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• Vigée Lebrun and Marie Antoinette

  

  Their association began when Marie Theresa asked the Count Mercy to approach Marie Antoinette to request two full length portraits for a room filled with... Read more

  The 16 April 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany

  

  A remarkable story of courage, good luck & perserverance Read more

  The 10 April 2013 by   Noveladventurers
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• Ark Park & Missionary Lizards

  

  Back in 2010 I posted on the Creation Museum in Kentucky and the grandiose plan to build a Noah’s Ark Amusement Park nearby. It was supposed to open in 2014... Read more

  The 09 April 2013 by   Cris
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• Macroeconomic Forecasting with Diverse Predictions

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.To say that economic forecasting is inherently difficult is an understatement. The economy is a complex adaptive system, with... Read more

  The 18 April 2013 by   Realizingresonance
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• Titanic Fashion

  

  Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.I always fully intend to write something new and amazing for the Titanic anniversary but I’m afraid that as usual I... Read more

  The 15 April 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Durkheim’s Social Antecedents

  

  It is remarkable that of all the developmental-evolutionary theorists of religion that I have considered thus far (Hume, Feuerbach, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud,... Read more

  The 26 April 2013 by   Cris
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• The Unfortunate Wedding of Prinny and Caroline of Brunswick

  

  George, Prince of Wales and Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick, Sloane after Cosway, 1797. Photo: National Portrait Gallery. I don’t think the couple EVER... Read more

  The 09 April 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Durkheim & De Waal on Human Sociality

  

  I’ve just finished a close study of Emile Durkheim’s Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912) and concluded that its entire premise is based on ignorance. Read more

  The 29 April 2013 by   Cris
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• Scientologist Scum & More

  

  I want to clear some links from my cue, so let’s begin with this superb review of Lawrence Wright’s Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of... Read more

  The 06 April 2013 by   Cris
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• His Royal Hotness Prince Rupert of the Rhine

  

  Prince Rupert, Honthorst, c1641. Photo: National Portrait Gallery.Let’s take a moment shall we to appreciate His Royal Hotness Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Read more

  The 11 April 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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