http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/Letter_Birmingham_Jail.pdf
A beautfully written and emotionally moving letter MLK Jr wrote to the Atlantic Monthly to answer the White Moderates and Congress men over his support for civil disobedience through non-violent protesting.
In 1637, French mathematician Pierre de Fermat jotted a cryptic conjecture in the margins of a textbook. On Fermat’s birthday Google celebrates Fermat’s Last Theorem, which managed to drive mathematicians bonkers for the next four centuries.
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In Syria they riot to be free from an oppressive, murderous regime.
In Greece they riot against nation-wide economic cutbacks.
In Vancouver they riot because their team lost a hockey game.
Equally impressive as the military operation to kill Osama Bin Laden is the media strategy that accompanied it, which embraces a post-Twitter world where images can inspire millions to rage — and retaliation.
Published by Vanity Fair in 2004
Living on talent and odd jobs in 60s New York, Gene Hackman. Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall knew what mattered: getting the break (and the girls). The stars talk to Richard Meryman about the friendship that kept them going.
Great list of jQuery scripts that can help you get your website development to Web2.0 standards fast, or take it further… From SmashingMagazine.com
Whether you’re in an entry level position or you head up a department in a large company, there are certain concepts that should be applied in your working life. As well as increasing your value in the job market, practicing these ideas will enhance your worth to your current employer. You stand to earn more raises, bonuses, and ultimately promotions as you progress through your working life, because you’re constantly improving what you know and how you work. Follow these principles and you’ll find you often end up in more management type roles seeing your responsibilities increase, along with your paycheck.
Jessica Hische - “Pro-Bono lettering and illustrative patterns for a gala announcement to help raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.”
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This is a photo of 145 people water skiing at the same time!
It appears they’ve set a world record.
What Dr. Seuss books were really about, Curiosity Counts