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84We Already Have One World Government
The Germans have decided not to bail out the PIIGS nations, and the Euro is in crisis. So far, Germany is a safe haven. However, how long will that safe haven status last? One thinks of the Germans as the haves. The PIIGS are the haves not. But...
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78Leonhard Euler: Mathematical Biography
Leonhard Euler was born In Basel, Switzerland in 1707, son of a pastor and pastor’s daughter (different pastor!) Not only a mathematician, Euler was also a physicist and made contributions in the fields of mechanics, astronomy and optics. He grew...
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72Visiting Natzwiller, France: sober remembrance of World War Two inhumanity
This concentration camp on French soil, functioning between 1941 and 1944, has been estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of at least 25,000 people. Inmates of this camp included slave labourers, Jews, people referred to as Gypsies, and...
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78Visiting Basel, Switzerland: enduring and remarkable
The phrase 'the heart of Europe' can be a cliché, but when applied to Basel it applies very well, in many ways. One of Europe's greatest sons is buried in the Minster Church, sometimes referred to as a...
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83Visiting Basel, Switzerland: experiencing efficient, Swiss streetcars
Having arrived in Switzerland from Germany, I wanted to head for the Downtown area of Basel. 'All road lead to Rome', it is said traditionally. Well, in Switzerland's Basel, the version of this saying should...
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80Boycott Citibank and the Too Big To Fail Banks
Now is the time for the citizens of the United States to take our country back. Now is the time to act so that the central bankers will never again mess around with, or take advantage of, the citizens of the United States of America. Just like the...
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76Visiting surprising Riehen, Switzerland: a unique location
Riehen, Switzerland, is curious for what it is and for where it is. What it is It is a municipality with a country area in a Demi-Canton, which is supposed to be a city. Basel as Canton is reckoned to be...
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67Reliance Money Banking and Financial Services Analysis
In contrast to my previous article, Reliance Money Demat, Transfers, Commodities, Mutual Fund Investments, Insurance, one of my friends who is studying banking and finance is going to come up with a report...
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63BIS - Bank of International Settlement: the Mother of all Central Banks
The BIS was originally established in May 1930 by bankers and diplomats of Europe and the United States to collect and disburse Germany's World War I reparation payments (hence its name). It was truly an...
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