www.shvoong.com/humanities/1624559-israel-palestine/ BAGHDAD, Iraq During the last 2 days, Twelve U.S troops have been killed in Iraq in the fight against insurgents in an operation. 5 U.S soldires, 4 cicvilians, an iraqi interpreter have been reportedly killed, when a military jeep cruised a roadside bomb. With the deaths, 3,538 U.S. military personnel have died in […]
Heard by a Bird
"I no longer paint circles. Now I paint the circumference of spheres." – Jasper Johns Kindly Blind Items "Heard By A Bird" (this column) is known for its "good gossip." This is largely because the people of Shandaken are so benign. Occasionally, we feature "Kindly Blind Items." (A "blind item" is a […]
The 7 Lazy Man’s Way to Market on Flickr.
The 7 Lazy Man’s Way to Market on Flickr. First, let me emphasize that it’s against the Terms of Use to “exploit for any commercial purposes” the Flickr/Yahoo service. Posting a photo specifically for the purposes of advertising your company, your products/services, etc., would be against the TOS and would turn off the Flickr […]
The Magic of the Mouse-Walt Disney’s journey to bringing the kid out in everyone
Have some of you questioned how Walt Disney conceived the ideas for his theme parks in Florida and California and the technology he innovated to the point that it broke the mold. New York based amusement company Six Flags who’s been in the amusement park business since the company started in 1961 and has gone […]
Japan offers apology vs comfort women
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged before U.S. Congress that the Japanese imperial forces set up brothels for its troops during the war. Mr. Abe even went beyond offering his deep apology for Japan’s misdeeds at that time when countless number of comfort women were forced as sex slaves. Historians claimed that an estimated 200,000 […]
What the Germans and French would not do
Mrs Thatcher started it and Mr Blair followed, its robbed the UK of its manufacturing base, by allowing the sale of so many companies that used to be manufacturers and once taken over the manufacturing goes East to Eastern Europe or Asia (China etc). The Germans and French would never let their manufacturing go to […]