tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24197932729262917272024-03-05T13:19:28.808-08:00 random bits of pie. and more.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.comBlogger558125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-17215208242837032452013-01-07T23:55:00.001-08:002013-01-07T23:55:39.608-08:00 Mikhail Speransky<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Speransky" target="_blank">Mikhail Speransky</a> was one of the most powerful statesman during the reign of Alexander I of Russia.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> He was a reformist and idealist. Despite his immense power, he did not use it for personal gain. He is also credited with creating the first unified Code of Law of the Russian Empire.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-1985913721506606782013-01-07T00:17:00.000-08:002013-01-07T00:17:08.182-08:00 The Nuragic Civilization<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuragic_civilization" target="_blank">The Nuragic Civilization</a> was a civilization of Sardinia.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> They left behind large stone constructions. They are also believed to have some connection with the little known Sea People who invaded Egypt.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-7438961206170499962012-12-14T01:38:00.003-08:002012-12-14T01:39:14.573-08:00 Namie Amuro<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namie_Amuro" target="_blank">Namie Amuro</a> is a Japanese pop singer, fashion icon and actress, known as the "Teen Queen" and the "Queen of Japanese Pop Music".<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> She is "blamed" for some of what the Japanese teen call "fashion".<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcake" target="_blank">Dreamcake</a> is the first album from band Jale, from Halifax, Nova Scotia.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The video is kinda trippy.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_Hamasaki" target="_blank">Ayumi Hamasaki</a> is one of the best selling singers in Japan, with over 50 million records sold.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> She's one of the most influential personalities of the Asian music and fashion arena.<br />
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Blue Velvet is a dark movie by director David Lynch and this is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Velvet_(soundtrack)" target="_blank">the soundtrack</a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The eerie, haunting experience it creates, contributing greatly to the experience.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-56062032223391406382012-12-04T01:23:00.001-08:002012-12-04T01:23:53.296-08:00 Megalithic Temples of Malta<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalithic_Temples_of_Malta" target="_blank">The Megalithic Temples of Malta</a> are the oldest free-standing structures on Earth, even older than the Pyramids.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> Well... they're big. And they're old. For the more inquisitive, they are also further proof that the earth was once inhabited by giants.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-52072410021994651862012-12-04T01:06:00.000-08:002012-12-04T01:07:53.877-08:00 Say You'll Be There<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_(album)" target="_blank">Spice</a> is the debut album by British pop group Spice Girls.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The album was a huge commercial, several songs reaching number one in many countries. The group's success became a model for other girl groups to follow.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-57368429580607335312012-10-23T00:02:00.003-07:002012-10-23T00:03:32.675-07:00 Vulcanus<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_My_Thoughts">Vulcanus</a> is Fear My Thoughts' fifth album, released in 2007.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> Regardless of what the band's name says, it turns out their thoughts are quite beautiful (at least this one is).<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Potato_Famine">The Highland Potato Famine</a> was a famine caused by potato blight that struck the Scottish Highlands in the 1840s.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> This famine is one of several such incidents in the area in the 1840s. They resulted in great hardship and in the migration of some of the population to Canada and Australia.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-12482151564733968322012-10-22T21:10:00.001-07:002012-10-22T21:41:35.387-07:00 Allegory of Divine Providence...<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_Divine_Providence_and_Barberini_Power_(Cortona)">The Allegory of Divine Providence</a> and Barberini Power is a fresco by Italian painter Pietro da Cortona.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The painting is an example of adding space and volume to a room, by using false perspective and a layered composition that simulates multiple levels. Architectural elements are also included into the scene, adding to the illusion of open space, a style called quadrature.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-2274908284512957622012-10-22T12:19:00.002-07:002012-10-22T12:20:51.477-07:00 Kiss<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(song)">Kiss</a> is a 1986 single by Prince and The Revolution.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The hot and sexy video clip and lyrics. The idea is strikingly simple: a huge open space, two people dancing, another one playing the guitar, some red lighting to set the mood and a black veil. Remarkable, indeed. The song was also covered by Tom Jones.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-24921412547516832232012-10-19T22:43:00.001-07:002012-10-19T22:52:15.076-07:00 The Battle of Agnadello<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agnadello">The Battle of Agnadello</a> was one of the major battles of the Italian Wars.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> It was one of the more significant battles of the War of the League of Cambrai, part of the conflicts collectively known as the Italian Wars. The battle itself is remarkable for showing how disagreement between army commanders and disobeying orders can lead to disaster. The War of the League of Cambrai is also interesting, because nobody seemed to be able to make up their mind!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-40345170876467918812012-10-19T22:14:00.003-07:002012-10-20T02:59:58.514-07:00 The Seventy-Four<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventy-four_(ship)">The Seventy-Four</a> was a type of two-decked sailing ship of the line nominally carrying 74 guns.