Eugene Polley (1915-2012)

Dokładnie 100 lat temu, 29 listopada 1915 roku w Chicago urodził się przyszły inżynier i wynalazca Eugene Polley.Podczas 47 lat pracy dla Zenith Electronics uzyskał 18 patentów.  Zawdzięczamy mu wynalezienie pilota do telewizora  w 1955 roku.
Eugene Polley (Eugene Theodore Polley; later changed to Eugene Joseph Polley),   (born Nov. 29, 1915, Chicago, Ill.—died May 20, 2012, Downers Grove, Ill.), American inventor who created (1955) the first wireless television remote-control system, the light-activated Flash-Matic, while working in the engineering department at Zenith Radio Corp. 
Read more: http://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugene-Polley

Eugene Polley-inventor-TV remote control https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3CTY4cT8Jw

Half a million lights set Christmas tree record

Nowy rekord w ilości światełek na sztucznej choince ustanowiono w Australii.
An Australian man has set a new world record for the most lights on an artificial Christmas tree.

David Richards illuminated the tree in Canberra, with a grand total of 518,838 twinkling lights.
Read more : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34952723

The previous record of 378,280 bulbs was smashed by David Richards' 22m tree in the Australian capital of Canberra, which boasted 518,838 twinkling lights.

Representatives from Guinness World Records were on hand to confirm th record, previously held by Universal Studios in Osaka, Japan, had been broken.

Hundreds gathered under the city centre stunning festive display to await the news they wanted to hear.

Read more:http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/enormous-christmas-tree-half-million-6917850

How to open a can WITHOUT a can-opener.

Jak otworzyć puszkę jeśli zapodział nam się otwieracz? Są sposoby...

YouTube user Crazy Russian Hacker can open a can without a can-opener 

His video teaching viewers how to do it themselves has gone viral 

The YouTuber, Taras Kulakov, uses just his bare hands and concrete

He rubs the can of tuna on the concrete, squeezes it and the lid pops off 

'All you got to do is squeeze it and you opened it,' Mr Kulakov said 

The clever video has since received over 26 million views 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-3334539/Crazy-Russian-Hacker-shows-open-using-just-hands-concrete-floor.html#ixzz3scBx3CSn 

Britain's cleverest cats!

Potrafią otwierać puszki, pukać do drzwi, bawić się w chowanego a nawet odprowadzać dzieci do szkoły....
 Chcesz sprawdzić jak inteligentny jest Twój kiciuś? Kup koniecznie książkę The Cat IQ Test by E.M.Bard,
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2296183.Test_Your_Cat

Are you convinced your cat is a genius? Clearly many of us are, because an intriguing book — Test Your Cat: The Cat IQ Test by E.M. Bard — has become a bestseller on Amazon, with a second volume by Simon Holland just released. 

So what’s it like living with a moggie mastermind? LORRAINE FISHER asked four proud owners — plus there’s five questions to test if your pet’s a clever puss.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3331179/Britain-s-cleverest-cats-open-tins-knock-doors-play-hide-seek-walk-children-school-Meet-moggie-masterminds.html#ixzz3sQ3Dov3H 

Bigfoot.

Bigfoot czyli wielka stopa, o której chcę napisać, to nie tajemniczy  stwór z Gór Skalistych, lecz równie tajemnicza roślina, która na pierwszy rzut oka rośliną nie jest.

Tak, to właśnie o tę skałę chodzi...
Bigfoot pochodzi z południowej Afryki. Skała, którą widzicie na zdjęciu to tak naprawdę korzeń bigfoot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-78om_ouUxM

First e-mail.

20 listopada 1990 roku, a więc 25 lat temu, do Polski dotarł pierwszy e-mail.
http://gadzetomania.pl/9948,prawdziwe-poczatki-internetu-w-polsce-pierwsze-polaczenie-bylo-znacznie-wczesniej

15 Best Fruits For Fast Weight Loss

15 owoców, które pomogą w utracie wagi:

Fruits are not only a great source of vitamins, nutrients and fiber for us, they are actually a great food source for people looking to lose weight as well. This is because fruits contain natural sugars which are low in calories but are large in volume.If you are embarking on a weight loss journey, fruits have the potential to keep you from getting hunger pangs. Don’t be frustrated by diets that require a daily count of your calorie intake anymore. We show you 15 fruits that promote faster weight loss, in a healthy way.

