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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…

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…

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:…