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or email newsletter. Thanks for visiting!I wrote the following article over a dozen years ago when I was a technology evangelist at Sun. Back in the mid-’90s, we were experienced the early part of the first wave of “The Web.” Today, with the [...]
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HISTORY OF OCTOBER 31
On October 31, 1517, an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther nailed to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany 95 propositions or theses and marked the beginning of the Reformation. Of course, the Reformation began long before that, but this date proves to be a convenient coat hanger [...]
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HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN
Halloween (Allhallows Even) is the evening of October 31. In its strictly religious aspect this occasion is known as the vigil of Hallowmas or All Saints’ Day, November 1, observed by the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. In the fourth decade of the 8th century, Pope Gregory III moved [...]
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HISTORY OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME – ENDING
Daylight Saving Time, or DST, is a brilliant campaign to convince people that we’re getting more daylight each day, when in reality we’ve simply changed our clocks and then forgotten about it within two weeks. DST begins each year at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday [...]
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HISTORY OF KIRKING OF THE TARTANS
This Sunday all over the world many churches will observe the Kirkin’ o’ th’ Tartans, a celebration of Scottish heritage and culture.
What is The Kirking of the Tartans?
Etymologically it simply means:
Kirking, from the Scottish Gaelic word kirk which means church, in this usage it means “blessing.”
Tartans are the traditional plaid [...]
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HISTORY OF GARDEN OF THE GODS
Colorado Springs is known for many attractions that make it a tourist destination in Colorado: the Air Force Academy, the US Olympic Training Center, the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame, the Broadmoor Hotel, Old Colorado City, Manitou Springs, the Flying W Ranch, Pikes Peak, Glen Eyrie, even the headquarters of [...]
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HISTORY OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
The man who sailed from Spain to discover America was neither Spanish nor did he actually discover America. But it was true that:
In fourteen hundred and ninety two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
He was actually Italian, born in 1451 to a wool merchant in Genoa and first went to sea in [...]
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