The triangle area shown in the map indicates a dense poppy cultivation area of three countries, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. The area covers more than 100,000 square kilometers of mountainous areas reassembling a triangle. The center of the area is at the boundaries of three countries where two rivers, the Mae Khong and Ruak, meet. In Thailand the tri-boundary area is at Ban Sob Ruak, Tambon Wiang, Amphoe Chiang Sean, Chiang Rai Province. In Myanmar it is at Ban Pak He Tambon Muang Pong, Amphoe Tha Khi Lek, Heng Tung Province and in Laos at Ban Kwan, Muang Ton Phueng, Khwang Bo Keaw.
The golden triangle owes its name to the opium traders of the area. Opium is an extremely expensive narcotic analgesic drug and thus is known as the “Black Gold”. In the former time gold was commonly used instead of money in opium trade in this area. However, because of betrayal by stuffing, it was a must to prove by cutting both opium and gold to ensure that there was no stuffing. Consequently as a result of the extensive use of money and gold in opium trade the area got its name- “The Golden Triangle.”
So how did opium become such an expensive drug? The history of opium can be traced back to 3400 B.C. where the opium puppy was cultivated in the lower Mesopotamia. Its long history suggests that humans have always been fond of this drug and have found ways to popularize both its usage and cultivation throughout the world. There is both archeological and literary evidence suggesting that people in Greece, Rome, Persia and Egypt who called this plant “OPIUM” meaning “FRUIT JUICE” have learned how to use opium both as narcotic and medicine since 1,000 B.C. For example, more than 3,000 years old ivory opium pipes were found in Cyprus and some Greek epics, like .Iliad and Odyssey, Helen of Troy as well as prayers to a Greek Goddess, Mediter, mentions the medicinal quality of opium suggesting a profound awareness of opium during the era. In addition, in his book of medicine, Hippoeratess a Greek physician who is considered the father of medicine also recognized the use of opium as an effective drug for the treatment of various diseases. All in all opium has served humans both as narcotics and as an effective drug since very long. But as soon as more and more people used opium for its narcotic pleasure rather than its medical usage bringing an alarming rate of heroin addicts, governments throughout the world made opium illicit not only to use but also to trade and cultivate poppy. Soon the demand outran the supply and the price of opium started skyrocketing.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Apollo
In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo, is one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian deities. The ideal of the kouros, Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu. Apollo was worshipped in both ancient Greek and Roman religion, as well as in the modern Greco-Roman Neopaganism.
As the patron of Delphi, Apollo was an oracular god — the prophetic deity of the Delphic Oracle. Medicine and healing were associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius. Apollo was also seen as a god who could bring ill-health and deadly plague as well as one who had the ability to cure. Amongst the god's custodial charges, Apollo became associated with dominion over colonists, and as the patron defender of herds and flocks. As the leader of the Muses and director of their choir, Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Hermes created the lyre for him, and the instrument became a common attribute of Apollo. Hymns sung to Apollo were called paeans.
In Hellenistic times, especially during the third century BCE, as Apollo Helios he became identified among Greeks with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister Artemis similarly equated with Selene, goddess of the moon. In Latin texts, however, Joseph Fontenrose declared himself unable to find any conflation of Apollo with Sol among the Augustan poets of the first century, not even in the conjurations of Aeneas and Latinus in Aeneid XII (161–215). Apollo and Helios/Sol remained separate beings in literary and mythological texts until the third century CE.
As the patron of Delphi, Apollo was an oracular god — the prophetic deity of the Delphic Oracle. Medicine and healing were associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius. Apollo was also seen as a god who could bring ill-health and deadly plague as well as one who had the ability to cure. Amongst the god's custodial charges, Apollo became associated with dominion over colonists, and as the patron defender of herds and flocks. As the leader of the Muses and director of their choir, Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Hermes created the lyre for him, and the instrument became a common attribute of Apollo. Hymns sung to Apollo were called paeans.
In Hellenistic times, especially during the third century BCE, as Apollo Helios he became identified among Greeks with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister Artemis similarly equated with Selene, goddess of the moon. In Latin texts, however, Joseph Fontenrose declared himself unable to find any conflation of Apollo with Sol among the Augustan poets of the first century, not even in the conjurations of Aeneas and Latinus in Aeneid XII (161–215). Apollo and Helios/Sol remained separate beings in literary and mythological texts until the third century CE.
