Tag: King

When I was a teenager, weekends and holidays were dedicated to prayer and visiting the temple to do volunteer work. Our neighborhood temple sat atop the hills of East San Jose with panoramic views of Silicon Valley. The complex was once a school, and its playground was the most serene place for refl...

I like to travel in a willy-nilly way. So not only this trip, but I tend not to decide on plans before solo trips. First, I went to Waverley station, the terminal station of Edinburgh. The purpose is to get breakfast at Costa Coffee. I purchased a chocolate cake and a bottle of orange juice and s...

There’s a 900-year-old story about a king of Scotland and the lonely hermit who saved his life. Surviving only as scraps of tales and long-forgotten fables, the tale dates from the early days of Catholicism’s adoption by this scattered population — though the hermit in question liv...

King Ahkeem is a young rapper from Miami, Florida, who is on the rise. He is known for his range of lyrics and vocals, which make him a unique and exciting artist to watch. King Ahkeem’s music is heavily influenced by trap rap, but he also incorporates elements of other genres, such as ...

Ever wondered about the ripple effect of cinema on real life? Well, sit tight because you’re in for an unbelievable revelation. You may remember King Kong, the giant ape who took the world by storm in 1933, capturing the hearts of many as he scaled the Empire State Building. But what if I told...

Yukitaka Yamaguchi is, without any doubts, a very important man at Tsukiji market and one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever met in Tokyo. If you have ever been to Tsukiji market, you might have seen him in his blue uniform, focused slicing tuna, making calls and serving such sushi maste...

Back in October 2022, Universal Music Canada — Canada’s leading music company — and Tuff Gong Collective officially announced the signing of Canadian-Jamaican MC and lyricist King Cruff. A captivating performer and introspective songwriter who writes with intention, King Cruff was ...

Like Atlas, with the weight of the world on his shoulders, wait staff in Vienna take their job very, very seriously. Vienna: the capital of Austria, home of the Hasburg dynasty, old architecture and tardy, poker faced, sarcastic wait staff. In one of Europe’s oldest cities, with a long a...

I recently signed up for a conservation workshop on…wait for it…the king cobra (the longest, venomous snake on earth ) at the Kalinga Centre for Rainforest Ecology (KCRE), an environmental research centre based in Agumbe. Agumbe is a small village in Karnataka, situated in the Wes...

Every year, countless millions of salmon carry out one of the greatest animal migrations on earth. The longest and most remarkable of these journeys runs virtually the entire length of the Yukon River — an immense watershed that sprawls across interior Alaska and into northwestern Canada. S...

We’ve all sat with our kids to watch the iconic cartoon movie, “The Lion King.” The 2019 remake is the largest grossing animated movie of all time — $1.7 billion and counting. The popular Broadway version of the show marks its 25th year this month. It’s a fascinat...

According to a recent Rolling Stone article, Trump insiders say they plan to enact policies during his second term that will prevent the Department of Justice (DOJ) from prosecuting him. “According to two sources who have discussed the topic with the ex-president since last year, Trump and ...

The spectacle of the coronation of King Kevin the 15th, the last of his name, provides an opportunity to remind America that the GOP is not your friend. Nor are you its constituency, by any stretch of the imagination. A recent article in the British magazine The Critic, titled “The Strange Dea...

There are some White people who want to control the narrative about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., not just on the federal holiday celebrating his life, but throughout the year. For instance, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott commented, "Today," we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther Kin...

A movement is only as strong as its integrity. Part of our collective work is to protect this integrity, even when, or especially when, doing so is uncomfortable or hard. It is in this spirit that I write, to address a lapse in integrity within the activism community so glaring that to be silent is ...

It’s a matter of perspective. I, as a white man, have been doing a bunch of research over the last few years since George Floyd died. Strangely enough, I’m not sure I’ve reached a complete conclusion or viewpoint of what racism is, but I want to write something about where I’...

A century after the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings of Egypt, archaeologists are continuing to unearth more artifacts and controversies of this mysterious youthful King of power and wonder, who suffered in different magnitudes. At the precious age of nine, Ki...

Once built, the ancient Temple hosted psychoactive rituals such as burning Cannabis and Frankincense, drinking henbane wine, and revering the DMT-containing Acacia wood Ark. The Smithsonian once reported: They shall make an ark of acacia wood, God commanded Moses in ...

Pyrrhus, the son of Aeacides, king of Epirus, and a second cousin of Alexander the Great, was born in 319 BC. When he was two years old, his father was overthrown. Pyrrhus miraculously escaped and was taken to the court of Glaucias, king of the Illyrian Taulantians. Ten years later, the power in Epi...

The Ethics and Challenges of Revisionist Scriptural Exegesis. Confronting Ingrained Biases and Institutional Resistance — Exclusive interview with 31, Ralph Ellis, the maverick researcher — Wiki saga VII. Questioning Faith, Liberating Belief Liberating Jesus, Reimagining Fait...

The story of Amenemhept I, a notable Egyptian pharaoh, unfolds with intriguing implications for the origins of Judaism. This pharaoh was not just a ruler; he was a visionary who introduced a groundbreaking concept of monotheism, the belief in a single god, which was a stark departure from the preval...

The English monarch Richard III, whom Shakespeare portrayed as a megalomaniacal, malevolent hunchback, is one of the most famous villains in history. But while we’ve got lengthy regard that Richard met defeat and suffered his loss of life at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, it remained a ...

A lot of people use spaced repetition (i.e. smart flash cards) to study vocabulary when learning a language. This makes sense, because you need to learn approximately one metric ton of words to reach intermediate competency in a language, and flash cards are a great ...