jacki long: Day 4896: 15 Musical Facts & Greenland.

For Martin Luther King Day, by Corita Kent

January 19, 2026

"it can be said of him, as of few men in like position, that he did not fear the weather and did not trim his sails, but instead, challenged the wind itself to improve its direction and to cause it to blow more softly and more kindly over the world and its people..." E.B. White 1963. 

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On this day we honor the work and legacy  of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we would also like to celebrate the work of Coretta Scott King who founded The King Center to educate on nonviolent social change and build #thebelovedcommunity. 

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Corita Kent, "it can be said of them," 1969, serigraph, 11.5 x 22.5 inches, (c) 2021 The Corita Art Center, The Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles. #heroesandsheroes #mlkday

Want music?

Click: Norah Jones, Come Away with Me.

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15 FACTS ABOUT MUSIC THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW

• Listening to music is one of the few activities that involve the use of all parts of our brain.

• When listening to music, your heart modifies its beats to try to imitate the rhythm of the music you listen to.

Did you know that having a song playing in our head all day and not being able to stop it? This phenomenon is known as "musical worm".
When listening to rock or pop our physical resistance can increase by 15%.
When we listen to music, dopamine is released in our brain, like when you take drugs, have eat.
Music can help us in reasoning processes and significantly improves the motor areas of our brain. That's why it is believed that music emerged to "help us all move together."

There is research that has shown that what we feel when we listen to a song is very similar to what the rest of the people in the same place are experiencing. (That's where it comes from that we make so many friends at concerts!).

The music listened to is stored in areas of the brain different from those of the memories, that's why people with Alzheimer's are able to remember melodies from their past.
Listening to loud music can cause us to drink drinks faster in less time. Now we understand why the music is so loud in discos.

Touching a musical instrument can improve verbal communication.
Flowers can grow faster if there is music around them.
The kind of music we like at the age of 20 is usually the kind of music we will like for the rest of our lives.
Babies learn the meaning of the emotions of the music before the meaning of the words.
The way we conceive the world is conditioned by the type of music we listen to.

Greenland is the largest island on Earth, covering roughly 2.16 million square kilometers, yet much of what defines its global importance remains hidden beneath ice that has dominated the landscape for hundreds of thousands of years. Nearly 80 percent of the island is locked under a massive ice sheet, creating the illusion of an empty, frozen world. But beneath that frozen surface lies one of the most resource-rich regions on the planet. As climate change accelerates ice melt and technology advances, Greenland is quietly emerging as a strategic focal point in the future of global energy, manufacturing, and geopolitics.

Under the ice and exposed rock, Greenland holds significant deposits of rare-earth elements, including lithium and other critical minerals essential for modern green technologies. These materials are indispensable for electric vehicle batteries, wind turbines, solar panels, and advanced electronics. In a world racing to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, access to rare-earth minerals has become a matter of national security and economic power.

Greenland also contains iron ore, uranium, and potentially vast reserves of oil and natural gas, making it one of the few places on Earth where traditional energy resources and future clean-energy materials coexist in abundance.
What makes Greenland especially significant is scale. Geological surveys suggest that several of its rare-earth deposits may rank among the largest known anywhere in the world. This has drawn intense international interest as countries seek to diversify supply chains away from limited sources and reduce vulnerability to geopolitical disruption. However, extracting these resources is far from simple.Greenland’s extreme climate, fragile ecosystems, limited infrastructure, and strong environmental protections create major logistical and ethical challenges. Local communities and policymakers must weigh economic opportunity against environmental risk, cultural preservation, and long-term sustainability.
As the ice slowly retreats, Greenland stands at a crossroads between preservation and exploitation. Its buried wealth could help power the global energy transition—or spark new geopolitical tensions in a rapidly warming Arctic. What was once considered a remote, frozen frontier is now becoming one of the most strategically important places on Earth, not because of what is visible, but because of what lies hidden beneath the ice.