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The 50 Most Influential Christians of All Time

The 50 Most Influential Christians of All Time

Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...

15 Historical Inaccuracies Widely Believed as Fact

15 Historical Inaccuracies Widely Believed as Fact

Believe it or not, some of the most widely accepted historical "truths" are actually very inaccurate.

Are Banks Open on Columbus Day ?

Are Banks Open on Columbus Day ?

Columbus Day is a federal holiday and is observed as such by all federal government, and banks. Columbus Day became an official state holiday in Colorado in 1905 and later became a federal holiday in 1934. People have celebrated Columbus voyage since the colonial era. It makes for an unexpected...

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Lissette Lee Nabbed for 500 Pounds of Marijuana

Lissette Lee nabbed for 500 pounds of marijuana.  The Californian socialite was picked up by Drug Enforcement Agency in Columbus, Ohio on her fourth return trip from Columbia.  Lee was paid $60,000 each trip to sneak 28 suitcases full of brick marijuana onto her private jet with her...

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Chamberlain College of Nursing Online

Chamberlain College of Nursing is a for-profit nursing school with various campuses located in Addison and Chicago, Illinois; Arlington, Virginia; Columbus, Ohio; Jacksonville, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; St. Louis, Missouri; and its National Headquarters and Home Office at Downers Grove,...

The 50 Most Influential Directors of the Century

The 50 Most Influential Directors of the Century

In the theatre there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time- in the cinema, only one,” as quoted by Orson Welles, the prolific director of the most studied film of all time, Citizen Kane. Within the last century cinema has grown from pioneering silent films into orchestrated musicals, “spaghetti...

10 Unknown Facts About Tobacco

10 Unknown Facts About Tobacco

What is TobaccoTobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines Source: Wikipedia10 Unknown Facts About TobaccoSmoking Kills More...

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What Is Go-Topless Day?

Dozens of semi-nude women gave the New Yorkers an eyeful on August 23rd when they bared their boobs in Central Park as part of "National Go-Topless Day." With Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman" blaring from speakers and chants of "free your breasts, free your mind," the troupe of bare-breasted women...

Ted Williams, Homeless Ohio Man With Radio Voice, Goes Viral

Ted Williams, Homeless Ohio Man With Radio Voice, Goes Viral

Ted Williams, a homeless Columbus, Ohio man, has become an internet sensation. Wiliams, a Brooklyn, NY native fell upon hard times due to drugs and alcohol, had resorted to panhandling to sustain his life. Due to a miraculous twist of fate, a CBS news affiliate in Ohio, passed Williams while he...

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Chamberlain College of Nursing

Founded in 1889 as the Deaconess College of Nursing, the school has grown from a nurse’s training program to a college of nursing conferring Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Associate Degree of Nursing programs at its campuses in Arizona (Phoenix), Florida (Jacksonville), Illinois (Addison),...