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Loose Change

I doubt anyone needs any introduction on what the terminus "Loose Change" is a synonym of. I embedded the 2nd edition, I am sure that as time goes by and more is discovered, we shall be surprised with more editions and upgrades, if interested please Google the term I am sure you'll be hooked.

Operation H1N1

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Every year, over 2 Million people die of Malaria, something that could be avoided by a simple mosquito-net. Every year, another 2 Million people (mainly children) die of diarrhea, something that could be avoided by a simple saline solution that costs less than a dollar. There are more common diseases, like "Measles" or "Pneumonia", that without any exaggeration, kills over 10 Million people worldwide every single year, yet the western media establishments, above all the Rupert Murdoch club refuses to even report it. One looks at the self-righteous attitudes of these modern serial journalists, without the slightest sign of intellectual individualism, not to mention the ridiculous cowardice in which they report an event, manipulating it to make sure it complies the outlets political visions, lacking the courage necessary in even writing down the shocking facts of our times, that might have led us to the truth!? No wonder, a limited influential individuals, can make su...

Iranian mythology

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"Art" is generally considered, the reflection of life. "Culture" is generally considered, the understanding of life. Should we accept these definitions, then "Literature" should inevitably be defined as a combination of art and culture.In some of the older cultures like that of Iran, Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Chinese, where an ancient entity makes a documented history of any factual historical chain of events, impossible to uphold, the element of "Myth" is added. The word "Myth" is usually a definition for a false story and in many older cultures, the mixture of legends and folktales of different magnitudes are mixed with a romantic fairytale to give us a, what is known as "Mythology". When the Iranian Mythology is mentioned, the name of the Iranian poet "Ferdowsi"(935-1020 AD) becomes indispensable, his grand work the "Shah-Nameh" brings up the pre-Islamic cultural characteristics of Iran along with the ...

Treaty of Lisbon

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The "Treaty of Lisbon" is the last of a series of a so called completive treaties that is supposed to simplify and eventually decrease the burden of bureaucracy already congesting the European political apparatus. As a reminder, it started in 1948 in Brussels, then further treaties and agreements in 1953,1958,1967,1987 and 1993 of Maastricht, 1999 of Amsterdam, 2003 of Nice were to be completed with the now 2009 of Lisbon. Some of the important features of the Lisbon treaty are : a/The President of the European council will be chosen for a period of 30 Months (instead of 6 months)....b/ the position of Foreign representative (minister) will be combined with that of the foreign commissioner (meaning less bureaucracy)....c/The charter of human rights will be binding (best part of it all)....d/ as of now, any petition or proposal signed with more than one million people, has to be considered...e/ All national parliaments get 8 weeks to object to any law passed by the EU...f/ As ...