Today in History for 11th July 2016

Historical Events

1156 – Siege of Shirakawa-den in Japan.
1347 – Heir to the Bohemian throne elected German anti-king Charles IV
1405 – Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time
1906 – The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy.
1973 – Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, 122 killed
1976 – In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling “Headlocks and Wedlocks”

Famous Birthdays

1861 – George William Norris, (Rep/Sen-Neb) (Lame duck-amendement)
1895 – Dolly Wilde, English socialite (d. 1941)
1930 – Harold Bloom, American literary critic
1932 – Alex Hassilev, actor and musician (Limeliters), born in Paris, France
1957 – Pete Murphy, rocker (Love Hysteria)
1966 – Mel Appleby, rocker (Mel and Kim-Coming to America)

Famous Deaths

1921 – Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75
1950 – Timotei Popovici, composer, dies at 79
1980 – Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80
1994 – Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82
2014 – Tommy Ramone [Erdélyi Tamás], Hungarian-American punk rock drummer/bassist (Ramones), dies of bile duct cancer at 65
2015 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese CEO of Nintendo (Nintendo DS and Wii), dies of cancer at 55

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How many steps Puzzle

Monk Steps

Math brain teasers require computations to solve.

A monk has a very specific ritual for climbing up the steps to the temple. First he climbs up to the middle step and meditates for 1 minute. Then he climbs up 8 steps and faces east until he hears a bird singing. Then he walks down 12 steps and picks up a pebble. He takes one step up and tosses the pebble over his left shoulder. Now, he walks up the remaining steps three at a time which only takes him 9 paces. How many steps are there?

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There are 49 steps.

He climbs halfway, which is step 25. He hears the bird singing on step 33. He picks up the pebble on the 21st step and tosses it on the 22nd step. The remaining 27 steps are taken three at a time which is 9 paces.

 

 

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What is Creativity ?

Do you understand Creativity ?

Creativity is a mental activity that results in the development of innovative or insightful ideas that change a field of knowledge in a certain way. This means that creativity is a relative term. An idea that was very creative a hundred years ago would probably not be called creative by today’s standards. In order for something to be creative, it must contribute something new to society. Thus, an idea cannot be called creative until society judges it to be creative.

In another definition Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity is characterised by the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to generate solutions.

In “Creativity” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the author describes three different types of creativity.

The first type of creativity is actually an incorrect definition and pertains to people who are interesting and fun to be around. They have stimulating ideas and appear to be intelligent, witty people. These people may produce creative ideas that contribute something new to society, but not necessarily. For clarity we will call these people “brilliant” instead of creative.

The second type of creativity is called “personal creativity” and refers to people who are insightful and produce ideas that would be classified as creative, but they are either ahead of their time or keep their ideas to themselves.

The third type of creativity refers to people or ideas that change our culture in significant ways. Thomas Edison and his light bulb would be a good example of a truly creative person and his creative idea.

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