Mexican Flag Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever." Henry Drummond


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Fidel Castro

Space Shuttle Discovery

• 1920 The Nazi Party is founded.
• 2008 Fidel Castro retires as President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.
• 2011 Final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
The Oscar Award ceremony is just around the corner, so we'll start with some stuff about and then we'll move on to something else.

Woody Allen

Woody Allen is a popular movie director but does he go to the ceremony? Follow this link to listen to an NPR report on the New Yorker movie-maker. Do you know how the Oscar statuettes are made? Time has published today this report on the golden trophy. What about foreign films at the Academy Awards? Be sure to watch this BBC report discussing the foreign language category.
So that's about the Oscars for now. Next, we have this CNN documentary that describes the life of a real junkie.
And talking about obsessions, how obsessed can you be with your height? Click here to watch short people getting taller... artificially...
We all know life in Mexico is more and more dangerous but how about the penal system? Click this link to watch a Reuters report on Mexican prisons.