Brisance [bri-zahns]
noun
the shattering effect of a high explosive.
Origin: 1910–15; < French, equivalent to bris ( er ) to break (< Celtic; akin to Irish brisim (I) break) + -ance -ance
(Source: dictionary.reference.com)
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Elephants: 10 Facts →
Fact 7: Death
Elephant graveyards are not supported by any hard evidence, but death is important to them nonetheless. Their normal lifespan is 60-80 years. Elephants, humans, and Neanderthals are the only animals known to have death rituals. If an elephant becomes sick, herd members will bring it food and help support it as it stands. If it dies, they will try to revive it with food and water for a while. Once it is clear that an elephant is dead, the herd will become very quiet. They often dig a shallow grave and cover the deceased elephant with dirt and branches, and will stay at the grave for days afterwards. If the elephant had a particularly close relationship with its deceased peer, it can show signs of depression. Even herds that come across an unknown lone elephant who has died will show it similar respects. There are also reported cases of elephants burying dead humans they have found in this way.
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Pareidolia
Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant.
Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden messages on records played in reverse. The word comes from the Greek para- (“beside”, “with”, or “alongside”, in this context meaning something faulty or wrong, as in paraphasia, disordered speech) and eidōlon (“image”; the diminutive of eidos – “image”, “form”, “shape”).
(Source: Wikipedia)
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master list of my favorite slam poems
- Rives - Kite
- Rives - If I Controlled the Internet
- Rives - Mockingbird
- Rives - Sign Language
- Rives - Is 4 AM The New Midnight?
- Anis Mojgani - Shake The Dust
- Mike Taylor - Thinking About You
- Poetri - Krispy Kreme
- Sarah Kay - B
- Sarah Kay - Hands
- Taylor Mali - What Teachers Make
- Taylor Mali - Tony Steinberg: Brave Seventh-Grade Warrior
- Taylor Mali - Depression Too Is A Type of Fire
- Taylor Mali - Like Lilly Like Wilson
- Taylor Mali - Speak With Conviction
- Taylor Mali - Any Language, Much Less English
- Javon Johnson - Elementary
- Steve Coleman - I Wanna Hear A Poem
- Eric Darby - Scratch and Dent Dreams
- Gemini - What Are You Fighting For?
- Shihan - This Type Love
- Bassey Ikpi - Sometimes Silence Is The Loudest Kind of Noise
- Mark Gonzales - As With Most Men
- Team Denver (from Brave New Voices) - Scores
- George Watsky - Go Big, Young Friends
- George Watsky - If I Were President
- George Watsky - Letter to My 16-Year Old Self
- Boonaa Mohammed - Kill Them With Love
- Boonaa Mohammed - My Theory
- Andrea Gibson - See-Through
- Andres Gibson - I Do
- Andrea Gibson - Jewelry Store
- Andrea Gibson - Jellyfish
- Sonya Renee - What Women Deserve
- Big Poppa E - Dear White People
- Rudy Francisco - Love Poem Medley
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10 Moons Every Person Should Know
Pretty much everyone can rattle off the names of our solar system’s eight (formerly nine) planets, but ask the average person to list some moons and you’ll be lucky if they can tell you more than two or three.
Now, you obviously can’t expect people to remember the name of every single satellite in the solar system (after all, they outnumber the planets by around 20 to 1), but if you have even the slightest interest in astronomy, it wouldn’t kill you to be familiar with at least an even ten. So with that in mind, we’ve assembled this reference guide to ten of the solar system’s most noteworthy moons.
(via pretercanine)
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Myopia
The terms “myopia” and “myopic” (or the common terms short sightedness or ‘short sighted) have been used metaphorically to refer to cognitive thinking and decision making that is narrow in scope or lacking in concern for wider interests or longer-term consequences.
It is often used to describe a decision that may be beneficial in the present, but detrimental in the future, or a viewpoint that fails to consider anything outside a very narrow and limited range. Hyperopia, the biological opposite of myopia, is also used as a metaphor for those who exhibit “far-sighted” behavior; that is, overprioritizing long-term interests at the expense of present enjoyment.
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Magnetic make up board, so that your make up isn’t all over the place. Buy a specific size of a piece of metal from Home Depot, have it cut, then put it in a frame and cover it with fabric. Attach magnets to make up, and you have a new creation.
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Fairies in a jar DIRECTIONS: 1. Cut a glow stick and shake the contents into a jar. Add diamond glitter 2. Seal the top with a lid. 3. Shake
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Make creative boxes
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