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In this map and guide we chart the brief, intense period of the Profumo Scandal of 1963. A tangled affair that shocked the establishment, bringing together Russian spies, senior politicians, teenage 'good-time girls', slumlords and sundry inhabitabitants of London's demi-monde. Cliveden Estate, July 1961: 19-year-old model Christine Keeler is introduced to John Profumo, Secretary of State for War. The pair embark on a brief affair, however, Ch...

An inspiring story of peace in a land of unending war

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I have had the privilege of serving as Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Wurtemburg, Rhinebeck, New York for the past 14 years. And, I have lived in the historic 1870 Wurtemburg Parsonage since January 1, 2000. During this time, I have walked the cemeteries and studied the headstones. I have spent time alone in the church reading memorial plaques and culling through the well-ordered archives. I have spent many happy hours rummaging throu...

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What kind of "Adventures" can a park ranger have? How about....scary and comical encounters with bears, building a nature trail all by yourself, confronting a dangerous criminal who want to "kill you, " possible encounters with ghosts, meeting a ram on a trail so close you could touch him, fighting an out-of-control wildfire, a law enforcement contact with an insane person. These and other "Adventures" happened to Colorado State Park Ranger Ma...

In 1904-1905 Max Weber published the sociological classic "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism". In this book Weber argues that religion, specifically "ascetic Protestantism" provided the essential social and cultural infrastructure that led to modern capitalism. Weber's suggests that Protestantism has "an affinity for capitalism." Indeed, something within Protestantism-by accident or design-creates the necessary preconditions t...