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IamMetaldave

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Grayson wrote: »

So a clause was inserted into the treaty of Versaille (Yes, that treaty of Versaille) required all signatories to adopt the note A as 440hz.

As mentioned regarding this (on the previous thread), there is a bit of a 'conspiracy theory' regarding 440hz, even some blaming the Nazi's on the change.

Many recommend the 'Standard A' pitch should be moved back to 432hz instead. Some of the reasoning ranges from 'cosmic healing powers', and 'pretty structures created by water molecules' when observed vibrating at 432 (octagon re-structuring).

It's all a bit shifty, as even the Schumann Resonance (7.83) only upscales to 430.65 Hz. The '432' is also slightly outside of the Fibonacci sequence, but not by much (55.17241379310345).

Unless you take 8.00hz as a new universal harmonic, then 432 (x55) instead of Schumann's, then there may be something 'in it'.

Basically play you're bongos at 432 (like some ancient instrument tunings), or re-tune (your Rick Astley's Greatest Hists LPs) to play at 98.18181818181804% of normal speed.

- And If it makes you feel good/better: groovy!.

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Native Americans have given much to the world, including the first aquaducts, the game of lacrosse, kayak designs, snowshoes, toboggans, hammocks, igloos and popcorn as well as being the first to cultivate the potato and avocados, even the first solid rubber balls (and ball games), among many other things.

One of those other things was a precursor to modern day aspirin, an effective pain-relieving tea made from willow bark, and Native Americans used drugs like peyote and datura to numb and desensitize patients during surgery and as analgesia in recovery, overseen by specialist healers who served life long apprenticeships in folk medicine.

Another practical thing that indigenous Americans developed was an early model disposable nappy. Animal skins were worked until soft and absorbent and lined with broad plant leaves and topped with dried mosses or grasses, so when the infant needed cleaning the whole shebang could be lifted out of the skin wrapping and discarded, and a new lining of leaves and mosses would be wrapped, loin-cloth style on the baby. Damp mosses and herbs were used to wipe the babies clean and keep them free from irritation and the anti bacterial properties prevented skin infection. Moss was also used to keep babies warm, and 'moss-bags' were the padded baby warmers of the time. An outer lining of soft leathers and inner lining of fabric would be filled with mosses and grasses for insulation, and the baby popped into the moss-bag before being laced into the cradleboard, a rigid structure made of oak by the babies father, complete with spinal support, head protection and a foot plate to prevent slipping. The tight swaddling of the moss-bag and lacing to the cradleboard is something emulated today with commercial baby swaddles and sleeping bags and slings. The dreamcatchers sold to alternative types as some kind of spiritual symbol are simply NA cradle mobiles, toys designed to hang above a cradle for a baby to focus on.

So when people in the 'civilized' nations were having limbs hacked off with dirty instruments by barbers, either fully conscious or black out drunk, many Native American tribes had specially kept instruments, sterilized with steam, used on patients that had been given anesthetics and treated with pain relief afterwards cared for by dedicated healers, and while European children were diapered in rags that weren't washed but rinsed and hung to dry which sometimes led to fatal skin infection, NA babies were being being cleaned with anti inflammatory wipes and changed with single use nappies.

Wibbs

Candie wrote: »

Native Americans have given much to the world, including the first aquaducts, the game of lacrosse, kayak designs, snowshoes, toboggans, hammocks, igloos and popcorn as well as being the first to cultivate the potato and avocados, even the first solid rubber balls (and ball games), among many other things.

While the nappies and some of the medical stuff was Native American C a few in your list were not. The aqueduct was an old world invention well in place in the Middle East and the classical world before the Americas and in Roman hands reached a level of sophistication unmatched until the modern era. Irrigation in general? Nope, again an old world invention. Now some central American cultures did build monumentally cool irrigation systems, but it was much later on. Snowshoes show up in Asia before the Americas. Willow bark infusion was well known and in play since the Mesopotamians, through the Greeks, Romans and Islamic world and continued in usage up until the 20th century. .

Ipso

Wasn't the wheel invented in South America around the same time or even preceding other places? Only problem, is that they had no large beasts of burden to make it more useful.

