Wednesday, December 05, 2007
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"I would make them all learn English; and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honour, and Greek as a treat" --Sir Winston Churchill
The sorting hat says that I belong in Gryffindor!
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those with brave deeds to their name."
Students of Gryffindor are typically brave, daring, and chivalrous.
Take the most scientific Harry Potter
Quiz ever created.
stoicism discuss | |
Definition: | (noun) An indifference to pleasure or pain. |
Synonyms: | stolidness |
Usage: | With the stoicism of the brutes who had raised him he endured his suffering quietly. |
![]() ![]() Radiocarbon DatingRadiocarbon dating is a method for determining the age of carbonaceous materials—especially ancient archaeological specimens—that relies on the presence of a naturally occurring isotope called carbon-14. After an organism dies, the amount of carbon-14 in its remains gradually decreases through radioactive beta decay. Measuring the amount of carbon-14 in an organism's remains thus allows scientists to determine how long it has been dead. How do atomic bombs affect atmospheric carbon-14 levels? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() United Negro College Fund Established (1944)Founded in 1944 by Frederick D. Patterson and Mary McLeod Bethune, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) provides college tuition for African-American students and scholarship funds for its approximately 40 member colleges. Many of its beneficiaries are the first in their families to attend college, and it counts many distinguished individuals among its alumni, including Martin Luther King, Jr. The UNCF motto is one of the most well known slogans in the history of advertising. What is it? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Karel Appel (1921)Appel was a Dutch painter and sculptor and co-founder of the abstract expressionist group COBRA, whose members hailed from Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam. Active from 1948 to 1951, the group created work featuring primary colors and spontaneous brushwork. Appel's own style was characterized by violent color and crude, reductive figures. Later in life, he turned to creating figurative sculptures in wood and metal. What was done to censor Appel's controversial fresco in Amsterdam City Hall? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) Discuss |
It's been 6 months now, since we've moved across two states and parts of my house still look like that!
ReplyDeleteIf I never move again, it'll be too soon. It's just such a HUGE project, a monumental, seemingly never-ending mountain of tasks. May you be out of all those boxes soon, with a tidy, organized house!!
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ReplyDeleteAh, just leave the boxes and go play.