Poland adopts legislation legalizing castration of pedophiles and rapists. In September 2009, Polish officials passed laws allowing authorities to chemically castrate rapists and pedophiles. Prime Minister Donald Tusk proposed the laws after reviewing the increasing number of high...
Polish President Lech Kaczynski and several other top government officials killed result of plane crash. The President and several other upper members of Polish government were killed when their plane crashed outside of Smolensk, Russia. The President and others were flying in a Tu-154 and missed...
Developed from ancient and larger Spitz breeds, the Pomeranian got its name from the region of Pomerania which straddles Germany and Poland. It is also referred to as Zwergspitz or Toy German Spitz. The original breed was larger and worked as herding dogs. In the 1800’s Queen Victoria started...
The Ides of March, or Idus Martias, is today. Many significant events in history occurred on March 15th. Idus Martias is a tradition celebrated every March 15th. The Ides of March began during Roman times that marks the annual festival dedicated to the god Mars. The Ides of March is perhaps...
Vodka is an alcoholic drink. While many people believe it is a Russian drink, historians believed it may have been developed sometime within the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries in the region that lies between Poland and Russia. The word has Russian roots, and means “little water.” Vodka is...
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...
Every cell in the human body contains the all the genetic material necessary to grow, from conception to death. Newly created cells, which have not yet developed enough to specialize, are called stem cells. Stem cells are cells that may still develop into any kind of body cell. There is great...
The Iron Curtain is a term that has been employed as a way of describing the boundary that basically separate the countries that are part of the Warsaw Pact and those that are part of NATO (North Atlantic Treat Organization). The Iron Curtain was basically in existence from 1945 up until 1991 when...
Image: Eddie Adams Popular photography as we know it was presented to the public in the 1840s. It was proposed as the ultimate portrayal of reality and the eternal confinement of history - unlike art or prose, photographs are not easily altered. They have been used to depict the terrors and truths...
The Guardian App reached over 100,000 downloads for iPhone and iPod touch since its December 14, 2010 launch. Director of Digital Content for Guardian News & Media, Emily Bell, proclaimed ""Breaking the 100,000 download barrier in just over two months is an enormous achievement for the Guardian...
