Hidden away in the quaint college town of Saratoga Springs, New York is a stately old hotel called the Gideon Putnam. Staying there is like going back in time to the Victorian days, with the classical surroundings, park setting and beauty. It is located next to the Roosevelt Baths, a mineral water spring used by […]
Forest Brigand Veerappan is Idolised
It happens only in a country like India. That too in Tamil Nadu. Around second century A.D, Cheran Senguttuvan built a temple for a lady known as Kannagi, known for her chastity. Likewise many temples have been built for ladies throughout India who became ‘satis’ by committing self-immolation on the funeral pyre of their husband. […]
Syria: Explosive Nuclear News
– by Yazan Badran Yesterday, the CIA released footage of an alleged Syrian North-Korean-built nuclear reactor. The footage “exploded” all over the news. The story started with an Israel air strike on an unknown target in the Syrian northern desert in September 2007. Speculations about a possible nuclear cooperation between Syria and North Korea has been floating since then. But both […]
Cracking the (Zoning) Code
Dobbs Ferry, New York, March 16, 2008 It has been said that the zoning code is the DNA of a village. It determines, just like DNA, what can be built and where. Therefore, there is no more important job facing village government than managing this code to reflect policy. The problem is that the zoning code, like DNA, […]
Have a Beer Pilgrim
If you’ve always thought of the Puritans who disembarked from the Mayflower in 1620 as dour teetotalers, think again. Dour, they may have been, but teetotalers they weren’t. Their alcoholic beverage was so important to them that their dependence on it probably determined more than anything why they docked in rocky, wintry Massachusetts instead of […]
Museum Site Established after Dinosuar and Human Fossils Excavation
The discovery of dinosuar and Human fossils in Karonga District situated in the Northern Region of Malawi has led to the establishment of an excavation site which will be under the newly established Karonga Cultural Museum Centre. The centre’s Public Relations Officer Isaac Chawinga said the excavation site is a key factor for promoting […]
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