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Feb 26 2011

Guest post: Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in a Revolution By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

This article moved me. I felt so grateful that someone like this 83 year old man still exists. In this time of global troubles he throws light into the shadows. Published: February 16, 2011 in the New York Times BOSTON — Halfway around the world from Tahrir Square in Cairo, an aging American intellectual shuffles [...]

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Feb 26 2011

“Don’t curse the darkness, light a candle” – Confucius

Tag: Persephone's UpdatesPersephone Arbour @ 5:47 pm

March is Census month. This letter came to me from the Dorset Humanist Association. I personally think it’s a good idea. I know you will all make up your own minds! We wish to encourage people with only a vague cultural affiliation to Christianity to tick “No religion”. This ensures data from people who don’t [...]

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Feb 26 2011

Video: negotiation for sustainable agreements – William Ury

Tag: VideosPersephone Arbour @ 5:40 pm

More from this great communicator. He is well worth listening to.

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Feb 26 2011

The Cult of Catastrophic Predictions, by Persephone

Tag: Articles,Global Condition,Human Condition,Persephone's UpdatesPersephone Arbour @ 5:38 pm

This is a personal perspective. It is also rather long! So, take your time to read it. From before the time of Nostradamus to the present day we’ve been led to believe that the future will be full of mayhem, murder, catastrophe, political, economic, social, and geographic upheaval. For those of you hungry for more [...]

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Feb 22 2011

Video: Tales of Passion by Isabel Allende

Tag: VideosPersephone Arbour @ 3:05 pm

Her voice blends sweeping narrative with touches of magical realism; her stories are romantic, in the very best sense of the word.

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