Abydos Triad
Osiris
The god of the underworld. Osiris was the husband of Isis and the brother of Set. His betrayal and murder by Set and Isis's search for his body is a beautiful series of Legends. Osiris and Isis had a son, Horus. After his death, Osiris, progresses to the underworld to preside as ruler there.
Isis
The mother of Horus. As the mother of Horus, Isis was considered to be mother of the King. In the Late and Graeco-Roman period she is often portrayed suckling the infant horus. The hieraglyph for her name is a throne. She is ofen depicted with a throne on her head or a solar disc with cow's horns. She is sometimes dipicted with large sheltering wings. Her main cult was at Philae.
She was closely associated with magic. She could heal and assume any form she chose, which came in handy when she was searching for the body of Osirus. Two other important aspects were "Great White Sow of Heliopolis" and the Isis-cow which gave birth to the sacred Apis Bull of Memphis.
Horus
The child of Isis and Osirus. Horus was killed by Seth, as was his father, Osirus. However, in legend, Horus joined his father in the underworld and returned to fight and defeat Set at Edfu. He fought in his corporal form that was resurected from the Duat and in the form of a winged sun disc.
The god of the underworld. Osiris was the husband of Isis and the brother of Set. His betrayal and murder by Set and Isis's search for his body is a beautiful series of Legends. Osiris and Isis had a son, Horus. After his death, Osiris, progresses to the underworld to preside as ruler there.
Isis
The mother of Horus. As the mother of Horus, Isis was considered to be mother of the King. In the Late and Graeco-Roman period she is often portrayed suckling the infant horus. The hieraglyph for her name is a throne. She is ofen depicted with a throne on her head or a solar disc with cow's horns. She is sometimes dipicted with large sheltering wings. Her main cult was at Philae.
She was closely associated with magic. She could heal and assume any form she chose, which came in handy when she was searching for the body of Osirus. Two other important aspects were "Great White Sow of Heliopolis" and the Isis-cow which gave birth to the sacred Apis Bull of Memphis.
Horus
The child of Isis and Osirus. Horus was killed by Seth, as was his father, Osirus. However, in legend, Horus joined his father in the underworld and returned to fight and defeat Set at Edfu. He fought in his corporal form that was resurected from the Duat and in the form of a winged sun disc.
Egyptian Gods and Their Cult Centers
The Egyptian tourist industry is based on the legacy of 5000 years of cultural development and monumental building by Egyptians. Today we enjoy the splendors of Egypt because of the rediscovery of its wonders in the 1800's and because of the well organised and efficient tourist industry that the modern Egyptian have built.
When Napoleon's expedition of 160 scientists returned from Egypt to publish the Description de l'Egypte (1809), the Gods of Egypt were reborn and the remnants of their cult temples and ritual centres were discovered.
Egyptology became a hobby and and then a science in the 1800's and 1900's, and each year's excavations and publications bring more knowledge of how the religion of the Ancient Egyptians was integrated into their daily lives.
Egypt once depended on others to discover its past, but no more. Today Egyptians all along the Nile are actively engaged is discovery and preservation of the magnificant legacy of the past. The descendants of the builders of the pyramids are constantly contributing to the body of knowledge that is known as Egyptology.
This site and its companion sites Egypt Cult Centers and Egypt Creation Myths, bring you the fruits of decades of work by Egyptologists of all nationalities to present the Gods of Egypt and their Cult CentersThe Egyptian tourist industry is based on the legacy of 5000 years of cultural development and monumental building by Egyptians. Today we enjoy the splendors of Egypt because of the rediscovery of its wonders in the 1800's and because of the well organised and efficient tourist industry that the modern Egyptian have built.
When Napoleon's expedition of 160 scientists returned from Egypt to publish the Description de l'Egypte (1809), the Gods of Egypt were reborn and the remnants of their cult temples and ritual centres were discovered.
Egyptology became a hobby and and then a science in the 1800's and 1900's, and each year's excavations and publications bring more knowledge of how the religion of the Ancient Egyptians was integrated into their daily lives.
