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Key historic events throughout the ages in relation to business, work, corporate figures and moguls.
Men Are Not Afraid of Communication, Though They Are Tired of Punished Honesty
(Credit for inspiration: Emily W King) --- The Silence Is Not Always the Starting Point A common accusation in relationships is that men do not communicate. The complaint is familiar enough that it has become almost automatic. Men shut down. Men avoid hard conversations. Men refuse to open up. Men need to learn how to express themselves. There is truth inside that accusation when a man is careless, passive, immature, or emotionally absent. But the accusation often skips the more important question. What happened the last time he did communicate? What happened the last time he answered honestly, named the real issue, corrected the false assumption, admitted the painful truth, or said plainly what he had been trying not to say?
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Journal
When Truth Has to Protect Her Feelings
(Credit for Inspiration: Emily W. King) --- The Unequal Permission to Be Right There is a quiet double standard inside many modern conversations about relationships. Women are increasingly encouraged to stand on what they know, trust their discernment, speak their truth, hold their boundary, and stop shrinking themselves to keep peace. Men, however, are often given a different command. A man may also be right, but he is expected to find a way to be right that does not make the woman feel hurt, exposed, corrected, dismissed, insecure, embarrassed, or emotionally unsafe. The result is not equality. It is a conditional form of honesty where one person’s truth is allowed to stand directly, while the other person’s truth must first pass through the emotional response of the person receiving it.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast6 months ago in Journal
PointCloud to CAD: How 3D Laser Scan Data is Transforming Construction Documentation. AI-Generated.
Construction documentation has always depended on accuracy but traditional surveying methods often fall short. Manual measurements, outdated drawings, and human error can lead to costly rework, delays, and miscommunication.
By Shalin Designs6 months ago in Journal
The Blue Hen State
I wanted to visit my younger years, and good memories, so I strolled out in the country side around Dover, Delaware. I learned what I had forgotten about my own home town, and just how much it had developed over time. I found out just how diverse it had become, and how much it had changed over the years.
By Susan Payton6 months ago in Journal
Thirty Years of RENT: The Musical That Still Asks What We Owe Each Other
There are musicals that entertain us, and then there are musicals that find us. RENT was one of those. Thirty years after Jonathan Larson’s musical opened on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996, it is easy to talk about it as a phenomenon: the awards, the cast album, the T-shirts, the teenagers singing “La Vie Bohème” in bedrooms and parking lots, the way “no day but today” became less of a lyric and more of a survival prayer. But before it was an institution, before it was canonized, before generations of young artists discovered it, RENT was a wound. A loud one. A loving one. A defiant one.
By Jason Hair-Wynn6 months ago in Journal
The Great Pyramid Silence: What the Stones Aren’t Telling Us. AI-Generated.
For over 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza has stood as a silent titan against the Egyptian horizon. It is the last remaining wonder of the ancient world, a geometric masterpiece of 2.3 million stone blocks that defies the simple label of "tomb." While mainstream archaeology tells us it was built for the Pharaoh Khufu, a growing chorus of engineers, historians, and explorers are looking at the precision of the stones and asking a dangerous question: What if we have the story completely wrong?
By SHEDRACK AIBANGBE6 months ago in Journal
It could be necessary to transfer the magnificent city of Venice in order to protect it from increasing sea levels.
Venice's existing flood barriers can only temporarily shield the city from future sea level rise, according to a new report. Far more disruptive solutions, such as moving inland, become available after that approaching catastrophe. This discovery puts Venice's future in jeopardy and makes it necessary to think about what can be preserved as the water level continues to rise.
By Francis Dami6 months ago in Journal
If Iran allows oil tankers to pass, then US will stop them.
The Strait of Hormuz, the world's busiest oil corridor, now has two locks—one for Iran and the other for the US. If anyone manages to cross the Strait of Hormuz by avoiding Iran's sea mines or paying tolls, the US Navy will begin blocking them starting at 7 pm on April 13th. This double blockade will have the greatest impact on countries like India, China, Pakistan, and Russia.
By Aris Thomas7 months ago in Journal
