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Monthly Archives: October 2017
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Risky
A message for two princesses: It’s a risky business this forest we call life Filled with wonder and filled with strife But if you keep the path, I think you’ll find It’s better to step forward than be left behind … Continue reading
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Tagged Brave, Daily Prompt, Double Talk, Forest, Journey, Life, Photograph, Poem, Princesses, Risky, Step, Weary, Wordpress
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First Principles: The Bill of Rights Is To Prevent the Encroachment of the Federal Government On Private Rights
“The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the Government is the mere instrument of the major number of the Constituents.” … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Profit Is Not the Only Value
“Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.” – Arthur Miller, playwright and essayist (17 Oct 1915-2005)
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Tagged Arthur Miller, Playwright, Profit, Seduction, Thought For the Day, Value
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Sonic Gems – Roxy Music – Avalon
In 1971, Roxy Music was formed as an English Art Rock band by Bryan Ferry (vocalist/songwriter, Graham Simpson (bass), Phil Manzanera (guitarist), Andy Mackay (sax and oboe), Paul Thompson (percussion), Brian Eno (synth), Eddie Jobson (synth and violin) and John … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Rock, Avalon, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Fashion, Glam Rock, More Than This, Music, Roxy Music, Sonic Gems
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Harvard Classics – The Law of Hippocrates
Primum non nocere The Hippocratic Oath is one of the most widely known Greek medical texts and has been historically taken by physicians. It is an agreement to adhere to ethical standards in the healing practices. Through this day, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ethics, Harvard Classics, Hippocrates, Hippocratic Oath, Medicine, Physician, Rite of Passage
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Loyal
You were amazing, brave and loyal Like me with a lineage of royal Your noble spirit made me smile Your humor made it all worthwhile Akira Leilani you were one of a kind All these years and you’re on my … Continue reading
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Tagged Akira Leilani, Companion, Daily Prompt, Dog, Friend, Loyal, Photo, Poetry, Shiba Inu, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: There Are No Impossibilities
“In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.” – János Arany, the Hungarian Shakespeare of Ballads
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Tagged Dreams, Hungary, Impossible, Janos Arany, Love, Possible, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Leaders In Our Nation Must Have Good Character
“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” —Samuel Adams (1775)
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Tagged Character, Example, First Principles, Good Behavior, Leaders, manners, Morals, Samuel Adams
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Sonic Gems: Queen – A Night At the Opera
A Night At the Opera is the fourth studio album by British rockers, Queen. The album incorporates ballads, music hall, hard rock and progressive hard rock influences. It probably best known for Bohemian Rhapsody. But that’s a song that will be … Continue reading
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Tagged A Night At the Opera, Music, Queen, Rock, Sonic Gems
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Amerigo Vespucci’s Account of His First Voyage
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who lived from March 9, 1454 to February 22, 1512. He was the first to demonstrate that Brazil and the West Indies were not, after all, the eastern boundaries of … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Amerigo Vespucci, Cartography, Explore, Harvard Classics, Letter, Map, Martin Waldseemuller, New World, Old World
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 