Thursday, December 12

The proposed merger between US grocery stores Kroger and Albertsons has gone awry for both sides, and Albertsons has filed a lawsuit against Kroger asking for billions of dollars in fees.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): Humpback whales use bubbles to catch prey. They create a bubble-net when hunting, forcing the fish to group together and move with the bubbles towards the surface.

Quote of the Day: The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

(Elbert Hubbard)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Sublimate (verb)- To sublimate something—such as an impulse, desire, or feeling—is to express it in a changed form that is socially acceptable. Sublimate can also mean "to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state."

In a Sentence: Nora later came to understand that she had used painting to sublimate her anger.