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I suppose most have heard the great Irish poet Seamus Heany passed away yesterday. Here's a little tribute.

The BBC obit seems to focus on the Catholic/Protestant conflicts that has consumed Ireland. I did not really see that side of his work, since I’m neither Irish nor British ethnicity. My appreciation of Heaney’s poetry really focused on his nature and rural life themes. Here’s a poem that highlights for me what makes his poetry unique and spectacular. In regard to the copywrite ...

Well it has been a few days now since I talked to the teacher who wants to guide me and I have been thinking about this project a lot. I have been thinking about school in general a lot. I want to get a higher average grade because they let the people with the highest grade in when it comes to getting a Masters degree. I have never done my best, at least I have always felt like I could work harder. I just have a huge fear that if I do my best it might not be enough so it's better to be average. ...

There are some people who think that eating fats result in becoming fat. There are things that are even further from the truth, but drastically decreasing consumption of fats and carbohydrates can actually lead to weight gain.

The human body has a number of feedback mechanisms that are designed to tailor energy usage to what is available. That allows people to eat very limited diets and remain healthy.
Such mechanism developed when humans were hunters and gatherers, who had ...

Peace be on you…It was evening. They did not want the guest know that food was scarce. They brought the food for the guest, put off the lamp, by plan, and sat down with him. He could not know that hosts were not actually eating with him. Earlier, they had made the children fall asleep by kind paternal pats.


The amazing incidence happened in the times of Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) when, once, a guest came to see him. It was hard time; there was no ...

I sent a teacher at school an e-mail this morning asking her to work with me on my BA next semester. I was kinda hoping for a late reply from her saying 'sure read this and that' then we'll talk before Christmas. No she replied within the hour saying 'YES' and 'write 4 pages and form a question and description and we'll meet next month'.

That kinda just threw me out of the triangle I live in and into the deep blue sea.

This teacher is kinda pioneering in many ways. ...