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History of Ice Skating in Australia
The year 1904 is now regarded as the start of the sport of ice skating in Australia with the opening of the first artificial ice skating rink, the Glaciarium, at…
History of Basketball
Dr. James Naismith, Inventor of BasketballKU Basketball Program Founder Dr. James Naismith is known world-wide as the inventor of basketball. He was born in 1861 in Ramsay township, near Almonte,…
A History of Fencing
The history of fencing parallels the evolution of civilization, back from the days of ancient Egypt and Rome, to the barbaric Dark Ages, to the fast and elegant Rennassiance, up…
Cider History
from Societe Volcler, Normandy cider maker Antiquity: We know that the Hebrews drank "Shekar" and the Greeks "Sikera" (a drink obtained by cooking apples with fermented juice). Before the Christian…
Chocolate History Time Line
For over 3000 years, Chocolate…like gold, has had a universal appeal 2000 BC, Amazon: Cocoa, from which chocolate is created, is said to have originated in the Amazon at least…
Tea travels (TM) It’s tea time
By Ellen Easton and Reva Paul Over the past one hundred and fifty plus years, Afternoon tea has taken on many different incarnations. While the original traditions of the day,…
History of Amphetamin
If we want to touch the question very scientifically we have to realise that the term amphetamines refer to a group of three different but structurally very similar chemicals; levo-amphetamine…
One Hundred Years of the Paper Flight
Yes, it’s true! The month of November 2000 saw the 100th anniversary of the first patent of the paper dart flight. Until the end of the nineteenth century the majority…
Wine History
Wine's roots can be traced back to 1993. At the time several forces were converging that made running Windows applications appealing. Microsoft had successfully steered its Windows program to the…
Breastfeeding Baby Refuses Bottle
QUESTION: I'm trying to get my 3-month-old son to take a bottle for when I have to go out, and he absolutely refuses. I've tried every different nipple on the…
About Teen Suicide
When a teen commits suicide, everyone is affected. Family members, friends, teammates, neighbors, and sometimes even those who didn't know the person well may experience feelings of grief, confusion, guilt…
The early history of real tennis
"KING OF GAMES, GAME OF KINGS" Real Tennis as it is called in Britain, Royal Tennis as it is called in Australia, Court Tennis as it is called in the…
RUNE-WORK— And its Method
Over the years there have been those who have bemoaned what they feel to be the neglect of the Rune-Gild. That the Gild has not led them by the hand…
Exoteric and esoteric
THEOSOPHY, Vol. 32, No. 7, May, 1944 (Pages 308-310; Size: 10K) EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC AS the dweller in the body, so is knowledge to the language which speaks it. Words…
Telekinesis Theory
While it is commonly believed that telekinesis is a supernatural ability that only lucky people inherit, I am more inclined to believe otherwise. Everyone has a certain degree of mental…
Biofields
Article contributed by Dave Carpenter, Naturopath and Licensed Acupuncturist Everything in the universe is energy. Energy exists everywhere and when in motion it creates a field allowing energy to be…
Aura
All living things have an "aura" surrounding their bodies. This aura may vary (as in casting a glow), in intensity and distance from the body. The aura should be symmetrical…
Mysticism
MYSTICISM (from Or. jsiietv, to shut the eyes; j-i~orqc, ora initiated into the mysteries), a phase of thought, or rather perhaps of feeling, which from its very nature is hardly…
Devil
(Greek diabolos; Lat. diabolus). The name commonly given to the fallen angels, who are also known as demons (see DEMONOLOGY). With the article (ho) it denotes Lucifer, their chief, as…
Telepathy
Telepathy is direct transference of thought from one person (sender or agent) to another (receiver or percipient) without using the usual sensory channels of communication, hence a form of extrasensory…