4dspacetime: “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – RIP Neil Armstrong August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012
http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf I just found this on a blog and it is really worth watching! On a TED event, Pamela Meyer talks about how to spot lying in everyday life, as it is written in her book “Liespotting”. (Source: http://video.ted.com/)
Ban Ki-moon: Welcoming America inspired my public service – USATODAY.com Inspiring piece by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in USA Today.
P. G. Wodehouse: Big Money This and P. G. Wodehouse novels in general were recommended to me many years ago. This one actually sat on my shelf for years and somehow I never found the right time to pick it. I am glad I did now, during my week off of the summer, it is a perfect holiday read! I am not that much of a fan of so called English humor, not in books, neither in movies, but once in a while this kind of storytelling can really relax one’s mind. For Hungarian readers I have to note that…
Is there any woman who has not ever had a public fashion emergency? I happened to have mine, a major one, on my last and busiest day in my current job recently. As any of us, I have occasionally had nightmares about stained shirts, torn dresses, and yes, every once in a while I thought about broken heels too, but I have always managed to dismiss the idea as swift as it came. This time though it not only stick in my head, but even became a reality. Of course, what could be a better timing for your shoe to…
Bohumil Hrabal: I Served the King of England This was the first ever book from Hrabal I read. I have seen the movies ’Closely Observed Trains’ and ’Cutting It Short’, but somehow I assumed I wouldn’t like his style. I was wrong. This one is wonderfully written, and although it doesn’t seem that way, it has a lively flow, and really good editing. Now I am about to watch the movie sometime, made by Jirí Menzel in 2006.
united-nations: It’s a historic day in Somalia! Somalia’s transitional governing arrangements are set to end on Monday, 20 August, heralding a key step in the war-torn country’s peace and national reconciliation process after decades of conflict. The UN News Centre spoke with the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga, about the end of the country’s transitional period and what the future holds for the Horn of Africa country.
ponderwall: August 20th is the greatest national holiday for Hungarians, celebrated with day-long festivities followed by spectacular fireworks throughout the country. August 20th commemorates the foundation of the Hungarian state, it’s like Hungary’s 4th of July. Also called as St. Stephen’s Day, remembering Stephen I, the first king of Hungary and founder of the Kingdom of Hungary, who was canonized on August 20th, 1083 by Pope Gregory VII. Festivities start in the morning with the raising of the Hungarian flag in Kossuth tér and continue on all day long, culminating in a spectacular fireworks display over the Danube. The main…
