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An Existentialist approach to the problem of Nihilism.

19 Mar 2021 13 minute read 0 comments Kal_95

  Since the dawn of time, or at least since the earliest years of recorded human history, there have been differing opinions on what the fundamental motivation for life was. Scientists, philosophers, and religious clerics alike have all been concern...

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia

15 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoCelt97

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk is a sprawling true story of how European explores came to Central Asia in search of buried empires and treasures in the old cities...

The Greatest Virtue? A lesson from Socrates

2 Mar 2021 3 minute read 0 comments TheMightyBungus

  Today we will be looking at what we can learn from the Socratic idea that the wisest among us do not think of themselves as wise. A sort of meditation on humility. In Plato’s Apology of Socrates’ there is a story about a man called Chaerephon, who...

Perspectives on Education | 1. Physical Spaces

16 Sep 2020 1 minute read 1 comment mabc95

As students, we are used to the Monday-to-Friday routine of going to a classroom, from our childhood to our adulthood, and, some of us use the library services, either the local ones or the one that our institution brings us. It is a very common thou...

Banks Don't Work - a Play in Two Acts

17 Jun 2020 4 minute read 0 comments RetroGeek

The following actually happened today... I drive to work this morning around 7:10am. I was already in a rush to get out the door because I had to run to the store for the wife. My habit of eating something in the morning (typically called break...

Spiritual healing. (Claustrophobia case) non-fiction

6 Jun 2020 8 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

Usually, Rachel preferred walking on the 5th floor to her apartment rather than using the elevator. After this exercise, her legs felt like cast irons and she had to take a shower, but it was still better than being in the elevator. She didn’t know...

400 Gb Ethernet Standards

24 Jan 2020 5 minute read 0 comments shellatreille

400 Gb Ethernet Standards By Shelley M. Latreille This is a report that I wrote for my Wireless Networking class. Ethernet standards are constantly being developed.  The latest standard is 400 Gb Ethernet.  The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Elec...

Cloud Computing: A brief article I wrote for one of my college courses.

13 Jan 2020 5 minute read 2 comments shellatreille

Cloud Computing By Shelley M. Latreille Individuals and businesses typically seek ways to save money and perform tasks efficiently while also utilizing the best and most up-to-date software.  For these reasons, many have chosen to use cloud computin...

Spirits of Mercur: Utah's Invisible Ghost Town!

7 Jan 2020 10 minute read 0 comments shellatreille

This is research that I did on Mercur, Utah's Town and Cemetery after I visited the Cemetery.  I did create a website with photographs and videos for this research, which you can find here: https://www.shellatreille.com/mercur  SPIRITS OF MERCUR:...

Interview with a local 'strong man', the living legend that is John Evans

30 Oct 2019 2 minute read 0 comments (S)llew la Wulf

  And for something completely different... This is a lovely, heartwarming, spontaneous interview with a living legend... Last of a dying breed I'm sure ..   JOHN EVANS; STRONG MAN On our way back from visiting Bennerley Viaduct in Awsworth, North N...