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Selected Highlights from Armchair World for
1998
- November-December, 1998
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- We have spent these two months expanding our storefront and
developing tooling for our water
fountains. 1999 will see major changes on Armchair World - just in time for
the new millineum.
- October, 1998
-
Geezerhood, Phase Changes and
Futurism
- In honor of John Glenn's second re-entry into space we present
this article on the aging male. Is it possible that Glenn is raising the bar in
spite of the inevitability of entropy?
- September, 1998
-
Self Defense Against a
Crowbar Attack
- A successful defense against an unprovoked crowbar attack taken
from a real life situation.
- September, 1998
-
Child Safety
- Dr. Bernd Weiss gives insights and helpful tips on child safety
both in and away from the home.
- August, 1998
-
Treating Personality
Disorders
- psychotherapy and the role of medications in treatment
- August, 1998
-
From Sea to Shining Sea
- The Vietnam War and habituation to unpleasant information.
- August, 1998
-
The Road From Tam
Shui
- Lew Daniels writes on how nature can redefine an instrument of
war.
- July, 1998
-
Personality Disorders, Part
2
- a discussion of various types of personality disorder
- June, 1998
-
Armchair World's
Fountain Webcam
- Since we make water fountains, it seemed appropriate to provide a
webcam showing the evolution of a water study. So we did.
- June, 1998
-
Armchair World Search
Engine
- We've installed a search engine on Armchair World. Now you can
search the entire site for just exactly what you are looking for.
- June, 1998
-
Armchair World's Indoor
Tabletop Water Fountains
- Our fountains are unique and beautiful - unlike anything you're
likely to see except by coming to armchair.com or to the galleries where they
are exhibited.. You'll find that they are reasonably priced and are the perfect
addition for home or office. This month we're introducing three new fountains
to our internet visitors: The Katherine, The Rebecca, and Blue
Ice. Now you can "Bring the Outside Inside" tm.
- June, 1998
-
Amish Friendship Bread
Variations
- Our readers have sent in some great variations on the traditional
Amish Friendship bread recipe. The bread can be adapted to many tastes and
occasions. You might have your own variation. If so, send it along and share
it. It's part of the tradition that makes Amish Friendship Bread so special.
- May, 1998
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Highway Dinosaurs
- Come with us to the dinosaurs at Cabazon, California. They stand
by the side of I-10 as a holdover from the days when California Kitsch
architecture was king.
- May, 1998
-
International Currency
Converter
- Through an interface at Armchair World you can now convert both
ways from any two of 165 currencies at the click of a button.
- May, 1998
-
Menu of the Belgium Restaurant
from the 1939 New York World's Fair
- The 1939 World's Fair was a celebration of the future but was
also a celebration of the food of the present. Come lunch at the Belgium
Restaurant on July 13th, 1939. You might even want to dine before braving the
two hour wait to see the Futurama exhibit.
- May, 1998
-
Book Airline Tickets through
Armchair World
- Our booking engine interface is now on line. All bookings are
checked by C.E.O. Travel International, Inc. - our own affiliated
corporate travel agency.
- April, 1998
-
The 1998 Los Angeles Marathon
Bike Tour IV
- A first hand account of the fourth Los Angeles Marathon Bike Tour
- known this year as the Acura Bike Tour IV.
- March, 1998
-
The Wonders of Reading the
Scene
- Geographer C.L. "Kit" Salter uses a late T'ang Dynasty poem by
Meng Chio to make a compelling argument for teaching history in it's
geographical context.
- March, 1998
-
The Last Dinner on the
Titanic
- The menu for the last dinner served to passengers in the
first-class dining saloon on October 14, 1912 before the Titanic sank.
- March, 1998
-
Francis Wenham, microscope
designer and microscopist
- A look at 19th century microscopisist Francis Wenham;
parenthetically, he is credited with coining the term 'aeroplane'.
- February, 1998
-
The Curve
- Louis Guida, Armchair World's wine expert, writes about a visit
to France's Bordeaux wine region where he learned that while technology is
important, in the final analysis it's the land that really counts.
- February, 1998
-
Dengue Fever
- Dengue Fever is a viral infection common throughout the tropical
regions of the world. It is spread by the day-biting Aedes aegypti and Aedes
albopictus mosquitoes. Dr. Spira reports on this nasty infection from the worst
of all possible points of view - personal experience!
- February, 1998
-
Sari Biro - Hungarian
Pianist
- Sari Biro was one of the pre-eminent pianists of the twentieth
century. As a woman she clearly demonstrated that women can successfully be
judged by the same artistic standards as men - this at a time when the highest
compliment a woman pianist could receive was that "she played like a man."
- January, 1998
-
Leptospirosis
- A disease that is on the rise around the world; adventure
travelers are especially at risk.
- January, 1998
-
Body Usage in Self
Defense
- Body usage, or how you hold and maneuver your body, contributes
to your ability to perform a specific skill such as a kick, parry, etc., but
often we forget how fundamental our body usage is to the effectiveness of the
technique and to how we are perceived in everyday life.
- January, 1998
-
Personality Disorders, Part
1
- defining normal and abnormal personalities and their origins
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