Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
Faith & Spirituality |
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| Who Are the Rosicrucians? |
| Like most Americans my age, the first time I ever heard of the Rosicrucians was in the back of a comic book. Claiming that Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, and Francis Bacon were Rosicrucians, their ads promised secret powers and a secret method for the mastery of life. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| The Basics On Stem Cells And Their Importance |
| Stem cells are individual cells that have a high level of plasticity. This plasticity means that they can grow or transform into not only other cells, but also tissue and even organs that the body requires. |
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| History & Genealogy |
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| Battle of the Bulge |
| I was in Santa Fe, visiting my mother and dad a few years ago, and as we all finished our supper one night, relaxed and ready to simply chit-chat, my father, who had never spoken of his days as a young soldier in World War II, began to describe the last battle he was ever in. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| Strange Names and Fearsome Diseases of Colonial Times |
| Yellow Fever was known as the “American Plague”. Syphilis was considered having “Bad Blood”. “Brain Fever” was what we know today as Meningitis. “Rose Cold” is simply Hay Fever or nasal congestion from allergies. Rheumatism was known as “Screws”. |
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