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A Guide For Creative Thinking

Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:12 am by BHSoft

A Guide For Creative Thinking by Brian Tracy
Einstein once said, “Every child is born a genius.” But the reason why most people do not function at genius levels is because they are not aware of how creative and smart they really are.I call it the “Schwarzenegger effect.” No one would look at a person such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and think how lucky he is to have been born with such …


Africain Literature

Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:15 pm by Lily

Things Fall Apart is a 1959 English-language novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It is a staple book in schools throughout Africa and widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of the first African novels written in English to receive global critical acclaim. The title of the novel comes from [url=http://www.answers.com/topic/william-butler-yeats-3]


Algeria's Newspapers ...

Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:11 pm by Lily

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Algerian Vote

Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:39 pm by Lily

Algerians are voting in a presidential election which opposition groups have described as a charade.



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American English

Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:00 pm by Maria

Going to is pronounced GONNA when it is used to show the future. But it is never reduced when it means going from one place to another.

We're going to grab a bite to eat. = We're gonna grab a bite to eat.
I'm going to the office tonight. = I'm going to the office tonight.

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American Slangs

Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:54 pm by Maria

airhead: stupid person.
"Believe it or not, Dave can sometimes act like an airhead!"

amigo: friend (from Spanish).
"I met many amigos at Dave's ESL Cafe."

ammunition: toilet paper.
"Help! We're completely out of ammunition!"

antifreeze: alcohol.
"I'm going to need a lot of antifreeze tonight!"

armpit: dirty, unappealing place.


An Introduction to the British Civilization

Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:54 am by Maria

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[center]An Introduction to the British Civilization

*The United Kingdom :

Full Name : The UK's full and official name is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

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Announcements and News

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Applying for Research Study in the Department of English

Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:32 pm by Lily

Applying for Research Study in the Department of English

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    • United Nations: was founded (1945)
    • Ich bin ein Berliner: John F. Kennedy declared "I am a Berliner," emphasizing US support for democracy in West Germany (1963)
    • UPC bar code: the first item marked in this way was scanned, in Troy,
      Ohio; the 10-pack of Juicy Fruit is now in the Smithsonian (1974)

    • CN Tower: a Toronto landmark, the world's tallest free-standing structure on land, opened to the public (1976)
    • Human Genome Project: completion of the first rough map of the human genetic code was announced at the White House (2000)


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    -Douglas Hyde: became the first president of Ireland (1938)
    -Korean War: broke out when the communist North invaded the South (1950)
    -Yugoslavia: former republics Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence (1991)
    -Mir space station: was struck by an unmanned Progress spacecraft (1997)
    -Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Teheran mayor was elected president of Iran (2005)
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    *Dancing mania: first major outbreak of this phenomenon — wild, uncontrollable dancing, accompanied by hallucinations, to the point of exhaustion — occurred in Aachen, Germany (1374)
    *John Cabot: explorer became the first European to sight the continent of North America (1497)
    *Roswell: the USAF released a report closing the case on the supposed UFO sighting of 50 years earlier (1997)
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    *Banff National Park: Canada's first national park was signed into law; it is in Alberta, on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains (1887)
    *SAT: standardized college-admission exam was first administered; 8,000 test-takers had 90 minutes to answer 315 questions (1924)
    *Warren E. Burger: was sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States; he served until 1986 (1969)
    *John Gotti: the "Teflon don," boss of the Gambino crime family, was sentenced to life in prison (1992)
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    *Henry Hudson: English explorer was set adrift with his son and several others by the mutinous crew of his ship; the castaways perished (1611)
    *Galileo Galilei: was compelled by the Church to recant his heliocentric view of the universe (1633)
    *G.I. Bill of Rights: law that helped veterans go to college was signed by FDR (1944)
    *Charon: largest moon of Pluto was discovered (1978)
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    • US Constitution: went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it (1788)
    • Ellen Louks Fairclough: was sworn in as the first female member of the Canadian cabinet (1957)
    • Women's National Basketball Association: league play began (1997)
    • polio: the World Health Organization declared Europe free of the disease (2002)
    • SpaceShipOne: the first privately funded and developed spacecraft was launched over the Mojave Desert and piloted into space by Michael Melvill (2004)
    • Pluto: newly discovered moons were named Nix and Hydra (2006)

