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  1. Nero, Christians, and the Great Fire of Rome

    by Joe Crubaugh - 2007-04-16
    It was the night of July 19, 64 A.D., when the Great Fire burst through the rooftops of shops near the mass entertainment and chariot racing venue called Circus Maximus. The flames, whipped by a stron...
  2. Foreign Aid, Non-Profit Volunteerism and Perpetual Band-Aids

    by L. Winslow - 2007-04-14
    Millions of people are dying of starvation, HIV-AIDS and by Wars, Terrorist Acts or Civil Unrest around the World. What are we doing about it? What is humanity doing to solve these problems? Is this t...
  3. Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Problem That Has No Name

    by Kathy Henry - 2007-04-14
    In an excerpt from her book, "The Feminine Mystique", Betty Friedan defines women's unhappiness during the Fifties as ''the problem that has no name.'' She identifies "the problem that has no name" as...
  4. Analyis of Herbert J. Gan's "The Uses of Poverty"

    by Kathy Henry - 2007-04-14
    In the article entitled "The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All," sociologist Herbert J. Gans discusses the strange alliance between the poor and the wealthy in American society. He states that the un...
  5. Free Online Trivia Game Questions And Answers

    by Deanna Mascle - 2007-04-11
    Question: Infants have more or less number of bones than adults?Answer: MoreTrivia Teaser: A baby's body has about 300 bones at birth. These eventually fuse, or grow together, to form the 206 bones th...
  6. Monument to the Expeditionary Force - Someone Still Remembers

    by Eric Lim - 2007-04-01
    The Monument to the Expeditionary Force in Bangkok is a memorial to the Thai soldiers killed on the Western Front in World War I. It's not widely known that Thailand deployed an expeditionary force t...
  7. Handling Setbacks

    by Sharon Eiffel - 2007-03-30
    Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.-Thomas L. HoldcroftSetbacks as we may call them are an evolutionary process which is necessary to our development. They...
  8. Racism and the English Language

    by Kathy Henry - 2007-03-27
    Words are probably the most potent weapon to exist in society. A derogatory statement about an individual can ruin his or her life and the meaning of words can be twisted to accommodate any situation...
  9. The Power Of Faith

    by Sharon Eiffel - 2007-03-26
    Our limiting minds cannot even accept a miracle when it happens. Is it any wonder therefore why so many of us don't experience miracles? Our minds are not receptive, but are full of doubt, pessimism a...
  10. Icon of Heritage

    by Muyiwa Osifuye - 2007-03-22
    Our Icon of Heritage An icon is a famous person, thing or a place. You can be sure which part of the world you are, if you unknowingly find yourself within the vicinity of places such as Olumo rocks...
  11. Lack Of Morality - Is Society The Result Or The Cause?

    by Neha Mehta - 2007-03-22
    Lack of morality is one of the major problems pervading our society these days. This problem is manifested in all the spheres of life. What ever be the causes of this problem, it can be said that this...
  12. The 20 Greatest Historical Myths - Part 5

    by Mark Juddery - 2007-03-22
    Here is the last of a series listing the 20 most common historical myths. These are facts that everyone seems to know, which have only one problem: they're not actually true. The following four histor...
  13. The 20 Greatest Historical Myths - Part 4

    by Mark Juddery - 2007-03-22
    Welcome to the fourth in a mini-series of history's greatest myths, and a tour of Australia, Denmark and the USA...8. Captain Cook discovered AustraliaMany Australians will agree that this isn't so - ...
  14. Indira Gandhi And The Tigers

    by Alejandro Guevara Onofre - 2007-03-20
    India is the home to Mahatma Gandhi and famous women such as Indira Gandhi was born there. From my point of view, I believe that Indira Gandhi was one of the most important ladies in modern Indian an...
  15. Scar as Sign - Dispatx Art Collective Winter 2005

    by Oliver Luker - 2007-03-17
    "A work of art is not an instrument of communication. A work of art has no connection with communication. A work of art contains not the slightest information. There is instead a fundamental affinity ...
  16. Abandonment - Dispatx Art Collective Spring 2006

    by Oliver Luker - 2007-03-17
    To speak of abandonment suggests a withdrawal or relinquishment of influence, the exposure of a physical or social structure to the dereliction of time or a cessation of protection. It can also descri...
  17. The Plague of Language - Dispatx Art Collective Summer 2006

    by Oliver Luker - 2007-03-17
    In proposing a theme for the fifth edition of Dispatx Art Collective we sought to investigate the nature of communication, encouraging consideration of its many forms and their incorporation into crea...
  18. Improvised Maps - Dispatx Art Collective Spring 2007

    by Oliver Luker - 2007-03-17
    The publication of the sixth edition of Dispatx Art Collective, which coincides with a complete redesign of the website, continues the practice of bringing together exciting original works from a dive...
  19. Investigating The Creative Method In Work In Progress

    by Oliver Luker - 2007-03-17
    Though it is clear that the nature of any creative method depends upon a number of complex factors, from the established practice of the individual, the nature of collaboration, type of subject area, ...
  20. Detail of Detail - Dispatx Art Collective Spring 2005

    by Oliver Luker - 2007-03-17
    It is one of the more startling facts of modern science that a simple non-linear equation can, in the appropriate circumstances, provide infinitely many different values. Seemingly tiny variances in i...