Egypt once depended on others to discover its past, but no more. Today Egyptians all along the Nile are actively engaged is discovery and preservation of the magnificant legacy of the past. The descendants of the builders of the pyramids are constantly contributing to the body of knowledge that is known as Egyptology.
This site and its companion sites Egypt Cult Centers and Egypt Creation Myths, bring you the fruits of decades of work by Egyptologists of all nationalities to present the Gods of Egypt and their Cult Centers.
When Napoleon's expedition of 160 scientists returned from Egypt to publish the Description de l'Egypte (1809), the Gods of Egypt were reborn and the remnants of their cult temples and ritual centres were discovered.
Egyptology became a hobby and and then a science in the 1800's and 1900's, and each year's excavations and publications bring more knowledge of how the religion of the Ancient Egyptians was integrated into their daily lives.
Egypt once depended on others to discover its past, but no more. Today Egyptians all along the Nile are actively engaged is discovery and preservation of the magnificant legacy of the past. The descendants of the builders of the pyramids are constantly contributing to the body of knowledge that is known as Egyptology.
This site and its companion sites Egypt Cult Centers and Egypt Creation Myths, bring you the fruits of decades of work by Egyptologists of all nationalities to present the Gods of Egypt and their Cult CentersThe Egyptian tourist industry is based on the legacy of 5000 years of cultural development and monumental building by Egyptians. Today we enjoy the splendors of Egypt because of the rediscovery of its wonders in the 1800's and because of the well organised and efficient tourist industry that the modern Egyptian have built.
When Napoleon's expedition of 160 scientists returned from Egypt to publish the Description de l'Egypte (1809), the Gods of Egypt were reborn and the remnants of their cult temples and ritual centres were discovered.
Egyptology became a hobby and and then a science in the 1800's and 1900's, and each year's excavations and publications bring more knowledge of how the religion of the Ancient Egyptians was integrated into their daily lives.
Egypt once depended on others to discover its past, but no more. Today Egyptians all along the Nile are actively engaged is discovery and preservation of the magnificant legacy of the past. The descendants of the builders of the pyramids are constantly contributing to the body of knowledge that is known as Egyptology.
This site and its companion sites Egypt Cult Centers and Egypt Creation Myths, bring you the fruits of decades of work by Egyptologists of all nationalities to present the Gods of Egypt and their Cult Centers.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
All About Starbucks
Starbucks my lovely beverage company in my life. It's coffee were awesome. I'm love the coffee of Starbucks whatever espresso, latte or mocha..
Starbucks purchases and roasts high-quality whole bean coffees and sells them along with fresh, rich-brewed, Italian style espresso beverages, a variety of pastries and confections, and coffee-related accessories and equipment - primarily through its company-operated retail stores. In addition to sales through our company-operated retail stores, Starbucks sells whole bean coffees through a specialty sales group and supermarkets. Additionally, Starbucks produces and sells bottled Frappuccino® coffee drink and a line of premium ice creams through its joint venture partnerships and offers a line of innovative premium teas produced by its wholly owned subsidiary, Tazo Tea Company. The Company's objective is to establish Starbucks as the most recognized and respected brand in the world.
To achieve this goal, the Company plans to continue to rapidly expand its retail operations, grow its specialty sales and other operations, and selectively pursue opportunities to leverage the Starbucks brand through the introduction of new products and the development of new distribution channels.
Starbucks purchases and roasts high-quality whole bean coffees and sells them along with fresh, rich-brewed, Italian style espresso beverages, a variety of pastries and confections, and coffee-related accessories and equipment - primarily through its company-operated retail stores. In addition to sales through our company-operated retail stores, Starbucks sells whole bean coffees through a specialty sales group and supermarkets. Additionally, Starbucks produces and sells bottled Frappuccino® coffee drink and a line of premium ice creams through its joint venture partnerships and offers a line of innovative premium teas produced by its wholly owned subsidiary, Tazo Tea Company. The Company's objective is to establish Starbucks as the most recognized and respected brand in the world.
To achieve this goal, the Company plans to continue to rapidly expand its retail operations, grow its specialty sales and other operations, and selectively pursue opportunities to leverage the Starbucks brand through the introduction of new products and the development of new distribution channels.
