Golgotha is just outside the city gates of Jerusalem. Mt. Sinai is some distance from there in the Sinai Peninsula. It is the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments. Is Mount Moriah the same as Mount Gerizim? Passover is celebrated by the Samaritans on Mount Gerizim, who consider itRead More →
With the demise of the NBC Sports Network, or NBCSN next season, the IMSA WeatherTech races will air on NBC, the USA Network and the NBC Peacock streaming service. Is Porsche pulling out of IMSA? Porsche announced today it will end factory involvement in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship atRead More →
Today’s Iroquois/Six Nations people do not make any such distinction and use the terms interchangeably, however preferring the name Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Who was the last tribe to join the Iroquois? Tuscarora. The final, late-coming member of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Tuscarora, or Skarù∙ręʔ (“People of the Shirt”), did not joinRead More →
10 March – CISF Raising Day The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day is observed every year on 10 March. The CISF was set up in 1969 under the act of the Parliament of India. It works under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and its headquarter is inRead More →
With 3,000 acres for you to explore on foot or by bike we have created a number of different walking and cycling routes for you to enjoy throughout the year. Do you need to book to go to Holkham Hall? You do not need to pre-book, please just come along.Read More →
Benet was devastated by her son’s death and sank into a severe depression. On April 7, 1982, she died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her home in Los Angeles. She was 36. In her book The Death of Right and Wrong, talk radio host Tammy Bruce writes of herRead More →
The North Star isn’t the brightest star in the sky, but it’s usually not hard to spot, even from the city. If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, it can help you orient yourself and find your way, as it’s located in the direction of true north (or geographic north, asRead More →
The twin objectives of the caliphate were to retain control over the tribes constituting the umma and to raise resources for the state. Following Muhammad’s death, many tribes broke away from the Islamic state. Some even raised their own prophets to establish communities modelled on the umma. What is aRead More →
Today Prussia does not even exist on the map, not even as a province of Germany. It was banished, first by Hitler, who abolished all German states, and then by the allies who singled out Prussia for oblivion as Germany was being reconstituted under their occupation. Are Prussians Polish orRead More →
Usually, a person takes a leave from the office for more than a day. So, it might be better to say something like, “I am on leave starting today” or “I am on leave right now.” However, some companies use ‘leave days’ to describe vacation days. How do you writeRead More →