DECEMBER 18-PERSON OF THE DAY-STEVEN SPIELBERG

"The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves."

                                                                                -Spielberg

    To be frank.. We were actually in a dilemma..! Whom should we select as the person of the day!!

Brad Pitt, Spielberg or Stalin!! Finally we decided.. Being an admirer of Spielberg movies, we thought he would be the perfect choice. He is undoubtedly the most influential film personality in the world. He is one of the wealthiest film makers of the world. He has been with us for 4 decades and has covered almost all the genres. 

He was born on December 18,1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio to an orthodox Jewish family(we could see that in his movie Schindler's List). He grew up by making amateur 8mm films.  In 1963,at the age of 16,he wrote and directed his first independent movie which was a 140 minutes lonf science fiction movie named Firelight. Later he made several super hit movies which was loved by both young and old.

I do not think it would be a good idea to list out his complete work.. I would provide the link below.. But,I do mention my favourite among them like Schindler's List, Jurassic Park series, War of the World, and many more..
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg

Filmography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg_filmography

IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/

DECEMBER 9-PERSON OF THE DAY-JOHN MILTON

"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties."

Above lines are at most relevant in the present condition of our world,where people who rise voice against something bad are considered abnormal and are outcasted.

Exactly 406 years ago,on this day,our world was blessed.. On of the greatest English poet ever lived, John Milton was born on December 9, of 1608. Famous for his work Paradise Lost, has written almost 10 poems and drams, and more than 25 prose.

He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval. Milton's poetry and prose reflect deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self-determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644)—written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship—is among history's most influential and impassioned defenses of free speech and freedom of the press.

His famous poems and dramas include:

1631: L'Allegro

1631: Il Penseroso

1634: A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634 commonly known as Comus (a masque)

1638: Lycidas

1645: Poems of Mr John Milton, Both English and Latin

1655: On the Late Massacre in Piedmont

1667: Paradise Lost

1671: Paradise Regained

1671: Samson Agonistes

1673: Poems, &c, Upon Several Occasions

Proses include:

Of Reformation (1641)

Of Prelatical Episcopacy (1641)

Animadversions (1641)

The Reason of Church-Government Urged against Prelaty (1642)

Apology for Smectymnuus (1642)

Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (1643)

Judgement of Martin Bucer Concerning Divorce (1644)

Of Education (1644)

Areopagitica (1644)

Tetrachordon (1645)

Colasterion (1645)

The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649)

Eikonoklastes (1649)

Defensio pro Populo Anglicano [First Defence] (1651)

Defensio Secunda [Second Defence] (1654)

A Treatise of Civil Power (1659)

The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church (1659)

The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth (1660)

Brief Notes Upon a Late Sermon (1660)

Accedence Commenced Grammar (1669)

History of Britain (1670)

Artis logicae plenior institutio [Art of Logic] (1672)

Of True Religion (1673)

Epistolae Familiaries (1674)

Prolusiones (1674)

A brief History of Moscovia, and other less known Countries lying Eastward of Russia as far as Cathay, gathered from the writings of several Eye-witnesses (1682)[114]

De Doctrina Christiana (1823)

The great poet died on 8th of November, 1674

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA - THE BOOK OF ANY THING AND EVERYTHING

I can say without any doubts that the ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA is the most popular and the most sold English encyclopedia. Do you know what is special about the Encyclopedia Britannica on December 6 ?  The date is so special because the first Encyclopedia Britannica was published on December 6, 1768.

Now let me tell you some facts about the Britannica. The 2010 edition is the last printed edition of this encyclopedia. Rather than nearly hundred full time writers over 4000 people have contributed which includes 110 Nobel Prize winners and five American presidents. The encyclopedia Britannica is the oldest English encyclopedia still in production. The first encyclopedia was a three volume book later the book expanded and released the fifteenth and last edition as a 32 volume book. The book contains about 40 million words on half a million topics.

The 21 century marked the set back of the Encyclopedia Britannica. The large boom in the development and use of the electronic medias allowed people to get information about anything and everything online rather the using Britannica. But Encyclopedia Britannica will remain in the hearts of  all knowledge seekers.