Friday, February 3, 2012

The Day Music Died

QUOTE OF THE DAY:


TODAY IN HISTORY:
Commander Eileen Collins
  • 1959 A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and the pilot.
  • 1966 The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
  • 1995 Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is probably the most iconic and mysterious painting ever. This Time article discusses a copy of La Gioconda painting by the maestro.
Is your computer harming your health? That's exactly the question that this Yahoo! article asks. Have you suffered any of the illnesses mentioned?
Mexican soap operas are known worldwide and now it's time for Colombian-made show. Click here to find the details.
And talking about art, check out this BBC video featuring a piano genius... from Thailand!
Some students have admitted to being "chocoholic," but is an addict's brain different from anyone's brain? The answer can be found on this NPR report.
Have you ever heard a rapper talk in a normal conversation? Well, USA Today has this interview with J. Cole for you. Yo!
Finally, what on Earth are doing Britons in Argentina? Check out this Reuters documentary as people loose their cool.

4 comments:

Rocio Diaz said...

Eileen Collins also showed that women can (ha ha).
is true that the Mona Lisa is a mystery about the lack of your smile.

wendiziitha ojitos said...

hello teacher I really like the information of the Mona Lisa as it is now even talk cierton an identical copy of it be the mona lisa one of the most important paintings and enigmatic conosida I also really liked the information on the addiction to chocolate I can not imagine as your metabolism because chocolate is a inividor activation of sensations and alteration thereof as shall be in restless

Karen penguin said...

Hi hi hi!! =D jeje
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is the most iconic and mysterious painting ever not probably! jeje I agree with this affirmation.. Because until a movie have jaja okay might be 2 The smile of the Mona Lisa and Da Vinci code =D
and finally the "chocoholic" sounds funny jeje

Lety Araujo said...

hello hello, I think Da Vinci was a great artist who not only made a work like the Mona Lisa also produced many more but of course became known by that work and so far is one of the greatest works of world