1. Avocados.

2.Apples.

3. Watermelon.
You will find the whole list here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1ZypSI1o4g

T-mobile advert.

Za bardzo udaną można uznać kampanię reklamową T-mobile z Tomaszem Kotem w roli głównej
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IyXMoctO2E
W spocie wykorzystano muzykę szwedzkiego duetu  Roxette. Piosenka Listen to Your Heart, czyli " słuchaj swego serca" powstała w 1988 roku i promowała album Look Sharp. Teledysk nakręcono na Borgholmie w ruinach zamku.
Posłuchajcie oryginalnej wersji utworu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCC_b5WHLX0

I know there's something in the wake of your smile. 

I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yea. 

You've built a love but that love falls apart. 

Your little piece of heaven turns too dark.

Listen to your heart when he's calling for you. 

Listen to your heart there's nothing else you can do. 

I don't know where you're going and I don't know why, 

But listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye.

Sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile. 

The precious moments are all lost in the tide, yea. 

They're swept away and nothing is what is seems, 

The feeling of belonging to your dreams.

Listen to your heart when he's calling for you. ...............

Nuts.

NUT to:

• orzech 
• głowa, łeb
• śruba, nakrętka
• rodzaj węgla
• dziwak
• herbatnik

Wróćmy jednak do orzechów.
nut- tree - drzewo rodzące orzechy, leszczyna (hazel)
hazel-nut - orzech laskowy: walnut - orzech włoski; nut-brown - kolor orzechowy; nut-butter masło orzechowe; nut-cracker - dziadek do orzechów, także orzechówka (ptak); nutshell -skorupka orzecha;
nutmeg - galka muszkatułowa, nutmeat - miąższ orzecha; nutting -  zbieranie orzechów; to go nutting - iść na orzechy.
nutty (przymiotnik) - obfitujący w orzechy, o smaku orzechów, pikantny, zakochany (on sb sth),zwariowany (on sth - na punkcie czegoś) , pomylony, zwariowany
(na podstawie Wielkiego Słownika Angielsko-Polskiego, Jana Stanislawskiego, wydawnictwo PWN 1988)
CARAMEL NUT CAKE RECIPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5N_scX0NOk

Best big UK city to live in?

Najlepsze duże miasto do zamieszkania w Wielkiej Brytanii to Edynburg - wysokie zarobki, niskie czynsze, niska przestępczość....

Edinburgh has been named the best city in the UK for standard of life after research found it benefited from high wages, low rents and low crime rates.

When ranked alongside another 11 of the UK's biggest cities - Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Sheffield - Edinburgh scored highly across a number of key considerations.

Residents of the Scottish capital enjoy the highest take-home pay of anywhere in Great Britain outside London - at £25,543 a year on average.  

Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-3315200/Best-big-UK-city-live-s-Edinburgh-thanks-high-wages-cheap-rent-low-crime-levels.html#ixzz3rO6HvJYv 
WELCOME TO EDINBURGH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX2nq-tthxs

Poland’s Independence Day.

Poland has been celebrating Independence Day since 1920. During and after the Second World War this was done clandestinely. In 1945, the National Independence Day was replaced by the Day of Rebirth of Poland on the anniversary of signing of PKWN Manifesto, celebrated on 22nd of July, which essentially introduced communist rule in the country. Independence Day was restored as a national holiday late as in 1989 after Poland’s political transformation. 
Read more:http://www.polska.pl/en/experience-poland/traditions-and-holidays/independence-day/

Hit the road.

