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Battle of the Boyne 1690 - Impact on Northern Ireland Today

This article explains how the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 still has a serious impact on the population of Northern Ireland today. It is striking that in such a modern day a battle some 300 years ago still carries such great significance.

Xeriscaping In Texas

In Texas our most precious natural resource is not oil or natural gas, it is WATER. In the coming years and decades this will be become the prevailing view of both city and state leaders. It is an inevitability. The age of vast expanses of green lawns is coming to an end as the climate changes and the aquifers are stressed. Future Texas landscapes will be designed around the principle of saving wa

Going to Music School Is Fun, But Not a Piece of Cake

I signed up for a Fundamentals of Music Theory Course at the local 4 year State College. I did it for several reasons.

Ghana Life: Meetings With Ghana's Snakes

In the 1970s, the veteran curator of the reptile house of the University of Ghana, at Legon, near Accra, proudly told visitors that he had participated in a survey of the snakes of the Gold Coast led by George Cansdale, later of the London Zoo and famous for his BBC TV animal programmes of the 1950s. 'We found,' the curator would say, 'seventy different species of snakes, of which fourteen are ven

A Brief History of the Amish Culture

The Amish, sometimes known as Mennonites, are well known for living simple lives, dressing plainly, and their refusal to become dependent on most of the conveniences of modern life that we all take for granted. The history of the Amish can be traced back to it's founding in 1693 in Switzerland by a man named Jakob Ammann. In the early 1700's, a majority of Ammann's followers, who subsequently beca

Who Is the Most Decorated American War Hero?

Much like the combat which the men and women endured during wartime, there are many controversies surrounding America's most decorated war veteran. There is the debate over whether to consider a pure 'medal count', which would include medals received for being wounded, acts of service, etc.

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