By: Andrew Regan | 2010-03-18 | Humor Devoid of the observational humour prevalent in American stand-up comedy, Doug Stanhope is one of the funniest comedians alive today. read more
By: Emily Sismour | 2010-12-11 | Reference & Education Many prominent historians have hopped on the digital bandwagon. A new survey has found that most of the 4,000 historian respondents are ready to try forms of digital scholarship like "interactive maps or online databases." However, the number of journals interested in publishing this new, digitalized work is relatively non-existent in comparison. read more
By: Ricky Clarke | 2011-07-25 | Careers Besides the fact that these two professions seem to be drenched in excitement and mystery, there are plenty of other factors they have in common: great job outlooks, for starters, and wonderful paychecks, to continue with. Sounds appealing? It should, we are talking about some pretty intriguing careers that should reunite passion and necessity and turn them into one complete and ultimate reason to pick one or the other. read more
By: Kip Parent | 2010-04-04 | Politics It's almost over. The history-making, record-breaking, media driven, polarizing, seemingly endless campaign for 44th President of the United States will end in a matter of days. The Democratic and Republican candidates are set, save for a final round of stumping. Barring the unforeseen, the next leader of the free world will be Barack Obama, a Rational Mastermind, or John McCain, an Artisan Promoter. Artisan or Rational? The countdown continues. read more
By: tourism | 2010-12-05 | Cricket Doug Bollinger is a left-arm fast bowler loaded with character more suited to cold beer than high-quality champagne. Early in his maiden Test spell on his SCG home ground, having promised to give 150,000%, he waved animatedly at Ricky Ponting to demand a short-leg. The crowd cheered every grimace throughout a welcome that included two wickets - and has not stopped yelling. He left that match with an enhanced reputation and the nickname "Doug the rug" after receiving some help in manufacturing go read more
By: Simon Haughtone | 2010-03-30 | City Guides The market town of Hexham, Northumberland, with its population of an estimated 11,139 inhabitants, is located in north east England in Sovereign State of United Kingdom on 54. 97 Degrees North and 2. 10 Degrees West co-ordinates. Hexham is regarded one of the three largest towns in Tynedale region along with Haltwhistle and Prudhoe. read more
By: Steven Mark Weiss | 2010-04-04 | Politics According to well-known political pundit James Carville, the 2008 U.S. presidential election may be an echo of the Eisenhower vs. Stevenson contest that took place in 1952. Here's one astrologer's take on that pronouncement...one that heartily agrees with Carville's assessment. read more
By: Frank Loethen | 2010-03-26 | Pets At the Presidential Pet Museum, you can learn about what current and former Presidents had for pets. In reviewing the list, most of them are/were pet lovers and some had several pets. The list is to long to mention every one but here are some of the more recent. read more
By: Carol Evanson | 2011-04-04 | K-12 Education Presidential scholarship awards are given to the brightest students of the state and this award is provided annually. These scholarships are funded by the contributions that are given to the University of Oregon Scholarship Fund generously by the donors. read more
By: Paul G White | 2010-12-04 | Babies The Melissa and Doug Company has a history of excellence in its 20 plus years of creating great toys for young children. Many of the toys that they make are great educational toys that are fun for kids and support their mental development, helping them learn new facts and skills. These are great toys such as learning mats, puzzles, games, blocks, and books. They're worth a good look by parents who want the best for their children. read more
By: Karen | 2011-11-10 | Magic Amazing multi-piece sets feature amusing illusions and crafty slight-of-hand tricks for the young magician to practice and perform. These easy-to-learn tricks are the same ones used by professional magicians: disappearing objects; multiplying coins; magic boxes; prediction tricks; a secret change bag and more. And the wooden storage chest magically transforms into a performance table with a secret read more
By: brainrobin | 2011-04-15 | College Contrary to what many people think, Historians have quite a substantial job prospects. For such people, it would be good having a look into the salary, employment, definition, and nature of work, as w... read more
By: Rachel Turner | 2010-04-01 | Book Reviews Join a young girl's journey to find her father and find out the truth about her mother. In The Historian, the debut novel by Elizabeth Kostova, we start off meeting a women who tells she is compelled to share a story which happened thirty six years ago. read more
By: Carolyn Clayton | 2011-09-07 | Destinations Nowadays when people visit London all they see is tourists and shoppers for miles ahead of them. read more