pyrotechnic

The University of Chicago

Artist Cai Guo-Qiang 蔡國强 has amazed audiences around the world with his pyrotechnic artwork, including at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and with his celebrated work Sky Ladder.

In honor of #nuclear75, he will debut a new pyrotechnic piece Saturday at 3:20 p.m. above Regenstein Library at #UChicago. The piece will symbolize "the paradoxical nature of employing nuclear energy."

RSVP: http://bit.ly/2itXZPR

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doodle, googol, Google, Google Doodle

Google Doodle - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Doodle

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A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepage that is intended to celebrate holidays, events, achievements and people. The first Google Doodle was in honor of the Burning Man Festival of 1998, and ...

doodle

VERB

[NO OBJECT]

• Scribble absent-mindedly.

  ‘he was only doodling in the margin’

NOUN

• A rough drawing made absent-mindedly.

  ‘the text was interspersed with doodles’

Origin

Early 17th century (originally as a noun denoting a fool, later as a verb in the sense ‘make a fool of, cheat’): from Low German dudeltopf, dudeldopp ‘simpleton’. Current senses date from the 1930s.

Pronunciation

doodle

/ˈduːd(ə)l/

skydiver

Daredevil skydiver jumps from 7.6km...without a parachute

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tweetstorm, brainstorming

The New Yorker

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A cartoon by Pat Byrnes.

tweetstormnoun [ C ]

 UK ​ /ˈtwiːt.stɔːm/ /ˈtwiːt.stɔːrm/

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a series of tweets (= messages on Twitter ™) sent one after the other by one person :

Typing tweetstorms into Twitter's web interface is difficult since you can only type out one tweet at a time.

brainstormingnoun [ U ]

 UK ​ /ˈbreɪnˌstɔː.mɪŋ/ US ​ /ˈbreɪnˌstɔːr.mɪŋ/

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an activity or business method in which a group of people meet tosuggest a lot of new ideas for possible development:

We need to do some brainstorming before we get down to detailed planning.

We're having a brainstorming session on Friday.

emu

This emu is not afraid of rejection! 😂

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Emu - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu

The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. The emu's range ...

EMU 鴯

noun

a large flightless fast-running Australian bird resembling the ostrich, with shaggy gray or brown plumage, bare blue skin on the head and neck, and three-toed feet.

Ostriches, emus , cassowaries, rheas, kiwis, moas and elephant birds really are more closely related to each other than they are to any other birds.

abbreviation

European Monetary Union.