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Brewer's: Improvisators
Persons who utter verses impromptu. The art was introduced by Petrarch, and is still a favourite amusement of the Italians. The most celebrated are: ACCOLTI (Bernardo, of Arezzo, called…Brewer's: Eye
Latin, oculus; Italian, occhio; Spanish, ojo: Russian, oko; Dutch, oog; Saxon, eáge (where g is pronounced like y); French, oeil. In my mind's eye. In my perceptive thought. The eye sees…Flatland: How, though the Sphere showed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it
by Edwin A. Abbott How I came to Spaceland, and w...How the Sphere encouraged me i...How, though the Sphere showed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what…V. The Svetasvatara-Upanishad
V. The Svetasvatara-UpanishadThe Svetâsvatara-upanishad has been handed down as one of the thirty-three Upanishads of the Taittirîyas, and though this has been doubted, no real argument has…The Celtic Twilight: Happy and Unhappy Theologians
by W. B. Yeats The DevilThe Last GleemanHappy and Unhappy Theologians I A mayo woman once said to me, "I knew a servant girl who hung herself for the love of God. She was lonely for the…Anatomy and
Physiology: Anatomy of the Heart
Anatomy of the HeartAnatomy and
PhysiologyThe HeartAnatomy of the HeartThe Four ChambersThe Heart's Own BloodECG: Measuring a Beat
The four-chambered heart is the result of millions of years of…The Top Ten: World's Tallest Buildings
December 10 - 17 World's Tallest Buildings RankBuilding, CityYearStoriesFeet1. Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan 2004 101 1,667 2. Petronas Tower 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1998 88 1,483 Petronas…The Koran/Sura XLIV — Smoke
Sura XLIV — Smoke Mecca — 59 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Ha. Mim.[195] By this clear Book! See! on a blessed night[196] have we sent it down, for we would…Walt Whitman: Song of the Exposition, Part 5
Part 5We do not blame thee elder World, nor really separate ourselves from thee, (Would the son separate himself from the father?) Looking back on thee, seeing thee to thy duties, grandeurs,…December 2005 Disasters
Dec. 5, Kalemie, Congo: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake, with the epicenter in Lake Tanganyika, destroyed mud houses and killed at least 3 in this war-torn region of Africa.Dec. 6, Tehran, Iran:…