1956: Prince Rainier marries Grace Kelly
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/19/newsid_2720000/2720723.stm
From – http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/
GRACE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAYS [key]
Means "grace" from the English word, which ultimately derives from Latin gratia. The actress Grace Kelly was a famous bearer of this name.
Source – http://www.behindthename.com/
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Nice run through a list of informal fallacies, with Joanne Colan.
http://www.rocketboom.com/stories/rb_07_apr_12
rea·son·ing (rē’zə-nĭng) pronunciation
n.
1. Use of reason, especially to form conclusions, inferences, or judgments.
2. Evidence or arguments used in thinking or argumentation.
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Thanks to Dr Bill at http://drbill.cc/ for pointing out this wonderful short animation by Dony Permedi. Over 8 million views. That’s definitely a hit.
If only Kiwi had seen the French guy in this earlier post.
Part of being environmentally conscious is finding new uses for old redundant items. Pictured here is a floppy disk container reassigned as a mini propagator – growing petunia seedlings.
Tags: reassignment, environment, green issues
Put your unopened packets of wine gums in a tubs of water and place them in the freezer. That way, you’ll always have a supply, but it’ll be much harder to eat them all at once.
Wine gums on Wikipedia:
Sad, but my collection only amounts to four (so far).
The one at the bottom is one of my favourite sayings…
Spiritual life is no different from everyday life, only motivation is different.
– Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche.
Tags: fridge magnets, trivia
E.G. Samurai vs Tomato. Slow motion. Visually stunning.
Another good one. Human unpowered flight.
I wonder if he’s insured?
Tags: video, youtube, bestofyoutube, samurai,
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Global Warming Scepticism and Chaos Theory
April 14, 2007Question: is it possible for anyone who believes in the butterfly effect – where small variations in a system can produce profound changes in that system, to also believe that burning hundreds of billions of barrels of oil products every year will have little or no impact on our global climate system?
Tags: butterfly effect, chaos theory, global warming, global warming scepticism
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