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Classical Yoga
This label applies to the eightfold Yoga-also known as Rāja-Yoga-taught by Patanjali in his Yoga-Sūtra. This Sanskrit texts is composed of just under 200 aphoristic statements, which have been commented…
Preclassical Yoga
This category covers an extensive period of approximately 2,000 years until the second century Preclassical Yoga comes in various forms and guises. The earliest manifestations were still closely associated with…
Vedic Yoga
The yogic teachings found in the above-mentioned Rig-Veda and the other three ancient hymnodies are known as Vedic Yoga. The Sanskrit word veda means "knowledge," while the Sanskrit term rig…
Selecting Alternative Holiday Plants
The mention of holidays and flowers prompts most of us to think of poinsettias. Our holiday customs have become so entrenched with the use of red poinsettias that several other,…
Weeds and Words
Diane Relf, Extension Specialist, Environmental Horticulture As I've grown older, I have learned that weeds are nothing but a matter of semantics. With an acre and a half of a…
Understanding and Using Compost
Compost is produced when organic matter, such as garden and lawn waste, is broken down by bacteria and fungi. It contains humus, which helps hold nutrients in the soil. Humus…
Tree Gardening Flowering Cherry
One of the most admired is the weeping Japanese which has its long, graceful weeping branches full of the tiny pink blossoms North and Central Georgia are prime growing areas…
The Big Move
Jane Simmonds has watched her small city garden take off over the last four years, but now she’s off to the country. What’s it like to say goodbye? This is…
Catfish Spelunking in Mexico
by Shane Linder While up in Mexico last week (Dec 2001) I managed to make a stop at a cenote just outside of Chichen Itza in Yucatan State. A cenote…
Geology Of Ward Valley
By Howard Wilshire and Jane Nielson Ward Valley has a long geologic history, but many of the valleys geological facets relevant to nuclear waste dump siting are of quite recent…
Knives as Weapons
What distinguishes the knife for eating and the knife as a weapon is the latter's aggressive character as a cutting, slashing and stabbing implement. Short edged weapons with a sharp…
Edged Weapons from the Civil War
The American Civil War was not fought by highly trained, professional armies, but by a whole population forced to fight for the family values and ideals they believed in. This…
Types of Knives
Strictly speaking, knives fall into the general collecting catchall definition of "edged weapons", along with battle axes, swords, bayonets, daggers, and so on. The most spectacular collectable knife is surely…
The Edged Weapon Factory at Toledo
by Juan José Pérez From the 15th to 17th centuries, the Castillian city of Toledo in central Spain, flourished with an exceptional blade making industry, surpassing other Spanish cities like…
Sword Care and Maintenance
Iron Swords Iron was used shortly after Mankind developed civilized, community dwellings. It followed the Bronze Age and was a vast improvement to the bronze axes from that period. Meteoric…
Knights in History
"in ancient and medieval history, a noble who did military service as a mounted warrior." The Knight in Ancient History In ancient history, as in Athens and Rome, the knight…
Society Swords – Markings & Makers
Society Swords carried by so-called secret societies or fraternal societies were popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Society and military associations became very popular after the Civil…
History of Bayonets
"All nations boast of their prowess with the bayonet, but few men really enjoy a hand-to-hand fight with the bayonet. English and French both talk much of the bayonet but…
The Samurai Warriors
Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings The Samurai rose out of the continuing battles for land among…
Typology of Medieval Swords
Written by Björn Hellqvist. Illustrations by Peter Johnsson. (c) Björn Hellqvist & Peter Johnsson. Visit Björn's Sword Site for more articles on swords ~ This is an attempt to introduce…