Category: Conservation

Mary Shelley spent a holiday on Lake Geneva in 1816 and wrote the novel Frankenstein, one of the most famous literary creations of the time. Just 18 years old when she began work on the novel, she had published this historic work by the age of 20. Born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin August 30, 1797 Mary…

The only airport in the Andaman islands is Vir Savarkar Airport (India) in Port Blair, which has scheduled services to Kolkata and Chennai and Delhi, Banglore and Bhubaneswar. With a single 10,000 ft runway, the airport can serve landings and takeoffs of the Boeing 737. Archipelago Andaman and Nicobar Islands Consisting of over 500 islands…

“As to me, I leave here tomorrow for an unknown destination.” December 26, 1913 In a letter before he disappeared, Ambrose Bierce’ last line is a curious exclamation point placed on his life, and his increasing devotion to the supernatural. More prominent just after the Civil War, a writer and contributor to the San Francisco…

In Colorado, Lodgepole Pine stands are being wiped out by the beetle.  Global Warming Zealots blame the lack of a sustained freeze (twenty below for a week or more) that often decimates the Pine Beetle population. But the truth is that our efforts to fight forest fires is the real cause!  Don’t get me wrong,…

Van Stephenson BIOGRAPHY – Van Wesley Stephenson (November 4, 1953[1] – April 8, 2001) Van Stephenson was born in Hamilton, Ohio but his family relocated to Altoona, Pennsylvania, and eventually settled in Nashville when he was ten. Vanderbilt University was a source of pride for little Van. Van, the “middle” child in a family of seven kids, was…

www.lakelanier.com/…/lake-lanier-water-wars-fought-and-negotiate… – Lake Lanier Water Wars Fought and Negotiated in Secrecy. Monday, 11 January 2010 09:48. Print. Georgia Governor’s Mansion There is both good news and bad … Lake Lanier Water Wars Governors Meet Next Week – Lake Lanier www.lakelanier.com/…/lake-lanier-water-wars-governors-meet-next… – Dec 9, 2009 – Lake Lanier. LakeLanier.com: the Site for Georgia’s Lake … Lake…

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday June 28, 2011 overturned a 2-year-old decision barring use of Lake Lanier water by Atlanta and other municipalities. The original 2009 ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson found it was illegal for the Corps of Engineers to draw water from Lake Lanier to meet the needs…

Heresy is derived from the greek word ‘hairesis’ (choice). But the Ca tholic Church allowed no choice beside the official version of believe. Con cerning the political order, often the kings were more motivated than the Church to combate heretics, as it was an occasion for them to enlarge their realms. Envy and greed made…

I-One of the most striking features of the Taker culture is its passionate and unwavering dependence on prophets. There is no tradition whatever of prophets rising up among the Leavers to straighten out their lives and give them new sets of laws or principles to live by. Why this dependence on prophets? Why do you…