Archive for March, 2009

Adversity And Crisis The Crucible Of Great Leadership

By Guest Contributor
Location: San Francisco – California

Hugh Coppen President, Winning Leadership, Inc.   Severe recessions are trial by fire from which outstanding leaders emerge.  These leaders show the strength, the courage...

Ungaro Spring Special 2009

By JO LEE Magazine

International photographers eagerly await the presentation of The Emanuel Ungaro Spring Collection at Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. Photo by Heide Van Doren Betz

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Bad Behavior Or Not?

By Guest Contributor
Location: Paris - France

Marcelle Dufour Educators and psychologists have long feared that children entering school with behavior problems were doomed to fall behind in the upper grades. But...

The Financial Crisis An Explanation Based On Fantasy

By Gail Regan
Location: Toronto — Canada

One tiny root of today’s contractually-based, globalized economy dates from the first recorded agreement for a shipment of sheep hides from Britain to France in...

The King Of Pop Meets The King Of Opulence Jeff Koons At The Palace Of Versailles

By Heide Van Doren Betz
Location: San Francisco – California

The Chateau of Versailles gained prominence as the center of French political and social power in the early 17th century. King Louis XIII originally built...

On Human Nature

By David Wesonga
Location: Nairobi – Kenya

“One can make this generalization about men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit; while you treat...

Garden Of Love

By Vera Resnik

My cherished love snatched, slowly, slowly By a ravenous cancer, I watch helplessly. My eyes rest upon the simple pine coffin weeping, weeping till a...

Is Global Inflation Intractable?

By Guest Contributor
Location: Amsterdam - Netherlands

Jibb Tagen The free ride for American consumers is ending. For two generations, Americans have imported goods produced ever more cheaply from a succession of...

Killarney Ireland

By Lois M Gordon
Location: Silicon Valley – California

Situated in the heart of beautiful south-west Ireland, the breathtaking beauty of the landscape, the majestic mountains and mystical lakes combine to make Killarney the...

Nia’s Journey

By Gary Sweeney
Location: Pennsylvania - USA

Dawn cascaded over the neighborhood early on Tuesday morning. In the distance, an orchestra of automobile engines serenaded the houses. Businesses let their display windows...

Today

By Stanley J Dorst
Location: San Francisco - California

When I was studying Engineering at the University of Washington my purpose was to learn how to bring to society the infrastructure which would enable...

The Curse Of Cassandra

By Craig Ricker
Location: Moscow - Russia

The image of the political prophet holding court with a respectful audience soaking up his wisdom is just that, an image.  In reality, predicting events,...

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Tomorrow’s Tenor Superstar Fernando Varela

By Josephina Lee Mascioli-Mansell

It was a frenetic afternoon. Three deadlines to be met, the ceiling sprinkler system exploding into a maze of water now covering a section of...

I’m still making chili like I did in ’65 I’m still full of life; heck, I’m glad to be alive! Card games intrigue me Tennis...