Did you know that in Texas, “One must acknowledge a supreme being before being able to hold public office” (Ref. 1)? How about that it is illegal to sell your eye (Ref. 2)? These are just a couple of the strange laws on the books in the great state of Texas. Some of these laws ...
A Glimpse into Thomas Cole and the Voyage of Life Series Thomas Cole was born on February 1, 1801 in Lancashire England. In 1826 he settled in the Catskills, New York. Thomas Cole was an artist who painted amazing landscape portraits, and was also known as the founder of the Hudson River School. The Hudson ...
Continuing in my cross country journey of dumb laws, we will look (and laugh) at the dumb laws in the state of Texas. Researching the dumb state laws of this great country has been more fun than shooting a buffalo from a hotel balcony! Oh wait! That’s illegal to do in Texas! At least it ...
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, a mainframe computer is a digital computer designed for high-speed data processing with heavy use of input/output units such as large-capacity disks and printers. They have been used for such applications as payroll computations, accounting, business transactions, information retrieval, airline seat reservations, and scientific and engineering computations. Mainframe systems, with remote ...
In writing for www.gotquestions.org, I was asked to address what the Mayan’s believe. Below is my response… To begin with, any religion not based upon Jesus Christ and God’s revealed Word (known to us as the Holy Bible) is wrong from the very start. God only has one plan. Any system of beliefs aside from ...
The Encyclopedia Britannica 2009 (established in 1768), both in its Ultimate (now also called “Student and Home”) and Deluxe versions, builds on the success of its completely revamped previous editions in 2006-8. The rate of innovation in the last three versions was impressive and welcome. It continues apace in this rendition with Britannica Biographies (Great ...
COMMENTARY | The Christian Science Monitor reports that Encyclopedia Britannica has ended print publishing for good, and all content is now going to be available through digital publishing only. Encyclopedia Britannica going digital is just one telling sign about the state of printed books and media, and it is going to impact many different people, ...