CS Final Draft
Hello everyone, welcome to the Uncle Tea Spaghetti House.I'm tea the CEO of the restaurant.
Today, i would like to show you guys about the new product of Uncle Tea Spaghetti House. That is spaghetti sauce in can. The major reason why it mades in can because we wish all of our lovely customers can taste the spaghetti sauce from my restaurant whenever time and where ever you are.
Ok, let's look at the video. He is chef Lembu. He is one the chef of Uncle Tea Spaghetti House. He will show us the steps to cook spaghetti using my restaurant new product spaghetti sauce in can.
(Reference to video)As you know this is my restaurant's spaghetti sauce.Ok well,you should prepare the spaghetti sauce, meatball or can change as your favorite and spaghetti for cooking.
Put the spaghetti into the boiling water and keep stir it on than let's it cooks as long as 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, keep the spaghetti dry and put in the cold water for cold it on don't let's it stick in the dish. After filled with cold water puts in the dish.
Now put the meatball into the water to cooking. During the cooking, heat the spaghetti sauce and stir it on. Then mixed the meatball with the spaghetti sauce and stir it again.
Last step, put the spaghetti sauce with meatball on the spaghetti and serve it.Then the traditional spaghetti done.
At the last, I'm hope everyone will fully support my product.thank you
Any question for my new product?
Today, i would like to show you guys about the new product of Uncle Tea Spaghetti House. That is spaghetti sauce in can. The major reason why it mades in can because we wish all of our lovely customers can taste the spaghetti sauce from my restaurant whenever time and where ever you are.
Ok, let's look at the video. He is chef Lembu. He is one the chef of Uncle Tea Spaghetti House. He will show us the steps to cook spaghetti using my restaurant new product spaghetti sauce in can.
(Reference to video)As you know this is my restaurant's spaghetti sauce.Ok well,you should prepare the spaghetti sauce, meatball or can change as your favorite and spaghetti for cooking.
Put the spaghetti into the boiling water and keep stir it on than let's it cooks as long as 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, keep the spaghetti dry and put in the cold water for cold it on don't let's it stick in the dish. After filled with cold water puts in the dish.
Now put the meatball into the water to cooking. During the cooking, heat the spaghetti sauce and stir it on. Then mixed the meatball with the spaghetti sauce and stir it again.
Last step, put the spaghetti sauce with meatball on the spaghetti and serve it.Then the traditional spaghetti done.
At the last, I'm hope everyone will fully support my product.thank you
Any question for my new product?
Demonstrate & Persuasive Speech
General Purpose:
To demonstrate & persuasive
Specific Purpose:
To demonstrate & persuative(the making of spaghetti,promote new spaghetti sauce product in can)
Central Idea:
How to cook the spaghetti by own, increase the sales of spaghetti sauce in can
Introduction:
Spaghetti and spaghetti sauce
Body:
1.Introduce the new spaghetti sauce product in can
2.Promote the new product
3.showing and explain the steps of making spaghetti
4.Customers question time
Summary:
Learning the making spaghetti can cook when ever time and where ever place..
Conclusion:
Increase the sales of spaghetti sauce in can caring more income to restaurant.
And let's the spaghetti of restaurant be famous..
To demonstrate & persuasive
Specific Purpose:
To demonstrate & persuative(the making of spaghetti,promote new spaghetti sauce product in can)
Central Idea:
How to cook the spaghetti by own, increase the sales of spaghetti sauce in can
Introduction:
Spaghetti and spaghetti sauce
Body:
1.Introduce the new spaghetti sauce product in can
2.Promote the new product
3.showing and explain the steps of making spaghetti
4.Customers question time
Summary:
Learning the making spaghetti can cook when ever time and where ever place..
Conclusion:
Increase the sales of spaghetti sauce in can caring more income to restaurant.
And let's the spaghetti of restaurant be famous..
When you believe
A song with a greatest lyrics..
It is present by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston..
The song was always remind me don't ever try to give up
because there can be miracles when you are believe..
