In 1735, he used the Gazette newspaper to connect with local citizens and inform them about just how important it was to create reforms that were necessary to prevent similar tragedies from happening again. The primary policy that was offered was a mutual insurance plan, which basically meant th...
Dubai is the biggest and most populated metropolis in the United Arab Emirates. However, much like its country, it’s one of the world’s youngest towns. One of its founding fathers, Sheikh Rashid, was asked about the future of the city and he had quite an interesting thought. He stated...
Ten fun facts about Dr. John Snow1. One of the Founding Fathers of Modern Epidemiology Dr. John Snow is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern epidemiology, thanks to his groundbreaking work in 1854 to trace the source of a cholera outbreak in London. His meticulous ...
Ten fun facts about Alan Turing1. Pioneering figure in computer science Alan Turing was a pioneering figure in the field of computer science, making a lasting impact with his formalization of the concepts of "algorithm" and "computation" through the Turing machine. This machine is widely ...
Married and bisexual, he was one of the first prominent men in Britain known to have contracted HIV and died of AIDS, although he hid the facts of his illness. Bruce Chatwin and his notebooks: Interview to the wife Elizabeth. BRUCE LEE - (1940-1973). Chinese American, martial artist, ...
I am writing this of course, because my husband’s family has been in the United States for over 100 years, he speaks no Japanese, and is completely American. Despite those facts, a few weeks ago, someone looked at our 19 month old son and yelled, “Shut the fuck up you little chink...
In my following statements I am in no way agreeing with or condoning terrorist acts but as an outsider, (possibly unaware of all the facts) I struggle to see how the US reaction to 9/11 was so much different to the terrorist acts themselves. The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have kille...
confusion that must have been rife among the conquered English. He does not shy away from the hard facts and more unpleasant aspects of war, nor of conquest, especially for the women. His knowledge of the history of the period has been used to recreate the world of 1066 and the years ...
G.K. Holloway brilliantly captures the confusion among the English as the implications of their defeat at Hastings dawns upon them. He expertly captures the hope, despair and confusion that must have been rife among the conquered English. He does not shy away from the hard facts and more unp...
At the same time, the window glass was blown off and the building shook from the bomb blast. So the blast reached that place about 5 seconds after the explosion. We later measured the distance between the hypocenter and our place. And with these two figures, we calculated that the speed ...