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A Nice bit of History

please click on to the link (at the bottom) and watch through the end


Frank Sinatra considered Kate Smith the best singer of her time, and said that when he and a million other guys first heard her sing “God Bless America” on the radio, they all pretended to have dust in their eyes as they wiped away a tear or two. 
  
Here are the facts… The link at the bottom will take you to a video showing the very first public singing of “GOD BLESS AMERICA”. But before you watch it, you should also know the story behind the first public showing of 
the song.
 
  
The time was 1940. America was still in a terrible economic depression. Hitler was taking over Europe and Americans were afraid we’d have to go to war. It was a time of hardship and worry for most Americans. 
 
This was the era just before TV, when radio shows were HUGE, and American families sat around their radios in the evenings, listening to their favorite entertainers, and no entertainer of that era was bigger than Kate Smith. 
  
Kate was also large; plus size, as we now say, and the popular phrase still used today is in deference to her, “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings”. 
 
Kate Smith might not have made it big in the age of TV, but with her voice coming over the radio, she was the biggest star of her time. 
  
Kate was also patriotic. It hurt her to see Americans so depressed and afraid of what the next day would bring. She had hope for America, and faith in her fellow Americans. She wanted to do something to cheer them up, so she  went to the famous American song-writer, Irving Berlin (who also wrote “White  Christmas”) and asked him to write a song that would  make Americans feel good again about their country. When she described what she was looking for, he said he had just the song for her. He went to his files and found a song that he had written, but never published, 22 years before – way back in 1917. He gave it to her and she worked on it with her studio orchestra. She and Irving Berlin were not sure how the song would be received by the public, but both agreed they would not take any profits from God Bless America. Any profits would go to the Boy Scouts of America. Over the years, the Boy Scouts have received millions of dollars in royalties from this song. 
  
  
This video starts out with Kate Smith coming into the radio studio with the orchestra and an audience. She introduces the new song for the very first time, and starts singing. After the first couple verses, with her voice in the background still singing, scenes are shown from the 1940 movie, “You’re In the Army Now.” At the 4:20 mark of the video you see a young actor in the movie, sitting in an office, reading a paper; it’s Ronald Reagan. 
 
To this day, God Bless America stirs our patriotic feelings and pride in our country.  Back in 1940, when Kate Smith went looking for a song to raise the spirits of her fellow Americans, I doubt whether she realized just how successful the results would be for her fellow Americans during those years of hardship and worry….. And for many generations of Americans to follow. 
 
 
Now that you know the story of the song, I hope you’ll enjoy it. 
Many people don’t know there’s a lead in to the song since it usually starts with”God Bless America …..” So here’s the entire song as originally sung…..  ENJOY! 

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/TnQDW-NMaRs?rel=0

Kate Smith introduces God Bless America – YouTube

Playing cards

The Chinese invented playing cards circa AD 1000.

Some interesting facts and observations about “Playing cards”:

Did you know that the Traditional Deck of the Playing Cards are a strikingly coherent form of a Calendar?

There are 52 weeks in the year and there are 52 Playing Cards in a Deck.

There are 13 weeks in each Season and there are 13 cards in each suit.

There are 4 Seasons in a Year and 4 Suits in the Deck.

There are 12 Months in a Year so there are 12 Court Cards (Those with faces namely Jack, Queen, King in each suit)

The Red Cards represent Day, while Black Cards represent the Night.

If you let Jacks = 11, Queens = 12, and the Kings = 13, then add up all the sums of 1 + 2 + 3 + …to 13 = 91. Multiply

this by 4, for the 4 Suits, therefore 91 x 4 = 364, Add 1 that is the Joker and you will arrive at the number 365 being the

Days in a Year?

Is that a mere coincidence or a greater intelligence?

Of interest is the sum of the letters in all the names of the cards, e.g., add up the letters in

“one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Jack, Queen, King” = 52!

The Spades indicate ploughing or working.

The Hearts indicates Love thy crops.

The Clubs indicates flourishing and growth.

The Diamonds indicate reaping the wealth.

Also, in some card games 2 Jokers are used; Indicating the Leap year.

There is a deeper Philosophy than just merely Playing Cards.

The Mathematical perfection is mind blowing.

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Tooth pic Art sculptures to scale

Meet Stan Munro, a 38-year-old man from Syracuse, New York who has been turning toothpicks into fantastic works of art. Stan has been using toothpicks for his art since his fifth year in school and has turned that passion into his profession.

