YouTube - WikiLeaks video 'shows US attack': "WikiLeaks, a website that publishes anonymously sourced documents, has released video footage of what it says"
WOw...Sad. Horrible.
Monday, April 05, 2010
Friday, April 02, 2010
99-year-old graduate fights against Africa brain drain - CNN.com
99-year-old graduate fights against Africa brain drain - CNN.com:
"A former teacher has just graduated from university in Ghana -- aged 99.
World War Two veteran Akasease Kofi Boakye Yiadom enrolled at Presbyterian University College's business school aged 96.
'Education has no end,' he told CNN. 'As far as your brain can work alright, your eyes can see alright, and your ears can hear alright, if you go to school you can learn.'"
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Infographic of the Day: What the Census Said About Us...in 1870 | Design & Innovation | Fast Company
Infographic of the Day: What the Census Said About Us...in 1870 | Design & Innovation | Fast Company:
VERY cool...from Fast Company
Click through...it really is worth it!
VERY cool...from Fast Company
"Radical Cartography recently dug up dozens of maps from the 1870 Census Atlas. They're gorgeous--and they reveal much about what set the country on its path to greatness--and what created our modern government.....As you can guess, the country was overwhelmingly young, comprised of children and working adults. This graph shows age distribution by state. Young are at the bottom of each graph; old at the top; left is male, right is female, and the shading tells you which is larger:"
Click through...it really is worth it!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tough day for runners
two deaths while running:
First a wolf
Then a plane!
First a wolf
"Wolves in Alaska are suspected of killing a teacher in an isolated village while she was out jogging." (from BBC)
Then a plane!
"A Georgia man was running and listening to his iPod on the beach on Hilton Head Island when he was struck and killed by an airplane that made an emergency landing Monday near Palmetto Dunes, the Beaufort County Coroner's Office said Tuesday." (from McClathcey)
BBC News - Baldness 'could be good for your health' say scientists
BBC News - Baldness 'could be good for your health' say scientists:
"A receding hairline can be a good thing, according to US scientists, who say men who go bald by 30 appear to be less likely to develop prostate cancer."
Monday, March 15, 2010
At Xavier, Nun Works Out Players’ Academic Side - NYTimes.com
At Xavier, Nun Works Out Players’ Academic Side - NYTimes.com:
"By some measures, the success of the Xavier men’s basketball team rests not with a sharpshooting guard or a ball-hawking forward. Rather, it rests largely with a 5-foot-4, white-haired 77-year-old nun not afraid to rap on dormitory doors or to call players before dawn to ask about missed classes or late assignments."
Thursday, March 04, 2010
History: DaVinci Perfected World's Largest Horse Statue : Video : Discovery News
History: DaVinci Perfected World's Largest Horse Statue : Video : Discovery News:
"Leonardo DaVinci conceived, but never finished, the world's largest equine statue. This project failure has puzzled scholars ever since. Kasey-Dee Gardner finds out why this project came to a grinding halt."
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