Aviva Directory
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| Who Are The Adventists? |
| Central to the history of Christianity is the anticipation of Christ's return. In fact, near the end of the Gospel of John, in chapter 21, beginning in verse 19, the resurrected Jesus has been telling his apostles about his coming again, and Peter asks him about John. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| The Path to Knighthood |
| The king or lord was the highest figure on the social scale in medieval times and right behind him come the knight. At the age of seven, boys left home to live in the lord’s house. Here, the boy became a Page and was cared for by the women who ran the lord’s manor. |
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| History & Genealogy |
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| Copernicus |
| Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 - May 24, 1543) was a polymath: an expert in astronomy, mathematics, medicine, law, economics, and diplomacy. The accomplishment for which he is famous, astronomy, was an avocation. He presented the first modern theory of of a heliocentric solar system. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| Never Another Katrina: How Hurricanes are Named |
| The official naming of hurricanes started in 1953, when the US National Hurricane Centre created lists of women’s names with which to tag the fierce storms that raged over the Atlantic. |
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