Monthly Archives: December 2010

AFRIKAANS gelukkige nuwejaar / voorspoedige nuwejaar AKPOSSO ilufio ètussé ALBANIAN Gëzuar vitin e ri ALSATIAN e glëckliches nëies / güets nëies johr ARABIC عام سعيد (aam saiid) / sana saiida ARMENIAN shnorhavor nor tari AZERI yeni iliniz mubarek BAMBARA aw … Continue reading →

Chuang Tzu Chinese Philosopher 369BC-286 BC Once upon a time, Chuang Chou dreamed that he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting about happily enjoying himself. He didn’t know that he was Chou. Suddenly he awoke and was palpably (obviously)   Chou. … Continue reading →

Louis Renault 1877-1944 Renault built one of France’s largest automobile manufacturing concerns — which bears his name to this day. He built his first car in 1898, hiring a pair of workmen to modify a De Dion-Bouton cycle  which featured … Continue reading →

Anacharsid-Scythian Prince  6th century BC Written laws are like spiders’ webs;  they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn to pieces by the rich and powerful,    Anacharsid-Ethnie han Prince 6ème siècle BC … Continue reading →

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable 1745-1818 He is regarded as the father of Chicago and was the first non aborigine who established a residence at the mouth of the Chicago River North Bank in 1772 and eventually sold all his property … Continue reading →

Excerps: Is the world community preparing for this extrapolation of population and activities that will impact our planet.  Niall Ferguson “The Ascent of Money” a financial history of the world Daniel Sperling & Deborrah Gordon “Two Billion Cars” Driving toward … Continue reading →

Guillaume Apollinaire  Italian-born French Poet 1880-1918 Les souvenirs sont cors de chasse don’t meurt le bruit parmi le vent Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind

Jacques Catier1491-1557 Arrived on the Grande Hermine on the shores of Newfoundland on July 7, 1535 at 43 which he states: “The sayd men did moreover certifie unto us, that there was the way and the beginning of the great … Continue reading →

The Century of the Surgeon By Jurgen Thorwald publish in 1957 Back in the early 60’s I read a book that to this day, still has left a very strong impression on me. A surgeon named Joseph Lister born 5 … Continue reading →

Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 U.S. Women’s Rights Leader Men, their rights and nothing more, women their rights and nothing less. It was we the people, not we the white male citizens, nor yet we, the male citizens, but we, the … Continue reading →