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The name "Daniel" means "Judgement of God", Dan means judgement, and "El" = God. At a young age, Daniel was carried off to Babylon where he was trained in the service of the court under the authority of Ashpenaz. Daniel became famous for interpreting dreams and rose to become one of the most important figures in the court and lived well into the reign of the Persian conquerors. He retained his high position there and had influence in the decision to restore the Jews to their homeland. His lived around 530 B.C. Daniel and his companions Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, did righteous exploits (An ... Read Full Story
 
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What Happens When 3 Extraordinary Teachers from "the Secret" Come Together to Teach the Science of Getting Rich? by SMZ The Science of Getting Rich is a timeless classic written in 1910 by Wallace D. Wattles. It is a bold title for a book and suggests that getting rich is a predictable outcome if one can master the principles outlined in the book. Here is how Wallace D. Wattles puts it in his own words, "The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way. Those who do things in this certain way, whether on purpose or ... Read Full Story
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"To my mind it is fundamental to our society to see that powers are not abused or misused. If they come into conflict with freedom of an individual or with any other of our fundamental freedoms, then it is the province of the Judge to hold the balance between the competing interests." - Lord Denning Justice theory is one subsidiary of philosophy that never really suffers a bad century. Back in Homeric times, life was simpler. Justice largely meant personal vengeance. Complications began when Plato famously pinned on Thrasymachus the view that justice is simply the will of the stronger, and on Glaucon and ... Read Full Story
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The values that sustain an open society have been crushed. A university, as John Ralston Saul writes, now "actively seeks students who suffer from the appropriate imbalance and then sets out to exaggerate it. Imagination, creativity, moral balance, knowledge, common sense, a social view-all these things wither. Competitiveness, having an ever-ready answer, a talent for manipulating situations-all these things are encouraged to grow. As a result amorality also grows; as does extreme aggressivity when they are questioned by outsiders; as does a confusion between the nature of good versus having a ready answer to all questions. Above all, what is encouraged is the growth ... Read Full Story
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"If any other species behaves like Man we call it a plague." -Terminal Growth In A Finite World "All measures to thwart the degradation and destruction of our ecosystem will be useless if we do not cut population growth. By 2050, if we continue to reproduce at the current rate, the planet will have between 8 billion and 10 billion people, according to a recent U.N. forecast. This is a 50 percent increase. We are experiencing an accelerated obliteration of the planet's life-forms-an estimated 8,760 species die off per year-because, simply put, there are too many people . Most of these extinctions are the ... Read Full Story
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CBC.caToo many Chicago Bears castoffs find successful niches elsewhereChicago TribuneThe unreliability and unpredictability of young players has a lot to do with general manager Jerry Angelo's philosophy of trading future high draft picks ...Nothing like forward progressChicago Sun-Timesall 593 news articles »  
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New York TimesMWC notes: Coaches differ on motivation philosophies, techniquesSalt Lake TribuneAs for Mendenhall, he said Monday that his general philosophy is that bulletin-board fodder "has no bearing" on motivating a team and that it hasn't ever ..."This Will Be a Great Football Game."KSL-TVall 115 news articles »  
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NPR's “Philosophy Talk” to record at PacificHillsboro Argus - OregonLive.comBy The Hillsboro Argus As part of the 61st Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, National Public Radio will be taping a live session of its public radio ...'Philosophy talk' taping packs centerCorvallis Gazette Timesall 2 news articles »  
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FOXSports.comOnly Terrelle Pryor can solve his problemsDetroit Free PressTerrelle Pryor's mistake isn't that he chose Ohio State over Michigan or, more specifically, Jim Tressel's offensive philosophy over Rich ...Mailbag: Ex-No. 1 QB can run, can't hideCardinalSports.com (subscription)OSU football: Offense looks for routes to revivalColumbus Dispatchall 612 news articles »  
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New York MagazineOng-Bak 2's Tony Jaa on His Directorial Debut and That Time He Went MissingNew York MagazineI believe it's important for an action film, regardless [of] which country it's from, to have its own philosophy to guide the story. ...and more »  
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