The Himalaya mountain range acts as one of the best natural barriers possible between one country and its neighbour. Nevertheless not all countries have such a superior barrier and so some build their own. One of the most infamous was…
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Quilting
Quilting is believed to be more than five millennia and takes on various forms in many different cultures. Examples of quilting have been found in tombs of the Pharaohs dating back to 3400BC. It is believed that Joseph’s coat of…
The Influence of One Good Man
Many men want to influence the world, at present in England they are voting again for a new prime minister as the last one only lasted 45 days, making her the shortest serving prime minister in the history of the…
The Sun
The sun is the most important celestial body in our solar system. Its radius is about 695,000 kilometers with a diameter of around 1.39 million kilometers. This is 109 times greater than that of Earth. Its mass is about 330,000…
Humpty Dumpy
As with many nursery rhymes over the years their meaning and story behind them change with the changing society. One such rhyme is Humpty Dumpy. The 20th century rhyme states “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a…
Buddhism in the United States of America
Mr. Kishore Sherchand, Ph.D. My humble perception is that there exist limited publications or discourses in the current media about the Western Buddhism explained by Nepalese scholars. I am prompted to write something from what I have observed and learned…
He’s Clean
James Lewis Kraft was a Canadian-American entrepreneur and inventor back in the early 1920s. He was the first to patent processed cheese and was one of the founding brothers of the Kraft company. One day a friend of James Kraft…
Sun Stand Still
This week will see the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and therefore the summer solstice, but in the southern hemisphere it will be the shortest day of the year and the winter solstice. A solstice happens…
Anxiety and Care
In these past few months I have been reading up on some problems associated with the pandemic. A very disturbing fact in this world is that almost 46,000 adolescents die from suicide each year. What terrifying statistics! and what a…
The Preciousness of Life
Life is precious, it is the gift of God that is why he has forbidden us to take life unjustly. Julius Caesar the Roman emperor was immensely popular with the people of Rome. He was a successful military leader who…