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THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES

A husband happily eats lunch with his wife and kids when suddenly, he complains of a severe headache. A week later, he’s got a bandage on his forehead, covering a depression caused by a hole in his skull. He’s suffered brain aneurysm, and he’s been back to the...

THE FOUR COMMANDMENTS OF CITIES IN THE FUTURE

In 2007, seven cities around the world made the longlist of the potential hosts for the 2016 Summer Olympics. These were Baku, Chicago, Doha, Madrid, Prague, Tokyo, and Rio de Janeiro. Following the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) analysis of the countries’...

WHAT IF MAYORS RULED THE WORLD?

‘Ideas worth spreading.’ That’s the slogan of Canadian-based TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), a media organization known for its TED Talk. In its early years, TED only featured prominent people in tech, consistent with its roots in the Silicon Valley. Bill...
DAD, WHAT DOES A TREE LOOK LIKE?

DAD, WHAT DOES A TREE LOOK LIKE?

At last: Juan has a child with whom he tells stories at bedtime. He fidgeted, swallowed and stared at his daughter’s expectant eyes. Brown eyes as they are, he thought of an answer, snuggled in bed with her, and began telling her a story back when the land was still...

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THE RITES OF PASSAGE

THE RITES OF PASSAGE

It was he running out the door sobbing and scared. Having tripped on a tree stump, he fell kissing the ground. He got up and ran again for all his life’s worth. I watched him intently as tears rolled from his fearful eyes to his muddy cheeks. I saw the fulfillment of...

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LESSONS FROM BEER SESSIONS

LESSONS FROM BEER SESSIONS

Because of massive publicity, the lure of the red dimension has encompassing appeal to all of society’s minds. Since it is a race on which the last man standing is, the riders gather in unlikely places to behold or take part in the highly acclaimed game within the...

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A VAMPIRE’S LEAP OF FAITH

A VAMPIRE’S LEAP OF FAITH

In Time Magazine’s March 18 issue, the famous author of The Vampire Chronicles and The Mayfair Witches said that she has one more book to write that will end Lestat’s reign in gothic literature. Meaning, after her spiritual transformation, she will never write about...

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PRIVILEGED LIVES

PRIVILEGED LIVES

Privileged Lives. Adj. 1. Too many dreams but too few a means. 2. All due to poverty. No literature has yet been personally encountered about the role of government in all – out poverty, nor the relationship of politics and poverty, but external observation has been...

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BLACK AND MOBILITY

BLACK AND MOBILITY

Black: the height of grief, the fulfillment of the darkest emotions, of loss and despair, of gripping fatality, the lamentation of the past, and finally, of a shredded life. It is the same color that reins the trail of an upturned stance. When it lands, it blows off...

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