Thursday, February 9, 2012

In Memoriam: Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Life is what happens while you are making other plans." John Lennon


TODAY IN HISTORY:
The Beatles on TV
William G. Morgan

  • 1895 William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
  • 1964 The Beatles make their first appearance in the Ed Sullivan Show, before an audience of 73 million viewers.
  • 1969 First test flight of the Boeing 747.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Have you heard of jungle tribes untouched by civilization?  Take a look at this brief BBC documentary describing life in the Amazon.
George Clooney
Now of you want to meet a sophisticated and civilized man, listen to this NPR interview with George Clooney, the man of the day. But if you are a fan of the Simpsons', then you need to watch this Reuters report discussing Simpsons' fans.
What is a PC? How do you define it? It turns out that, according to this Time article, the concept of a modern PC needs to be updated and probably upgraded.
Do you know how your brain processes written texts? Learn the principles on this Yahoo article.
Have you ever used Viagra? Fake Viagra? Follow this link to find out what happens with the use of fake drugs.
Finally, if you want to understand the issue of the British-Argentine conflict over the Falkland islands, you must check out this informative and educational CNN report.

4 comments:

Daizy said...

in particular I like the origin of the beatles! Nobody thought that this group of guys where no one I trust, would be great idols

Lety Araujo said...

Hi, well I realized that I date one of the most important games there so far and has been recognized worldwide

wendiziitha ojitos said...

hello I want to be porfesor of those tribes who are away from civilization, I believe, is a wonderful experience and if you send a greeting would last and I also welcome the docuemental of how the brain makes for prayers for so call and I'm still waiting horoscopes ... good bye

rocio dominguez said...

hello is very important to have interesting when it was played volleyball and as he keeps playing at this time and then the Beatles ami I would have liked to go to that concert.