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Amazing Painting A List of Books | 623 of the Best Books Ever Written Guide for Writers: Latin Phrases It’s a matter of taste and style, but not long ago American writers attempted to demonstrate their credentials to the world by including Latin and French phrases within works. A dash of Latin was expected of the moderately educated throughout the Western world. annus mirabilis - wonderful year arbiter elegantiae - judge of the elegant; one who knows the good things in life bona fides - good faith; credentials carpe diem - sieze the day; enjoy the present casus belli - cause justifying a war caveat emptor - buyer beware cui bono? caeteris paribus - all things being equal de facto - of fact; it is de gustibus non est disputandum - no disputing tastes; there is no accounting for taste Dei gratia - by the grace of God Deo gratias - thanks to God Deo volente - God willing dis aliter visum - it seemed otherwise to the gods Dominus vobiscum - Lord be with you dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - sweet and seemly it is to die for one’s country ecce homo - behold man ex cathedra - with authority

Five fascinating facts you didn’t know about Albert Einstein What do we really know about Albert Einstein? Hair that would stump Vidal Sassoon, a lab coat that’s seen better days, a very complicated set of theories that, oh, revolutionised the way we think about time and space and just about everything – sure. But there’s more to a genius than grooming and publications. Here’s 5 facts about Albert Einstein you probably didn’t know. Physics may have rocked Albert’s world, but music was his other passion. His mother was a pianist, and little Einstein took up the violin at age six. He was batty about books Think book groups are the domain of bored housewives? He was passionate about civil rights Theoretical physicists aren’t all handcuffed to their blackboards and calculators; in fact, Einstein, having moved to the USA when the Nazis were rising to power in Europe, became an active member in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Princeton. He hated publicity We all know what Einstein looked like, right?

The Chip Bag Fold Learn this chip bag fold and you will never need a clamp ever again! Have you ever had a bag of unfinished potato chips which you want to keep fresh? These simple steps will allow you to close the potato chip bag without using a clip or clamp. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 50 Great Examples of Data Visualization Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information. And trying to find related content can also be difficult, depending on what data you’re looking for. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing you to see the concepts that you’re learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what’s currently happening on Twitter. Music, Movies and Other Media Narratives 2.0 visualizes music. Liveplasma is a music and movie visualization app that aims to help you discover other musicians or movies you might enjoy. Tuneglue is another music visualization service. MusicMap is similar to TuneGlue in its interface, but seems slightly more intuitive. Digg, Twitter, Delicious, and Flickr Internet Visualizations

The 5 unusual habits of Ernest Hemingway Hey, we’re all creative, right? But what differentiates my papier-mâché Halloween masks or your colourfully crocheted undergarments from the Nobel Prize-winning artworks of somebody like, say, Ernest Hemingway? Well, maybe Ernest was just a little stranger than you or me. New studies show that both creativity and eccentricity may be the result of genetic variations that increase the brain’s ability to filter out useless distractions and just get on with it. Well, Papa certainly got on with it – but just how peculiar was he? Get Up, Stand Up In his lifetime, Hemingway published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. And lest you think he pulled up a chair to pound the keys, think again: Hemingway preferred to work standing up, spending hours and hours at a time on his feet, moving only to shift his weight from one leg to the other. Gunning For Fish Yet Hemingway himself was something of a cavalier angler and nobody better mess with his catch. Eye Spy

LiveAndTell, A Crowdsourced Quest To Save Native American Languages While you won't have any trouble finding a way to learn Spanish, French, or German in the United States, brushing up on your Lakota or Navajo isn't so easy. The Endangered Language Fund projects that half of the languages spoken on earth will disappear in the next century, and Native American tongues are among them. The Administration for Native Americans reports that when the U.S. was founded, more than 300 Native American languages were spoken. That number has since dropped to 175, and only 20 are taught to children. In an attempt to preserve endangered indigenous dialects such as Lakota and Ho Chunk, South Dakota-based programmer Biagio Arobba has built LiveAndTell, a user-generated content site for sharing and learning Native languages. Arobba, 32, is a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe. LiveAndTell lets users create "audio tags" for pictures, similar to tagging on Facebook or Flickr. But the opportunities are fewer for indigenous languages.

50 Informative And Great Designed Infographics You Should Read We all need a good dose of infographics. Infographics is a hot trend these days. These are engaging, easy to understand and a perfect way to dissipate information. Infographic is one of the most challenging types of graphic design because the creation process alone is pretty intensive. Inspired by these I have put together a classic collection that will mesmerize you. Women in Business. Disney vs Marvel. The Big Questions of Climate Change. On Words. Cost of Ownership. The Future Farm. a clever perspective at corporate farming (via Posterous) Geological Time Spiral. Pikes Peak Course. Ancient Hebrew Cosmology. 50 Years of Space Exploration. Grand Mosque. High Rise. Relief Wells & Subsea Containment. Marriage Proposal Guide. If you are planning on getting engaged or are already engaged, this Marriage Proposal Guide is for you. Genes and Society: Cloning. Flickr User Model. Burning Fuel: The Average Car vs. Choose Your Weapon: The Global Arm Trade. Crude Awakening. Most Targeted Books.