Abstract Developments in material technology have always propelled the progress of human civilizations. Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) has rapidly evolved across the past twenty years and is now a…
“Give them (the wolves) an inch and they’ll take a mile.” “ . . . . And then if we let them push us around on the little things they…
“There is no greater danger than in underestimating your opponent.” Lao Tzu “You can start by acting like a man,” Don Corleone yells at a dejected Johnny Fontane. A famous…
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” Winston Churchill “I’ll pour it on, and then those ba$*@rd$ will come…
So terrifying is the bullet ridden face of the slain Sonny Corleone, even the seasoned undertaker, Amerigo Bonasera, gasps with horror – against his will and despite years of professional…
In the first article of this series, Lessons from The Godfather: Make an Offer he Can’t Refuse, we explored the implication of the takeaway in the routine but critical activity…
“The Godfather is the I Ching. The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom. The Godfather is the answer to any question,” says Joe Fox (played by Tom Hanks) in…
Innovation & Greek Waters Genesis of the Ocean Cleanup Project makes one wonder: What is it about Greek waters? Archimedes saw water spilling out of his tub at a public…
Contradictory Developments In a climate where recessionary terror rages across the globe, Economics Nobel laureate Robert Schiller offered a glimmer of rationality through his deft remark that while yield inversion…
“Get gold humanely if you can, but at all hazards, get gold.” King Ferdinand of Spain, 1511 A.D. Gold: A Timeless Troubleshooter Athens was an endangered city-state in 407 B.C.…