By: Calvin Johnson | 2010-04-04 | Politics One neighbor said that while a child in Indonesia Barack was known as Barry, by his friends and his mother was married to an Indonesian man (is that something that indicates poor character?). A friend said Barack must be a Marxist because he stayed in his church 20 years listening to that madman Jeremiah Wright. My friends, neighbors and members of the press who doubted Obama for reasons like those previously mentioned raised no doubts about McCain or Giuliani during the primaries. There is a ton of ammunition for casting doubt on the character of these two fine politicians. read more
By: James Christie | 2011-09-19 | Crafts What have rosary beads, Hiawatha, Janet Jackson and 3D beads got to do with the history of bead craft? Read on to find out… read more
By: Robstringer | 2012-01-06 | City Guides Chicago has been identified for its multicultural heritage and is actually a house to persons of various ethnic and racial origins like African, Chinese, German, Greek, Vietnamese, Italian and Scandinavian. This incredibly fact tends to make this greatest town inside the State of Illinois, to attract thousands of visitors each year. read more
By: thessayist | 2011-04-10 | Religion America experienced social turmoil and racial discord during the 1960s. Black Americans rejected segregation and discrimination, unprosecuted racial violence, and second-class citizenship as status quo. In the midst of this turbulent period, a relatively unknown theologian from a rural town in Arkansas emerged to confront the abstract and irrelevant definitions of white mainstream theology and to speak to the social conditions of black Americans. read more
By: Ettika Jewelry | 2011-04-10 | Jewelry Jewels have been used in their most basic form, since the times when early humans began to use tools and wear clothing. read more
By: gaga | 2010-11-12 | Business Mandolin construction F-5-style mandolin (f-holes) A-5-style mandolin (f-holes) Example of an A-4-style mandolin (oval hole) A mandolin's typically hollow wooden body has a neck with a flat (or slight radius) fretted fingerboard, a nut and floating bridge, a tailpiece or pinblock at the edge of the face to which the strings are attached, and mechanical tuning machines, rather than friction pegs, to accommodate metal strings. Like the guitar, the mandolin has relatively poor sustain; that is read more
By: McRonalds | 2011-09-15 | Software This article describes the history of animation in the United States of America since the late 80's until the early twenty-first century. This period is often called the renaissance of American animation, during which many large American entertainment companies reform and reinvigorate its animation department after the decline suffered in the 60, 70 and 80. From 1988 to the present Disney's... read more
By: gaga | 2011-01-20 | Business History Birth of the band In the late 1960s, Roy Wood, guitarist, vocalist songwriter of The Move, had an idea to form a new band that would use cellos, violins, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound, taking rock music in the direction "that The Beatles had left off." Jeff Lynne, frontman with fellow Birmingham band The Idle Race, was excited by the concept. In January 1970, when Carl Wayne left The Move read more
By: xxyxy | 2010-10-09 | Entrepreneurs History Amongst the earliest forms of tree-shaping are the living root bridges of Cherrapunji in northeast India read more
By: Arthur Smith | 2010-03-27 | Humanities When Cullen's first collection of poetry, Color, was published in 1925 , he had already achieved national fame, with his poems having been published in Opportunityand many other journals. He had won second prize in 1923 and 1924 in the Witter Bynner Undergraduate Poetry Contest sponsored by the Poetry Society of America. He won first prize in 1925, when he also won the John Reed Memorial Prize. In 1926 he won the Crisis magazine award in poetry. Color received universal critical acclaim. read more
By: Jennifer Hisir | 2010-09-10 | Jewelry Native American jewelry is recognized all over the world for its unique jewelry designs. Traditionally, Native American Indian jewelry involves handcrafted or handmade jewelry with hand stamped designs, beads, flowers, and leaves around the gem. Such jewelry is sometimes designed with symbols and geometric patterns, and is a beautiful unique jewelry item for any women. Each piece of handmade Nativ read more
By: Samantha Kirk | 2012-03-28 | City Guides There is a place which was one of the first settlements for many immigrants who came from different countries and a place, the prairie. read more
By: gaga | 2011-01-22 | Business History Wallpaper, using the printmaking technique of woodcut, gained popularity in Renaissance Europe amongst the emerging gentry. The elite of society were accustomed to hanging large tapestries on the walls of their homes, a tradition from the Middle Ages. These tapestries added color to the room as well as providing an insulating layer between the stone walls and the room, thus retaining heat in the room. However read more
By: John Prytz | 2011-04-19 | Nature That the scientific communities and scientists in general (there are exceptions) dismiss the UFO ETH (extraterrestrial hypothesis) as pseudoscience and total bunk is understandable, but illogical. The scientists' anti UFO ETH arguments don't stand up to logical scrutiny. To adequately come to terms with the UFO ETH one needs to have a ‘deep time' perspective; not just one of here and now or last week, month, year, decade or even centuries ago. read more