Torreya State Park is located in sunny Florida and plays a crucial role in sustaining unique species of plants and animals. Two other critical roles the park is known for are; essential communities that are of regional importance; and the water quality of the Apalachicola River, which flows into the productive Apalachicola Bay. Torreya State Park and the Apalachicola River…
Cue stick, billiards stick, shorty cue, jump stick. Everyone wonders how the pool cue got its name. History: In the 15th century, outdoor stick-and-ball games (eg golf, croquet) became indoor stick-and-ball games. The players used a golf club-like item called Mallet. A club was similar to a golf club with a long cylindrical body and a broad, flat foot. It…
Sir Tom Stoppard’s Early Works. 5. Albert Bridge Sir Tom Stoppard’s Albert’s Bridge (Radio, 1967) develops similar themes to his earlier works, concentrating specifically on the opposition between chaos and order. Like John Brown in A Separate Peace (1960), Albert cannot bear the chaos of everyday life and seeks an escape into a more orderly existence. In A Separate Peace,…
What do we call this? A family with the acceptance of the supposed born again Bro gave a verdict that; No pregnancy, no marriage rite! Reason: The older brother’s wife is still not pregnant after years of marriage and they don’t want a repeat. And the sister is contemplating doing the “do” so the brother doesn’t run away. If you…
The top themes for corporate events surprised us. We really hoped to find dance tracks, or costume tracks, or even period tracks that would be the most popular and at the top of the list for booking cover bands, but that big band concept fell through when we realized that BIGGER themes for corporate events were more about slogans that…
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyous, intoxicated, serene, divinely aware.” Henry Valentine Miller was born in New York in 1891. He was an American writer and painter. He is best known for his work, ‘Tropic of Cancer’, published in Paris in 1934. His work is a mixture of literary forms that…
Pashmina shawls come in various shapes and sizes today. The wide selection gives us so many different options. These shawls used to follow a certain measure. What women wear around their necks has always been considered scarves. A slightly larger scarf would be a stole. But the biggest one would be the shawl, which is famous for different uses like…
Balancing your work, family and social life By Gene Griessman, Ph.D. Many of us have an image of personal balance as a perfectly balanced scale every day. But that is an unrealistic goal. You will find yourself very frustrated if you try to allocate within each day a predetermined portion of time for work, family, and your social life.…
The Second Vice Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, was not an engineer or a scientist, he was a distinguished physician. Dr. Emanuel Evans-Anfom, who served from 1967 to 1973, was appointed by the military regime that overthrew Kwame Nkrumah on February 24, 1966, to replace Nkrumah’s friend, Dr. RP Baffour. The new Vice…
Lately everything related to Brazil is sexy and cool. Among those things are Brazilian jeans and bikinis that have been very popular in the United States for some time. Brazilian lingerie is no exception to this rule, while it is still not very popular in the United States, in Brazil it is one of the best arsenals for Brazilian women…