- A Horrorstory of Whaling. A short tale.
First Blood
A true story by Einar Kolbeinsson, Husavik, Iceland, email: einarkol@simnet.is
It was a sunny morning late summer in 1976. The clock was around seven and everything was ready for my first whaling adventure.
We were three on board and this journey had been planned as an opportunity for big money. It was just about nine
- Hate Is Not A Sexy Word
We live in a paradigm that believes that there are good people and bad people. Everyone feels this pressure at some level: not wanting to be found out as one of those bad people. But truth has many sides. Nothing and no-one is all one or the other.
Hate is not a sexy word. People really don’t want to hear about it. When speaking to groups
- Ignatius Piazza, Where Do We Turn?
Ignatius Piazza agrees: Terrible atrocities like the one Americans were forced to witness on the 16th of April in Virginia cause many different reactions. Typically, the primary reaction is the need for something, sometimes advice, maybe companionship, solace or guidance. Occasions like this cause us as Americans to turn to family; cause us to
- Military Media Relations – Kargil War
There have been media reports that the military has been talking out of turn, and counter views have also been expressed on the topic by some supposed thinkers. It is not by individual perceptions that policies are made and the subject, in today’s context needs to debated with select examples of the world military media relations kept as a
- New Delhi gets its First Convenience Store
It was the last week of January 2006, when Delhi got its first 24x7 convenience store. Changing lifestyle and increased purchasing power of Indians is encouraging the rapid growth of shopping malls and new retail chains in the country. The Indian customers now prefer international shopping experience to the traditional retail shopping. Indians are
- How We Slept Through The Climate Alarm
Until the end of the 20th Century, most scientists thought they understood the nature of our climate system. As the very foundation of their science, geologists cherished the “uniformitarian principle” that held that the fundamental forces that molded the Earth’s features and climate were gradual, natural, stable processes that did not vary
- “Diplomatic Immunity” latest fashion item.
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January 22, 2007 – Beverly Hills, CA - Today in history
According to society insiders, a Diplomatic Passport has become as
- Philosophy & Ideas: Hot & Cold Evil
Have you ever heard of hot and cold evil?
A few years ago a friend introduced me to the concept. Hot evil, he said, was the kind that outraged most people immediately. Examples might be a violent crime against innocent children, or an attempt at genocide. Cold evil was far more insidious--the kind of evil that many of us have participated in
- Moral Values In Society Flourish As We Commemorate The Bicentennial Of The Abolition Of Human Trafficking
February marked the 200th anniversary of laws that disallowed human trafficking. In conjunction with this bicentennial the film Amazing Grace, based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce, is slated to open in theaters nationwide in February 2007. The film highlights moral values in society and focuses on how Wilberforce who, as a
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Warning signs of infidelity can take many forms but if you know which signs to look for, it can make this difficult investigative journey a bit easier and definitely less expensive than hiring a private investigator. Infidelity can take many forms but usually begins as emotional infidelity and then progresses to sexual infidelity. A person’s
- Why Men Are Unfaithful?
Unfaithful men seem to be everywhere nowadays. Your chances of becoming involved with an unfaithful man in this day and age are great. Yet, the age-old question of why men are unfaithful is difficult to answer. Infidelity touches all types of people, rich or poor. Hally Berry’s ex-husband, Eric Benet, was notorious for cheating on one of the
- Drug Author Calls for the Legalization of Heroin.
Wade Agnew probably knows as much about heroin and the law as anyone. He used it for three decades, was a successful heroin trafficker for ten years, and has studied the legal status of heroin continually since first discovering the drug at University in the late 1960’s.
“My affair with heroin has been an on-going one. I fell in love with it
- Two Personal Six Day War Stories Illustrate Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
This week, Israelis commemorate the 40th anniversary of their 1967 capture of East Jerusalem, during the Six-Day War. Why has Jerusalem been such a stumbling block in peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis?
Two surprising events immediately following the war serve as a symbol of the deep-rooted ties to Jerusalem of Israel's
- Diary Of The Nomad
Hello!
That can be better than what I will write to you in this letter? Probably only that I will write to you again. If those people who visit your site on the Internet, want it to visit only to read what I will write to them, it after all isn't bad? You agree with me? If you adhere to other point of view simply ignore this article and forget
- Diary Of The Nomad
Hello!
