Word Trivia | The Steve Laube Agency Fun Fridays – May 11, 2012 Word Trivia “Stewardesses” and “reverberated” are the two longest (and commonly used) words (12 letters each) that can be typed with only the left hand. “lollipop” is the longest word typed with your right hand. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”. The sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet. The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: “abstemious” and “facetious.” A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
Monty Python's Wonderful World Of Sound - Radio 2 Factual Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt meet Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam to talk about Monty Python's classic comedy albums Genre: Factual Broadcast: 2009 (BBC Radio 2) Episodes: 2 (1 series) Starring: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Neil Innes, Andre Jacquemin, Alan Bailey, Dave Howman, John Du Prez Production: Wise Buddah Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt from The Mighty Boosh meet Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam from Monty Python in this two-part series telling the story of their classic comedy albums. In the days before video recorders were commonplace, fans could only enjoy the aural side of Python on repeat. The Python team talk about making the world's first "three-sided" LP; upsetting John Denver; giving farming in the Middle Ages its groove back; and raising the bar for what comedy albums could achieve: all from a garden shed in Finchley.
Professional 3D lenticular printing products,3D lenticular software from SHENZHEN OK3D INC - SHENZHEN OK3D Co.,LTD Brain Food #2: Sage - The 11 Best Foods for Your Brain - Shape Magazine - Page 2 You really are what you eat! A study published in Pharmacological Biochemical Behavior found that young adults who took sage-oil extract (50 micro liters) before cognitive tests performed better than those given a placebo. Sage contains compounds that prevent the breakdown of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter involved in learning and memory. Use this herb in dishes like this low calorie recipe. You can use your keyboard to see the next slide ( ← previous, → next) Snack on these superfoods to stay focused all day long Promo Subtitle Image Alt Text The 11 Best Foods for Your Brain Title Text Media Folder: Media Root By Matthew Kadey, R.D. Topics:
The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers :: Meetings This is a repository of the most up-to-date versions of Deviant's lock diagrams and animations. Seen in all of the TOOOL educational materials and slide decks, these files are all released under the Creative Commons license. You are free to use any of them for non-commercial purposes, as long as they are properly attributed and the same freedom for others is maintained in all derivative works. Please note that these diagrams have evolved and developed over time. Lock Basics and Mechanical Operation How pin tumblers are arranged and how locks operate (or fail to) with conventional keys Introduction to Lockpicking Overview of why lock picking is possible and the use of basic pick tools Manipulation-Resistant Locks Spool pins, mushroom pins, and other ways of increasing security Diagrams of Bumping Attacks Animations showing how snapping guns and bump keys work Key Impressioning Many detailed, step-by-step diagrams and animations detailing the process of key impressioning Master Diagrams
GQ gadgets: The Mighty Boosh on The Mighty Decider Fresh from appearing in the deeply strange Bunny And The Bull, former GQ Men Of The Year Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt have improbably decided to launch their own app. The Mighty Decider won't change your life, but it will offer all the Magic 8-Ball-style advice you could possibly wish for. Here Fielding and Barratt give GQ.COM their thoughts on ipads, their new album and plans for a Rocky Horror-esque musical... Have you both got iPhones?Noel: "I've only just got an iPhone so I've only got a few apps. Julian: "I do have an iPhone but I'm not really bothered about new applications and things. How did you decide to do The Mighty Decider? Julian: "We were working on an album and a film and we wanted to try and include new media. Is there anything the Mighty Decider can't decide? What's the album? Julian: "We've got all the tunes that we've had over the years from the show and we wanted to put them out in the right way. And the film? Julian: "It's the film that the show wanted to be.
3D Paintings on Panes of Glass Using multiple layers of clear glass, Canada based David Spriggs and Chinese born Xia Xiaowan, transform flat artwork into 3D sculptures. Viewers are treated to different shifting perspectives of the works based on where they stand in the art space. Spriggs work revolves around powerful explosive imagery, often resembling storms, cosmic blasts or firework like explosions. See Also INCREDIBLE 3D ILLUSTRATIONS JUMP OUT OF THE SKETCHBOOK For more on David Spriggs see his beautiful website at davidspriggs.com or for more on Xia Xiaowan see Wikipedia Above and Below: Xia Xiaowan’s distorted 3D figures Artist: Xia Xiaowan Below: David Spriggs beautiful paintings fill the room with stormy emotion. Artist: David Spriggs Artist: David Spriggs Source: amusingplanet.com
MUSHROOMS deliver cancer-fighting antioxidants - 12 Best Power Foods for Women - Shape Magazine - Page 8 One study showed that women who ate just one third of an ounce of raw mushrooms a day (that's about one button mushroom) had a 64 percent reduction in breast cancer risk. Other research suggests that mushrooms reduce the effects of aromatase, a protein that helps produce estrogen – a major factor in some breast cancers. You can use your keyboard to see the next slide ( ← previous, → next) The best foods for women of any age. Promo Subtitle Image Alt Text Title Text 12 Best Power Foods for Women Media Folder: Media Root By Stephanie Clarke, R.D., and Willow Jarosh, R.D. Topics: By Stephanie Clarke, R.D., and Willow Jarosh, R.D.
Relativistic Baseball What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? - Ellen McManis Let’s set aside the question of how we got the baseball moving that fast. The answer turns out to be “a lot of things”, and they all happen very quickly, and it doesn’t end well for the batter (or the pitcher). The ball is going so fast that everything else is practically stationary. The ideas of aerodynamics don’t apply here. These gamma rays and debris expand outward in a bubble centered on the pitcher’s mound. The constant fusion at the front of the ball pushes back on it, slowing it down, as if the ball were a rocket flying tail-first while firing its engines. After about 70 nanoseconds the ball arrives at home plate. When it reaches the batter, the center of the cloud is still moving at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light. Suppose you’re watching from a hilltop outside the city.