Noveight

Lisa Robin Kelly, who played Laurie Foreman in That 70's Show, had quite a troubled life. She admitted that a drinking problem forced her to leave the show midway through the 3rd season. After a string of trouble with the law she died in rehab at the age of 43.

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mzungu

In Japan, Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald due to a lack of a clear "r" sound in Japanese enunciation.

Squall Leonhart

The 1986 music video for hip hop song "Word Up" by Cameo featured LeVar Burton - better known as Lt Cmdr Geordi La Forge from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Song was released a year prior to his Star Trek days.

He also played Kunte Kinte in the 1970s TV drama Roots.

Squall Leonhart

Sticking with a Star Trek theme...

Albert Einstein appeared as a character in 2 episodes of The Next Generation, in 1991 and 1993.

Both times he was played by an Irish actor, one Mr Jim Norton.. Better known in this parish as Bishop Len Brennan from Father Ted!

Wibbs

Ipso wrote: »

Wasn't the wheel invented in South America around the same time or even preceding other places? Only problem, is that they had no large beasts of burden to make it more useful.

Not preceding, but they had the wheel alright. Oddly mostly confined to children's toys.

And the Central Americans cultures had vast networks of really nice roads and they did have beasts of burden, alpaca and the like, even dogs were used extensively, and they were a clever bunch of feckers in so many ways, but for some reason they didn't upscale the wheel. That they already had. Kinda mad. Though it might be as simple as their transport network worked well enough that they thought of it, but also thought why bother?

New Home

Wibbs wrote: »

Not preceding, but they had the wheel alright. Oddly mostly confined to children's toys.

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And the Central Americans cultures had vast networks of really nice roads and they did have beasts of burden, alpaca and the like, even dogs were used extensively, and they were a clever bunch of feckers in so many ways, but for some reason they didn't upscale the wheel. That they already had. Kinda mad. Though it might be as simple as their transport network worked well enough that they thought of it, but also thought why bother?

Why use the wheel when you have space ships? :pac:

LostinBlanch

St Maarten, mentioned earlier, has an airport backing onto the beach. It makes for spectacular landings.

mzungu

During the great depression, a group of ladies known as the "book women" delivered books on horseback to rural communities in Appalachia as part of an improving literacy programme. Mode of transport was on horseback and even with the difficult terrain they could cover up to 120 miles in the week, rain, hail or snow.

Chancer3001

In regards to native Americans and them not having access to beasts of burden...

I'm a bit confused. Surely horses are the main beast of burden and they were very plentiful there ?

Or are we talking about inuits or what ?

Wibbs

Chancer3001 wrote: »

In regards to native Americans and them not having access to beasts of burden...

I'm a bit confused. Surely horses are the main beast of burden and they were very plentiful there ?

Or are we talking about inuits or what ?

Horses were brought by Europeans. Horses had been present in the Americas but had gone extinct during the last ice age. Done in by a mix of climate change and humans showing up.

seamus

Your nose is always in your field of vision. The process of splicing together images from both eyes to create a single image also filters out "noise" - a bit like when you're watching video with a black bar top and bottom and after a while you just "forget" that it's there.

So yeah, your nose is always "in the picture", you just don't notice it until someone points it out.

roosterman71

seamus wrote: »

Your nose is always in your field of vision. The process of splicing together images from both eyes to create a single image also filters out "noise" - a bit like when you're watching video with a black bar top and bottom and after a while you just "forget" that it's there.

So yeah, your nose is always "in the picture", you just don't notice it until someone points it out.

Except if you're a Rhino!
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McMurphy

Michael Hasslehoff recently changed his name by deed poll to "Michael Hoff" as he couldn't be bothered with the Hassle.

sbsquarepants

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Sanction: to penalise or to allow.
Dust(verb): to remove dust, or to add it.
Bolt: leave quickly or fasten.

Sick: something horrible, something great.

More recent that last one.

Variety - can mean a particular type, or a selection of different types.
Screen - can mean to show, or to hide.
Overlook - can mean to pay particular attention, or none at all.
Quantum - can mean very big, or very small.

