It starts with playing basketball, than maybe riding a skateboard, then running some shorter distances and, in the end, it might come to competing in a full blown triathlon. The question that brought you here is why would people want to try something like this, and more importantly, why would they enjoy it? What is […]
3 Inventions that Prove All Things are Difficult Before They’re Easy
So you’re thinking that Accounting assignment you were given is almost too difficult to solve? Think again. Isn’t it how you felt when you were learning the basic arithmetic calculations? Or when you were riding your bicycle for the first time? But you overcame that difficulty, did you not? And now these things, that were […]
If you read and understand the secrets of the Art of War you can predict how battles will turn out
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise that is attributed to Sun Tzu a high ranking military general and strategist during the late Spring and Autumn period. Composed of 13 chapters, each one written around 500 BC on vertical bamboo strips about the size of a chop stick, each stick contains 15-20 Chinese characters […]
The Use of Child Soldiers in Armed Conflict
Introduction Many children are currently living in countries devastated by war. At least hundreds of thousands of adolescents have been used to fight in warfare and even children under ten years old are being recruited as child soldiers. Child soldiers are subjected to extremely harsh conditions that no child should have to face. Oftentimes, […]
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel congratulates General Han Min Koo on appointment as South Korea’s new Defense Chief
Readout of Secretary Chuck Hagel’s Call with Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Han Min Koo on July 19, 2014 Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel spoke by phone this evening with the Republic of Korea’s new Minister of National Defense Han Min Koo. It was […]
Knox and Sollecito: Dissection of a conviction
Introduction I am personally a firm supporter of Knox and Sollecito’s innocence, it should be known by now, but however I state it here again for all the readers who may be new to the case. I am also Italian-born and have always lived in Italy except for short periods abroad, so when I write […]