Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter vs George Benton Rubin Carter, a former middleweight African-American boxer known as ‘Hurricane,’ for how he fought in the boxing ring spent 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, making him a renowned victim of injustice. He was immortalized in Bob Dylan’s song “Hurricane,” which protested his wrongful […]
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For centuries there have been thousands of reports, rumours and sightings of a mysterious unidentified animal lurking in Lake Champlain on the border between New York and Vermont in the United States. This animal is popularly known as ‘Champ’. Yet I have come to believe that there is an explanation for the existence of
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By Vikram Wagh What is Paradise? Paradise has the following (noun) meanings. (In some religions) Heaven as the ultimate abode of the just The abode of Adam and Eve before the fall in the biblical account of the Creation; the Garden of Eden An ideal or idyllic place or state Paradise
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the most popular stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, focusing on Holmes’ investigation into a phantom dog that has been terrorizing a family. What is relatively unknown however is the origins of the story which is as popular as the story itself (Sir) Arthur Conan Doyle, the
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When Star Wars directed by George Lucas came out in 1977, it became a smash hit and a top grosser, leading fans of all ages to want to know more about the film resulting in toys, games and stories about the characters in a franchise known as ‘the Expanded Universe’ and two sequels The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and
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Rudyard Kipling’s tales of The Jungle Book, the story of Mowgli a boy adopted by Wolves and how he comes to terms with where he really belongs is a representative of feral children, those young ones who have no knowledge of the Human world and are at risk of their own lives if they
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One of the most important aspects when it comes to finding a job is confidence. Often there are many people who lack confidence due to low self-esteem or motivation. While it is up to us to decide how confident or not we chose to be, there are ways we can set for ourselves that help
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Important plot points may be given away. ‘In the Wild’ was a television series that explored the favourite animal of a particular Hollywood star. Two of the best-known episodes are Tigers with Bob Hoskins and Lions with (Sir) Anthony Hopkins where Hoskins and Hopkins went into the wild to see their favourite animals, the Tiger
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Tau sat down to have lunch with his new master, the abbot, Phra Acham Phuis (Chan) of the Temple he was now a member of. They sat on a fallen log in the fresh air. Tau was being taught the ways of the monastery by his new master and during the break for lunch, as
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Today I want to share with all of you a very special gift that I have. It is often called a disorder or even a disability. I thought of it that way too, until I realized that it is not a disability at all, in fact it gives me certain gifts and talents that make
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