Leonid Afremov, the artist, was born in city of Vitebsk in 1955. Amazingly enough Leonid was born in the same town as Marc Chagall, the famous artist who also founded the Vitebsk Art School along with Malevich & Kandinsky. Leonid Afremov graduated from Vitebsk Art School in 1978 and is one of the elite members.
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We certainly don’t advocate using illegal drugs. Along with being a great way to end up in jail, they cost a ton of money and in some cases can have adverse health effects. But for the love of God that doesn’t mean you should try any of these ways to catch a buzz either.
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You really don’t need much to get started riding a motorcycle. You need the bike, of course. In some states you need a helmet. You need a little gas. You need motorcycle insurance if you’re planning to ride legally. And you need a really good tool box.
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Meme, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins, is a cultural idea, be it fashion, technology, or ideology, that self-replicated and spreads among the people. Often compared to genes and evolution, a meme can experience variation and mutation; they can become extinct or they can evolve with society. An internet meme, on the other hands, is an idea that spreads quickly via, you guessed it, the internet. It’s the ‘viral’ in a viral video. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Every year on July 2 and August 16, the beautiful medieval city of Siena comes alive for one of the world’s most breathtaking folk festivals, Il Palio. The event is known around the globe as a totally unique horse race, but it is much, much more. Preparations go on all year long in Siena, whose seventeen neighborhoods invest every spare Euro and every waking moment in their efforts to win.
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You may not be a vampire, phlebotomist, or hematologist, or even know what all those words mean, but you can still learn about blood! You may know there are different types of blood – you may even know your own type – but did you also know that, according to the Japanese, your blood type determines your personality? Or that a girl was banned from shool for bleeding? Check out these bloody facts!
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J.C.R. Licklider (1915-1990) introduced the idea of an “Intergalactic Network.”
His idea involved a global computer network that allowed everyone to access information from anywhere in the world. He became head of Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), convincing his successors of the importance of the network.
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If you’re fans of the hit television show, Dexter, then you’re well aware that Dexter is a complex character. While he is a serial killer and an anti-hero character in the show, he is also a dedicated family man with a conscience, and a member of the Miami Metro Police Dept. Unlike Dexter, here’s a look at some simply cold-blooded killers.
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To any passer-by they’re just four blokes chatting football over a pint.
But these four sports fans are proving to be an instant internet hit thanks to their football ‘pubcast’.
The group of colleagues have only released two editions of the podcast so far but they already have more than 1000 listeners across the world – enough to see them enter the iTunes charts for the most downloaded sports shows. [Read the rest of this entry...]
The standard American diet is filled with sugar. We all know sugar is sweet, but it has an unsavory side, too. Sugar is poisoning us, and most of the time we don’t even know just how much we’re consuming. The sweet stuff may not be so sweet after all.
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