 

This exhibit has taken him 6 years to complete, using over 6 million toothpicks and 170 liters of glue. Stan creates all his sculptures to scale and then signs and dedicates each one to his wife, Suzi.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

St. Peter Square, Vatican CityTaj Mahal, IndiaThe Mormon Temple, UtahPalma Cathedral, Spain

Sydney Opera House, Australia

Aspire Tower, Qatar

Tower Bridge, London

The Blue Mosque, Turkey

Temple of Heaven, China

World Trade Center, Bahrain

Borobudur Temple, Indonesia

Church of Hallgrímur, Iceland

Calgary Tower, Canada

Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado , USA

Angkor, Cambodia

The Great Mosque , Mali

El Castillo, Mexico

The Parthenon, Greece

TÅ dai-ji Temple, JapanEiffel Tower, France Empire State Building, NY, USA

The Playing around with the Tower of Pisa

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THE ROSS SISTERS-1944 (Amazing 3 Ladies)

This was in 1944

Once they  finish singing…OMG   !!!!!

The one picking up the apple  towards the end makes me hurt just  to  watch.

During the first 50 seconds, they are just  singing, but next, what they do next, is amazing…              watch, click on link below:

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The Card Stacker

Don’t Sneeze Or Slam The Door ….

Have you ever seen “a house of cards” that didn’t collapse?
Well, here it is…

Bryan Berg is a professional “card stacker” who builds houses of cards on a very large scale.
Trained as an architect, Bryan Berg is the only known person to make living building structures with freestanding playing cards.

He uses no tape, glue, or tricks, and his method has been tested to support 660 lbs. Per square foot.

Berg has stacked cards for corporate special events, public relations campaigns, and science and children’s museums in many U.S. Cities, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Berg’s clients have included Walt Disney World, a Lexus commercial, Procter & Gamble, American major league baseball and hockey, and the San Francisco Opera among others.
He also participated in a music video by The Bravery, playing a lonely man who builds a fantasy world out of cards.

In 2004, Guinness created a record category for World’s Largest House of Freestanding Playing Cards to recognize a project Berg built for Walt Disney World, a replica of Cinderella’s Castle.

In 2010, the record was renewed by him using 4051 sets of cards, over 218,000 cards, and built in 44 days, a replica of the Venetian Macao.

 

isn’t beautiful?

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Most creative statues around the world

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2. Expansion, New York

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3. The Monument of an Anonymous Passerby, Wroclaw, Poland

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4. Salmon Sculpture, Portland, Oregon

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5. People of the River by Chong Fah Cheong, Singapore

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6. The Shoes On The Danube Bank, Budapest, Hungary

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7. The Knotted Gun, Turtle Bay, New York

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8. Break Through From Your Mold, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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9. Black Ghost, Klaipeda, Lithuania

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10. Les Voyageurs, Marseilles, France

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11. Nelson Mandela, South Africa

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12. De Vaartkapoen, Brussels, Belgium

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13. Cattle Drive, Dallas, Texas, USA

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14. Hippo Sculptures, Taipei, Taiwan

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15. Sinking Building Outside State Library, Melbourne, Australia

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16. Man At Work, Bratislava, Slovakia

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17. Mihai Eminescu, Onesti, Romania

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18. Man Hanging Out, Prague, Czech Republic

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19. Rundle Mall Pigs, Adelaide, Australia

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20. The Shark, Oxford, UK

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21. The Unknown Official, Reykjavik, Iceland

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22. Kelpies, Grangemouth, UK (To put this into scale,note the man at the bottom, middle)

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The wrench guy

This is amazing !!! Talent is found in the most unexpected situations.

The wrench guy
Where in the world does he get all those wrenches? This guy must go to every garage sale in the country. Retired Helicopter Mechanic? The wrench guy.. I’d hate to be in his backyard during a lighting storm… How cool is this guy? He lives near Boort Victoria , and does it all by himself from a wheel chair… So, Don’t ever be afraid to follow your dreams.
Here is what he starts with…………………….  IMGP2516  This is who he is………………………………………………
IMGP2517  ….And here is what he makes out of those old wrenches……………………….
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Amazing, isn’t it????

Man invents machine to convert plastic into oil…

Has English sub titles so you don’t need sound, however even though you don’t understand him speaking his voice carries a “feeling” of honesty and sincerity.

