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Currently based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, J.N. Paquet has been writing op-eds and articles for various publications since 1993. These include "BrooWaha," "Agoravox," and "Ground Report."

J.N. Paquet lived in London, England, for ten years, before recently moving

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Entertainment > Celebrity Biographies Biography: Susan Boyle: 1 of 2

Against all odds, Susan Boyle is this week the subject of everybody's conversation. Everywhere in the world. She got into fame after her remarkable (outstanding!) appearance on last week's Britain's Got Talent, on ITV1. And the Queen would definitely be well inspired to give her a medal of some sort, because her story is ama...
Politics, News & Issues > People in the News Obama and Sarkozy: A battle of interests?: 1 of 1

At the end of the G20 summit last week, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a press conference that he was happy with the accomplishments made by the 20 leaders, mainly with the new international financial system regulation, which goes even beyond what we could have imagined. "I have never seen anything like that!" , he...
Arts & Humanities > European History A short history of Brittany: 1 of 1

On 19th May, all the Bretons in the world will celebrate "Gouel Erwan" (or St-Yew's day, i.e. Brittany's Day!), the equivalent to the Irish St Patrick's Day! Time to look back at what Brittany was in the past, what it is nowadays, and what it could become in the next decades... Brittany is a beautiful piece of land located i...
Business > Human Resources How the British deal with incompetence: 1 of 1

No one would ever imagine that the UK terror chief could, deliberately or not, show off an ultra-confidential and ultra-sensitive piece of information to the press about a current anti-terrorist operation, which, if disclosed, could actually jeopardise the whole of the operation and put at risk the agents involved. Even in a...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Europe EU Elections: Desperate French opposition: 1 of 1

Between June 4-7, 2009, the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) will hold its 7th European Parliament elections. About three quarters of the 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will be elected on Sunday 7th June. These MEPs will represent for a five-year period some 500 million Europeans, making these the b...
Health & Fitness > Nutrition (Other) Nutritional benefits of lemons: 1 of 1

In a hundred grams of a raw peeled lemon, one can find more than forty different nutrients, such as proteins, carbohydrates, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, zinc, copper, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, etc.(1) How can one benefit from so many nutrients combined toge...