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Post by ☮ superbek ☮ on Sept 4, 2010 13:19:21 GMT -5
Well I was reading about ptosis (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptosis_(eyelid)) which mentioned Phineas Gage (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage) and I did not realize that said condition was one of his numerous obstacles after his injury so then I started reading all about him too. So there.
Post by NothingButFlowers on Sept 24, 2010 17:42:03 GMT -5
From the entry on the Fox Theatre in Atlanta:
Private residence The Fox also contains a 3,640-square-foot (338 m2) apartment that serves as the private residence of Joe Patten, who served as technical director from 1974 to 2004. Patten, who was born in 1927, was granted a lifetime rent-free lease to the apartment. Patten first became involved with the Fox when he volunteered to restore the theater's Moller pipe organ. He later was instrumental in the movement to save the Fox from demolition. The apartment occupies space previously used as an office by the Shriners, who had built the Fox as a meeting hall. The apartment's walls are 2 to 3 feet (0.91 m) thick, and a passageway leads from the bedroom to a former spotlight platform at the top of the auditorium. A separate entrance provides direct access to the street outside the theater.[8]
Patten's presence is credited with saving the Fox from a fast-moving fire in April 1996. The pre-dawn blaze, which broke out in the attic wiring, caused $2 million in damage. Damage likely would have been greater if Patten had not been on site to call the fire department, said Alan Thomas, president of Atlanta Landmarks, the nonprofit agency that owns the Fox.
Atlanta Landmarks has no definite plan on how the apartment will be used after Patten's death. "We could use it for dressing space, rehearsal halls," Thomas told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "It's unlikely that we'd let anyone else live there."
On August 30, 2010 local news outlets reported a dispute between Patten and the non-profit Atlanta Landmarks which owns the theater. Mr. Patten reported that he was being evicted from his apartment by the group which he helped to found. Meanwhile the Atlanta Landmarks board in a statement to the public indicated their intent to draw a new lease which addressed Patten's health needs. They stated he remains welcome to live in the apartment.
Post by A$AP Rosko on Oct 13, 2010 13:51:10 GMT -5
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You just successfully killed 45 minutes of my day. I was trying to figure out which use went where, and then 30 or so minutes later realized all I had to do was scroll down and they spell it out for you. That's amazing; got several good laughs out of it. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo...ha! But, it is still an awkward sentence even if you substituted other words...for instance, you wouldn't usually say, "Nice people mean people bully bully nice people." Still grammatically correct, though, and still amazing. Even just 5 words works and is probably more common..."Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." But is not as fun.
Post by A$AP Rosko on Oct 13, 2010 14:44:08 GMT -5
Holy Leno! Consider my mind blown again! And that doesn't happen easily...thanks, Steve.
On a side note, I need to never enter this thread at work again. Not only have I been ignoring the store, I'm pretty sure the customers think I'm insane. Also, I need to enroll in some linguistics classes.
"A U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program dolphin named KDog, wearing a locating pinger, performed mine clearance work in the Persian Gulf during the Iraq War."
The Texas City Disaster was a major 20th-century industrial accident in Texas City, Texas (United States). The incident took place on April 16, 1947 and started with a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp in the Port of Texas City. The fire detonated approximately 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate and the resulting chain reaction of fires and explosions killed at least 581 people.[1][2] These events also triggered the first ever class action lawsuit against the United States government, under the then-recently enacted Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), on behalf of 8,485 victims.
The SI second was later redefined more precisely as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom
I live in Philly and there's one about 7 blocks from me on 33rd and Market. I've seen them all over Philly and never really knew what they were before until i saw this article. Apparently, the tiles are all over the US... check it out, its about resurrecting the dead on Jupiter
Post by Mista Don't Play on Nov 24, 2010 15:29:44 GMT -5
This isn't directly from Wikipedia, although it may end up there. But this seemed like the best place to post without starting a new thread. Here are some of the finalists for the 2010 National Geographic Amateur Photo contest.
Post by SCUT FARKUS on Dec 4, 2010 16:57:57 GMT -5
Fan death is an urban legend prevailing in South Korea in which an electric fan left running overnight in a closed room can cause the death of those inside. Fans sold in Korea are equipped with a timer switch that turns them off after a set number of minutes, which users are frequently urged to set when going to sleep with a fan on.[1]
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