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World Most Powerful WomanMost Powerful Woman – This annual snapshot of the 100 women with impact are top politicians and CEOs, activist billionaires and celebrities who matter.“ View the full list HERE Rank Name Age Country Category 1 Angela...

The Acropolis of Athens is the most significant site throughout Greece, rich with background and full of physical reminders from the greatness of the Greek empire.The Acropolis may be the one historical site you cannot miss. You can take a tour or wa...

The Forgotten Basin The last half of our Lord’s ministry was marred by envy and infighting among his followers. The disciples plotted against each other even on the eve of Christ’s crucifixion, prompting him to wrap himself in a towel and wash th...

Alluvial diamond miners in Kono District, Sierra Leone. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The term "blood diamond" used in reference to diamonds mined informally and frequently under hazardous or coercive conditions in conflict zones, notably those located...

Are you concerned that the clothing you wear is not cool enough? Or are you just more of a free spirit that likes to wear whatever you have lying around to bring out the most of your personality? Luckily, the fashion trends of today are allowing peop...

Tortured God’s grace arrives just as we need it, appropriate for every challenge. Even if we’re lonely? Even if we’re ill? Yes. Even if we’re tortured? Even then. Michael Sattler, born in Germany around 1490, became a Benedictine monk. As he...

Read your Bible in 1 year: 05.19 Numbers 28 Psalms 72 Isaiah 19-20 2 Peter 1 “God’s delays are not the delays of inactivity; they are the delays of preparation.” — Chuck Smith “Obedience, pure and simple, opens up a path...

The Earthquake Synod “God is our … fortress,” says Psalm 46. “And so, we won’t be afraid! Let the earth tremble. … ” The trembling of the earth may even reassure God’s children of his power, as happened on this day, St. Dunstan’s Da...

He Just Persisted We often rush when we should plod, forgetting that we usually accomplish more by persisting than by hurrying. Sheldon Jackson was born on May 18, 1834 in the Mohawk Valley of New York. When he was four his parents dedicated him to G...

The pantheon is one of the most recognized, and oldest monuments still waiting in Rome.The Pantheon, one of the greatest engineering feats, was built-in the time of Hadrian, the emperor noted for his famous wall amongst other things, around 125 AD. T...

Image by Samdecle Society is a fluid construct, in a constant state of flux as issues that affect it move in and out of fashion, and then is some cases, back in again. Within this complex system, art has given the people who exist within it a platf...

A big thank you to all my readers and travelers out there who have been viewing my stories on this blog since a month short of 5 years ago. Though it’s not something to shout about, but being my personal travel photo blog, I’m glad to hav...

How about “Hallelujah!” William Grimshaw was born in rural England in 1708, educated at Cambridge, and ordained to the ministry in 1731 without knowing Christ. Three years later while pastoring in Todmorden, he felt deep concern about his soul. H...

Kerala comes as an extremely pleasant surprise. It unveils a never-ending list of historical places, every one of which has a hidden treasure of their own.Kerala is not only about cool coconut groves and lush paddy fields, palm fringed beaches and em...

Muslim religious leaders to visit Auschwitz (via AFP) Fourteen Muslim clerics from across the globe will visit the former Nazi German Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland next week as part of a Holocaust awareness and anti-genocide program, orga...

The ancient Mayan civilization influenced future empires as well as the world as we know it today. Origins from the ancient Mayan civilization Much of Maya history is shrouded in mystery. It’s believed today that the Mayan peoples started to se...

Recently video game streams has been getting common in the gaming community whatever is your reason for creating a stream maybe to offer walk through guides or show off your gaming skills . Some of you probably have thought of starting your own str...

 National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology Results 2013 National Museum Institute Exam Results 2013, National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and...

Explore the rich cultural heritage and history of North CarolinaNorth Carolina’s natural wonders are as diverse as the ones from any other state in the nation. In the warm, sandy beaches lining the Atlantic to the seemingly endless forests that...

by AC Grayling   The current quarrel between religious and non-religious outlooks is another chapter in a story whose previous main incidents are to be found in the mid-nineteenth century and the early seventeenth century, in connection respecti...