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    • Great Seal of the United States: was adopted by Congress (1782)
    • Flight to Varennes: faced with anti-royalty hostility during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI tried unsuccessfully to flee the country (1791)
    • Queen Victoria: longest-reigning British monarch succeeded to the throne (1837)
    • Hot line: Moscow-Washington line of direct communication was established following the Bay of Pigs standoff (1963)
    • Jaws: Steven Spielberg's thriller was released, chilling viewers and shattering box office records (1975)
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    • John Neumann: Philadelphia bishop became the first US male saint when he was canonized by Pope John Paul II (1977)
    • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: were executed in New York's Sing Sing prison for conspiracy to commit espionage for the USSR (1953)
    • The Rocky Horror Show: romped for the first time, on stage in London (1973)
    • Garfield: Jim Davis's comic strip about a lazy, overeating cat debuted (1978)

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    • War of 1812: US President James Madison declared war on Great Britain (1812)

    • Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington (1815)

    • Susan B. Anthony: was fined $100 for her attempt to vote in the 1872 US presidential election; she did not, however, pay it (1873)

    • Amelia Earhart: became the first woman to fly transatlantically; she went from Newfoundland to Wales (1928)

    • "This was their finest hour": address delivered by PM Winston Churchill to the House of Commons to inspire his embattled nation during WWII (1940)

    • Egypt: republic was declared; monarchy abolished (1953)

    • Sally Ride: became the first American woman in space, aboard the space shuttle Challenger (1983)
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    • California: was claimed by Sir Francis Drake for England; he called it Nova Albion (1579)
    • Taj Mahal: Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, died; her death inspired her husband to build a white domed mausoleum masterpiece (1631)
    • Battle of Bunker Hill: first great battle of the Revolutionary War began (1775)
    • Statue of Liberty: gift from France arrived in New York (1885)

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    • Battle of Stoke: marked the tail end of the Wars of the Roses (1487

    • House Divided speech: Abraham Lincoln, as a senatorial candidate, warned that the Union must become either all-slave or all-free (1858

    • Valentina Tereshkova: Soviet cosmonaut became the first woman in space aboard Vostok 6 (1963)

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    • Charles Goodyear: received a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber (1844)
    • Arlington National Cemetery: military burial ground was established by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (1864)
    • Dan Quayle: famous "potatoe" misspelling incident occurred (1992)
    • 2002 MN: asteroid had a near miss as it flew by Earth (2002)
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    • US Army: was founded to fight the British (1775)
    • California Republic: aka the Bear Flag Republic, was declared by settlers while California was still ruled by Mexico (1846)
    • UNIVAC I: the first commercial computer was dedicated at the US Census Bureau (1951)
    • Pledge of Allegiance: President Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words "under God" (1954)
    • Falkland Islands: military dispute ended as Argentine forces surrendered to the British (1982)

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    • Thurgood Marshall: became the first black man to be nominated as a US Supreme Court justice; he served for 24 years (1967)
    • Pentagon Papers: a secret study of the US involvement in Vietnam began to appear in The New York Times (1971)
    • Pioneer 10: the space probe flew out of the solar system, the first manmade object to do so (1983)
    • Mehmet Ali Agca: would-be assassin of Pope John Paul II in 1981 was pardoned by Italy (2000)

