By: Maurice Turmel PhD | 2010-03-26 | Christianity Personally, I am tired of seeing Westerners adopting an Eastern stance for Personal Growth and Connecting with Spirit. This comes across to me as an unnecessary rejection of Western Practices and their ability to bring us to Source. I've been a Psychologist for almost 30 years now and my days as a therapist led me through many avenues that allowed Spiritual connection and heart felt sustenance to come through. read more
By: Lee Lane-Edgar | 2011-04-13 | Games
Australia has quite a history of horse racing games. Where the first fleet arrived in 1788, Australia was already running the first horse race in 1810. Fine thoroughbreds like Northumberland, Old Hector, Peter Fin and Cutty Sark as just a few to name. Home to award winning jockeys and trainers and legendary races like the Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup, Australia also pioneered the crouched r read more
By: Gene Ingle | 2010-03-31 | Reference & Education There's a place in Florida, Opa-Locka Airport, that just can't stay out of the history books. Why is this? From Amelia Earhart's disappearance, to the Bay of Pigs, to the Cuban Missile Crisis, to Hurricane Andrew, to 9/11 hijackers -- this airport always seems to be in the thick of things. This article takes you up close with nine historic events linked to this airport, and offers a three-reason theory of why they are. read more
By: James Shen | 2010-04-04 | International studies Ignoring outpouring hospitality of the Chinese people, Mainstream Western media has waged a negative campaign against China recently to punish the country's failure to comply with Western requests at the Beijing Olympics. This article examines the roots of the mainstream Western media's anger towards China, exposes its hypocrisies and double standards, and advocates the development of a positive-spirited media system that is built on the basis of upholding Chinese public welfare and interests. read more
By: Sidney Morgan | 2010-12-30 | Destinations When Perth was statistically deemed by The Economist to be amongst the top 10 most livable cities in the world, not many people were surprised. With a metropolitan population that is yet shy of 2 million (1,660,000), Perth Wa is the biggest city in Western Australia. read more
By: Maxey Thomas | 2010-04-01 | Politics Australia's history with human rights is an important one, more important then I believe Australians even know, so important in fact that Australia's first introduction to the world stage was our proposals to the Universal Declaration, because the Australian Herbert Evatt was the president of the United Nations assembly, helped draft the Universal Declaration, and was the first to suggest at the Paris Peace Convention in 1946 a European Court Of Human Rights, which is now the most influential court in the world. The discussion on human rights isn't a new concept... read more
By: Susanne Pacher | 2010-10-05 | Travel & Leisure For a long time I have wanted to travel to San Francisco again. Finally, in February of 2008, I had an opportunity to visit one of my favourite cities again. For only four short days I would see so many of the things that make San Francisco such a diverse travel destination: a visit to Alcatraz Island was a definite must, and the history and strange beauty of this place left a deep impression on me. read more
By: James Post | 2010-04-03 | Destinations The author, ex hi-tech entrepreneur spent much of his career traveling all over the world, working hard and living well. Where to spend the weekend was a matter of choice. He has traveled all continents but finally ended his journey in Grenada, a relatively unknown pearl in the Eastern Caribbean. This article explains why he chose and continues to choose Grenada as his worldwide favorite and how he ended up preferring serenity, natural beauty and a simpler but nicer life over his former -luxury included- high pace life. But next to praising the great life in Grenada he also summarizes the backside of the medal. read more
By: Danny Atkinson | 2010-03-31 | Destinations My recent day tour to the unique town of New Norcia reminded me of why it is an excellent destination for a day trip from Perth. New Norcia was founded in 1846 by monks and is to this day still run by monks, making it Australia's only monastic town. read more
By: Oleg K Temple | 2011-07-21 | Investing This article (in 2 parts) outlines some of the problems and pitfalls on the way to securing investment which contemporary start ups sadly must face. Not only is there a plethora of offerings, i.e. demand for funding by far outweighs the supply, but this very fact results in unfair business practices, the liberal belittling of talent and in a few cases plain theft of ideas. read more
By: Joshua Konov | 2010-04-01 | Economics There could be distinguished probably many Current International Levels of Development but for simplifying this philosophical conception we will are allocating 5. It is characterized with growing large empires and settling of tribes: described by the Odyssey and Iliad, also by the Old Testament; and the history of China, South America, Persia, Egypt and Rome. read more
By: tianli | 2011-03-31 | Training Earliest unverifiable history Unrideable replica made 1965-72 from the alleged 1493 Caprotti sketch. There are several early but unverifiable claims for the invention of bicycle-like machines read more
By: Marina Benvenga | 2010-03-29 | Health & Fitness Explore Australia's many sacred sites and journey deep into the heart of DNA Theta Healing. Discover the many parallels of DNA Theta Healing with the natural healing of the native Aboriginals of Australia. Learn what it means to take a Walkabout and lose yourself in Aboriginal Dreamtime, while you practice Theta Healing amongst the time-worn beauty of Australia's sacred landscapes. read more