The Guardian App reached over 100,000 downloads for iPhone and iPod touch since its December 14, 2010 launch. Director of Digital Content for Guardian News & Media, Emily Bell, proclaimed ""Breaking the 100,000 download barrier in just over two months is an enormous achievement for the Guardian...
A court has the right to appoint an individual as a legal guardian over an elderly person, who has been deemed to be incapacitated, whether partly or fully. This event refers to elderly guardianship and involves an individual appointed as legal guardian to be fully liable for the health and life...
Emergency guardianship is the temporary guardianship appointment by the court of someone to care for the interests of a minor person or an adult who is considered incompetent in emergency situations. To minors, emergency guardianship is awarded to temporary guardians in cases wherein the biological...
A minor is someone who is considered to be below the age of majority, which is usually set at 18 to 21 years old depending upon the country. When a person is considered a minor, he or she is considered by the state as not being mature on a psychological, social, emotional, and physical level. Thus,...
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...
A classic livestock guardian dog, the Spanish Mastiff (also known as Spanish Mastin) originated from Spain. It is believed to have descended from Greek dogs and is similar in many ways to its cousin, the Anatolian Shepherd Dog. It is the heaviest of all livestock guardian dog breeds and is the...
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...
James Madison, Jr. was the fourth President of the United States, an American politician, and political philosopher who contributed as a Founding Father during the late 1700s. Madison was born to Colonel James Madison, Sr. and Eleanor Rose Conway on March 16, 1751 in Orange County, Virginia. As...
Believed to have descended from huge dogs found on the Tibetan highlands, these large and powerful dogs originated in Alentejo a region in south-central Portugal. “Rafeiro” means mongrel in Portuguese. This rare livestock guardian dog type also goes by other names such as Alentejo...
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...