That can be better than what I will write to you in this letter? Probably only that I will write to you again. If those people who visit your site on the Internet, want it to visit only to read what I will write to them, it after all isn't bad? You agree with me? If you adhere to other point of view simply ignore this article and forget
- Tarot in Popular Culture: Two TV Shows that Featured Tarot Cards
"We move from terror and loss, to unexpected good fortune,
and out of darkness, hope is born." -Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, quoting the tarot.
It's inevitable that tarot cards should make it into pop culture.
After all, in this world where people are worried about death and mortality, nothing is more alarming than the
- Pink Bandeaux Revolution
Pink Bandeaux Revolution
BRIG (RETD) MUHAMMAD ASLAM KHAN
Young Kyrgyzs crowd, with sprinkling of seasoned politicians who were lucky enough, not to be incarcerating in isolated dungeons, wearing pink band on their heads literally personified free popular will. Innocent looking, some touchingly enough, were confronting the state demons.
A
- True Life
This is just a part of my writing. It is not about the color of skin any more, I think it is about the way a person lives. A person that is known for haveing a drug problum is seen as a bad person, who may hard others and rob from others. Drug users can be any color of skin, so the color dose not matter. People see a drug user and start
- Fury of Night
Youth has found a way to escape the whirlwind of everyday repitition and perpetual blank existence. the alternatives to the well founded design of
youth coming into its own seem to be far more taxing upon the generation before in a mental manner. Drugs and free association rapture seem to consume the new torch carriers of the modern world.
- Daylight Saving Time
October 19, 2005 Daylight Saving Time By Stan Dyer The history of Daylight Saving Time began in the late 1700?s in America. Benjamin Franklin, while serving as ambassador to France, suggested that the cost of lighting could be reduced simply by having shops open and close earlier. It was a novel idea, but it did not catch on until the 20th century.
- Shun Cloning : Scientists Must Speak Out
Scientists say evidence is mounting "that creating healthy animals through cloning is More difficult than they had expected." So began a front-page story in the New York Times (Marching 25), highlighting the frustrations of animal cloners, and the chance that person cloning whitethorn prove technically inconceivable. Those worried about the ethics
- Waste...Where will we put it and will we survive it's effects
1.
The Spoils of Eden
by G H Thomas
Waste!!! Where will
- Waste...Where will we put it and will we survive it's effects
1. The Spoils of Eden by G H Thomas Waste!!! Where will we put it and will we survive its effects? Where does it begin, and where will it end? In the United States, the world?s biggest producer of waste, including food and an endless collection of unwanted goods, many harmful to our health, the business of burying in the ground,
- Am I Gay?
Am I Gay? I guess this is a question a lot of young men will have asked themselves during their confusing adolescent years; it's certainly one that every gay man will at some time have had to tackle, and come to terms with on discovering the true answer. Of course, there are the lucky ones - the majority - those people for whom their sexuality
- Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) PART I
India and Pakistan have in the past fought four wars over J&K and held several talks to resolve the 56 year old problem, but till now no tangible results have emerged, except for a composite dialogue. Although, both India and Pakistan are trying to move the peace process ahead, yet there are very few indications in a policy shift. Pakistan
- The Hurricane Katrina survivors will be victims again... GUARANTEED!
This time it will be our own governments mostly that will do the victimizing but some businesses will get it on it as well. Its simply one of the biggest revenue generating processes utilized by various levels of governments that very little is known of by the regular citizen. It causes family savings to be lost, assets to go uncovered and even
- Thoughtfulness
Of paramount importance and relevancy to true and lasting human accomplishment is the way we deliberate between short term gain and long term accomplishment. The overriding consideration must be our degree of thoughtfulness. Thoughtfulness means an honest examination of the desired objectives over time. It means adherence to the primary value of
- Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir - PART II
Operations Other Than War
Operations Other than War (OOW), relate to activities devolving around the strategy of ‘Winning the Hearts and Minds’. It focuses on people as the Centre of Gravity, it believes in Conflict Prevention. For in the strategy of Conflict Prevention efforts are made to stymie the ills of conflict resolution, which deals
- Meaningful 'Giants' in Eurasian Balkan
Meaningful Giants in ‘Eurasian Balkan’
written by: BrigGen (ret) Muhammad Aslam Khan Niazi, 28-Feb-06
Introduction
Five newly independent Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) and three South Caucasus countries (Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) have been termed as ‘Eurasian
- TV Evangelist Pat Robertson and Muhammad – Do They Think Alike
One group of people is sailing up a roller coaster ride of emotional rises, falls twists and turns driven by daily news flashes and bits of the latest gab from around the globe. The other group spends the time to get the history or the background of a matter and through some open minded consideration and comparison, often arrive at a more balanced
