Sunday, February 12, 2012

Lincoln's Birthday (US)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was." Abraham Lincoln


TODAY IN HISTORY:
The Scream
Bill Clinton

  • 1832 Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
  • 1994 Four men break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edward Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
  • 1999 US President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial.



FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Roller-coaster
We have to admit it: everybody's mourning Whitney Houston's death. First, check out this NPR report on the artist, and then watch this Reuters piece of news about the world's reaction to Houston's early departure.
And talking about departures, is it safe to travel around in Mexico? Find out what CNN has to say about it right here.
What's the relationship between bullying and depression? This Time article has the answer. And talking about aggression, do you think a kid can escape kidnapping? Watch this AP video and you'll see for yourself.
Finally, if you're truly addicted to adrenaline, make sure to watch this BBC video discussing the fastest roller-coster in Arabia.

3 comments:

wendiziitha ojitos said...

tiches very well hello I'm the first I can not believe as a child escaped from a kidnapping and other people can not fight among ourselves that this really bad, and if there is much difference between the summons and depression are very different issues. I send a greeting Grumpy Professor

Karen penguin said...

=0 WTF!! hahaha sorry but I'm impressed with the roller coaster!!! I wanna go!! I like the adrenaline and I only went to six flags mexico u.u haha

Lety Araujo said...

Teacher because if we all feel sad because a great artist died, but she left a great legacy of music for future generations