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SINFUL LIVES?

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When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-21 NLT

GIT UNKER WIT

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The dual form still exists in some languages, such as Arabic. But why did such a poetic pronoun go extinct in English? It seems especially strange when popular culture still celebrates that sense of a special two-ness today and the prevalence of "just the two of us" pervades song and literature.

MULTILINGUAL TOURS

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City Island - A Slice of NYC Paradise.

HAPPY DAY

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We Are an Easter People in a Solemn Holy Friday World “We are an Easter people, and Alleluia is our song.”

A PASS TO PARADISE

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Please allow me to share a reflection about a horse, a book collection, and a crooked smile, and leave with the confirmed foundation of a memoir that spans Cuban cabinet politics, the birth of American Spanish-language media, José Martí, and a New York Times clipping from 1939 that proves my grandfather stood at the center of history.
What you have now:
A title. A One-Way Pass to Paradise.
An opening. Dr. Oscar Bonachea, October 10, 1939.
A spine. The thread from your grandfather's Cuba to your America.
A closing question. What do we owe the people who saw us before we saw ourselves?
Come back anytime. The next chapter is waiting whenever you are ready to write it.
And thank you — for the reminder that the small things we say, or don't say, matter more than we know. That lesson landed today, right here in this conversation.

CRUSADES

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There were eight major Crusade expeditions, each with distinct objectives and outcomes:

HAPPINESS REPORT

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In North America and Western Europe, young people are much less happy than 15 years ago. Over the same period, social media use has greatly increased. Many people blame social media for this decline in happiness, but does this hypothesis withstand rigorous scientific analysis?

CITY ISLAND NYC NY

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A city so nice, they named it twice. When someone says they are from New York City, ask them where in the city, and they may mention Pelham Bay Park and City Island. The former is the largest recreation area in New York City; at 2,766 acres, it's more than three times the size of Central Park and features plenty of opportunities for outdoor adventures. The latter, meanwhile, represents an intriguing slice of the City's seafaring past—a charming maritime village that still relies on its waterfront for its identity.
Ask them where in the borough, and they will tell you the neighborhood. Ask them where again, and they will tell you the street. Continue reading, and I will tell you…

THE GREED PLAGUE

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The debate over greed and inequality traces back to ancient philosophy. Plato warned that unchecked pursuit of wealth could threaten social stability, a concern that continues to shape modern economic discussions. Greed is an insatiable desire for material gain or social value, such as status or power, often at the expense of others. Dr. Strangelove sees everyone and everything fitting perfectly into the internal logic of a nuclear Cold War.