Friday, January 27, 2012

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Benjamin Franklin


TODAY IN HISTORY:
Thomas A. Edison
Gate at Auschwitz

  • 1886 Thomas Alva Edison patents the electric incandescent lamp.
  • 1945 Russia liberates Auschwitz & Birkenau concentration camps in Poland.
  • 1996 Germany celebrates its 1st Holocaust Remembrance Day.  



FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
As you've already noticed above, today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. It turns out that, according to this AP report, one of the survivors died today.
The CNN features an interview with Logan Nuñez, a 9-year-old hero. Follow this link to find out why I'm calling him a hero.
Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Time magazine discusses the topic on this article. You will also find a link to an introvert/extrovert quiz. I do recommend you take it!
Earlier this week we mentioned famous actress Demi Moore. Listen to the actual 911 call that USA Today has published recently.
A "Thelma & Louise" scene
What do you think about women and vehicles? You'll be absolutely surprised after you check out this NPR report talking about ladies and car-shopping.
Have you ever thought of sending your toys to space? Well, according to this BBC video, 2 guys managed to do just that -webcam included!
Finally, what's the dark side of cyber space? This Reuters report has answers and questions about the dangers of connectivity.
Have a relaxing weekend...

6 comments:

rocio dominguez said...

hello teacher if our toys would be fun to send into space but I would rather go by myself haha but so smart guys send their toys and record it, I had already seen something similar but with researchers, is very interesting .. good weekend

Lety Araujo said...

Hello teacher! How are you? It es interesting know about reports in women who say they is cautious, although it already know we, but more in the topic of cars. Because for misfortune to us we are considered as silly to talk about cars. The women know the that want before of buying a car and see mainly the price of the car.

Karen penguin said...

hello hello!! jajaja wow Logan is my hero now!! jajaja but its so jung for me jajaja just kidding!! interesting story

Blanca Flores said...

It's so good that Edison created the electric light, because that many things were provided for the human being, such as the light of its own to our homes, new inventions such as computers and mobile phones.

Daizy said...

I think it's important to know about first aid, one never knows when you need them!!!
I like the phrases of the day but this time there was no

Rocio Diaz said...

in advance I like all the previous sentence and the future is information there is good age to be hero.