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. Duolingo is a service that is gamified; that is, it uses elements that you normally find in games, with the goal of making the usage of an app (and the associated behavior which in the case of Duolingo is language learning) more fun and motivating....
Algorithm What are they and why are they now so important.? Are algorithms always correct but can they cheat and deceive? Criminals can use algorithms Some are use wrong unintentionally Algorithm is a computer code, that works out what will happen based...
White flowers denote an element of purity, simplicity and connection to spiritual insights. Depending on what type of white flower is seen will determine what else there is to gain from the message. For example, Daises are a popular flower. They are considered...
Schooling in Paris where all they do is sit and do French and maths all day from a very early age. They have lots of homework and almost no creativity or enjoyable free time. 80% are very stressed and tired most of the time. The traditional educational...
Google used its search engine dominance to bury competitors to its price matching feature. It dodges taxes repeatedly overseas. It started encouraging YouTubers to crank out a prodigious amount of cyber bullying, dangerous prank videos, hate videos and...
Equestrian Portrait of Charles I The national gallery in London has many a painting of horses but this one that had caught my eye many a time. In 1625, King Charles I (1600 - 1649) succeeded his father James I as king of Great Britain and Ireland. Van...
St. John Jones. These two friars were martyred in England in the 16th and 17th centuries for refusing to deny their faith. John Jones was Welsh. He was ordained a diocesan priest and was twice imprisoned for administering the sacraments before leaving...
There's a weird level of cognitive dissonance about people who are happy to participate in the killing of literally millions of fish, but get upset about dolphins. I've always maintained that the only reason most people find dolphins adorable is because...
We've had a fair bit of rain recently and I struggled to get out and plant up my pots with the tulips I had bought. I also wanted to take out a Hot Lips Salvia that had completely covered the path, I was just going to cut it back but it has become rather...
St. Veronica Giuliani Veronica’s desire to be like Christ crucified was answered with the stigmata. Veronica was born in Mercatelli, Italy. It is said that when her mother Benedetta was dying she called her five daughters to her bedside and entrusted...
St. Augustine Zhao Rong Christianity arrived in China by way of Syria in the 600s. Depending on China’s relations with the outside world, Christianity over the centuries was free to grow or was forced to operate secretly. The 120 martyrs in this group...
The rose is the perfect national flower for the diverse, beautiful, loving USA. Roses have grown in the United States for millennia; archaeological evidence suggests that the plant may be as much as 35 million years old! George Washington, the first president,...
When does a coffee bean know when it has a cold? It coughs. he he he I'm trying to be more environmentally friendly these days. I just go around my local park complimenting the trees. At school, I got caned when in Geography; it must have been about N...
Scenes from the Lives of the Virgin and other Saints In the times before television and newspapers it was displayed in the church the once prominent scene of entertainment, Music, paintings. story-telling and the narration depicted colourfully so as to...
Emmanuel Ruiz Not much is known of the early life of Emmanuel Ruiz, but details of his heroic death in defense of the faith have come down to us. Born of humble parents in Santander, Spain, he became a Franciscan priest and served as a missionary in Damascus....
. A book in Germany is not being published about Islam. Random House despite a deal to publish the book " Hostile Takeover: How Islam Hampers Progress and Threatens Society. " has now decided not to publish the book. The Author has now taken this decision...
The Kontakion of the Nativity by Romanos the Melodist is still considered to be his masterpiece, and up until the twelfth century, it was sung every year at the imperial banquet on there feast. This Byzantine melody is lovely and serene, which adapted...
One of the main protest groups involved in the Global Solidarity Summit is Attac, an international protest group founded in France that claims it has 90,000 members in 50 countries. The group's French acronym, which translates as Association for the Taxation...
Ordeal by fire This was a punishment during the Middle Ages in England If a man was accused of a crime, he might suffer ordeal by fire. He had to carry a piece of red-hot iron for three paces. His hand was then bound up. If, when it was undone three days...
On this day which has passed there was much to think and celebrate the United States of America. When I was trying to find one cultural object to explain the greatness of this land it was difficult. Then I remembered the natural feel of this wood which...
"the basis for our independence is economic independence". Icelandic fisheries minister Ludvik Jósepsson This was one of the reasons for the war between Iceland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. A war over fish. This happened...
There were some older potatoes in the kitchen so I had to peel them rather than scrape them I boiled them in with tumeric then I placed the potatoes in a metal bowl smashed the potatoes whilst still hot with a knob of butter I had already cubed some Scottish...
The beginning of a saga Iceland is a little country far north in the cold sea. Men found it and went there to live more than a thousand years ago. During the warm season they used to fish and make fish-oil and hunt sea-birds and gatherfeathers and tend...
Bottled Scottish air for sale. It is only as I travel through this polluted world that I realise that the precious air of our highland Scotland must have a value and in this consumerist, capitalist world a price to be bank on. Vitality Air, is a company...
A water clock. It is not everyday that you can say that you have made a clock. But today I made a clock. A lovely water clock. First I pierced a wee hole in a clear plastic bottle Attached it to two mugs by some sellotape added some water into the bottle....
