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Wednesday 11 November 2015
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Historical Events for 11th November 2015
1865 – Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
1895 – Bechuanaland becomes part of Cape Colony
1920 – Great Britain’s monument to her war dead, the Cenotaph in Whitehall, designed by Edwin Lutyens, unveiled
1982 – 30th time Islanders shut-out-2-0 vs North Stars
1985 – Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools and housing
1987 – Judge Anthony M Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court
1988 – Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science
1994 – Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir
1997 – WNBA expands to Detroit and Washington, D.C.
2014 – 58 people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District, Pakistan
Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (Nov 11, 2015)
Symmetrical And Beautiful
On the wing, the breeze seduced me.
Newly born to take my flight.
From the darkness I did rupture.
From my prison, wrapped up tight.
Come to rest on petals of brightness.
All can see, my change is cast.
I flutter by in paper lightness.
And my species, they are vast.
Darwin wrote of my pure beauty.
I’m collected, caught in nets.
Forever free to dance my duty.
Never kept as pets.
What am I?
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The Twilight Series: Vampires
Vampires, from the conscientious Cullens to bloodthirsty hunters, play a large role in the “Twilight” series by Stephenie Meyer. This quiz will test your knowledge on both general facts and specific characters.
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As we know, the two hemispheres of the brain think in different ways. The left brain tends to be logical and analytical, while the right brain tends to be more creative and spontaneous. When you are using one side of your brain more than the other, this is called left or right brained thinking. Both types of thinking are valuable, so one should try to develop their skills in both.
Unfortunately, left brained thinking is the type that is most valued by our society and taught in our schools. Almost all of the major subjects taught in school (math, science, history, etc) depend predominately on left brained thinking. Rarely do teachers encourage their students to think creatively and explore alternate solutions, and rarely are right brained studies (art, design, music, etc) encouraged.
This over emphasis becomes even more problematic as students move into the professional world. In order to get support for a new project or idea, it must be clearly defined and understood (left brained thinking) by the people who are going to be paying for it. It’s very difficult to get funding for a project if the goals are not clearly understood. As a result, creative ideas don’t happen as frequently as they could if right brained thinking was more valued.
It’s no coincidence that the really creative ideas that occur from time to time are usually self-funded by the inventor working out of their garage. These are the people who understand the true value of thinking creatively.
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men-di-cant
noun :: A beggar.
“The wandering mendicant depends on his neighbours for support.”
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It is a myth that humans only use a fraction of their brains. Even though scientists are still trying to unravel the mysteries of the human mind, every part of the brain is known to have a function. From an evolutionary point of view, larger brains would not have developed if there had not been an advantage to do so.
The origins of this myth are unknown, but it might have originated from a researcher named Karl Spencer Lashley who lived about a hundred years ago. He removed parts of the brains of rats and showed that they could still perform certain tests. The problem with these results are that the rats were only tested on tasks that required the parts of the brain that had not been removed. If the rats had been given other tests, they would have certainly failed.
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