Ever hear the phrase, “That’s the best thing since sliced bread?” It got me thinking. Sliced bread has been with us for a relatively short period of time (it was ninety-eight years ago, in 1928, that the first mechanical breadslicer was invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder), but that’s nothing compared to the first great inventions [...]
Located close to the Key Highway and Hughes Street in the city of Baltimore sits an historic location, which is becoming one of the popular neighborhoods in the city. Captain John Smith first discovered Federal Hill during his first exploration trip of the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. The name was not given to this area [...]
Cindy’s father John has always been interested in studying their family genealogy and it has been his hobby for the past ten years. Every once in a while he would discover something interesting and it would be a major event. Perhaps it was a little longer than ten years that he’s been working on their [...]
In 1833 some 800 members of the Bani Yas tribe led by the Maktoum family settled at the mouth of a creek that flowed into a natural harbor. The area of Daubi soon became a a center for fishing, pearl diving and sea trade. By the beginning of the 20th century Dubai was a successful [...]