Today’s Quotation: Oscar Wilde: on War Fascination- Wicked versus Vulgar

 

As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Discuss 

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Today’s Birthday: HENRI NESTLÉ (1814)

Henri Nestlé (1814)

Born in Germany, Nestlé was the 11th of 14 children—only half of whom survived to adulthood. After apprenticing to a pharmacist in the 1830s, he began to work on an infant food that could serve as a substitute for breast milk for struggling babies. Combining milk, flour, and sugar, he created the first commercial infant formula and founded what is today the largest processed foods company in the world. The Nestlé company logo is derived from the family coat of arms, which includes what image? More… Discuss

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This Day in History: MAGELLAN SPACE PROBE REACHES VENUS (1990)

Magellan Space Probe Reaches Venus (1990)

The first planetary spacecraft to be launched from a space shuttle,Magellan took 15 months to reach its destination, arriving in orbit around the second planet from the Sun in August 1990. It was then put to work generating high-resolution maps of Venus’s surface and measuring the planet’s gravity. Four years later, with its mission complete, Magellan plunged into Venus’s tremendously dense atmosphere and disintegrated. What do Magellan’s images reveal about the planet? More… Discuss

In the News: FIRST US AGENT ORANGE CLEANUP UNDERWAY IN VIETNAM

First US Agent Orange Cleanup Underway in Vietnam

During the Vietnam War, US forces sprayed millions of gallons of the herbicide Agent Orange onto Vietnam’s forests and crops in an effort to destroy cover for enemy movements as well as food sources. In the decades since, exposure to the herbicide has been blamed for an abnormally high incidence of miscarriages, skin diseases, cancers, birth defects, and deformities among Vietnamese. For the first time since the war ended in 1975, the US is working directly to clean up the contamination, embarking on a four-year project to decontaminate 73,000 cubic meters of soil at Danang International Airport. More… Discuss