Facts – The Toughest Tongue Twister
The sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick . is the toughest tongue twister according to guinness book of record. That phrase was featured by Guinness World Records as the most difficult tongue twister in the English language in 1974, the last year the organization tracked tongue twisters. It’s still pretty hard to say today, but you can try a hack recommended by Eliza Simpson, a dialect coach in New York. Despite the nod from Guinness, others have put forward their own challenges to the title. Researchers at MIT in Boston have declared that “Pad kid poured curd pulled cold” is the hardest tongue twister in history. While it’s easy enough to read, speaking it out loud without mispronouncing a syllable takes a special kind of verbal dexterity. Dr. Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel and her team assert that ‘pad kid poured curd pulled cold’ is the toughest tongue twister that has ever been concocted. In fact, it is so difficult that when people were asked to repeat it rapidly ten times, they became so tongue-tied that they stopped speaking altogether. The twister revealed at the Fall Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America that was held in San Francisco from December 2nd-6th, was part of a study conducted by Stefanie’s team to get some insight into the human brain’s speech planning process. The MIT team plan to continue their research by placing tiny transducers on the tongues of volunteers and measuring their articulation to try to gain further insight. Meanwhile, we can all drive people around us a little crazy by continually repeating a phrase that even the researchers agree makes no sense. ‘pad kid poured curd pulled cold’
Facts – Female Dragonfly Will Fake There Death To Avoid Mating.
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek ἄνισος anisos, “unequal” and πτερόν pteron, “wing”, because the hindwing is broader than the forewing). Adult dragonflies are characterized by a pair of large, multifaceted compound eyes, two pairs of strong, transparent wings, sometimes with coloured patches, and an elongated body. Dragonflies can be mistaken for the closely related damselflies, which make up the other odonatan infraorder (Zygoptera) and are similar in body plan though usually lighter in build; however, the wings of most dragonflies are held flat and away from the body. female dragonflies go to great lengths to avoid sex—they fake their own deaths. For the first time, a scientist has observed that female moorland hawker dragonflies freeze mid-air, crash to the ground, and lie motionless when faced with aggressive males. Called sexual death feigning, this behavior evolved to protect females against aggressive males; for instance, female moorland hawker dragonflies risk injury and sometimes death if coerced into mating. (See more examples of animals that play dead.) Only five species, including a spider and praying mantis, are known to practice sexual death feigning, making this new discovery all the more intriguing, says Rassim Khelifa, a biologist at the University of Zurich who published a new study on the phenomenon in the journal Ecology. “In a lot of dragonflies, males try to seize the female with or without consent,” Khelifa says. “The fittest—that is the fastest, most powerful male—is usually the one who mates.”
Facts – Women can go topless in New york
Newsflash, it is legal to go topless in New York State. And exercising that right is quickly gaining popularity as a movement. To strip it down to the bare facts,here’s what you need to know: Penal law 245.01, which involves public indecency and exposure, was amended by the NY Supreme Court in 1992, ruling it legal for women to be topless in public under the grounds of gender equality . This law was amended six years after seven women were arrested in Rochester, NY for being topless in a public area and the 1992 case People vs. Ramona Santorelli and Mary Lou Schloss thrust the topless revolution into full-blown action. And yet, over a decade later, in 2005, Jill Coccaro, also known as Phoenix Feeley, was arrested on Delancey Street for leaving her shirt at home. After being detained for twelve hours, she later sued the city and was awarded $29,000 for her unwarranted arrest. Since then, advocacy groups like GoTopless have sprung up, launching Go Topless Day, while the Topfree Equal Rights Association was established in 1997, to aid women unlawfully charged for going topless. Some see a double standard at work. While a state law limits the ability of women to work topless, there is no similar law regarding shirtless men. One well-known example of the latter is the Naked Cowboy, who appears in nothing but his underwear, hat and boots (and his guitar), and has become as much a part of Times Square as its giant billboards. Even some social media sites, perhaps the new public sphere, maintain the same distinction; some users of Instagram, for example, have called on the site to drop its restrictions on pictures of women’s nipples. A 1992 Court of Appeals ruling on the state law said that women could indeed be topless in public, but let stand the prohibition against public female toplessness for commercial purposes. The court also did not settle the issue of whether the law discriminated against women, though some judges believed that it did. Some legal scholars say that ruling, in a case of seven women who purposely tested a topless ban in a Rochester park, seems to leave a door open for the city to arrest the desnudas for being topless if it could be proven they are engaged in a business. They note the United States Supreme Court has held that limits on nudity at erotic dance clubs are not violations of free speech. “It sounds like it is commercial,” said Eugene Volokh, a First Amendment expert at U.C.L.A. School of Law. “The city could say if you are naked in a public place for a commercial purpose, we are going to apply the law to you.” Holly Van Voast, an artist who was arrested in New York several times for going topless and filming the reaction of passers-by, sued the Police Department and obtained a $40,000 settlement. She said the Court of Appeals should revisit the law and finally settle whether the double standard for men and women in New York is discriminatory.
