As appeared in the December, 2008 Newsletter, “The Works,” produced by “Greater Works Ministries” (GWMinistries.net) of which this author is a consecrated member. Lebanese poet and devout Christian, Khalil Gibran, said that, “The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reach us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but …
Archives for 2008
Subprime Mortgage and Financial Crisis
A major financial crisis that has reached to nations all around showed warning signs in 2007. Building up since the around the turn of the century, fundamental weaknesses in US and global financial systems became more apparent with the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. Subprime mortgages are made with little or no down …
NASA’s MESSENGER Sends Amazing Images of Mercury
NASA’s Probe, “Messenger,” flew close to Mercury and successfuly sent spectacular images of the planet back to Earth today, October, 7, 2008. The probe flew past Mercury for this second time this year and in 2011 it will become the first probe to orbit the planet. The Messenger spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air …
Colleges cope with over-booked freshman classes
Colleges have higher than expected freshman enrollments and are face with overcrowding. Winston-Salem State University, for instance, closed freshman admission in July and put faculty on extra courses while projected that freshman enrollment would greatly exceed their 2005 record. Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY, expects to exceed its enrollment target and are offered laptops or …
Peek-a-boo Fashion is the Leading Trend in New York
Revealing fashions in New York included a sheer black top that revealed the model’s nipple ring, see through camisoles, a breast-revealing see-through dress, and a model clad in a see-through raincoat with nothing but thong underneath. A New York Times reported that peek-a-boo was the biggest trend in New York Fashion Week that ended Friday, …