Your Guide to Museums, Galleries, Theaters
Visiting museums, galleries and theaters can give one a new perspective and outlook in life. Looking at artistic pictures, paintings, artifacts, sculptures can give life a brand new dimension that you... read more |
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The Secret Behind the African Mask
An interview between Frank Heirmann and David Norden:How to you become an expert?"It is like Jazz Music, most don't get a clue, because you must listen to it much and for a long time. You must see tho... read more |
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Term Paper on Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets: Time and DecayEventually, time and decay effect everything. Shakespeare uses this theme in many of his sonnets. The sonnets give no hint of an afterlife and express that nothi... read more |
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Corrado Feroci – the Italian Legacy in Bangkok
Corrado Feroci (1892 – 1962) was a graduate of the Academy
of Fine Arts in Florence, the art capital of Italy. He came to
Bangkok in 1923 when King Rama VI requested the Italian
government for a sc... read more |
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Inspiration for Teachers: 8 Universal Laws
The Law of the FutureI realize this is a bumper sticker cliche, but it doesn't make it any less true. You really do "touch the future" with your students.The Law of the OneMost people can remember the... read more |
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The Art of Living - Teaching It Through Own Life
Hi all. So what if I don't know to blog? I have come on the block. Oh! No, this is not me telling. You know I was pushed in to blogging when I just became aware of the word. And the words above are th... read more |
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Propaganda and American Journalism, Born Joined at Birth
Passion was the main stuff of journalism long before the Civil War, the birthplace of modern American journalism. The Press of the American Revolution during the War and before it, was borne of it. N... read more |
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Hello I Must Be Going: The Vanishing Twin
They walk among us. By the mid nineties, science had only smoked out a few dozen of them worldwide but there are undoubtedly many more. You may well know some of them. You may even be one yourself. Pe... read more |
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The Trafalgar Way - Devon Remembers the Battle of Trafalgar
During the third week of August 2005 the Trafalgar Way was officially inaugurated in Devon to commemorate the bi-centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar.The Lorna Doone, an original North Devon stagecoac... read more |
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The Automatic Champion
“Babe” Didrickson Zaharias was a phenomenal athlete. This Texan ran, jumped, rode horses, and played basketball and baseball—with tremendous flair.In the Olympic tryouts in 1932, she won five first p... read more |
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Numerology Is More Than Numbers
Over thiry-five years ago, I picked up a book on numerology and
began to have a hard time believing that numbers had anything to
do with my life. Shortly thereafter, I was awakened from a deep
slee... read more |
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Nelson's Last Words: "Kiss Me, Hardy" or "Kismet, Hardy"?
"Kiss me, Hardy" or "Kismet, Hardy"? Both versions are commonly used, the former being clearly more universal . The easy answer is that, whatever variation, these were not his final words (that is a t... read more |
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The History of Thai Currency – from Ancient Beads to Modern Baht
The history of Thailand currency traces the evolution of the
medium of exchange used in Thailand prior to the 1st century.
This dates from the days of barter trade, ancient beads and
money in variou... read more |
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A Short Biography on Some of Europe's Most Loved and Hated Monarchs - Pt 5 Charles II
Born in 1630, Charles II was the second eldest son of Charles I, who spent most of his teenage years fighting parliaments Roundheads until the execution of his father in 1649, and after he agreed to m... read more |
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Her Last Day in Court
"Ron, I can't take much more of his sleazy behavior! I really don't think you are going to win this case for me anyway. I've lost everything; at least I can have the pleasure of making sure the jury k... read more |
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Timbuktu and Brotherhood Too
Juba II in America:Ahmed Osman tells us about the destruction of all knowledge around the end of the 4th Century Ad as a result of Roman edicts and the desire to make people into sheep to herd as they... read more |
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A Look At The Years of Celebrities Wearing Jewelry
As far back as one can remember famous celebrities have been wearing the jewelry made by famous jewelry designers. Through out many eras and many styles the celebrities and jewelry designers have hel... read more |
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Family, Incest, and Law
Family Values in Ancient Times:Many people of the present make some very grave and disturbing assumptions about prior unethical behaviour by humans. My theories may be biased and overly appreciative o... read more |
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'Miss'-story
Many 'fabulous' personages and concepts are created by man. Some are attempts to make sense of a confusing array of real things man doesn't understand, others are created by those who would have us 'b... read more |
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Marcus Garvey: A Symbol for Black Nationalism
My first kid’s father named my son Marcus after legendary Marcus Garvey. Which made me curious to know more about who Marcus Garvey actually was…"Up You Mighty Race, Accomplish What You Will..." (Marc... read more |
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Josephine the Merovingian
I cannot emphasize enough the dearth of information, or the outright disinformation, I find in various web world accounts relating to Josephine and Jean Lafitte. I chuckle to think they often get her ... read more |
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History of the Royal Barges - a Timeless Tradition
The history of the royal barges dates back to the Sukhothai era
in the 13th century when the first royal barges were reportedly
seen. The barges were originally troop carriers at a time when
it was... read more |
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Sun Tzu: The Art of War
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese text on strategy and warfare written by a Sun Wu, a brilliant military general more than two thousand years ago. It is considered one of the oldest attempts at an... read more |
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A Short Biography on Some of Europe's Most Loved and Hated Monarchs - Pt 4 Queen Mary I
Queen Mary I of England was born in 1516 to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon and was the first British monarch to rule in her own right. Mary was pronounced queen in 1553 and ruled for five years af... read more |
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What is 'Y Ddraig Goch' - the Welsh Red Dragon?
The red Dragon was introduced to Britain during Roman times. It is possible that the Romans learned of the dragon from the Persians. Initially the ‘draco’ was used as a standard by the Roman army but ... read more |
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