Travelling to historical places can jump start your kids’ interest in the past, while allowing an interesting and relaxing vacation for everyone. When we learn history in school, most of us are forced to read chapters in textbooks and memorize dates, which is fairly unstimulating. All those words and numbers start to blur together after […]
Driving Across The United States Is Surprisingly Fun And Educational
Formerly being a airline travel enthousiast, I never considered driving across the United States until an infortunate incident forced my ex-fiance and I to change our travel plans. We had flown out to Las Vegas, to attend a business convention late one night. The next morning, I turned on the television, only to find that […]
The Importance of Exposing Your Child To Lessons In Art, Music or Dance
As our children grow, they need well-rounded stimulation and exposure to various interests in order to become informed and educated adults later. Most children are taught to engage in sports, while their exposure to the arts may not be as intensive. As the daughter of a teacher who has taught the basics of art, dance, […]
Discovering delights in Carson
As always, the Vietnamese liquor store at the intersection of Carson and Moneta Streets is filled with gambling aficionados. Not that what they are doing is illegal, considering that it is sanctioned by the state government of California. What is surprising is that the business activity doesn’t seem to wane. Old folks, mostly war veterans who […]
Global warming threatens extinct animal species
The unabated rise in global warming is seen to kill at least 1/3 of the earth’s extinct animal species. Most of those that will suffer the sad consequences were identified to be roaming the forests of the developing countries. But this will not spare those that currently thrive in the glacial region where the polar […]
Fresh KAS result triggers old debate, Kashmiris rue dominance of Jammuites
Want the selection list 70 percent muslim, 30 percent hindus Jammu, Apr 25—Is it a political ploy or the grudge of certain disgruntled elements that the declaration of the KAS aspirants has once again created a row among Kashmir and Jammu. For the uninitiated the declaration of Kashmir Administrative Services result by the Jammu and […]