May 10, 1994: Nelson Mandela Becomes President of South Africa
On this day in 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president. Mandela had spent 27 years imprisoned for working in the anti-apartheid movement.
FRONTLINE’s “The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela” site takes an inside look at his childhood, revolutionary years, imprisonment, and personal life.
These are so cute! You can buy them here.
Sorry. Not a music problem, but you all know you want one! Im saddened by the lack of brass instruments (other than trumpet) and clefs other than the treble clef.
Cute. =P
npr:
The most graceful falling bear we’ve ever seen.
The bear landed safely on the padded mat.
“If a bear fell in the forest would anybody hear it?”
Reminds me of Stetson a few years ago…
Pictured is the Super-Kamiokande, a giant neutrino detector, buried 1000m underground in Japan. Usually filled with 50,000 tonnes of pure water, the observatory detects neutrinos by watching for interactions with the subatomic particles in the water. These interactions are extremely rare, which is why the detector needed to be built to the scale it is.
WHAT
Whereas this is pretty cool, I would bargain that most people haven’t the faintest as to what a neutrino particle is =P
At the moment, I kind of feel like grabbing a gun and shooting myself.
Bad feeling #10246
The melancholic-type feeling experienced after walking by someone you know just to be ignored - especially when you once thought of him/her as a close friend.
Confession.
I miss your sense of care. I miss your humour. I miss your laugh. I miss your eccentricity.
I miss you.
I wish I could find a way to tell you.
Mental illness comes with stigma attached to it, and that stigma can set off a negative reaction, even from the nicest people, with good intentions and kind hearts. Even for many of these people, those with mental illness are ‘other;’ they’re not like ‘us.’
The Center Cannot Hold, by Elyn R. Saks
There are a few people I have in mind that stand to benefit from reading this…
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That moment you realize that the only people you like are in a relationship… Yeah, it’s kind of depressing. =[
Glowing bioluminescent plankton in the tide line washes up onto a beach on Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, with stars above and a ship’s lights on the horizon. Picture: Doug Perrine / Barcroft Media
Schmidt JUST sent an email telling the studio to gets its business strait, not to accept complacency, and to take responsibility… Definitely doesn’t sound like him, but certainly time for him to put his foot down. Good for you, sir!!!
