February 2017 – Page 3 – heartclosetblog

"Trench Art" handmade gift of wire sent home from a soldier in WWII trenches

Brodie’s golden heart melts over “trench art”

Published on February 10, 2017 by Lucas Pam14 Comments

Here comes the heart day…the day we give and receive the loving cards…handmade and bought…here we give and receive flowers and jewelry…and you name it in a box wrapped with a crisp red bow…

Your passion for love and gift giving would appreciate knowing that during World War II, our brave soldiers…given where they were serving in either the European Theatre or the Pacific War often found themselves where “Lack of materials on the battlefront often forced servicemen to use wire, mother-of-pearl, wood and inexpensive metals to fashion gifts. The engraved personalized messages, military insignia, locations and dates on these specific pieces illuminate the bonds between home and abroad”. The creative hearts…the longing hearts for home…the suffering hearts for a grateful nation…think about these creative gifts and the hands that fashioned them…how they were so much more than just a present…true gifts from the heart…forever treasured.

I love history…it’s golden.

Uncomplicated thoughts: Change

Published on February 10, 2017 by Lucas Pam1 Comment

Making a difference happens on your compassionate watch.

Outline of two human heads facing each other

Uncomplicated Thoughts: Talk

Published on February 10, 2017 by Lucas Pam1 Comment

When it’s all said and until it happens…

Talk is cheap

An apple that grows into the shape of a heart

Uncomplicated thoughts: Caring words

Published on February 8, 2017 by Lucas Pam5 Comments

Caring words linger and grow into treasures.

Silhouettes of people watching the sunset

Uncomplicated thoughts: Linger

Published on February 6, 2017 by Lucas Pam10 Comments

That moment can’t come back

That memory can last forever

Uncomplicated thoughts: Acceptance

Published on February 6, 2017 by Lucas Pam9 Comments

Many difficult moments in life ask for acceptance.

Snowdrops clustered emerging in the snow

Haiku: Snowdrops

Published on February 5, 2017 by Lucas Pam15 Comments

Strongly peaking through

Petals white against the snow

Boldly defying

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 2/5/17

Brodie barks on the coin toss

Published on February 5, 2017February 6, 2017 by Lucas Pam11 Comments

The Super Bowl…one of the super star icons of the United States of America…a defining day where hard-fought football…played for over 4 months…teams from sea to shining sea faced off and moved up the football madness to this day…Super Bowl 51..

As a golden retriever…I can tell you that this day is a record breaker for food…human food that normally NEVER touches my dog lips…I’m talking pieces of chicken wings…a bit of a hot dog…oh don’t get me started…and then there are the many delicacies prepared with loving football lover hands…I can’t wait for the coin toss.

Speaking of the coin toss…did you know that the physics of the toss has been studied…you know the probability…of course you did..but let me put this in front of you today….you gotta look at this if you care about your team...seems though…the NFL has it down regarding fairness. Bring on the wings and things!!….and look for a possible golden retriever to show up in one of the million dollar plus commercials. I’m just saying 🙂

Here are the broad strokes of the physics of going flipping:

If the coin is tossed and caught, it has about a 51% chance of landing on the same face it was launched. (If it starts out as heads, there’s a 51% chance it will end as heads).
If the coin is spun, rather than tossed, it can have a much-larger-than-50% chance of ending with the heavier side down. Spun coins can exhibit “huge bias” (some spun coins will fall tails-up 80% of the time).
If the coin is tossed and allowed to clatter to the floor, this probably adds randomness.
If the coin is tossed and allowed to clatter to the floor where it spins, as will sometimes happen, the above spinning bias probably comes into play.
A coin will land on its edge around 1 in 6000 throws, creating a flipistic singularity.
The same initial coin-flipping conditions produce the same coin flip result. That is, there’s a certain amount of determinism to the coin flip.
A more robust coin toss (more revolutions) decreases the bias.