When put to the test, people are endlessly adaptive, inventive, cunning and resilient. These are some of the qualities that have helped us survive eons of changing, challenging conditions to emerge as the dominant species on the planet. We share many of these qualities with other creatures. I recently read…

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With the plethora of cool projects in the works, Aliquot Films had much to celebrate at last night’s investors party hosted by FounderJay Kubassek at the IMI Club.  The independent film fund and production company will begin shooting “Meskada” on June 8th – the film will be the second feature in…

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When I was twenty-two, I dated a girl (let’s call her Rebecca) who used to say, “I can’t wait till I’m old!” She was 23, beautiful, witty, extremely well read. She had what seemed like two-dozen close friends who adored her, compared to my two or three who frequently questioned…

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I just looked up inertia on Wikipedia: “… the resistance of an object to a change in its state of motion [...] inertia means that an object will always continue moving at its current speed and in its current direction until some force causes its speed or direction to change.”…

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In case you haven’t heard, our government wants us to understand that “It’s going to get worse before it gets better.”  If that’s true — and many, many experts seem to agree that it is — the further the country dips into recession, the steeper the climb will be for…

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