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Author :: John Watson  |
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| Article Title :: Legionnaire Success Lessons |
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| The French Foreign Legion was founded in 1831. Their spiritual home and old training centres are in the former colonial French North Africa although they now train mainly in Southern France. What made them the legendary force they were and still are? What success lessons can we learn from them?Recently twelve volunteers chose to do four weeks basic training in Legion style in the Western Sahara desert. They were under the harsh but experienced and encouraging regime of three ex-legionnaires, Sergeant Chef Peter Hauser, Sergeant Glenn Ferguson and Corporal Richard SutterTheir experiences were filmed by Channel 4 TV and can teach us much about motivation and success. I have al (read full article) |
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Author :: Sharon Jacobsen |
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| Article Title :: The When, Wheres, and Hows of Palmistry |
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| “Cross my palm with silver, luvvie” smiles the deeply tanned, middle-aged palmist in true gypsy tradition, her beautifully manicured hand held out across the velvet-clad table. I duly hand over my 10-pound note, as instructed by the sign at the entrance, and my reading begins.The palmist asks to see my left hand and promptly tells me that I’ve experienced a recent relationship crisis. How clever! The fact that there’s a slight white band around my third finger where a wedding ring once sat might have been a clue, but I let it slide. “Yes, that’s right,” I confirm, not wanting to show my scepticism towards palmistry.“You have children, but I see at least one m (read full article) |
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Author :: John T Jones, Ph.D. |
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| Article Title :: Shirley Temple, I Still Love You! |
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| Shirley Temple was the big thing with the girls when I was a kid. If my sisters could generate a dime, they went to one of her movies. Being a boy, I was only interested in war and western movies. That is until puberty, when I was interested in war, westerns, and any movie starring a sexy woman. When “The Outlaw” came to our town, we snuck off to see it. Wow!I mainly watched Shirley Temple movies with my kids on television. She was a cute little tyke with the cute dimples and all. Shirley also made some movies as a teenager. I’ve seen a couple of these on television and the first thing I noticed was that she talked the same way as she did as a child. Some director! Well, mayb (read full article) |
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Author :: Eric Lim |
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| Article Title :: The Chakri Kings of Thailand - in the Golden Age of Rattanakosin |
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| The first of the Chakri kings, King Rama I or King Phra
Phuttayotfa, who reigned from 1782 – 1809,
founded the dynasty when he established Bangkok as the
capital of Thailand. King Rama I is remembered as the great
warrior who put an end to the constant Burmese threat and
consolidated the kingdom.Literature flourished during the First Reign. Works include
the Ramakien, the Thai version of the Indian Ramayana epic
and the translation of the Chinese classic, Romance of the
Three Kingdoms.When King Rama II or King Phra Phutthalertla Napalai,
the son of King Rama I, ascended the throne, his reign
from 1809 – 1824 signaled the (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Sharon Hurley Hall |
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| Article Title :: Merchant of Venice Shows 'Will' Power |
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| The time
Mid to late 16th century. There is tension between the Jews and the Christians. The Jews can lend money and demand interest; the Christians cannot.The place
Venice, place of barges, canals and far more water than modern viewers will be used to; also home to a gaggle of bare-breasted prostitutes who appear occasionally.The players
Antonio, the merchant after whom the play and film are named: Jeremy Irons
His protégé, Bassanio: Joseph Fiennes
Bassanio's friend Gratiano: Kris Marshall
Lorenzo, another member of Bassanio's retinue: Charlie Cox
Shylock, a Jewish moneylender: played magnificently by Al Pacino
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: John T Jones, Ph.D. |
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| Article Title :: Why I Don't Like Frederick Wilhelm Viktor Albert of Hohenzollern: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany |
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| This morning I popped out of bed as I do every Sunday morning and stuck a cake in the oven. If I were to forget to do this I would be in deep trouble with my thirteen (13) Idaho grandchildren.While the cake was baking I got into my Sunday clothes for church. My wife and I piled into the pickup (It’s a small Nissan so the locals here call it a “toy.”), scrapped the first ice of the year off the windshield, and drove the 300 yards (276.923 meters) to the church.The parking lot was empty on the north side of the church but I could see that the cars of church leaders were on the south side parking lot. There could be only one explanation. We were on Daylight Saving Time! (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Lance Winslow |
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| Article Title :: Read this Article if You No Longer Vote |
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| Many Americans do not vote, which seems silly considering our democracy has proven to propel us into the status of being one of the most Free countries on the Planet. Recently the world watched as Iraq was liberated and the citizens were able to vote and plot their own course for their future. With purple fingers as proof they made a choice to rule their own destiny. Again Iraqi citizens showed up in droves to ratify a new Constitution and set of rules they agreed to live by. It is truly inspirational and for them a turning point in the Middle of the Middle East.As we watch these wonders our heart smiles and we understand and feel the raw emotion of their endeavors and their new fo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: John T Jones, Ph.D. |
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| Article Title :: Latent Hopes of Tibetan Monks |
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| In a previous article on the Human Gnome, I pointed out that I was an expert on the Latent Hopes of Tibetan Monks.Well, somebody has to be the expert on this important subject and it may as well be me. However, there is room for more of you who would like to be expert in something. Reading this article will get you on your way.I knew that if I put the title of this article into the search box at Google.com that nothing would come up except perhaps a monk or two. Well, I put the title in the search box and up came 894 articles! Well, that will not deter me from me telling you what you don’t want to know.Extracting from each of the 894 articles (COME BACK! I wa (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Michael Cooper |
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| Article Title :: Shakespeare - Taming of the Shrew - Play Review |
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| Keeping within the imaginative boundaries of human life, without becoming overly outlandish, the comedy demonstrated in the play was often sardonic, lighthearted, and always entertaining.The comedy revolves around a group of men and the conflict that ensues between them in the battle to win the heart of a wealthy man's beautiful and gentle daughter, Bianca. These men disguise themselves, assume false occupations, and even hire others to deceive and charm young Bianca. Though this would normally be an easy feat of the daughter simply choosing a groom, a wrench is thrown into the gears. Bianca has a sister named Kate. A woman, who does not lack in beauty, but blessed (burdened?) w (read full article) |
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| Category :: Humanities Articles |
Author :: Kah Joon Liow |
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| Article Title :: Great Wall of China - The Chinese Dragon |
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| When seen from above the Great Wall of China looks like a dragon zigzagging over mountain tops. The Chinese call it “Wan Li Chang Cheng” which means “Wall of 10,000 Li”. (10,000 li= 5,000 km)Actually, the Great Wall is 7,200 km long. Height wise, it is 4.5m to 9m. Depth wise, it is 4.5m to 8m. The entire structure was built by hand using stone, bricks, soil, sand, straw, wood, clay or whatever was available depending on the terrain.Three main Chinese dynasties -- the Qin (B.C 221-207), Han (B.C 206- A.D 220) and Ming (A.D 1368-1644) -- built the Great Wall of China. All had one purpose -- to keep out the “barbaric” Huns in the north who frequently invaded Chinese (read full article) |
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