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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Desiderata













Today is also the birthday of President Manuel L. Quezon, father of the Filipino language.

We are posting the Filipino translation of Desiderata (Salin-Awit) by Pete Lacaba, poet and award winning scriptwriter.

This is for your birthday Maning and for all Christians and Muslims in Mindanao.

Sor Victorina de la Providencia, Mother Superior of Daet Parochial School

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This Day in History

The American Civil War Ends at Appomattox Court House (1865)

The first major engagement of the US Civil War was the First Battle of Bull Run, fought in 1861 partly on the farm of Wilmer McLean in Manassas, Virginia. A few years later, McLean moved to Appomattox Court House, a town which, coincidentally, would soon be the site of the war's effective end. It was there that Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in McLean's parlor. Why did Grant stop Union troops when they began to celebrate the victory? More... Discuss

Today's Birthday

Eadweard J. Muybridge (1830)

Muybridge was an eccentric photographic innovator who left a vast and varied body of work. He is best known for his pioneering use of multiple still cameras to photograph the stages of motion. Hired by Leland Stanford to answer the question of whether there is a moment during a horse's stride when all four of its hooves are off the ground, he developed a special shutter for his cameras and a method for triggering them sequentially. Why was he acquitted of murdering his wife's lover? More... Discuss