- Colour of Facebook is blue because Mark Zukerberg is suffering of colour blindness.
- The word google is derived from word googol that means 1 followed by hundred zeroes.
- 80% of students misspell world vacuum as vaccum.
- Longest word that can be made from a single row keys by your keyboard is typewriter.
- The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.
- No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
- The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system in India, employing over 1.7 million people.
- You share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world.
- The most liked word by a person is his name.
- The White House has a movie theater, swimming pool, bowling lane, jogging track, and a tennis court
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Did you know that...?
Diary of a wimpy kid
I
love the movie Diary of a wimpy kid"The story is so simple and appealing.
It is a very funny family movie.It is a realistic fiction novel by Jeff Kinney. It is the
first book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
The book is about a boy named Greg Heffley and his struggles in middle school.
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| http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196141/ |
As Greg Heffley is getting ready for middle school, he is
teased by his older brother Rodrick Heffley because
his mom, Susan Heffley,
bought him supplies for school, including a blank red diary,instead of his mom
buying him a journal like he asked her to. He has a little brother,Manny who
is "spoiled rotten" because he gets everything he wants and also gets
away with everything he does wrong, unlike Greg, who gets in trouble for
everything he does wrong. His father Frank Heffley does
not encourage Greg's way of life - playing video games all day - rather than
going outside and playing sports.
Jeff
Kinney released an online version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, with 217 pages.
The website made daily entries until June 2005. The book became an instant hit
and the online version received about 20 million views as of 2009. Many
online readers requested a printed version. Jeff had agreed and in 2007, Diary
of A Wimpy Kid was published.
The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood trauma
At some point in our childhood; we may experience traumatic experiences. It can be the loss of a loved one; an accident or anything that has profoundly hurt us. It is especially difficult for children as they are more fragile individuals. When a child experiences a traumatic experience; it never truly goes away. Therefore; I do not agree with this statement: "The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood trauma"
When we grow up; we try to forget about what happened; but somehow it is stuck in our memories. It is true that it has happened a long time ago; but the effects of that experience still remain. Some people handle it better than others who may have psychological problems. The way it affects people depends on the individuals and the environment around them .
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| http://www.earlytraumagrief.anu.edu.au/trauma |
Monday, 5 November 2012
Rumba
Today I would like to talk
about one of my favorite type of music: rumba. (Congolese rumba)
When most people think of
the rumba they immediately think of Latina America. Debate over the origins of
this drum-driven dance music is hot topic; the reality is that it originated in
Africa.
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| http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/congo-rumba-on-the-river-african-pearls-vol-1 |
RFI Musique explains as: “Infectious
rumba rhythms began emanating from the
Belgian Congo in the 50s and the hip-swaying dance soon caught on right across Africa.
From there it was only a matter of time before rumba fever spread to Europe and
the Americas, going down in the record books as the first African music to take
off on the international music scene.
The international success story of
rumba is all the more amazing when you consider that the movement was largely
ignored in the Western media. Rumba’s frenzied rhythms were left to filter
through on the bar and club ‘underground’ where they fueled dance parties and
soirées that frequently ended in collective hysteria.
One of the first musicians to
pop up rumba was Papa Wemba. Since then, numerous wonderful artists became
master of Congolese rumba such as Madilu System; Mayaula Mayoni or Francois Luambo
Only bad things happen quickly
Everything worthy in
life need to be worked for. It is not possible to have something worthwhile without putting any efforts. Only bad things come
to you quickly. I will take a simple example such as diet. It is so easy to
gain calories but so hard to lose it. You can gain weight in an instant if you don't eat a balanced diet; and it is so easy to do so with fast food; chips; ice cream and so on...If you are not careful with with what you eat then and put in the effort to eat a balanced diet; bad things will come quickly (calories). On the other hand; if you apply yourself; sacrifice and think about you body in the future then good things will come to you (healthy mind in a healthy body).
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| http://www.mayanrocks.com/?p=4308 |
This example highlights the fact that in life; we must make an effort for the things we know are good for ourselves. Bad things happen quickly that'st true; you don't have to wait a lot (or at all) for bad things to happen. However; it is satisfactory only on a short term level. If you think long term ; then you will know that it is better to sacrifice and make an effort to do the right thing.
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| http://jahanc.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/do-the-right-thing-anthony-charles/ |
Friday, 19 October 2012
Did you know that...?
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| http://infosthetics.com/archives/2009/03/did_you_know_30_video.html |
1. Charles
Sherwood Stratton was born 4 January 1838, and his growth virtually stopped at
six months, reaching only one meter at adulthood. He was picked up by P.T.
Barnum and became a huge circus success as "General Tom Thumb.
2. No-one
knows Albert Einstein's last words, because his attendant nurse did not speak
German.
3. Women
in the Tiwi tribe of Northern Australia are married at birth.
4. The
active ingredient in Chinese delicacy, bird's nest soup, is saliva.
5. During
World War I, a South African monkey was promoted to corporal.
6. "Abracadabra"
was originally used to cure those afflicted with hay fever
7. Julius
Caesar wore his signature laurel wreath in order to cover up his oncoming
baldness.
8. There
are 240 dots in Pac-Man
1. Urination
was once used as a way of washing clothes.
2. In
Russia, it's a criminal offense to drive around in a dirty car.
Cream sauce
I love food and cooking!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't get enough of it...I wanna try every recipe that exist in this world (well most of the recipes). I want to give you the recipe of really delicious cream sauce.
Ingredients
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| http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3040/creamy-bread-and-onion-sauce |
2
tablespoons butter
2
tablespoons all-purpose flour
1
cup heated milk
1/3
cup heavy cream
salt
white
pepper
freshly
ground nutmeg (optional)
Few
tablespoons dry white wine, a few teaspoons mixed fresh herbs, Parmesan cheese,
etc.
Recipe
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
Add flour and stir until mixture is well blended. Gradually stir in hot milk.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sauce begins to boil and
thickens. Simmer, stirring frequently, over very low heat for 5 minutes. Stir
in cream and wine, if using. Season with salt and pepper to taste and add a
little nutmeg and herbs, if desired. Makes about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups of medium
thick sauce
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