Monthly Archives: May 2018

Franklin Augustine Thomas (age 83 years) / (l’âge de 83 ans)

One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each … Continue reading

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Hedy Lamarr Born Born 1914 / Né 1914

Hedy Lamarr Born 1914, Vienna, Austria and Died: January 19, 2000, Casselberry, FL Quotes “Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid”. “I am not ashamed to say that no man I … Continue reading

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Katharine Lee Bates age 69 / l’âge de 69

Katharine Lee Bates 1859-1929 age 69 A songwriter is best known for writing the words to “America the Beautiful,” which she wrote while teaching at Colorado College in 1893. In addition to poetry, Bates wrote travel books and children’s books, … Continue reading

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The Armenian genocide

The Armenian genocide was recognized by the parliament of Geneva in 2001 and by the Swiss federal parliament in 2003. Sometimes called the first genocide of the twentieth century, the Armenian genocide refers to the physical annihilation of Armenian Christian … Continue reading

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Caroline A.Jones

Caroline A.Jones What a Woman She is a professor of art history in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Clement Greenberg’s Modernism and the Bureaucratization of the Senses (University of … Continue reading

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Dr. Kai-Fu Lee

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee – Artificial Intelligence “One very valid reason for existing is that we are here to create”. Lee developed the world’s first speaker-independent, continuous speech recognition system as his Ph.D. thesis at Carnegie Mellon. He later worked as … Continue reading

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Earwax is good for your ears

Earwax is good for your ears The No. 1 job of that yellow, gooey stuff inside your ears is to keep them healthy. Earwax stops dust, dirt, bugs, and other crud from getting into your ear canal. It also protects … Continue reading

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Surprising Secrets Your Tongue Can Reveal About Your Health

Surprising Secrets Your Tongue Can Reveal About Your Health Excerpts, Dr. Daniel Allan, MD is a family medicine specialist in Avon, OH and has been practicing for 21 years. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in … Continue reading

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The French Huguenot migration

The French Huguenot migration Britain French churches were already established in London, Canterbury, and Norwich by the time of the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre in 1572 which prompted the first great wave of refugees to Britain. Increasing persecution from 1661 … Continue reading

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Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky 1928 (age 89 ) He is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Education: University of Pennsylvania (BA, 1949), (MA, 1951), (Ph.D., 1955) Quotes. If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for … Continue reading

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