Buckminster Fuller and Sir CP Snow warned that the existing lopsided understanding of the second law of thermodynamics was accelerating civilization toward global disaster. To avoid that disaster, modern science needed to meet with the biological sciences of the Classical Greek Era Humanities. A question arises, is it possible for the Arts to build a Social Cradle to help ensure…
Change, invent and adapt words The art of songwriting includes the art of methodically changing and inventing words for both aesthetic and communicative purposes. One thing you should consider doing when writing songs or in your conversations with others is to form or shape the words to suit your own purposes. Because the English language, like many other languages, grew…
Anthony Bonanzino was born into a lower-middle-class Catholic family in West Haven, Connecticut. “My mother was a waitress and had two jobs; there was no, as I call it, ‘silver spoon.’ Tony’s father worked the night shift at the post office. Anthony was only seven years old when he lost his father. Tony said his father’s death “was nothing unusual,…
Have you ever seen the movie Amadeus? There is a rather funny scene in which Mozart performs a piece for one of his noble patrons and a room full of courtiers and ladies. The pattern is quite disturbed by Mozart’s rather manic manner and the tsunami of notes gushing out of his harpsichord. The nobleman asks Mozart if he doesn’t…
1. Never use the word “Yes” for yourself If there is one thing we are guilty of, it is speaking “Yes”. I must say that the word is not formal and interviewers find this irritating. Sometimes it is so bad that the irritated look is visible on the interviewer’s face. As I said before, the word “yes” is never formal.…
Fern was born Mary Ruth Kovak in Hastings, Pennsylvania on April 3, 1933 to Albert and Lucy Kovak. She says she was an avid reader at a young age. He especially enjoyed mysteries and adventure stories. Fern Michaels is the pseudonym of Mary Ruth Kuczkir. She says that even though Fern Michaels is not who she is but what she…
A friend of mine has had a very tough childhood. Extenuating circumstances within her family have caused her much psychological distress as she tries to overcome widespread feelings of guilt, disappointment, and the feeling of “being a burden.” These feelings were not acquired overnight, but began when she was very young, with “advice” from the elders intended to serve as…
We’ve all heard of “voice of the customer” feedback. What about “voice of the potential customer” targeting? A company was in an increasingly crowded and aggressive market, but had many loyal customers for a long time. They were doing something right to hold onto these beads. They wanted to capitalize on a bit of the goodwill they had built with…
“How much can I save?” “What is the cost of legal work done abroad?” “Please give me a quote for 100 hours a month for legal work done in India.” “What is your hourly rate?” “How much do you charge for ______?” These are the questions and requests that I was directed at the beginning of the conversation when someone…
It is estimated that in 2015, there will be more than 2,000 surrogacy babies in the United States. Intended parents are both here in the nation and around the world. Infertility has become such a profound health issue that many individuals and couples are deciding to build their families by having a compassionate woman carry her baby. Not only can…