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What Do You Know About Surfing?

Are you a surfing enthusiast? Or maybe you're just curious about the sport? Either way, you're in luck! Test your knowledge with this quiz and see how much you really know about one of the most…

Travel Scams: You Don't Get Something for Nothing

Source: U.S. Department of Consumer Affairs Beware of travel companies that misrepresent information about the bookings and transportation costs. For example, a company that offers an unbelievably…

Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Mouse

by Aesop The Ass, the Fox, and the LionThe Crow and the PitcherThe Lion and the Mouse A Lion asleep in his lair was waked up by a Mouse running over his face. Losing his temper he seized…

Ephron, Nora Louise

(Encyclopedia) Ephron, Nora Louise, 1941–2012, American writer and film director, grad. Wellesley College (B.A., 1962). Witty, tough, self-deprecating, and ironic in all her guises, she was a…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The False Collar

The Story of a MotherThe ShadowThe False Collar There was once a fine gentleman, all of whose moveables were a boot-jack and a hair-comb: but he had the finest false collars in the world;…

Weather: What About the Five-Day Forecast?

What About the Five-Day Forecast?WeatherLet's See How It's DoneNow for the Real WorkGoing Into the Upper AirBring on the MachinesWhat About the Five-Day Forecast? Check out the following figure,…

Mental Illness: Facts about Panic Disorders

Facts about Panic Disorders Source: National Institute of Mental Health Related Links: Almanac: HealthNational Institute of Mental HealthAmerican Psychological Association Panic Disorder Panic…

Ariel, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) ArielArielāˈrēĕl [key], in the Bible, aide of Ezra. In two other passages AV calls them “lionlike men” (“two ariels of Moab” in RV). Nothing is known of them. Ariel is also used as a…

Louis Untermeyer: How much of Godhood

How much of GodhoodLouis UntermeyerHow much of Godhood did it take — What purging epochs had to pass, Ere I was fit for leaf and lake And worthy of the patient grass?What mighty travails…