Hit the road, czyli ruszaj w drogę, to idiom, który stał się motywem przewodnim szlagieru wykonywanego przez Raya Charles'a. Utwor powstał w roku 1961
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKvhxapM5zo
Jak podaje wikipedia:  Piosenka jest często odtwarzana podczas różnych sportowych rozgrywek. Gdy członek drużyny gości opuszcza grę, np. hokeista za karę opuszcza boisko, koszykarz sfauluje innego gracza, bądź inny zawodnik zostaje wyłączony z gry. Zdarza się również, że utwór jest grany pod koniec meczu, kiedy miejscowa drużyna jest bliska zwycięstwa.
Spośród wielu wykonań Hit The Road Jack najbardziej lubię wersje Sweet Sisters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU_EweSJfGE

Jeep Renegade advert 2015

Jeep Renegade przedstawia kolejną interesującą reklamę.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWOmz065Uj8
W tle piosenka w wykonaniu zespołu X Ambassadors. Zespół powstał w 2009 roku w Nowym Jorku i wykonuje alternatywny rock.

Long live the pioneers

Rebels in "The Good News"

Go fourth They have no fear

Come close, lend an ear

And I say hey

Hey, hey hey

Living like we're renegades 

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey

Living like we're renegades

Renegades, renegades

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSJhrO2Ydao&list=RDkSJhrO2Ydao
O poprzedniej reklamie Jeep Renegade pisałam rok temu http://englishpleaseee.blogspot.com/2014/11/jeep-renegade-2014-reklama.html

November comes.

"November comes
And November goes,

With the last red berries
And the first white snows.

With night coming early,
And dawn coming late,
And ice in the bucket
And frost by the gate.

The fires burn
And the kettles sing,
And earth sinks to rest
Until next spring."
-  Elizabeth Coatsworth
 (American poet and writer 1893-1986)

Christmas lights in London.

W Londynie juz świątecznie...

Those sparkly, glowing orbs are back for a third year. The Oxford Street Christmas lights switch-on will see 1778 snowball-like decorations (and their 750,000 LED lightbulbs) lit up once again for what is the fifty-sixth year the road has been decorated for the festive period. In a subtle upgrade from last year's display, 445 new golden baubles will twinkle among the existing silver lights.

For the first time ever the switch-on event on Sunday November 1 will see West Oxford Street closed to traffic (2pm-6.30pm), with special offers available in many of the shops. Kylie Minogue will do the honours, and a stage outside the Pandora Marble Arch store will host live musical performances and celebrity presenters from 5.30pm – look out for Foxes, Fleur East, singer-songwriter Gabrielle Alpin, 'X-Factor' winner Ben Haenow and performers from 'Matilda the Musical'.

http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/oxford-street-christmas-lights-2

Agnieszka Radwanska wins first WTA Finals title in Singapore

Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska beat former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in three sets to win her first WTA* Finals title in Singapore.The world number six came from a break down in the deciding set against her 25-year-old Czech opponent to win 6-2 4-6 6-3 in two hours and five minutes. 

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/34693468

*WTA - Women's Tennis Association

Agnieszka Radwanska wins first WTA Finals title in Singapore with extra $2million
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugU8D10chNE

Self-steering cars.

No i doczekaliśmy się samochodu, który nie potrzebuje kierowcy.

Look, no hands! Yes, that really IS a car steering itself on a busy British road... and it's perfectly legal  

• Tesla Model S is a self-steering car capable of changing lanes by itself
• Autopilot system cannot deal with junctions but is good on motorways
• Radar and cameras position the car effectively and spot trouble ahead
• 
  

It's morning rush hour on the M4. Cars crowd around me, switching lanes and tailgating as their drivers hustle into London.

My electric Tesla Model S is different: it stays precisely in the middle of its lane, a good, safe distance from the car in front.

Strangely, my feet are flat on the floor. Stranger still, my hands are folded in my lap.

This week, Tesla put thousands of self-driving cars on Britain’s roads for the first time by releasing a software update newly approved by the EU.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3298628/Look-no-hands-Yes-really-car-steering-busy-British-road-s-perfectly-legal.html#ixzz3qEAFQhdd