 
Why is this not being used everywhere?

Amazing information about a marvelous break-through in technology!!!

Why aren’t we doing this now????!

Another example of Japanese ingenuity and perseverance!

Click to view (with English subtitles):
http://www.youtube.com/embed/qGGabrorRS8?rel=0

A GERMAN WONDERLAND

AMAZING…

There have been little clips about this place for the past few years, it is still not finished but is growing to that conclusion as they will soon run out of space.  A short review…. it was started by two brothers as a place to show their hobby, it started growing by leaps & bounds.

 

Soon they were joined by other ‘Model Railroad Clubs’ and other craftsmen.  Some were electricians, model makers, carpenters, computer programmers, their wives would stop by to see what they were doing and usually bring them a lunch.  One thing led to another, 3 of the ladies had worked at a bakery,  several visitors would ask if they had a snack bar. The idea was planted, some of the carpenters came and built a nice restaurant area for the bakery and a kitchen too. If the fresh coffee smell didn’t get you then the bakery definitely would.  This was about 5 years ago. One of the Breweries came and furnished all of the tables and chairs, serving counter, etc.  Their latest finished area is the airport.  Planes look like they are flying and landing.

 

 

 

GERMAN WONDERLAND link below –        AMAZING

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACkmg3Y64_s?rel=0

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A Chocolate Lover’s Dream

Has set a new Guinness World Record as the longest chocolate structure in the world.

The sculpture, on display at the busy Brussels South station, is 112-feet (34.05 meters) long and weighs over 2,755 pounds (1250 kilos).

Maltese chocolate artist Andrew Farrugia spent over 700 hours constructing the masterpiece.

He said he came up with the idea of the train last year after visiting the Belgian Chocolate Festival in Bruge:  “I had this idea for a while and I said what do you think if we do this realisation of a long chocolate train, you know, because a train you can make it as long as you like.

“Actually it was going to be much smaller than it was, but I kept on adding another wagon, and another wagon, and it’s the size it is today.”

Farrugia had previously built a smaller train of 12 feet for an event in Malta, which he said gave him insight about how to build this much larger version.

There are two parts to the train. The first seven wagons are modelled after the new Belgian trains, and the rest of the train is modelled after the old train wagons, including a wagon with a bar and restaurant on board.

Three days before the event, Farrugia transported the chocolate train by truck in 25 wooden boxes from Malta to Belgium .

Farrugia said the train incurred considerable damage during the drive and several of the train’s walls had completely collapsed.

Luckily, with hardwork and little sleep, the chocolate artist was able to fix all the damages before presenting the train to the public on Monday.

After measuring the length of the train and confirming no material other than chocolate was used,

officials from the Guinness Book of World Records added a new category to the collection of world records and declared the train to be the longest chocolate structure in the world.















~ THE ROSS SISTERS ~1944

A video from 1944, was retrieved, scanned and colored. In this classic choreography from the movie “Broadway Rhythm”, the Ross Sisters, Aggie, Maggie and Elmira, Sing and move in a way that does not seem humanly possible!
During the first 50 seconds, they are singing, but NEXT , WATCH what they are doing, it’s almost impossible!…
TURN UP THE SOUND, CLICK ON THE LINK, WATCH FULL SCREEN & BE AMAZED….
watch this below:

ARTISTS trucks painting

alk about traffic stoppers?!

THE GERMAN ARTISTS ARE AT IT AGAIN…. DISPLAYING THEIR
GENIUS AND TALENTS IN THE GERMAN TRUCKING INDUSTRY!

Here are 7 pictures of German trucks whose trailers are decorated to look like the sides are missing and the products they are hauling are painted on the sides and back.
The first one is of a bottle of beer and looks so real, like it is coming out the side of the trailer…



The second is of canvas tote bag.



The third is of Pepsi cases and they are all stacked on the ceiling, and the bottom of the trailer is empty…


The fourth is of another truck with the windshield facing the back and there has been a driver painted in the driver’s seat looking back over his shoulder to appear like he is driving backwards. (Now this one is just plain scary, even when the German reads ‘On the wrong way?’)



The fifth one is of an aquarium with fish swimming in it.



The sixth one is of a bookshelf with books lined up in it and a post-it-note with an advertisement on it, probably for the company that sells the books.



The last one is for Pringles-Hot & Spicy.
The ‘inside’ of the trailer has the appearance of having been through a fire.



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