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On the Ninth of March 1522 This was a time when Martin Luther started to put his emphasis on Love. This was one of his key ideas that welded our Modern West on patience. He also promoted the idea that any decent society should contain charity. This was...
The Hyena Claws, teeth and jaws The hyena has very strong jaws and teeth, for a particular purpose. It does not hut its own prey, but prefers to take the easier course of taking the leavings of some other carnivore, or perhaps a lion. There may not be...
Britons waste on an annual average of 200kg of food per person. Numbers that big are hard to picture. That is the equivalent of one African elephant’s weight in food thrown away for every 25 people. The U.K. tops the food waste charts of all other E.U....
Claws, teeth and jaws The wolves, dogs, foxes, hyenas, bears and other mammals in their group cannot retract their claws to protect them in sheaths, because they are not used as weapons. Instead these mammals, which are also hunters, have strong jaws...
"Kiribati is a Micronesian language spoken in Kiribati, Fiji, Nauru, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu by about 100,000 people. The Republic of Kiribati was formerly called the Gilbert Islands and their languge was called Gilbertese. The islands...
mecca is for music and hedonism, but a new focus on wellbeing is emerging as people swap drink and drugs for mindfulness and yoga. These practices make you feel good … We can see the tangible effects that they have had, not just in terms of our mental...
Swiety Franciszek Ojciec Franiszka sprzedawal i kupowal tkaniny. Jednego razu Franciszek sprzedal cala bele materialu, by moc wyremontowac kosciol. Ojciec zaskarzyl go za to do sadu. Franciszek oddal pieniadze, ale zrzucil z siebie bogate szaty kupieckiego...
. Crowdsourcing is now being adapted by lots of established firms. Duolingo are crowdsourcing so as to make computer conversations more realistic. Crowdsourcing is a way to achieve a business plan at a cheap layout. A wonderful way to exploit workers...
St. Peter’s Basilica is not original St. Peter’s Basilica The imposing church you see today isn’t the original basilica of St. Peter. It’s actually… number two! The reason? The original church was built in the 4th century by Emperor Constantine, the Roman...
St. Lawrence The esteem in which the Church holds Lawrence is seen in the fact that today’s celebration ranks as a feast. We know very little about his life. He is one of those whose martyrdom made a deep and lasting impression on the early Church. Celebration...
Squirrels The number of red squirrels in Britain, which is the native squirrel, is rapidly declining with only 140,000 left. The grey squirrel, which came from North America about 150 years ago, outcompetes the reds squirrel for food and carries the fatal...
The haystack Thunder-clouds have darkened the northern sky. In the foreground, sunshine is still bright on the bramble flowers, the foxgloves and the pink campion. From the clouds a fork of lightening flashes to earth, and nearby the thunder crackles....
A tractor is chugging its way across a field, cutting the hay swathes that have in them, among the grasses, so many different kinds of flowers - which all contribute the lovely sweet scent. If you should walk among the swathes you will find, if you are...
Owls Owls cannot turn their heads 360 degrees. It does appear that they can by just watching them, but after studying them scientists have discovered they do not actually turn their head 360 degrees. Owls have fixed eye sockets, which means they can’t...
Here blue Chicory flowers, there, fragrant Yarrow, Wood Sorrel, Chamomile and Queen Anne's Lace Above, blue sky with white fluffy clouds passing over leaving shadows on the grass Timothy, wild oats--tall stems that together roll like waves in the swift...
St. Peter Chrysologus A man who vigorously pursues a goal may produce results far beyond his expectations and his intentions. Thus it was with Peter “of the Golden Words,” as he was called, who as a young man became bishop of Ravenna, the capital of the...
Edward III The English King. Edward III spent most of his time fighting the French. He introduced the Treason Act 1351. He made it illegal for the Crown to be a vassal of a foreign power except for defeat in war making EU membership Treason. The son of...
The first parliament in England was in 1265. This came about after the bad rule of Henry III. Henry III became king when he was just nine years old. He became King after King John died whilst he was at war with the barons. Henry made the mistake of offending...
St. Bridget of Sweden From age 7 on, Bridget had visions of Christ crucified. Her visions formed the basis for her activity—always with the emphasis on charity rather than spiritual favors. She lived her married life in the court of the Swedish king Magnus...
The foxgloves (which are poisonous plants) are already beginning to shed their lower bells, and as the month progresses the number of bells will get less and less until there are only a few left at the tip. Each seedpod contains a surprising number of...
A painting depicting a smiling President Reagan in blue jeans and cowboy hat astride a white horse was confiscated by Russian officials It was a painting by Louisiana artist George Rodrigue, It had hung briefly in a private food restaurant in Moscow ....
Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah River, Life is old there Older than the trees Younger than the mountains Blowin' like the breeze [Chorus] Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain momma Take...
The Lady of Mount Carmel Hermits lived on Mount Carmel near the Fountain of Elijah in northern Israel in the 12th century. They had a chapel dedicated to Our Lady. By the 13th century they became known as “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.” They soon...
St. Benedict It is unfortunate that no contemporary biography was written of a man who has exercised the greatest influence on monasticism in the West. Benedict is well recognized in the later Dialogues of Saint Gregory, but these are sketches to illustrate...
In the Middle Ages they had a lot of plants too, some growing wild and others imported by the monks from southern countries of Europe. During the Middle Ages the term 'pleasure gardens' appear. These are gardens made, not for practical purposes, but for...
