs do you want? Lagom, please. Your shower can be lagom hot. Your coffee lagom strong. It expresses a sense of balance and satisfaction with having your needs met without needing excess.
Knullruffs – A Swedish word meaning ‘messy hair after having sex’. Yes, we have a word for that. ‘Hi Brenda, you have knullrufs today – I guess your date went well last night?’
Poronkusema – An old Sami word meaning ‘the distance reindeer can travel before needing to urinate’. Used as a distance measure, as in “ There’s a Poronkusema to his house’ (7 kilometres, in case you were wondering).
Fika – A Swedish word meaning ‘ to meet up for a cup of coffee and a bun/cake. You can Fika as a noun or verb – to fika or go for a fika. It’s casual, but you can fika with your friends, or even have a fika date. You can fika with colleagues at work or even fika with your family. It’s a social thing: you can’t really fika alone.
Hygge (hyggelig) – The ultimate Danish word. It means a state of lovely cosiness, on your own or with people you like. Doesn’t have to involve food, but it involves good feelings and happiness. You can hygge in front of the telly, or you can hygge at the local café. In front of the log fire with a good book is a nice place to hygge, too. Same word in Norwegian is Kos / koselig.
Tandsmør – A Danish word, meaning ‘tooth butter’. Meaning: There is so much butter on your bread that your teeth leave bitemarks.
Sambo and Mambo – In Sweden, if you live with your partner, you have a sambo. Samman = together and Bo = live. If you live at home with your mother, you Mambo. Yes, really.
Pilkunnussija – A great Finnish word, literally: a comma fucker. A pedant; a person who corrects trivial or meaningless things. A person who believes it is their destiny to stamp out all spelling and punctuation mistakes. As in ‘Seriously, don’t be such a pilkunnussija’.
Jamsk – A Danish dialect word that describes feeling under the weather, a little bit tired and just not quite right and have no desire for food. (Pronounced with a soft j, not a hard one).
Utepils – A brilliant Norwegian word that simply means: To sit outside and enjoy a beer.
Juoksentelisinkohan – A Finnish word that means: “I wonder if I should run around aimlessly?”
Kabelsalat – Norwegian. Literally, Cable Salad. When all your cables and leads are mixed together.
Forelsket – Norwegian and Danish word that means: That intoxicatingly euphoric feeling you experience when you’re first falling in love. Pre-real-love. More than fancy, less than love.
Linslus/Linselus – A Swedish and Norwegian word, meaning ‘lens louse’ – Someone who always wants to have their face in a photo.
Palla – Swedish. To steal fruit off trees. Eg. ‘Hey Kalle, let’s go palla in Andersson’s garden– they have pear trees and plums, too’. No doubt word enthusiasts will now email us saying the English word is “scrumping”. But as far as we could work out, you can only scrump apples. Let us know if we’re wrong about that, though.
Slutspurt – The Danish word for ‘clearance sale’ (you can find this one almost always somewhere written largely across the store’s front windows). Literally: Race to the end.
Klämdag – Swedish word, literally meaning Squeeze Day. If there is a bank holiday then a working day and then another day off, that working day will become a ‘squeeze day’ – and we’ll all be off work.
Sliddersladder – A Danish word for gossiping and chitchat. (The d is soft)
Buksvåger – What you call someone who has had sex with someone you’ve already had sex with. A useful Swedish word.
Ogooglbar – Swedish for ‘ungoogleable’ – something you cannot Google.
Orka / Orke – Danish, Swedish, Norwegian: This verb is a tremendously common word meaning “to have the energy”: ‘Do you orka to go into Oxford Street this weekend? No, Kalle, I don’t orkar it’.
Attitydinkontinens – A Swedish word, literally meaning “attitude incontinence,” meaning: Inability to keep one’s opinions to oneself. As in: ‘Sorry for that long comment I left on your page, I guess I had a case of attitydinkontinens.’
Fredagsmys – Swedish. Every Friday, we do this: Fredagsmys means Friday Cosy. Eat nice food, sweets, get cosy. Only on Fridays, though. Usually involves tacos (for some reason).
Badkruka – Swedish for someone who refuses to enter the water. As in: ‘Get in the lake, you badkruka’.
Gökotta – Swedish – to wake up in the morning with the purpose of going out to hear the birds sing.

Feb 25, 2019

Words of Wisdom

Thanks to Charles van Liere MPHS Jan 66 for sharing.

Feb 24, 2019

Old Stage Coach Road

How Long Do You Have Left?

Almost 2/3 of 70 year old men and almost 3/4 of 70 year old women will live at least another ten years, and over 1/5 of men will make it to 90, as will 1/3 of women.

https://www.businessinsider.com/social-security-life-table-charts-2014-3

Feb 19, 2019

Super Moon

Super Moon Feb 19, 2019

After January's Super Blood Moon, stargazers are getting ready for yet another stunning sight tonight as a Super Snow Moon or Hunger Moon will grace the skies. February's full moon is going to be the biggest Super Moon of the year. Super Moon is a term used with a full moon that occurs when the Moon is at or near its closest approach to Earth.

On February 19, the Moon will be just 356,846 km away from the Earth, in contrast, this year's farthest full moon on September 14, 2019 will be at 406,248 km away from our planet. This February full moon is particularly noteworthy after a Black Moon in February last year. Black Moon is a term used when there is no full moon or new moon in a month or there is an additional new moon that appears in a month or in a season.

What is a Super Snow Moon or Super Hunger Moon?

Snow Moon is a name given to February moon by Native Americans and Europeans as it is a month associated with heavy snowfall. Given that it is a Super Moon today, it is being called a Super Snow Moon. Similarly, the hunger moon name comes from the lack or limited availability of food during winter. Other names of the February moon are storm moon, ice moon or bone.

As we mentioned earlier, Super Moon is a term used to describe a full moon that happens when Moon is closed or near its closet to Earth.

Click to read the full article:

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/science/news/super-snow-moon-2019-today-february-how-to-watch-supermoon-time-hunger-moon-1995695