Lyrics
Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopefull song
We barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we knew we could
There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe
In this time of fear
When prayers so often prove(s) in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say
There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe
They don't (always happen) when you ask (Oh)
And it's easy to give in to your fears(Oh...Ohhhh)
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way straight throught the rain
(A small but) still resilient voice Says
(hope is very near)(Ohhh)
It is present by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston..
The song was always remind me don't ever try to give up
because there can be miracles when you are believe..
Lyrics
Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopefull song
We barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we knew we could
There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe
In this time of fear
When prayers so often prove(s) in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say
There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe
They don't (always happen) when you ask (Oh)
And it's easy to give in to your fears(Oh...Ohhhh)
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way straight throught the rain
(A small but) still resilient voice Says
(hope is very near)(Ohhh)
Friendship
There is no greater blessing than an understanding friend, who's there in times of trouble and on whom we can depend.
A friend who knows our every mood and brightens cloudy days; One who's slow to criticize but quick to offer praise.
There is no greater blessing than a friend who always cares;One who will remember us
In daily thoughts and prayers.
A friend who knows our every mood and brightens cloudy days; One who's slow to criticize but quick to offer praise.
There is no greater blessing than a friend who always cares;One who will remember us
In daily thoughts and prayers.
Santa Claus
Born nearly 2000 years ago, not too long after the days that Jesus Christ walked the earth, Nicholas was born to wealthy parents in a tiny village in the country we today call Turkey.
Though Nicholas was a child of privilege, he was raised a Christian and at a very young age was devoted to the faith.Nicholas' parents died while he was yet a boy. And not knowing what to do with himself or the fortune he inherited, he turned to his Bible and read the words of admonishment that Christ gave to a wealthy man: "Sell all thou hath and give it to the poor and follow me".Nicholas went to his village priest, confessed his sins and expressed the desires of his heart. He wished to become a priest.
Because he was an orphan, the priest took him in. And soon he found that Nicholas was no ordinary boy. Legend tells the story of a young Nicholas visiting the Holy Land with his village priest. On the return voyage, over stormy waters, their ship was cast about and all aboard feared for their lives. Nicholas steadfastly prayed for the safety of the passengers and crew. His faith astonished those with him as the storm passed and the waters calmed.The village priest was fond of Nicholas. But he knew Nicholas lacked the education and the credentials necessary to become a priest. He would need a miracle if it was to happen. And a miracle is just what he got.
In the not too distant city of Myra, the Bishop of the church passed away. As the authorities of the church assembled to consider his replacement, Nicholas was there. The man considered wisest amongst the authorities had a dream and was visited by a heavenly messenger. He inquired of the angel "Who should the new Bishop be?". The angel said that if the gathered authorities would just wait by the door of the church they should select the first person named Nicholas to walk through the doors. The church authorities had their answer, and Nicholas had his miracle and was named the youngest bishop of the church ever on record.
As a young Bishop, Nicholas was fearless in his defense of the faith. He became known as an outspoken caretaker of the people of his flock and as one very close to God, due to his faith. When the citizens of Myra came to him to complain of a difficult tax burden, he approached the Emperor for relief. Constantine, who was not Christian and who had previously cast Nicholas into prison for his vigorous public defense of Christianity, wrote a decree lowering the tax due to Bishop Nicholas' pleas on behalf of the people
.
Bishop Nicholas took the written decree and cast it upon the waters towards the city of Myra. Sometime later, the finance ministers from Rome met with Constantine to change his mind about the tax. Constantine called Nicholas before him and asked for the written decree back. When Nicholas declared that he had cast the decree upon the water and that the change to the law had already taken affect, Constantine did not believe him. He sent a runner to Myra who returned a few days later to confirm that all Nicholas had said was true.
Nicholas was beloved of the people of Myra for his kindness especially to children. One such deed became a legend that has survived for centuries and is celebrated even now in a variety of cultures. In his town where he was Bishop, Nicholas once gave an anonymous gift to a man with three daughters. The family was destitute of means. The custom of the time was that each daughter would need to be provided with a dowry in order to marry. Because they were poor, the father of the three daughters was contemplating selling his children into slavery.
