Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Demi Moore in G.I. Jane

Nothing screamed "girl power" quite like Demi Moore's military-style buzz cut in the 1997 action film G.I. Jane. The film tells the fictional story of the first woman to undergo training in U.S. Navy Special Warfare Group. In a key scene in 1997's "G.I. Jane," Moore's character takes an electric razor to her head and gives herself a buzz cut to show that she's tough enough to make it as a Navy Seal. Unfortunately, the movie didn't do much for Moore's career. It was a box office flop and earned Moore a worst-actress Razzie.

Record Number of Children Born to a Single Woman

The most children born to any woman recorded in history is 69,according to Guinness World Records. The mother was a peasant from Shuya, Russia, identified only as the wife of Feodor Vassilyev. Mrs. Vassilyev lived during the 18th century, and had 27 pregnancies, including 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets, according to "The Guinness World Records 1998". The case was reported to Moscow by the Monastery of Nikolsk on Feb. 27, 1782, which had recorded every birth. Happy Mother's Day to all moms out there.

If Being a Mother was a Paying Job....

The Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates wages for jobs, and adding up the amount for jobs done by mothers who work only in the home would provide anyone with a fairly decent income. Being a mother may just be the world's challenging job. Think you can put a price on being a mother? Try  $143,102. That's according to Salary.com. That includes a base salary of  $48,509 for the standard 40-hour work week as well as 52 hours overtime that equate for the extra  $94,493. And honestly, it's worth every penny. #HappyMorthersDay

Paul Ryan - Speaker of the House

Paul Ryan is the current Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Speaker is second in the presidential line of succession, immediately after the Vice President, under the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. The Speaker is followed in the line of succession by the President pro tempore of the Senate and by the heads of federal executive departments. To date, the implementation of the Presidential Succession Act has never been necessary and no Speaker has ever acted as President.

Al Bundy

Ed O'Neill is best known for playing Al Bundy on Married with Children, the most iconic working class character on television since Archie Bunker. The show ran for 11 seasons, and launched O'Neill into thousands of American households each week. In 2009, O'Neill returned to family comedy with ABCs Modern Family, a show about unconventional families. O'Neill played Jay Pritchett, a man newly remarriremarried to a much younger woman. The series has received warm praise, and O'Neill has received three Emmy Award nominations for his work on the show.

Adidas Logo

Three stripes is a trademark of Adidas consisting of three parallel lines featured on the company's clothing and shoe designs. Adidas was started by Adolf Dassler in his mother's house, he was joined by his elder brother Rudolf in 1924 under the name Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory in 1949, following a breakdown in the relationship between the brothers. Adolf created Adidas and Rudolf established Puma, which became Adidas' business rival. In 1952, Adidas acquired its signature 3-stripe logo from the Finnish athletic footwear brand Karhu Sports, for two bottles of whiskey and the equivalent of 1600 euros.

The Dewey Decimal System

The Dewey Decimal System is the most widely used method for classifying books in the library. It is named after Melvil Dewey, an American librarian who developed it in 1876. The classification's notation makes use of three-digit Arabic numerals for main classes, with fractional decimals allowing expansion for further detail. The number makes it possible to find any book and to return it to its proper place on the library shelves. The classification system is used in 200,000 libraries in at least 135 countries .

Colonel Sanders - KFC

In the United States Army2,Colonel is the most senior field grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and immediately below the rank of Brigadier General. Colonels typically command a brigade-sized unit consisting of 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. By law, a colonel must have 22 years of service and a minimum of three years of service as a lieutenant colonel before being promoted. They receive their commission upon appointment by the Secretary of the Army. Colonel Harland Sanders of KFC fame, was an honorary Colonel, awarded by the state of Kentucky -- not of the military rank.