Volleyball is a popular team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team’s court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964. Read More »
Victoria Caroline Beckham OBE (born 17 April 1974) is an English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls, and was dubbed Posh Spice by the July 1996 issue of the British music magazine Top of the Pops. Read More »
An actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs “in the flesh” in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. Read More »
The Louvre Museum in Paris (Musee du Louvre) opened new and expanded spaces in its Centre of Education in the Department of Islamic Art on Tuesday.The expansion was completed with the support of Alwaleed Philanthropies from Saudi Arabia, and the foundation’s Secretary General, Saudi princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud, was there to commemorate the opening along with Yannick Lintz, ... Read More »
Founders – Masaru Ibuka, Akio Morita First location – Tokyo, Japan After World War II, Sony founder Masaru Ibuka invented a product to try and serve the millions of homes who had electricity but lacked the appliances to use it. The result was this electric rice cooker. Read More »
Each year, hundreds of millions of plants and animals are caught or harvested from the wild and then sold as food, pets, ornamental plants, leather, tourist curios, and medicine. Read More »
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Read More »
When you think of spiritual rituals, you likely picture large-scale events that require a great deal of time and effort, right? Although there are some specific ceremonies that do require complex planning, the vast majority of rituals are not overly complicated. In fact, there are many simple and meaningful rituals that you can complete as a ULC minister. Read More »
The internet woke up on Monday morning to a surprising Twitter feud. Chrissy Teigen, the supermodel, entrepreneur and wife of singer John Legend, was trending, along with the hashtag “FilthyMouthedWife.” This was not all that unusual given Teigen’s current status as one of the true celebrity stars of Twitter. Read More »
Yet another organization is making strides toward helping ordinary citizens spend time in outer space. The Gateway Foundation has announced plans to build the world’s first space hotel, with an aim to have 100 tourists per week by 2025. DESIGNS for the ‘first space hotel’ have been revealed and it’s as weird and futuristic as you would expect.The orbiting space ... Read More »