The Allies had much more potential wealth they could spend on the war. One estimate (using 1913 US dollars) is that the Allies spent $147 billion on the war and the Central Powers only $61 billion, but Germany concentrates the largest industrial conglomerate in the Rhineland region. World War I.…
Jainism is somewhat similar to Buddhism, of which it was an important rival in India. It was founded by Vardhamana Jnatiputra or Nataputta Mahavira (599-527 BC), called Jina (Spiritual Conqueror), a contemporary of Buddha. The founder of Jainism was Tirthankara Aadinatha. The origins of Jainism are obscure. The Jains claim…
Kampala lies just north of Mengo, the capital of the kingdom of Buganda in the 19th century. It was selected in 1890 by Capt. Frederick (later Lord) Lugard as the headquarters of the Imperial British East Africa Company. Kampala lies just north of Mengo, the capital of the kingdom of…
Massachusetts’ metalcore group Killswitch Engage, formed in 1999 by guitarist Joel Stroetzel, vocalist Jesse Leach, bassist Mike D’Antonio (of Overcast) and drummer Adam Dutkiewicz, After Killswitch Engage (2001) they hired a second guitarist, Pete Cortese (also a former Overcast), to coin the visceral twin-guitar … Killswitch Engage formed when the…
LeBron James: 7,491. Michael Jordan: 5,987. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 5,762. The rule of 72 is an approximation to figure out doubling time. The rule number, 72, is divided by the annual growth rate to obtain the approximate number of years it will take for income to double. So if we have…
St Bede’s College was founded in 1938 by the De La Salle Brothers. The founder of the Brothers was Saint John Baptist De La Salle, who was born at Rheims in 1651 during the reign of Louis XIV. St Bede’s College is an independent Catholic College for boys with over…
The idea for using the Navajo language as a military code came from Philip Johnston in 1942. He was a World War I veteran and the son of a missionary who lived on the Navajo Nation. Marine Corps leadership selected 29 Navajo men, the Navajo Code Talkers, who created a…
Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763-1765) was an armed conflict between the British Empire and Algonquian, Iroquoian, Muskogean, and Siouan-speaking Native Americans following the Seven Years’ War. Why was Pontiac’s Rebellion fought? To prevent the incursion of colonial settlers, Pontiac encouraged Ohio Country tribes to unite and to rise up against the British.…
Roy Orbison sang “pretty woman” at the close of our first reunion dinner dance. One of our alumni, Jimmy Bazzel(now deceased) had a band that played for our dance. Some classmates swear that this actually happened. Roy was not a member of our class. Perhaps he had a friend who…
” Release Me ” (sometimes rendered as “Release Me (and Let Me Love Again)”), is a popular song written by Eddie “Piano” Miller and Robert Yount in 1949. Four years later it was recorded by Jimmy Heap & the Melody Masters (in 1953), and with even better success by Patti…