Nicholas heard of their plight and on a dark night soon after the eldest daughter came to marrying age, he tossed a small bag of gold through an open window (and some say he tossed it down the chimney), sparing her a life of misery.As the second daughter came of age he repeated the deed, again doing so anonymously.As the third daughter came of age the father waited up nights to catch the gift-giver in order to express his gratitude. His persistence paid off as he caught Bishop Nicholas in the act.
Though Nicholas was a child of privilege, he was raised a Christian and at a very young age was devoted to the faith.Nicholas' parents died while he was yet a boy. And not knowing what to do with himself or the fortune he inherited, he turned to his Bible and read the words of admonishment that Christ gave to a wealthy man: "Sell all thou hath and give it to the poor and follow me".Nicholas went to his village priest, confessed his sins and expressed the desires of his heart. He wished to become a priest.
Because he was an orphan, the priest took him in. And soon he found that Nicholas was no ordinary boy. Legend tells the story of a young Nicholas visiting the Holy Land with his village priest. On the return voyage, over stormy waters, their ship was cast about and all aboard feared for their lives. Nicholas steadfastly prayed for the safety of the passengers and crew. His faith astonished those with him as the storm passed and the waters calmed.The village priest was fond of Nicholas. But he knew Nicholas lacked the education and the credentials necessary to become a priest. He would need a miracle if it was to happen. And a miracle is just what he got.
In the not too distant city of Myra, the Bishop of the church passed away. As the authorities of the church assembled to consider his replacement, Nicholas was there. The man considered wisest amongst the authorities had a dream and was visited by a heavenly messenger. He inquired of the angel "Who should the new Bishop be?". The angel said that if the gathered authorities would just wait by the door of the church they should select the first person named Nicholas to walk through the doors. The church authorities had their answer, and Nicholas had his miracle and was named the youngest bishop of the church ever on record.
As a young Bishop, Nicholas was fearless in his defense of the faith. He became known as an outspoken caretaker of the people of his flock and as one very close to God, due to his faith. When the citizens of Myra came to him to complain of a difficult tax burden, he approached the Emperor for relief. Constantine, who was not Christian and who had previously cast Nicholas into prison for his vigorous public defense of Christianity, wrote a decree lowering the tax due to Bishop Nicholas' pleas on behalf of the people
.
Bishop Nicholas took the written decree and cast it upon the waters towards the city of Myra. Sometime later, the finance ministers from Rome met with Constantine to change his mind about the tax. Constantine called Nicholas before him and asked for the written decree back. When Nicholas declared that he had cast the decree upon the water and that the change to the law had already taken affect, Constantine did not believe him. He sent a runner to Myra who returned a few days later to confirm that all Nicholas had said was true.
Nicholas was beloved of the people of Myra for his kindness especially to children. One such deed became a legend that has survived for centuries and is celebrated even now in a variety of cultures. In his town where he was Bishop, Nicholas once gave an anonymous gift to a man with three daughters. The family was destitute of means. The custom of the time was that each daughter would need to be provided with a dowry in order to marry. Because they were poor, the father of the three daughters was contemplating selling his children into slavery.
Nicholas heard of their plight and on a dark night soon after the eldest daughter came to marrying age, he tossed a small bag of gold through an open window (and some say he tossed it down the chimney), sparing her a life of misery.As the second daughter came of age he repeated the deed, again doing so anonymously.As the third daughter came of age the father waited up nights to catch the gift-giver in order to express his gratitude. His persistence paid off as he caught Bishop Nicholas in the act.
Origins of Spaghetti
Chinese noodles pre-date Italian pasta, and traders may have introduced the food to the west. Historically, people in Italy ate pasta in the form of gnocchi-like dumplings – pasta fresca eaten as soon as it was prepared. It has been asserted that pasta was first worked to long, thin forms in Southern Italy around the 12th Century. The popularity of pasta spread to the whole of Italy after the establishment of pasta factories in the 19th century, enabling the mass production of pasta for the Italian market. Pasta is commonly associated with Italy.
In the United States around the end of the 1800s, spaghetti was offered in restaurants as Spaghetti Italienne (which likely consisted of extremely soggy noodles and a tomato sauce diluted with broth) and it wasn't until decades later that it came to be prepared with garlic or peppers. Canned spaghetti, kits for making spaghetti, and spaghetti with meatballs became popular, and the dish has become a staple in that country.
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