What Is a Digital Service Provider (DSP) ?
A Digital Service Provider (DSP) is an online store (iTunes, Amazon Music) or streaming service (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, YouTube Music) that features digital albums and singles. A Digital Service Provider (“DSP”) is an entity that provides digital music services (whether streaming, downloads, or both), via computer or phone networks. DSPs tend to focus on driving almost all interactions online and across devices. In today’s industry, DSPs are the marketplaces in which most music is consumed, due to the rise of both paid and ad-supported subscription-based streaming services, like Spotify and Apple Music. DSPs have become an essential part of earning money via songwriting since they are considered both a public broadcast and a reproduction of the song, which qualifies the songwriter to earn both of the major types of publishing royalties: performance and mechanical. Types Of DSPs – Interactive Streaming are platforms Listeners select the songs that are played they are also known as On-demand streaming Examples: Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Deezer Publishing Royalties Generated: Performance royalties and mechanical royalties – Non-Interactive Streaming are platforms Listeners play music without the ability to choose the next song they are also known as Internet radio Examples: Pandora, iHeartRadio, Slacker, TuneIn Publishing Royalties Generated: Performance royalties only (similar to broadcast radio). Africa’s DSP market is younger than the rest and largely untapped for a number of reasons. A common major limitation parts of Africa access to data plan is still quite restricted or prohibitively expensive in this part . Spotify and Apple Music have only recently begun to move into Africa. This left the opportunities open for fledgling services like Boomplay Music, which had up to a 50% share of the African phone market as recently as 2019. For independent musicians, getting music onto most of these DSPs. Nowadays is as simple as signing up with a digital distributor who will deliver their works and take care of any potential issues. For the songwriter or Artist for an upfront fee, a commission on earnings, or a combination of both. In cases where the creator or artist want s to upload their content themselves. DSPs like Audiomack, Soundcloud and Hafrikplay (newly launched African based) can be used for both upload and streaming without the involvement of any digital distributor. Get Hafrikplay App On Google Play
News – 10 Most Streamed Nigerian Artists On Spotify
The popular music streaming site, Spotify has released a list of their most-streamed afrobeats artists after the just concluded 64th Grammy Award. The list is specifically for their Top 10 most streamed artist and also for artists who have surpassed a billion streams on Spotify. Wizkid topped the chart and knocked off other artists with a total of 4.4 billion streams. Burna Boy followed next with 2.7 billion streams. Mr. Eazi found himself in the third spot with 1.3 billion streams and the Love Nwanatiti crooner, Ckay has 1 billion streams. Davido found him on the 5th spot with 909 million streams, Maleek Berry is chilling with his 516 million streams. Essence co-star, Tems is number 7 with 412 million streams. Rema overtakes Fireboy with his 356 million streams while Fireboy DML occupies number 9th position with 300 million streams. African bad gal, Tiwa Savage rounded up the Top10 list with 270 million streams.