Student discipline: is suspension the answer?
Is student discipline as simple as suspension? What alternative solutions are there to the problem of misbehaving students? In the midst of escalating violence in our schools, many adults are…
High school reform
This piece provides a view of the areas of the American high school system that need to be reformed in order to achieve improvement. It seems as though any time…
The Group of ANBO-41 Reconstruction
Lithuanian aviation traditions are rather old. We know the fact that European connoisseurs were surprised by the squadron of planes designed by General Antanas Gustaitis whose Centenary was celebrated in…
Antanas Gustaitis
Antanas Gustaitis was born on March 26th, 1898, in a rural village Obelinė, Javaravas county, Marijampolė district, Lithuania. He spent the years of World War I in Jaroslavl (Russia), where…
Lithuanian pilots: Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas
Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas were Lithuanian pilots (USA citizens) that made a significant flight in the history of world's aviation. On 15th July, 1933, they flew over the Atlantic…
A Dolphin Adventure
There are very few places in the world where humans can swim with dolphins, so we should consider ourselves privileged to have the "Dolphin Adventure" saltwater pool so close to…
Feng Shui: Feng Shui in the bedroom
Feng Shui (pronounced “fung shway”) is ancient design philosophy. When you care enough to change your future, you’ll care enough to read on and roll up your sleeves! Most Feng…
Vastu and Feng Shui: The difference between Vastu and Feng Shui
Our home, our domain. The one safe retreat for us when we are hurt, upset or threatened. Nothing can happen to us there. So imagine someone coming and telling that…
Feng Shui: How karma and luck are connected to Feng Shui
In today’s world, Feng Shui has fast entered the mainstream of practical information about alternative guidance. Authentic Feng Shui dating back 3500 years is timeless but so relevant in our…
Feng Shui: Opening the Door to Qi
To attract well being and prosperity into our lives, we have to create harmonious spaces. It is not only about harmony and balance in our environment but harmony should lie…
Feng Shui: Back to Nature
For a moment let us picture a scene of vibrant Mother Nature in her original colours and landforms. Go back into time when a hill is a hill; a mountain…
Feng Shui: A Brief Introduction to Vaastu
Introduction To Vaastu The word Vaastu means a dwelling. Vaastu Shilpa means the science of house building. The science of house building is very ancient in India. The knowledge has…
Feng Shui: What is Vastu Shastra?
Vastu Shastra (or short just Vastu) is the Indian science of space and architecture and how we may create spaces and environment that supports physical & spiritual health and prosperity.…
Feng Shui: Mathematical Harmony in the Solar System?
Dowsing: Mathematical Harmony in the Solar System? By Arne Groth, translated by Lucie Minne In this article Arne Groth, an expert on Geomancy, describes the results of some of his…
Java bug could hit PC operating systems
The discovery of a serious software bug has simultaneously opened a variety of desktop computers to potential attack. The flaw has been found in Java, which works on a variety…
Future of operating systems: simplicity
Today's operating systems are conceptually upside-down. They developed the hard way, gradually struggling upwards from the machinery (processors, memory, disks and displays) toward the user. In the future, operating systems…
A History of Apple’s Operating Systems
Introduction Mac OS X is a unique operating system in that it represents a rather successful coming together of paradigms, ideologies, and technologies that have usually resisted each other in…
Users cling to old Microsoft operating systems
Microsoft can stop selling older operating systems, and it can even stop supporting them, but that doesn't mean that customers won't still use them. Even though Microsoft said this week…
Dell and Windows Server 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems
Windows Server 2003 for 64-Bit Extended Systems can provide higher performance for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications running on Dell PoweEdge Servers built on Intel Extended Memory 64-bit Technology (EM64T).…
History of Operating Systems
Historically operating systems have been tightly related to the computer architecture, it is good idea to study the history of operating systems from the architecture of the computers on which…