-----------------------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
SOUNDTRACKS/SCORES, FILMS, BOOKS AND MORE!
It's Our Birthday... Gives Us the Ring...
-------------------------
Hello World... Meet Ksenia Parkhatskaya!!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Graceful, eccentric, and full of character, Ksenia is one of the most
interesting and versatile artists in the jazz and swing world today.
Whether she is twisting crazy “cow tail” in Charleston, dancing to be-bop, swinging out in Lindy Hop or singing with orchestras, she imbues everything she does with unique style and artistry.
She exploded onto the swing scene at Harlem 2011 (Vilnius), in the solo jazz dance battle, and claiming many crowns since, but she has been in training as a professional ballroom dancer since 1996, as an actor, modern jazz dancer since 2005. She has a true mastery over different genres, underpinned by a singer’s understanding of musicality and an historian’s appreciation of authenticity. A true artist, she isn’t afraid to embrace controversial material, and she has been invited to perform her inimitable choreography at the most respected tap, swing and jazz events in Europe. (http://kseniaparkhatskaya.com/)
Wow, just blown away... Talented!
-Jeremy [Retro]
--------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
Take the day off, Angels... Happy Labor Day!
------------------------------
-------------------------
I am everywhere: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, HOWLIN’ WOLF: OLM and HBA [HORROR SITES]. Last visit MY T-SHIRTS STORE at NEATORAMA something always going on and it is one click away!
-------------------------
FACEBOOK FRIDAY...
Make sure it's not a dream, my wife or the other thing I keep under the bed... ask it to leave first and then run like crazy.
-Jeremy [Retro]
-------------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
Sixteen Candles Facts...
-We use time to order events in the past, present and future. We also use it to make comparisons and measure the speed at which things move.
-If you wanted to measure time you could use a watch, clock, hourglass or even a sundial.
-A sundial is a tool that uses the position of the Sun to measure time, typically involving a shadow cast across a marked surface.
-The use of pendulums to accurately measure time was discovered by Galileo Galilei around 400 years ago. A pendulum is a free swinging weight hanging from a pivot.
-If you wanted to measure time you could use a watch, clock, hourglass or even a sundial.
-A sundial is a tool that uses the position of the Sun to measure time, typically involving a shadow cast across a marked surface.
-The use of pendulums to accurately measure time was discovered by Galileo Galilei around 400 years ago. A pendulum is a free swinging weight hanging from a pivot.
-There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day.
-Normal years have 365 days but a Leap year has 366. The Earth takes a little longer than 365 days to go around the Sun so we add an extra day in February every four years (with a few exceptions) to keep calendars and seasons aligned.
-10 years is known as a decade, 100 years is known as a century and 1000 years is known as a millennium.
-Milliseconds, microseconds and nanoseconds are examples of very small units of time.
-Planck time is the name given to the smallest known unit of time. It’s a little confusing but it measures the amount of time it takes light to travel 1 Planck length (a distance so small that it can’t even be measured!).
-Scientists believe the moon was used as a form of calendar as far back as 6000 years ago. Calendars have been changing ever since and are very accurate in modern times.
-Accurate clocks that measure hours, minutes and seconds have improved with the invention of sundials, water clocks, mechanical clocks, pendulums and hourglasses through to the digital displays and atomic clocks of today.
-Many places use daylight saving time (typically by putting clocks forward an hour) for longer daylight in the evenings.
-Different parts of the world are located in different time zones. This means that while you are having breakfast in the morning, someone in another part of the world is having dinner.
-Theories related to time have been put forward by famous scientists such as Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. You may have even heard of the term ‘spacetime’, a model in physics that joins space and time together.
-In terms of philosophy, time is difficult to define. Scientists and philosophers have disagreed on our understanding of time for many years. Some argue it is a ‘real’ part of the Universe while others argue it is just the way humans think, comparing events and putting them in sequence. It’s a little confusing but fun to think about, what do you think?
-Some more questions to get your brain buzzing: Does time have a direction? Did it begin with the Big Bang? Is time travel possible?
-Normal years have 365 days but a Leap year has 366. The Earth takes a little longer than 365 days to go around the Sun so we add an extra day in February every four years (with a few exceptions) to keep calendars and seasons aligned.
-10 years is known as a decade, 100 years is known as a century and 1000 years is known as a millennium.
-Milliseconds, microseconds and nanoseconds are examples of very small units of time.
-Planck time is the name given to the smallest known unit of time. It’s a little confusing but it measures the amount of time it takes light to travel 1 Planck length (a distance so small that it can’t even be measured!).
-Scientists believe the moon was used as a form of calendar as far back as 6000 years ago. Calendars have been changing ever since and are very accurate in modern times.
-Accurate clocks that measure hours, minutes and seconds have improved with the invention of sundials, water clocks, mechanical clocks, pendulums and hourglasses through to the digital displays and atomic clocks of today.
-Many places use daylight saving time (typically by putting clocks forward an hour) for longer daylight in the evenings.
-Different parts of the world are located in different time zones. This means that while you are having breakfast in the morning, someone in another part of the world is having dinner.
-Theories related to time have been put forward by famous scientists such as Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. You may have even heard of the term ‘spacetime’, a model in physics that joins space and time together.
-In terms of philosophy, time is difficult to define. Scientists and philosophers have disagreed on our understanding of time for many years. Some argue it is a ‘real’ part of the Universe while others argue it is just the way humans think, comparing events and putting them in sequence. It’s a little confusing but fun to think about, what do you think?
-Some more questions to get your brain buzzing: Does time have a direction? Did it begin with the Big Bang? Is time travel possible?
So Yes, you might be learning stuff this week... OH YEAH!
