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Angel At A Fence: A Love That Survived…But Proved To Be False

December 31, 2008 By Ivo

29hoax1902Book publishers and TV personality Oprah Winfrey have once again been duped by an author claiming that his story was real. Readers might remember Winfrey’s support for James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces, which was supposed to be his memoir about his struggle with drug addiction. That story broke into a million little pieces when proven to be an exaggerated account of what happened in real life.

This time around, it is the book Angel at a Fence: The True Story of a Love That Survived that is in the limelight. Written by Herman Rosenblat, the book was supposed to be an account of his experience at a concentration camp wherein he first met his future wife – the angel at the fence who threw him apples. According to his story, they met again on a blind date 12 years after the end of the war, this time in Coney Island. They are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year.

If the story were true, it would indeed be one of the greatest love stories of all time. Unfortunately, it is too good to be true. After a lot of media attention – thanks in part to Oprah’s taking them under her wing in her show – it has been revealed that the story is all made up. As such, Berkley Books is cancelling the book and taking back the advance that was given to Mr. Rosenblat. A movie based on the book is also in the works, to be produced by Harris Salomon. Apparently, a good story is a good story – the movie will be still be released but under the label of fiction instead.

Photo courtesy of The New York Times

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lit and Poetry, People

The Magic of Computer Graphics in Movies

July 10, 2007 By Ivo

A lot of criticism has been made with the use of computer graphical enhancements in most movies that we see today, but people are still at awe on how such technology has magnificently complemented movies in the manner to which they have been seen today. Such has been the critics review for the expected movie release of the movie 300. The movie �300� dates back towards the time of Greece�s medieval times. With the setting based on the early rule of swords, arrows, spears and shields, such excitement has been in the works, especially for people who love a good historical adventure story.

300 Imagery Movie

While there have been feedbacks of too much graphical imagery for the movie, the response on the expected release of the movie is still at an all time high. The trailers have been wonderfully done and this is something that has caused excitement to most people, especially the followers from earlier flicks such as �Gladiator� and �Lord of the Rings�.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lit and Poetry, Mystery, People, Technology, Trends, World

The Secret: Truth Or Marketing Ploy?

February 5, 2007 By Ivo

In today’s age, anyone would want to solicit the needed tips and strategies to be able to get their feet on the right track towards millions, success and wealth. There are varied ways to go about this and most would be unique from others, in the same way that a person is different from someone else.

The Secret for Success??

However, there has been a recently released video called “The Secret” that can answer all these claims and dreams. Question is, would you believe in it? Or is just another type of marketing tactic to sell this video documentary film faster? If the real itinerary is the latter, without a doubt they are doing a good job since people are falling prey for these copies of the acclaimed documentary costing $4.95 for a Full Screen Online for broadband users.

Realistically, no matter what claims are made, it would all depend on the consumer if he is to believe in such. But if the ploy is indeed a new way of strategic marketing, this early it can be told, they are doing a good damn job!

Filed Under: Business, Family, Finance, History, Lit and Poetry, Media, Mystery, People, Shopping, Technology, Trends, World

The Greatest Science Books Of All Time: 6-10

November 21, 2006 By Ivo

6. Physica (Physics) by Aristotle (circa 330 B.C.)

By contrast, Aristotle placed Earth firmly at the center of the cosmos, and viewed the universe as a neat set of nested spheres. He also mistakenly concluded that things move differently on Earth and in the heavens. Nevertheless, Physica, Aristotle’s treatise on the nature of motion, change, and time, stands out because in it he presented a systematic way of studying the natural world?one that held sway for two millennia and led to modern scientific method.

“Aristotle opened the door to the empirical sciences, in contrast to Platonism’s love of pure reason. You cannot overestimate his influence on the West and the world.” ?bioethicist Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania

7. De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body) by Andreas Vesalius (1543)

In 1543, the same year that Copernicus’s De Revolutionibus appeared, anatomist Andreas Vesalius published the world’s first comprehensive illustrated anatomy textbook. For centuries, anatomists had dissected the human body according to instructions spelled out by ancient Greek texts. Vesalius dispensed with that dusty methodology and conducted his own dissections, reporting findings that departed from the ancients’ on numerous points of anatomy. The hundreds of illustrations, many rendered in meticulous detail by students of Titian’s studio, are ravishing.

8. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1916)

Albert Einstein’s theories overturned long-held notions about bodies in motion. Time and space, he showed, are not absolutes. A moving yardstick shrinks in flight; a clock mounted on that yardstick runs slow. Relativity, written for those not acquainted with the underlying math, reveals Einstein as a skillful popularizer of his ideas.

To explain the special theory of relativity, Einstein invites us on board a train filled with rulers and clocks; for the more complex general theory, we career in a cosmic elevator through empty space. As Einstein warns in his preface, however, the book does demand “a fair amount of patience and force of will on the part of the reader.”

9. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (1976)

In this enduring popularization of evolutionary biology, Dawkins argues that our genes do not exist to perpetuate us; instead, we are useful machines that serve to perpetuate them. This unexpected shift in perspective, a “gene’s-eye view of nature,” is an enjoyable ??brainteaser for the uninitiated.

So is a related notion: that altruistic behavior in animals does not evolve for “the good of the species” but is really selfishness in disguise. “Like successful Chicago gangsters,” Dawkins writes, “our genes have survived, in some cases for millions of years, in a highly competitive world.”

10. One Two Three . . . Infinity by George Gamow (1947)

Illustrating these tales with his own charming sketches, renowned Russian-born physicist Gamow covers the gamut of science from the Big Bang to the curvature of space and the amount of mysterious genetic material in our bodies (DNA had not yet been described). No one can read this book and conclude that science is dull. Who but a physicist would analyze the atomic constituents of genetic material and calculate how much all that material, if extracted from every cell in your body, would weigh? (The answer is less than two ounces.)

“Influenced my decision to become a physicist and is part of the reason I write books for the public today.” ?theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, Case Western Reserve University

Filed Under: Lit and Poetry, Nature, Science

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