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From Ivory Towers to Electric Dreams: A Cross-Country Dive into Capitalism, Learning, and the Future of Development

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Harvard College: The West Point of Capitalism Harvard College The West Point of Capitalism Rituals of Reassurance: Back in the Time Machine 1980 - Where America's financial elite are forged in the crimson halls of academic excellence. The Crimson Fortress Harvard College, Cambridge, MA - Where Tomorrow's Titans Are Born The Heat of Excellence This place is too hot. It needs some fans - The intensity of academic pursuit ...

Northern Neighbors, Island Rivals: Shetland vs. Orkney

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Orkney vs Shetland: Island Showdown ISLAND SHOWDOWN Where Ancient Meets Electric ORKNEY VS SHETLAND The Journey North Like stepping into a time machine , these wild parts of Scotland work their ancient magic on the soul. The ferry cuts through North Sea waters, carrying us between two island kingdoms that couldn't be more different, yet share the same wild Scottish DNA . Orkney rises from the sea like a green jewel, its rolling hills dotted with stone circles older than Stonehenge. Meanwhile, Shetland stretches northward, reaching toward Arctic waters with dramatic cliffs and Nordic whispers in the wind. ORKNEY ๐Ÿ›️ ANCIENT WONDERS Home to Skara Brae (older than Stonehenge!), Ring of Brodgar, and Maesho...

Flotta Island, Orkney Scotland

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 Home on the range with Sarah and Skyelark

Orkney Islands

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Orkney Islands   The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland.

Happy Birthday AmeriCANS

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Feynman’s Wisdom at the Poker Table: Lessons for No Limit Hold'em  Happy 247th Birthday America. Your birthday suit might need a little ironing,  but you are still fabulous!

Dublin-Trinity College

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Feynman’s Wisdom at the Poker Table: Lessons for No Limit Hold'em   Literary Napalm   The "Google" of Yeats, Swift, Beckett, Stoker and Wilde and inspiration for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.The library scenes in the Harry Potter films were shot in "The Long Room". Trinity College is a mental institution-of the best and brightest,  and steep in Episcopalian tradition.With 90% of the population Catholic,  glad they opened it up to them as well.Yeats,, Beckett, Swift, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, as I walked the library, I could smell the illuminated manuscripts,  and passed The Book of Kells, and Brian's Harp, the oldest in Ireland. A great morning

Almost 8 Million Views Of My Photos on Google Maps-Which One Won?

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Sailed around the world 6 times, been there, done that, got the shirts- from A Afghanastan to Z Zambia ...and the second most viewed photo from Google Maps. is  Dyer Chevrolet in  South Florida! Who would have guessed...  

April Is The Kindest Month

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A Few Good Men

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A Gathering of Reifs---and Reif-Moscots' A Gathering of Reifs---and Reif-Moscots' In 2021 at our Mom's Service at St Patrick's Cathedral, NYC and today at Sharon Reif's service, Heisler Park, Laguna Beach, California.

Fig Tree of Life

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The Legendary Fairmont Miramar Fig Tree - California Dreams The Legendary Fairmont Miramar Fig Tree A Tale of Sailors, Bartenders & California Dreams Santa Monica's Living Legend Since 1879 The story of how the tree came to be in such an unlikely place begins with Nevada Senator John P. Jones, the founder of Santa Monica, and his wife, Georgina Jones, who built the original Miramar as a family mansion in the late 1800s. Iconic Fairmont Miramar Fig Tree Historic Miramar Hotel Grounds The Tree's Majestic Canopy ...

California Ocean Adventures & Coastal Memories

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California Dreaming - Ocean Adventures California Dreaming Ocean Adventures & Coastal Memories Golden State Coastline Coastal Journey Pacific Panorama Endless Blue Horizon Vertical Seascape ...

Reunited with Skyelark! Back In The U.K.

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Feynman’s Wisdom at the Poker Table: Lessons for No Limit Hold'em  

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