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Don't Lose Your Cool
Some temper tantrums can change history. The Roman Empire of the 4th century AD wasn’t doing very well at all. Constantine the Great managed to consolidate the empire under his rule, make Christianity the official religion, and move the capital to Constantinople, which was more strategically located. However, Constantine was a brutal ruler and father (he boiled his first wife to death, killed his oldest son, and ordered his name stricken from the historical record). His three remaining sons, raised in this cutthroat political environment, inherited the empire after his death and were immediately at each other’s throats, sparking civil wars that raged for sixteen years until Constantius II emerged as sole emperor in 353.
By Stacey Roberts5 years ago in FYI
You Can't Fire Me
The Secretary of the Treasury had to resign four times before Abraham Lincoln finally accepted. Salmon P. Chase was a contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 1860 and like the other heavy hitters who ran against the Illinois “country lawyer”, Chase believed himself to be far superior and better qualified. After his victory in the presidential election, Lincoln appointed most of his rivals for the nomination to his Cabinet, making Chase Secretary of the Treasury.
By Stacey Roberts5 years ago in FYI
It's Who You Know
Having the right drinking buddy can be good for your career. The third century AD Roman Empire was in trouble. A fifty-year period saw 26 claimants to the Imperial throne, barbarian invasions, economic contraction, plague, natural disasters, and a split of the Empire into three separate territories. Not for nothing was this historical period called “The Crisis of the Third Century.”
By Stacey Roberts5 years ago in FYI
Keep Your Pants On
One privilege of rank is getting to keep your pants on. Major General Mark Clark was on a top-secret mission in Algiers in 1942. A British submarine had brought him and several other Allied officers to meet with the commander of the French army in North Africa. Clark was there to persuade General Charles Mast, the French commander, not to resist the planned American invasion of North Africa, codenamed Operation Torch. French forces had been under German authority since the Nazis had invaded France two years earlier, so it wasn’t clear whose side they were on. They met in an isolated villa, and General Mast agreed to Clark’s plan. If Mast’s cooperation was found out by the Germans, he would have been executed for treason.
By Stacey Roberts5 years ago in FYI
Stick In The Mud
Sometimes a Republic on its way to becoming an empire could really use an intractable stick-in-the-mud to run things. Cato the Elder was a simple fellow of simple tastes. He farmed his estate with his own field hands, dressing and eating the way they did. His penchant for tough living gained the admiration of his neighbors, who often enlisted his support to settle disputes, which sparked his career as an orator.
By Stacey Roberts5 years ago in FYI
What are the effects that the Media has had on Disabled Peoples lives?
Disability in the media has always played an important role in shaping the lives of disabled people. For many years the only stories shown were that of sob stories and those who have achieved great things against the odds.
By Sarah Park5 years ago in FYI
Temper, Temper
If one more bad thing happened today, Mary Todd Lincoln was going to lose it. She had invited herself along on Abraham Lincoln’s trip to Union army headquarters at City Point, Virginia. Julia Grant, wife of commanding general Ulysses S. Grant, had suggested to her husband that he invite the President to come visit. She had been “struck by constant newspaper reports of the exhausted appearance of the President” and thought a break from Washington would do him good. Grant worried about the protocol involved in sending an invitation when the President could go where he liked whenever he wanted, but he sent a note to Lincoln in March, 1865 suggesting that “the rest would do you good.”
By Stacey Roberts5 years ago in FYI
I'll Go When I'm Good And Ready
General George McClellan was outnumbered. At age thirty-four, he was an internationally-respected military thinker and strategist (except where the cavalry was concerned; he only wanted them for guards and advance patrols. However, his invention—the McClellan saddle--was in continuous use from 1859 until the horse cavalry was disbanded in World War II. The Confederate cavalry made widespread use of it after 1863. Thanks, George).
By Stacey Roberts5 years ago in FYI
Does Hormones affects on Mental Health of a women?
It was the last part of the 1980s, in what was once Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital in downtown Melbourne. A reckless youthful enlistment center doing her preparation in psychiatry had shown up at her first clinic arrangement, brimming with thoughts and eagerness. Maybe to put a touch of scrape on that brilliant desire, she was doled out to take care of the female patients in the "back ward".
By Alexa Capili5 years ago in FYI
A Gemini Horoscope in May 2000
The Monthly Future Scoop with Ella Star Jones - May 20th, 2000 Good day to you, lovelies! I hope you took my advice to heart and weathered the capricious Taurus in good health and prosperity. As always, you don't need to go further than this column to ensure a smooth transition to the next millennium.
By A.M.Radulescu5 years ago in FYI
Why Civilization is the cause of discontent?
At an early stage of development, the actions of an infant are controlled by its instinct. Try snatching a rattle from its hand, and it will come at you with force to take it back. A one-year-old toddler does not think twice to latch at its mother's breast when hungry. It cannot differentiate between the self and the outer world as it is driven by pure ego and wants. Freud defines this phenomenon as infantile narcissism.
By Vaibhav Bhosle5 years ago in FYI
How The Work, and Thus The Legacy, of Kathleen Collins Resurfaced
One afternoon in 2013, Dennis Doros received a call. The call was from a young woman wanting to pitch a movie of her mother’s to Milestone Films. Dennis, along with Amy Heller, co-founded the distribution company in 1990 and became world-renowned for their efforts. At first, the call didn’t particularly excite Dennis. However, as the woman explained what the film was, he realized they had just found the cinematic equivalent of gold.
By Jamie Lammers5 years ago in FYI
