The Olympics are a true testament to commitment, strength, determination, and an unwavering belief that you can succeed regardless as to if the odds are stacked against you or not. Nannies, you may not be on the worldwide stage, but you still show your Olympic spirit every day. 1. Putting a Sleeping Baby Down Without Waking Her This feat requires a delicate balance of strength, stealth, controlled breathing, and sheer good luck. You’ve practiced it a thousand times but you wonder if … [Read more...]
The Brookings Institute asks “End the War in Syria? How? When?”
August 20, 2012 by
“The beginning of wisdom,” a Chinese saying goes, “is to call things by their right names.” And the right name for what is happening in Syria — and has been for more than a year — is an all-out civil war. Syria is Lebanon of the 1970s and ’80s. It is Afghanistan, Congo or the Balkans of the 1990s. It is Iraq of 2005-2007. It is not an insurgency. It is not a rebellion. It is not Yemen. It is certainly not Egypt or Tunisia. It is important to accept this simple fact, because … [Read more...]
Aspasia of Miletus – WOMAN of ACTION™
August 19, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women™ is inspired this day to go back in time, and we followed our hearts to find this divinely inspired woman. This woman is celebrated as one of the female teachers of the greatest philosophers. It is very exciting for us to Celebrate the Life of this great mind, woman ahead of her times, and the teacher to the likes of Plato, Pericles and Socrates...a critical power of example that women have built the foundations, since the beginning of time. Today, the … [Read more...]
Jesus’s Transfiguration Date: August 19
August 18, 2012 by
Jesus’s Transfiguration August 19 Jesus’s Transfiguration is observed by members of Orthodox Christianity. Jesus’s Transfiguration is the event in which the Jesus was transfigured upon a mountain. It was on 19th of August that this mournful even took place and the world was astonished to see the transfiguration of the Jesus. Jesus became glowing and spoke to Moses and Elijah (very important figure of the Judaism) and was called Son by God. Those, who show this incident, … [Read more...]
Harriet Beecher Stowe *Tribute – WOMAN of ACTION™
August 14, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women™ is honored and inspired to pay Tribute, Celebrating the Life of this Woman ahead of her times, exerting courage beyond the average of her day. Gifted as a writer, this woman devoted her life to working as abolishist; to end the slave trade of the 1800's. In 1851, Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared in serial format in the National Era, a magazine that closely resembled a newspaper, and was published in Washington D.C. as an abolitionist paper, making her … [Read more...]
