Magical smoke art by Mehmet Ozgur
Mehmet Ozgur with pictures and Photoshop software creates unusual “patterns of smoke”. Mehmet Ozgur was born in Europe, studied in Asia, works in North America. Website
10 Things To Do In Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland Image: meganleigh1216.blogspot.com To be honest with you, I never had much interest in visiting Switzerland. I never really thought I would ever visit the country, sure I’d stop by if we happened to pass by, but not more than that really. Well, life is full of surprises because last year we ended up moving there for a few …
10 Facts About Mozart
Image credit: emersonkent.com Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart flooded the world of music with multiple accomplishments, so it is not difficult to pinpoint 10 facts about Mozart. In the brief 34 years that Mozart was alive, he was an Austrian composer that created some of the most influential, and timeless classical music pieces ever. These 10 facts should help to provide you …
Artwork by James C. Christensen
Christensen was born in 1942 and raised in Culver City, California. He studied painting at Brigham Young University and, for a while, the University of California at Los Angeles before finishing his formal education at BYU. Since then, he has had one-man shows in the West and the Northeast and his work is prized in collections throughout the U.S. and …
10 Strange Historical Facts
1. The Romans used to use asbestos in their cloths for daily use – such as dish-towels, napkins, and table cloths. Pliny the Elder (a Roman naturalist) said that they could be cleaned whiter than normal cloth by simply throwing them in the fire. He also noted that the slaves who wove the mineral for cloth often suffered from lung …
Auschwitz Death Camp: 65 Years Later
Sirens wailed as Auschwitz survivors, Soviet veterans and leaders including Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday marked the 65th anniversary of the notorious Nazi German death camp’s liberation, AFP reports. “From this place, I swear as the leader of the Jewish people, never again shall we allow evil to hurt our people,” Netanyahu said in a keynote address at …
10 Fun Things To Do In Budapest
It’s the heart of Europe; it’s Queen of the Danube; it’s Paris of Hungary; it’s your Budapest. Made up of two chief portions; the hills of Buda on the Western part of the Danube, and the flat Pest on the Eastern part of the river, Budapest is the most popular, royal, and inspiring city for you in the Central Europe. …