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The Seventy-Fours were a mainstay of the world's fleets into the early decades of the 19th century. Invented by the French, this ship type was a very large two-decker, big enough to carry the largest common type of gun (36-pounders) on the lower gun deck. This great firepower was combined with very good sailing qualities.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Blue_(The_Dells_album)">Love Is Blue</a> is a 1969 album by The Dells.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-87891999383501970672012-10-18T11:47:00.001-07:002012-10-18T11:47:16.085-07:00 Manfred von Richthofen<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen">Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen</a> was a German flying ace of World War I.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron, was the top flying ace of the war. He was credited with 80 victories, more than any other pilot, thus becoming the most widely-known fighter pilot of all time.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-69077499715441041392012-10-18T11:36:00.002-07:002012-10-18T11:48:02.583-07:00 Donald Cunnell<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Cunnell">Donald Charles Cunnell</a> was a British flying ace of World War I .<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> Donald Cunnell was credited with nine victories, one of them against the famous Red Baron.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-38534851781768146922012-10-18T02:43:00.001-07:002012-10-20T00:44:50.578-07:00 Back for Good<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_for_Good">Back for Good</a> is a song by the British pop group Take That.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-19817471890214953652012-10-17T13:52:00.004-07:002012-10-17T22:22:14.047-07:00 The Tiger I<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_I">The Tiger I</a> was a German heavy tank in World War II.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The Tigers were formidable fighting machines. They were equipped with a highly effective 88 mm gun and protected by up to 120 mm of steel plating. Kill ratios of 10 to 1 were common, and some tank aces claimed to have destroyed dozens of tanks in a single action. The downside was that the Tigers were expensive, difficult to maintain and consumed vast amounts of fuel.<br />
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<i> In popular culture: </i>This tank plays a prominent role in the movie Kelly's Heroes.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-57065488718808566422012-10-17T11:37:00.001-07:002012-10-17T23:16:32.030-07:00 A Sunday Afternoon...<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sunday_Afternoon_on_the_Island_of_La_Grande_Jatte">A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte</a> is a painting by Georges Seurat.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The large 2 by 3 meter art work was created over a period of two years, using a technique known as pointillism. This means that instead of brush strokes, the artist used miniature dots of colors that, through optical unification, form a single hue in the viewer's eye. He believed that this form of painting would make the colors more brilliant and powerful.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-66755709424152052022012-10-17T11:24:00.004-07:002012-10-17T11:24:39.656-07:00 The Battle of Jutland<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland">The Battle of Jutland</a> was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, during the First World War.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The battle was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in the war, with the two fleets totaling a combined force of 250 ships. By the end of the engagement 15 British and 11 German ships were sunk, with great loss of life. Both sides claimed victory.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-67365771097615122682012-10-17T06:41:00.003-07:002012-10-20T00:45:03.224-07:00 Ultra Beatdown<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Beatdown">Ultra Beatdown</a> is the fourth studio album by English power metal band DragonForce.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> Taken separately they aren't bad at all. The guitar solos are alright, the drums are fast and loud enough, the voice seems more than adequate. Together though... not that impressive. The piece is loosely put together and has some serious holes in it's overall cohesion.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_UFOs">Nazi UFOs</a> were rumored to be advanced German flying machines unlike anything anyone had seen before.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The stories and the conspiracy theories abound on the subject, even if there is no evidence that there ever were such machines. It is safe to say that some of the stories were fueled by the obsession of the German leadership with the occult, while others were fueled by the seemingly unlimited engineering capabilities of the German scientists. Below is a documentary on the subject. It is not to be taken too seriously, yet the story is quite remarkable, nevertheless.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_in_science">The year 1950 in science</a>. If you are so inclined.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> Dutch astronomer Jan Oort postulates the existence of an orbiting cloud of planets (the Oort cloud) at the outermost edge of the Solar System. No, that's not what it is remarkable for... Yes! No. Yes! No. Hmm...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06741077654926599386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2419793272926291727.post-83290299125600789952012-10-16T12:42:00.001-07:002012-10-17T22:13:44.820-07:00 The German Type VII Submarine<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Type_VII_submarine">Type VII U-Boats</a> were the most common type of German World War II U-boat.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i>Remarkable for:</i></span> The German U-Boats were formidable fighting machines. They inflicted massive damage on the allied merchant fleets and operated with impunity, severely disrupting the movement of troops and cargo, until the allied commanders devised new tactics and techniques to deal with them. The type VII was the most produced model of submarine in history.<br />
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<i> In popular culture: </i>This submarine plays a major role in the movie Das Boot.<br />
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