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    -Virginia: became the first state to adopt a bill of rights — the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
    -Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: shrine to the US national pastime was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York (1939)
    -Loving v. Virginia: US Supreme Court struck down all bans on interracial marriages (1967)
    -Gossamer Albatross: human-powered aircraft was flown by Bryan Allen across the English Channel (1979)
    -"Tear down this wall": challenge was issued by US President Ronald Reagan to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev; the Berlin Wall did indeed come down two years later (1987)
    -$50 bill: new and improved design was unveiled by the US Treasury to help the elderly and hinder counterfeiters (1997)
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    • Triple Crown: horse racing's top honor was won by Sir Barton (1919) and Seattle Slew (1977)
    • sugar: US rationing ended after five bitter years (1947)
    • Stand in the Schoolhouse Door: in a bid to resist racial integration, Alabama Governor George Wallace tried to block African-Americans Vivian Malone and James Hood from attending the University of Alabama; later that day he gave in (1963)
    • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: heartwarming sci-fi blockbuster film opened (1982)
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    • Bridget Bishop: the Salem, Massachusetts, tavern owner became the first person to be executed in the Salem witch trials (1692)
    • University Boat Race: Oxford bested Cambridge in the first of what is now an annual rowing race (1829)
    • Alcoholics Anonymous: was founded by Dr. Bob Smith and Bill W., on the date of Smith's last drink (1935)
    • Affirmed: the thoroughbred became the eleventh and most recent winner of the Triple Crown (1978)
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    • President and Fellows of Harvard College: aka, the Harvard Corporation, was established; it is the oldest corporation in the continent of America (1650)
    • Hong Kong: was signed over to the British for 99 years (1898)
    • Alice Huyler Ramsey: 22-year-old housewife set out, mapless, on a road trip that made her the first woman to drive across the US — from Manhattan to San Francisco; the trip took 59 days (1909)
    • Donald Duck: debuted in The Wise Little Hen; for more than 50 years, his voice was provided by Clarence "Ducky" Nash (1934)
    • Bhumibol Adulyadej: became king of Thailand; in a largely ceremonial role, he is currently the world's longest-reigning head of state (1946)
    • Millennium Bridge: pedestrian suspension bridge over the River Thames opened; found to be wobbly, it closed for repairs almost immediately (2000)

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    • Muhammad:Our Prophet the founder of Islam, PBUH, died in Medina, shortly after delivering his Farewell Sermon (632)
    • desegregation: the US Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC, could not refuse black patrons (1953)
    • Scott O'Grady: US Air Force pilot was rescued by Marines; he had avoided capture for six days after being shot down over Bosnia (1995)
    • PHP: scripting language was publicly released by Danish-Greenlandic programmer Rasmus Lerdorf (1995)
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    • Treaty of Tordesillas: divided the New World between Spain and Portugal (1494)
    • Continental Congress: the delegates heard a motion to declare the United Colonies free and independent from England (1776)
    • Vatican City: became an independent, sovereign state as the Lateran Treaty was signed in Rome (1929)
    • The $64,000 Question: game show premiered on CBS (1955)
    • Operation Opera: an Israeli airstrike took out Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor (1981)
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    • D-Day: Allied invasion of France marked a turning point in WWII (1944)
    • James Meredith: the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi was shot and wounded on a highway during his March Against Fear (1966)
    • Eastern Mediterranean Event: asteroid exploded in the air over the sea between Libya and Crete (2002)

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    • Gold standard: was abandoned by the United States (1933)

    • Six-Day War: began; Israel was victorious against Egypt, Syria and Jordan; Jerusalem was reunited (1967)

    • Robert Kennedy: US presidential candidate was shot by Sirhan Sirhan; he died the next day (1968)

    • AIDS: first cases were reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; they were five people in Los Angeles (1981)
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    • Pulitzer Prizes: were first awarded, for biography, history and journalism (1917)
    • Battle of Midway: began overnight; the Allies' victory marked the turning point of the naval war in the Pacific (1942)
    • Tiananmen Square massacre: crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators were killed by Chinese troops (1989)

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    • ''Casey at the Bat'': was first published, in the San Francisco Examiner (1888)
    • Duke of Windsor: the former King Edward VIII wed American divorcee Wallis Simpson, for love of whom he abdicated the throne of England (1937)
    • Tupolev Tu-144: Soviet jet crashes at the Paris Air Show; it was the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft (1973)
    • The Producers: Broadway musical by Mel Brooks won a record 12 Tony Awards (2001)
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    • Native Americans: were granted US citizenship (1924)
    • Lou Gehrig: Yankee slugger died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a rare degenerative disease that now carries his name (1941)
    • Queen Elizabeth II: coronation of the long-reigning monarch was held in Westminster Abbey; she wore a gown embroidered with floral emblems of the countries of the Commonwealth (1953)


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