And not to forget courtesy of Dr. Nick Riviera - Inflammable means flammable:D

blastman

LostinBlanch wrote: »

St Maarten, mentioned earlier, has an airport backing onto the beach. It makes for spectacular landings.

The airport in Lanzerote is similar, if not quite as spectacular...

humberklog

The word Moot used as an adjective to describe a point as too uncertain to have a practical relevance for debating.

The word Moot used as a verb is to propose or suggest an idea for debate.

blastman

Since 1983, the official bird of the city of Redondo Beach, California has been the Goodyear blimp.

The Pheasant2

blastman wrote: »

Since 1983, the official bird of the city of Redondo Beach, California has been the Goodyear blimp.

Hail corporate

New Home

blastman wrote: »

Since 1983, the official bird of the city of Redondo Beach, California has been the Goodyear blimp.

That is unspeakably depressing.

New Home

One thing that might be common knowledge but wasn't to me, is that Phoebe Cates (Drop Dead Fred, Gremlins, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, etc) has been married to Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, Wild Wild West, Pirates of Penzance, The Ice Storm, etc) since 1989.

mzungu

New Home wrote: »

One thing that might be common knowledge but wasn't to me, is that Phoebe Cates (Drop Dead Fred, Gremlins, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, etc) has been married to Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, Wild Wild West, Pirates of Penzance, The Ice Storm, etc) since 1989.

Only found that out myself about a short while ago too.

Funny that Fast Times at Ridgemont High was mentioned, I was only thinking about that movie a few days back. A few facts about the movie for your perusal:

Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous) while a freelance writer for Rolling Stone, spent a year secretly embedded at Clairemont High School in San Diego under an assumed name (and in cooperation with the school’s administration) to gather stories for a non-fiction book with the same title. Crowe’s book was published in 1981; a year later, it was adapted for the screen.

Crowe based the geeky Rat on then-Clairemont High School student Andy Rathbone. Rathbone eventually became rich and famous for writing many of the “…for Dummies” books about computer programs like Windows.

Nicholas Cage made his big screen debut here, albeit in a small background role. he is credited as Nicholas Coppola here but would later change to Cage to avoid whisperings of nepotism as he is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola. Cage lied about his age to get the role, as they wanted 18 and over due to the explicit nature of some parts of the movie. He was actually 17 and therefore the only minor among the cast.

It was also Forest Whitaker’s first film.

David Lynch was asked to direct but turned it down. (a shame, i would have loved to see how that would have turned out.....even though it would probably be 6 hours long!)

The Pheasant2

mzungu wrote: »

Only found that out myself about a short while ago too.

Funny that Fast Times at Ridgemont High was mentioned, I was only thinking about that movie a few days back.

And Judge Reinhold's character's infamous **** scene has been forever preserved with a timeless homage in the music video of verified choooone Stacy's Mom

New Home

I'm flabbergasted.

RiderOnTheStorm

The Red Army Faction (also known as the Baader-Meinhof Group) in was a German terrorist group in the 1970s. They unwittingly gave name to the phenomenon of a thing you've just noticed or experienced suddenly cropping up constantly (aka Frequency Illusion), the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

The St. Paul Minnesota Pioneer Press online commenting board was the unlikely source of the name. In 1994, a commenter dubbed the frequency illusion "the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon" after randomly hearing two references to Baader-Meinhof within 24 hours.

[Deleted User]

Starbucks has opened an average of two stores a day since 2007, and in the Santa Fe area in California there are more than 550 Starbucks in a 25 mile radius, and if a Starbucks opens in your area the average house price will rise at twice the previous rate.

I sat beside a Starbucks guy on a flight. He was a chatter.

mzungu

More high-ranking Nazi officers died in the Czechoslovakian car Tatra 77a and 87 than in active combat, prompting Hitler to ban his officers from driving them. It was nicknamed the "Czech secret weapon" by the Allied forces. These high-ranking Nazi officers drove this car fast but the handling was woeful, so at a sharp turn they would lose control, spin out and wrap themselves round a tree killing the driver more often than not.

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