Travel in South Africa – Visit the Free State

With the world cup spotlight on South Africa, local tourism is getting a desperately needed boost. While major hubs like Cape Town and Johannesburg are already popular with tourists, it’s the smaller places that are getting much-deserved attention. This is a very diverse country and diversity is in much more than its people. The Free …

Five well-being predictions and salient features of what America will be like in 2120

INTRODUCTION Credit for the phrase, Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future, it is sometimes assigned to Niels Bohr, occasionally to Robert Storm Petersen, and often (by Americans) to Mark Twain. In fact, the original author of that quote remains unknown and that’s okay. Most of the predictions from a century or more ago …

Pro Football – Leonard "Green shoes" Weaver leads Seahawks to second win in 7 games

Football should be fun and the Seattle Seahawks finally got it by driving the San Francisco 49ers off their home field on Sunday (10-26-08) behind Leonard “Green Shoes” Weaver’s burst of catching and running and skill to steal passes. Josh Wilson, winning 34-13. On a day when Seattle’s defense didn’t just show up but play, …

Football player for the University of Missouri (MU) Tigers selected in the 2010 NFL draft: 1 Mizzou Tiger selected

The University of Missouri Tigers (commonly known as MU or Mizzou) had a player selected in the 2010 NFL Draft that was held in New York City in April. The name of the only player selected from the Columbia, Missouri-based college is Sean Weatherspoon. Weatherspoon was the first player selected by the Atlanta Falcons in …