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Spanish Place Names

Hispanic heritage from coast to coast by Holly Hartman Alcatraz Island, now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, draws over a million visitors each year In 1846,…

2005 Hurricane Season

The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active in the 154 years records have been kept. Here are just a few of the records it set:Most named storms: 28. (Technically, 27 actually…

Katha-Upanishad: Fifth Valli

  Fifth Valli 1. “There is a town with eleven gates belonging to the Unborn (Brahman), whose thoughts are never crooked. He who approaches it, grieves no more, and liberated (from all…

Women's History Month

Ten Women Nobel Prize Winners in Science Women's History Month Nobel Peace Prize Winners Pulitzer Prize Winners in LiteraturePulitzer Prize Winners in JournalismWomen Rulers of the WorldWomen…

Boston Marathon

April 21, 2014 Men Time Meb Keflezighi, United States 2:08:37 Wheelchair- Ernst Van Dyk…

Minority Oscar Winners in Major Acting Categories

  In 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed for a second consecutive year to nominate any African-American actors in the major acting categories, prompting director Spike Lee…

Maitrayana-Brahmaya-Upanishad: Second Prapathaka

Second Prapathaka1. Then the Saint Sakayanya, well pleased, said to the King: “Great King Brihadratha, thou banner of the race of Ikshvaku, quickly obtaining a knowledge of Self, thou art…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Marianne's Dream

by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Constantia, SingingMarianne's Dream Composed at Marlow, 1817. Published in Hunt's "Literary Pocket-Book", 1819, and reprinted in "Posthumous Poems", 1824. 1. A…

United States 3, Italy 1

at Ancona, Italy (July 24-25) Day One— Venus Williams (USA) def. Rita Grande (ITA), 6-2, 6-3; Silvia Farina (ITA) def. Monica Seles (USA), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Day Two— V. Williams (USA) def.…