Aphrodite, ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans. ... Aphrodite was, in fact, widely worshipped as a goddess of the sea and of seafaring; she was also honoured as a goddess of war, especially at Sparta, Thebes, Cyprus, and other places. ...
We look at twelve legendary places that you've heard of, but may not know whether they're real or not.
As the city grew the abiding reputation of New York is synonymous with crime. From the days of Five Corners, one of the roughest places on earth, the broken down bums of the Bowery, the grit has been part of the grid. The eventual glitter of Times Square, the scaly underbelly of New...
I spent several years stationed in Hawaii, a wonderful duty station, coveted throughout the services. Upon arriving in February 2009, one of the first places we visited was Pearl Harbor. In addition to being one of the most beautiful places in Americ... ...
“dark night of the soul,” or just plain misfortune, these low places of life feel like failures, and if you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of time trying to figure out howyoupersonally failed. We are like Jesus’ disciples in John 9, who, when they see a man born blind,...
In New Zealand, Malaysia, and South Africa, support for casinos becomes a powerful employer that provides thousands of workplaces, especially in South Africa. Here are licensing and regulations overview by countries: In The United States, an online casino can be registered in Delaware and Nevada....
In the flow, © Gretchen Friedrich, 2014.There’s stress, and there’s stress. As much as we might wish it weren’t so, some amount of stress pushes us to accomplish more and better, often beyond what we thought ourselves capable of. It forces us to go places we might otherwise avo...
There were a lot more Catholics and Orthodox killed in WW2 than jews and I don’t know of a single Catholic Holocaust memorial. The jews, per capita the richest people on earth, have monuments to victimhood all over the place including places like Canada and the USA where there was no ha...
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For purposes of the present detailed description, the terms “wagering games,”“gambling,”“slot game,”“casino game,” and the like include games in which a player places at risk a sum of money or other representation of value, whether or not redeemable for cash, on an event with an...