A person who is in charge of securing property and keeping unauthorized people from entering premises is called a gatekeeper. This person is normally positioned in front or to the side of a gate. Nowadays, almost all private companies, big buildings, schools, and malls have gatekeepers in order to...
The MeditationsBy Marcus Aurelius Written 167 A.C.E.Translated by George Long Book One From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my mother, piety and beneficence, and...
Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
Chinese Xu Yuyuan stabs 28 children in Eastern China on Thursday, April 29, 2010. A kindergarten class consisting of 4 year olds fell victim of what experts claim was a "copycat rampage." Xu Yuyuan, a 47 year old unemployed man broke into a classroom at the Zhongxin Kindergarten locating in Jiansu...
In the US, a burglary occurs every 14.6 seconds. Hear that glass breaking? In the time it takes you to read the introduction to this article, another one will happen. Go ahead – read it with your stop watch running. While most of these crimes are committed by small-time crooks that eventually get...
TimaeusBy Plato Written 360 B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett Persons of the Dialogue-SOCRATES- CRITIAS- TIMAEUS- HERMOCRATES Socrates. One, two, three; but where, my dear Timaeus, is the fourth of those who were yesterday my guests and are to be my entertainers to-day? Timaeus. He...
Hulk Hogan exchanged wedding vows with Jennifer McDaniel on a beach in Clearwater, Florida on Tuesday and the ceremony ending in a gun wielding brawl. An insider from the wedding reported to TMZ that a family friend/security guard identified as Ron Howard tried to stop photographer Robert Martinez...
Department of Homeland Security Officials reported to CBS News details of a terrorist plan to poison food. The plan included means of carrying out attacks at various hotels and restaurants throughout the U.S. over one single weekend. The Food and Drug Administration as well as the Department...
The latest Wikileaks cables states that Al Qaeda can build atomic bombs. The whistleblowing organization has released thousands of American diplomatic cables and security briefs to the UK's Daily Telegraph. The Wikileaks cables suggest the world's most menacing terrorist organization has complied...