-Jeremy [Retro]
-----------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
More Breakfast Club Facts...
-More than 1,800 medals are awarded at the Olympics.
-Track athletes are most likely to break records later in the day, when their body temperatures are highest.
-A Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes.
-In a deck of cards, all four Kings have beards, but only three of them also have mustaches. The one without a mustache is the King of Hearts.
-A bowling pin only needs to tilt 7.5 degrees to fall down.
-The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.
-There are 225 squares on a scrabble board.
-Five-Card Poker has 2,598,960 possible hands.
-The SEC leads the NCAA in total major violations of rules since recording began in 1953 with 42 violations.
-More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world!
-A soccer ball has 32 panels.
-Pittsburgh is the only U.S. city with 3 sports teams that wear the same colors.
-It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.
-Golf balls can reach speeds of 170 miles an hour.
-A hockey puck weighs .38 lb.
-Track athletes are most likely to break records later in the day, when their body temperatures are highest.
-A Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes.
-In a deck of cards, all four Kings have beards, but only three of them also have mustaches. The one without a mustache is the King of Hearts.
-A bowling pin only needs to tilt 7.5 degrees to fall down.
-The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.
-There are 225 squares on a scrabble board.
-Five-Card Poker has 2,598,960 possible hands.
-The SEC leads the NCAA in total major violations of rules since recording began in 1953 with 42 violations.
-More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world!
-A soccer ball has 32 panels.
-Pittsburgh is the only U.S. city with 3 sports teams that wear the same colors.
-It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs.
-Golf balls can reach speeds of 170 miles an hour.
-A hockey puck weighs .38 lb.
All taken from somewhere on the internet... :)
-Jeremy [Retro]
-----------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
Breakfast Club Facts...
01. Cannabis and hemp are the same. "Marijuana" was the Mexican name given to cannabis. The word `marijuana' is a Mexican slang term which became popular in the 1930's in America, during a series of media and government programs which we now refer to as the `Reefer Madness Movement.' It refers specifically to the medicine part of cannabis, which Mexican soldiers used to smoke.
02. Cannabis was first cultivated in China around 4000B.C. According to the Chinese historic records and archaeological data, the history of Chinese hemp cultivation and use spans approx. 5,000 to 6,000 years
02. Cannabis was first cultivated in China around 4000B.C. According to the Chinese historic records and archaeological data, the history of Chinese hemp cultivation and use spans approx. 5,000 to 6,000 years
03. The original drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper.
04. One acre of hemp will produce as much paper as four acres of trees. Pounded and disintegrated hemp fiber was used to make the world's oldest piece of paper, recovered from a tomb near Xi'an in Shaanxi province dating from 140-87 BC (Temple 1986).
05. Hemp is a source of fiber for cloth and cordage for rope. The hemp fiber is located inside the long stem of the plant.
06. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp. Washington, our first president, declared,"Make the most of the hemp seed. Sow it everywhere."
07. Hemp seed is natures perfect food. The oil from hemp seeds has the highest percentage of essential fatty acids and the lowest percentage of saturated fats.
08. Sterilized hemp seeds are often sold a bird food.
09. Rolling papers, like Bambu, are made from hemp paper.
10. In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act prohibited the use, sale, and cultivation of hemp/marijuana in the United States.
11. Hemp is cultivated all over the world. Today, China, Korea,Italy, Hungary, Russia and France are among the countries that grow hemp for fiber, paper and other products.
12. Cannabis is classified as a schedule 1 drug by the Food and Drug Administration. Designated as a narcotic, it cannot be prescribed to patients.
13. In 1988, the DEA's own administrative law judge concluded that "marijuana is one of the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man".
14. Cannabis can be used as a medicine to treat nausea, pain and muscle spasms. It alleviates symptoms of glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, migraines and other debilitating aliments.
15. Twelve Americans receive prescribed marijuana from the U.S. government.
16. More than 695,000 Americans were arrested in 1997 on marijuana charges. A marijuana user is arrested every 45 seconds in America.
04. One acre of hemp will produce as much paper as four acres of trees. Pounded and disintegrated hemp fiber was used to make the world's oldest piece of paper, recovered from a tomb near Xi'an in Shaanxi province dating from 140-87 BC (Temple 1986).
05. Hemp is a source of fiber for cloth and cordage for rope. The hemp fiber is located inside the long stem of the plant.
06. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp. Washington, our first president, declared,"Make the most of the hemp seed. Sow it everywhere."
07. Hemp seed is natures perfect food. The oil from hemp seeds has the highest percentage of essential fatty acids and the lowest percentage of saturated fats.
08. Sterilized hemp seeds are often sold a bird food.
09. Rolling papers, like Bambu, are made from hemp paper.
10. In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Stamp Act prohibited the use, sale, and cultivation of hemp/marijuana in the United States.
11. Hemp is cultivated all over the world. Today, China, Korea,Italy, Hungary, Russia and France are among the countries that grow hemp for fiber, paper and other products.
12. Cannabis is classified as a schedule 1 drug by the Food and Drug Administration. Designated as a narcotic, it cannot be prescribed to patients.
13. In 1988, the DEA's own administrative law judge concluded that "marijuana is one of the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man".
14. Cannabis can be used as a medicine to treat nausea, pain and muscle spasms. It alleviates symptoms of glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, migraines and other debilitating aliments.
15. Twelve Americans receive prescribed marijuana from the U.S. government.
16. More than 695,000 Americans were arrested in 1997 on marijuana charges. A marijuana user is arrested every 45 seconds in America.
I am just making a reference... I am not a user, Heck I don't even drink!
-Jeremy [Retro]
--------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)