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Many writers stare at the blank page or clean computer screen and wait for inspiration with a feeling of hopelessness. That white page or screen is always a struggle to fill, and it probably will always be for most writers.

Writing is fatiguing work because it is the source of great stress, great concentration, great thought, and a great expenditure of energymental, emotional, and physical.

Writing is stressful because it requires the writer to be aware that others will read what one writes and thus pass judgment on it. Writing is stressful when ideas and thoughts will not come to fill that blank page. Writing is stressful if the writer feels that he must write and yet cannot write. Writing is stressful because the writer is never sure of how effective the composition will be.

Writing requires thought. The writer must think of many elements as he writes: grammar, syntax, topic, theme, punctuation, spelling, and all the other factors that are required for effective, useful, and favorable writing whether it is fiction or non-fiction. In addition, this rational process must happen simultaneously as words are put to paper or screen.

Because thought requires concentration, and concentration requires effort, and effort requires discipline, the writer is under a great deal of pressure when he or she is working to express an idea in the most effective way. Writing is never easy although it may be easier at one time and not at another.

With all these impediments to conquering the blank page or screen, what must a writer do? The writer must start writing one word at a time until the flow comes, and then the page or screen can be dominatednot easilybut it can be controlled.

With its filling, the agony diminishes.

Charles O. Goulet had a BA in English literature. He has published several novels that are available from Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and many other online bookstores.

His website is: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/go1c

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The story of Nazi atrocities is supposedly an old one. Long before the war ended, indeed before it began, we were hearing the story–through the press, through the radio and occasionally through the testimony of eyewitnesses who managed miraculously to escape the giant abbatoir which was Europe to reach America in safety. Many of us believed what we read and heard, some of us half-believed, some of us–blinded by a faith, political or otherwise-refused to believe. The scores of thousands of GI’s who liberated Buchenwald, Dachau, Nordhausen, Mauthausen, did not need the evidence produced at Nuremberg to dispel doubts. They saw the evidence on the spot–saw it and smelled it and helped to bury it in common graves so big they looked like subway cuts. But Nuremberg did more than furnish incontrovertible documentary proof for today’s skeptic and tomorrow’s historian.

It showed that the Nazi atrocity technique was as modern a weapon of war as the V-bomb, and infinitely more sanguinary. The difference was that it was less designed to win this war than the next, the war which Germany, having established hegemony over Europe, planned ultimately to wage for domination of the globe.So modern, indeed, was Nazi barbarism, that in no language did there exist a word to describe it until shortly before the Nuremberg trial began. In 1944, Raphael Lemkin, expert in international law and historian of the legal aspects of Nazi territorial expansion, invented and formulated the concept of the word genocide, defining it as the purposeful destruction of nations, races, or groups. The authors of the Nuremberg Indictment incorporated the new word into their document as part of Count IV (Crimes Against Humanity). The word was used repeatedly during the trial, especially by the British prosecutors.

It has become as significant a contribution to our vocabulary as quisling, coventrize or blitz, and with a far firmer etymological foundation.So I think it misleading to refer to Nazi “barbarism,” which implies a reversion to something out of the past. Genocide is a new concept, part and parcel of that newest and most dangerous of the socio-political diseases of our time: fascism. It is a concept involving specific socio-political goals, specific techniques and specific and terrible consequences for all mankind.

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Athens is known for archeological sites and history. If you want a break from history, Athens has much more to offer travelers.

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You’ve seen the Acropolis, you’ve hit the museums and you’re trying to figure out if it is time to head to the islands. Wait! You’re missing much of the modern charm of Athens.

There is a conundrum with many historically significant cities. Guidebooks tend to send you off to every site with any potential historical significance, but leave out any mention of the modern attractions of the city. In the case of Athens, slavishly following your guidebook is a very bad choice and you’ll be the worse for it.

As with any city, there are two good ways to see the charms of modern day Athens. The first is to get out and just start walking. The second is to befriend some local residents and let them show you the city. Either way, you’ll do fine in Athens.

The charm of Athens is found in the hubbub of daily life on the streets. The city and residents exude energy and character. If you get off the tourist tracks, you’ll find little neighborhoods with outdoor cafes and no tourists. This is where the action is in true Athens. Just plop yourself down at a caf

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