About Spirit and Soul

By Hans Konstapel November 20th, 2008, under Completed, History, Philosophy

Economic Cycles move Up and Down. We are now in a Down-state, a Recession. To stimulate consumers the Central Banks lower the interest and are pumping a tremendous amount of money into the economy. Pumping money generates inflation and when inflation happens prices start to rise again. What the economist wants to avoid is deflation. When prices [...]

The POWER of Habit

By Hans Konstapel November 12th, 2008, under Completed, History, Philosophy

  John Dryden famously said, “We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” Confucius said, “Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.” And Aristotle noticed that, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”   It’s pretty clear that the habits you adopt will shape [...]

About Financial Warfare

By Hans Konstapel October 25th, 2008, under Completed, History, Politics

Banking originates around 3000 BC in Babylonia out of the activities of temples and palaces which provided safe places for the storage of valuables. Initially deposits of grain are accepted and later other goods including cattle, agricultural implements, and precious metals. In a later stage Silver and Gold were used to pay. From that time [...]

About the Struggle of the Classes

By Hans Konstapel October 20th, 2008, under Completed, History, Philosophy

E-cigarette aerosol contains fewer numbers and lower levels of most toxicants than does smoke from combustible tobacco cigarettes. Exposure to nicotine and to toxicants from the aerosolization of e-cigarette ingredients is dependent on user and device characteristics. Laboratory tests of e-cigarette ingredients, in vitro toxicological tests, and short-term human studies suggest that e-cigarettes are likely [...]

About the Triple Goddess

By Hans Konstapel October 14th, 2008, under Completed, History, Philosophy

John Dryden famously said, “We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” Confucius said, “Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.” And Aristotle noticed that, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”   It’s pretty clear that the habits you adopt will shape who [...]

Why are good habits important?

By Hans Konstapel October 10th, 2008, under Completed, Politics

While they may be hard to develop, everyone should aim to incorporate healthy habits into their lifestyle. This often requires a shift of mindset and a dose of self-discipline – but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Healthy habits should help you to achieve your goals, whether they’re to do with your fitness levels, [...]

About the End of the Stock Market

By Hans Konstapel October 6th, 2008, under Business, Completed, Economy, History

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange was the first stock exchange to introduce continuous trade in the early 17th century. The Dutch pioneered short selling and every other “modern” instrument. Until the sixties Government and the Big Companies were controlled by about 200 Rich Dutch Families (including the Royal Family). They controlled Society and took care of [...]

About Just-in-Time E-Learning

By Hans Konstapel October 6th, 2008, under Completed, Learning

The best way to define a tactic or a strategy is to look back to look forward. You have to understand history to understand the future. When you realize that history is a cyclic process you are able to copy historic solutions and integrate them in the future infrastructure which is also a repetition of [...]