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Stop Wasting Your Time and Start Doing This

The way you use your time has a significant influence on your capacity to achieve, but at the end of another long day, do you often find yourself thinking: “Where did all my time go?” Minor diversions that distracted your focus away from the things that genuinely mattered most likely occupied. One of the best ways ...

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Productivity going up.

Alexander the Great: Ruler of Courage

Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III of Macedonia or the ruler of most extraordinary courage, was a Macedonian monarch who overthrew the Persian empire, led Macedonian soldiers to India, and laid the framework for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms. Having already been the subject of incredible legends during his lifetime, he became ...

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Alexander the Great.

How Does the Black Madonna and Green Man Ceremony relate to Yin-Yang?

Constructing a Black Madonna and Green Man ceremony appears compelling to those to whom the Green Man and the Black Madonna signify a profound union of the masculine and feminine, light (photosynthesis) and darkness (the intimate and occult). In this article, we’ll discuss the idea of the so-called sacred marriage ritual of the Black Madonna, ...

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The Black Madonna.

The Royal Chapel of Versailles: The Victory Monument of Louis XIV

The Royal Chapel of Versailles symbolized honor and power for the successful ruler, Louis XIV. The Chapel, along with the Hall of Mirrors, is regarded as Louis XIV’s spiritual legacy and is one of the gems of the Palace of Versailles. The Palace of Versailles seems like a trophy even to the untrained eye. It was designed ...

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The Royal Chapel of Versailles (left).

9 Simple Yet Effective Ways to Happiness

Have you ever wondered how to truly find happiness? If so, these suggestions may help. They cannot work for everyone every day, but they can add to emotions of happiness. It should be remembered that joy cannot heal pain or loss, but it can bring temporary relief. It takes time to heal, but that doesn’t ...

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A happy older couple.

How the River Thames was Brought Back to Life

London’s River Thames once became a dead river due to the industrial revolution of England.  The River Thames in London City functioned as a commercial and transportation hub and a dumping ground for human and industrial waste. England’s industrial legacy’s origin was gradually devolving into a dignified sewer. During the sweltering summer of 1858, the ...

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The River Thames flowing through London.

Kellogg’s Loses UK Fight to Overturn Sugary Cereal Promotion Ban

Kellogg’s, which is the largest breakfast cereal company in the world, lost a legal battle Monday, failing in their attempt to overturn England’s new anti-obesity legislation that forbids the advertising of sugary cereals. The outcome has supporters of the anti-obesity and sugar reduction movements celebrating. Campaign manager at Action on Salt, Sonia Pombo, told Nutrition ...

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Person holding a smartphone with the Kellogg's logo.

How to Deal With Intense Grief

One of life’s most terrible experiences is the death of a loved one. So naturally, this causes great sorrow and intense grief in even the strongest. Grieving would be easier to understand if it followed a rational course with stages that neatly fit into categories. However, intense emotions might arise at any point during the ...

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A girl grieving on a beach.

How King Frederick Convinced His People to Eat Potatoes

How can we influence consumers’ perspectives? Frederick II of Prussia (also known as Frederick the Great or the ‘Potato King’) sought ways to feed his population and cut the price of bread in the 18th century. He suggested potatoes as an appropriate new addition to the nation’s diet. However, peasants refused to plant them. They ...

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A basket of potatoes.

The Amazons of Dahomey: Women of the Myth

Hopefully, you will remember Dora Milaje and the ruthless women-powered team in the Black Panther film. This is not entirely friction. The “Amazons” of Dahomey, a ferocious all-female component of the Dahomey army, inspired the characteristics of these warrior women. From the 18th through the late 19th centuries, Dahomey in the Republic of Benin, West ...

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Dahomey Amazon warriors.