Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The Real People Behind Famous Fictional Characters

Literature heroes are almost always created by authors. Almost always. Sometimes they exist in reality... Alice Story of Alice in Wonderland began the day when Lewis Carroll was walking with daughters of  Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Henry Liddell, among whom was Alice Liddell. Carroll came up with the story on the move at the request of children, but in the following times have not forgotten about it, and began to write a sequel. Two years later, the author has presented the Alice manuscript, consisting of four chapters, to which was attached a photo of Alice in the age of seven. It...

Leaders and Trendsetters Agree More Students Should Learn to Code

Mark Zuckerberg Founder, Facebook “Our policy at Facebook is literally to hire as many talented engineers as we can find. There just aren't enough people who are trained and have these skills today.“  Will.i.am  Musician/The Black Eyed Peas & Entrepreneur “Here we are, 2013, we ALL depend on technology to communicate, to bank, and none of us know how to read and write code. It's important for these kids, right now, starting at 8 years old, to read and write code.“  President Bill Clinton “At a time when people are saying "I want a good job - I got out of college and I couldnt find one," every single year in America...

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

A New Year’s Workout

The new year brings resolutions, pacts with oneself to accomplish goals, quit bad habits, begin new ones, eat less, exercise more.  As I was taking stock on this New Year’s, I couldn’t help remembering a man I met in Tibet, who was making good on a resolution of his own. One of the constants of travel on the road to Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region is the procession of pilgrims along the route.  It was on this road, on the way to Labrang Monastery in Gansu Province, that I first encountered a pilgrim performing the Tibetan Buddhist act of prostration known as chak tsal.  When I spotted him, I jumped out of the car...

Follow Me

An unbelievably beautiful project "Follow Me" of the Russian photographer Murad Osmann, who travels around the world with his girlfriend and shares his trip with us.  ...

Monday, February 25, 2013

Just Maths

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20 слов, о которых вы не знали

Как часто мы сталкиваемся с тем, что хотим донести до другого человека какую-то мысль, но не находим нужного слова! А ведь оно, это слово, может и есть, однако знает о нем далеко не каждый. Мы решили помочь тебе, дорогой читатель, и составили список названий вещей и понятий, знанием которых ты можешь блеснуть при первой же возможности. Итак, начнем. Глабель — это обозначение участка на лице человека, расположенного между бровями Вагитус. Крик новорожденного ребенка Чанкинг. Сознательный или бессознательный плевок едой Натиформа. Природные образования, обычно...

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