knew he was about to be drafted in 1970 during the middle of the Vietnam War. So he volunteered for the Army. After basic at For Knox, Ky. he decided there must be a better job in the Army than gun toter in… Keep reading 01.02.2019 Remote island became ‘vacation’ for sailor...
These are just a few of the fascinating facts you will learn when you visit the Dedham Museum and Archive’s newest exhibit, Two Centuries of Protecting Dedham: The History of the Fire & Police Departments. This exhibit features a timeline of department milestones, dozens of artifacts from both...
Sailor and Aladdin’s wondrous lamp; for that was an uncritical age, and its spirit breathed hot and cold, east and west, from all quarters of the globe at once, confusing the traditions and tales of all times and countries into one incongruous mass of fable, as much tangled and knotted...
At first I attempted the dissection with my scalpel, but quickly gave it up in favour of one of the sharpest galley-knives. The stomach was finally opened and gave off an overpowering stench. A fearsome sight met our eyes. The young man had apparently been badly crushed in the region of ...
In the Turnip Tale (ATU 1689A), as in One-Ox, a poor brother gets the better of his rich brother and then outwits a credulous scholar. The Donkey Tale (ATU 430) is an animal bridegroom story told from the man's point of view. Interestingly, this tale has links to Asia: one of ...
Winged Dragon of Southeast Asia At any rate, many draconids with configurations other than as described above also exist. Moreover, it is important for draconian scholars to understand that the definition allows for non-flying varieties. Here I introduce some from an authoritative bestiary of dragon...
s fun about this version is that the totem brought to life is made out of proofing sheets. Since the printer mostly prints booklets of bawdy tales and, on the other hand, religious tracts, the girl that comes to life can only speak in two ways: one that would make a sailor blush and...
"To be a sailor of the world bound for all ports" became the slogan of the project, celebrating the buoyant idea of setting sail for an extensive world and building connections, says Wu Qi, 34, the periodical's editor-in-chief.
At Watsons Girls Day Out event, there was a small experiment to prove the purity level of bird’s nest from Yu Pin Zhen’s Pure De Yan Bird’s Nest and another Brand, X. Before the test, both brands of bird’s nest were colourless before the experiment. A drop of an unknown soluti...
Once taken, Europe’s an incurable drug. It’d been nine years since we climbed off Heathrow’s tarmac, and we’d often talked of the first country we’d take our boys. Italy? Greece? Spain? So, on a Saturday just before Christmas, we left Asia, stopped during the afternoon in North...