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For about half a Millennium in France, this tradition goes, since King Charles IX. On the 9 of August 1564, the King of France brought the new year calendar from starting the 1 st of January: ( France Edit of Roussillon 9 August 1564 ). Before, the year calendar was starting the 25 th of March and till the 1 st ofApril, the customs were that the French People were giving to each other gifts...

This was a daunting project when I attempted it earlier in another format, and the result turned out rather clumsy. It was not awful, but hard to capture the Muse when you have to worry with formatting and uploading issues. This format may promise a full expression of what I wish to capture, it may not. What I would like to share is just a portrait of the incredible journey I was able to...

The clearest evidence after careful pondering that humanity created God and God did not create humanity is the evolution of God as humanity has evolved. The Christian God that Christian's call Jesus Christ is widely known as a merciful but just God. A God that heals the afflicted and blesses those that do good as good is defined in Christian theology and withholds his blessings from...

We, Us, Everyone, United, Together, Collectively, Act as One, You and I; these are terms that embody the very spirit of diplomacy and the types of words oft' spoken by President Obama. Some Commanders-in-Chiefs come in with a doctrinaire, caviler, and arrogant view of foreign policy before they even step foot in the Oval Office. Others come with hardly any view on foreign policy...

Bial looked questioningly at Marivon as she moved across the floor of the hall, a slight sheen of perspiration just beginning to form on her brow. Marivons thoughts ran roughly in the same direction as the instructors. How powerful could one individual be? He had ripped her out of the hall to some place miles away. If he could create and impose the patterns without realizing he was doing it....

In the last few months, I have had the opportunity to sit with a lovely young lady, she spoke at times, but I couldn't understand a word she was saying. She ate and slept, drooled (at times) and boy were her bodily functions at times P-E-U! She is now my good friend and I will miss her as she now must move on to the new person who will be sitting with her for a while. People come and...

#1 The Gop reminds me of two things one is the little child laying on the floor screaming and banging the floor with their feet and fists as they lay on their stomach.#2 Remember the old golf story about the four golfers they go home and one Golfers wife asks her husband how his day was at the golf course?The husband replys on the front nine Fred had a heart attack.Wife says what a horrible day...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. --As the investigation into the shooting death of a 13-month-old Brunswick toddler continues, some people are beginning toquestion the motherwho's child was shot and killed during a morning walk. The daughter of Sherry West, Ashley Glassey, said she does not want to falsely accuse anyone but she wants the truth. Glassey, 21, lives in New Jersey and said her mother lost...

My grandson is Autistic, he does not speak the way children his age do - he is 3. I find myself utterly envious of the fact that he makes himself known, yet without words. It makes me think of Maya in her early years (after childhood trauma) denoted in "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings." Speaking is over rated when you consider the words coming out of the mouths of some lately! My grandson is...

I spend too much time on NV ... and need to stop spreading myself so thin ....newstalkers seems alive and well .... it feels comfortable .. I need to clear out some space for newstalkers in my schedule ....nice community ...I was thinking of starting a newstalkers nation on NV as a gateway ...jus' thinkin'

As you may have read online, the White House has done the following and placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of the sequester -- White House to End Public Tours White House Warns Easter Egg Roll May Be Cancelled Hey, this is the same White House that had the audacity to put in an e-mail that the federal government is supposed to make the sequester as painful as possible ....

Hello all you writers out there! This is a fun community project as well as a challenging game to sharpen your writing skills. This is a game that grew out of an idea between a poster at Open Salon (Bill S) and myself. Below is a link to my old column which explains the process and includes links to the "comment stories" that it produced. Continuity, as you can see, is no hindrance to the...