A Short Biography on Some of Europe's Most Loved and Hated Monarchs - Pt2 (Mad) King George III (Author: Stuart Bazga)

King George III who suffered from porphyria, a maddening disease, was born in 1738 to Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta. In 1761 George married Charlotte of Mecklinburg-Strelitz and together produced ...

A Short Biography on Some of Europe's Most Loved and Hated Monarchs - Pt 1 Vlad Tepes (Dracula) (Author: Stuart Bazga)

Vlad Tepes or Dracula was born in 1431, in the fortress of Sighisoara, Romania. His father was the military governor of Transylvania and a member of the Order of the Dragon. The order was created in ...

A Short Biography on Some of Europe's Most Loved and Hated Monarchs - Pt 3 King Ludwig II (Author: Stuart Bazga)

King Ludwig II of Bavaria, named after his grandfather, was born in Nymphenburg Castle outside Munich on August 25, 1845 and was the eldest son of King Maximillian II and Queen Marie. As a boy, Ludwig's ...

A Short Biography on Some of Europe's Most Loved and Hated Monarchs - Pt 4 Queen Mary I (Author: Stuart Bazga)

Queen Mary I of England was born in 1516 to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon and was the first British monarch to rule in her own right. Mary was pronounced queen in 1553 and ruled for five years ...

A Short Biography on Some of Europe's Most Loved and Hated Monarchs - Pt 5 Charles II (Author: Stuart Bazga)

Born in 1630, Charles II was the second eldest son of Charles I, who spent most of his teenage years fighting parliaments Roundheads until the execution of his father in 1649, and after he agreed to ...

A Short Biography on Some of Europe's Most Loved and Hated Monarchs - Pt 6 Philip II (Author: Stuart Bazga)

Philip II, born 1165, was the son of King Louis VII and became King of France in 1180 when his father died.In 1190, Philip along with Richard I of England and the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick ...

A Silent Night - Not At My House (Author: James Snyder)

People say, as they get older their hearing is not what it used to be. I have found this to be true for myself. The older I get, and I plan to get as old as I can, the more I hear noises in the middle ...

A Small History of Women's Rights (in Switzerland) - For a Change (Author: Hans Bool)

We all know Switzerland. It is a small country with no connection to the see, a fact that makes the country already special. Top of mind, thinking about Switzerland you will probably mention – watches ...

A Song Of Ice And Fire: A Game Of Thrones (Author: Danny Wirken)

Advantages: Complex characters, plot told from different viewpoints, realistic moralityDisadvantages: DepressingThe first book of the Song of Ice and Fire series is my first foray into ...

A Study In Banjo Lessons (Author: Colin P)

Ah, I remember the good old days when I had my first banjo lesson. Actually, it wasn't exactly my first lesson. I had been using the internet to improve my "skill" for a while, and I was slightly conceited ...

A Sudoku A Day Exercises The Brain (Author: Terry Solomon)

Negative issues are usually associated with addiction. Drug abuse, excessive drinking, and even too much gambling are all negative activities that are highly addictive. But if there is one kind of addiction ...

A Tale of Genealogy, Fraud and Poverty (Author: John Arthur)

What makes us the sort of people we are? It is certainly not only our environment or our upbringing but it's the attitudes and traits that are passed on to us from generation to generation and it's ...

A Tale of Two Enemies : Sun and Saturn (Author: Sreenivasamurthy Kubatoor)

In astrology Sun and Saturn are considered enemies of each other. The gods or the demi-gods cannot behave like mortals. So we have to analyse the concept of enemies in a context and appropriate meanings....

A Tee Shirt May Make You a Walking Billboard (Author: Anthony Palladino)

Copyright 2005 Anthony Palladino Tee Shirt History The tee shirt is nearly a century old (origin 1919) and is well becoming one of the most enduring symbols of youthful ...

A Teen-Age Party (Author: Rehan Husain)

You can have an evening full of fun and loving for your teenage kids group without going out and any expense. Take a tip on arranging a simple but quite entertaining party for your kids' gang.