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by Dane Smith - 2008-09-12
Everyone's favorite slogan, "Keep Austin Weird," certainly applies to this unique and funky museum. Heavily slanted towards music, the South Austin Museum of Pop Culture aims to preserve and exhibit a...
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by Christopher Schwebius - 2008-09-02
Sumerians were people who inhabited southern Mesopotamia from around 3500 BC to 1800 BC. They had formed twelve city states, the most famous being Ur and Sumer. A common language called Sumerian was f...
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by celtgrfe - 2008-08-14
John of England was born Christmas Eve 1167 and died October 19, 1216. He became King of England in 1199 and had a very interesting history. His succession to the throne came after his brother King Ri...
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by George Baxter - 2008-08-03
Hans Hofmann was a strong exponent of abstract art whose paintings depicted a relationship between powerful and vibrant colours on a clearly defined underlying structure, Hans Hofmann - representative...
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by Armando Martinez - 2008-07-07
The Aztec word macehualtin designated the people that did not belong to the upper social spheres (artisans, traders, and government officials), but excluded the sphere of the slaves. The word is deriv...
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by celtgrfe - 2008-07-05
Most of the Irish, who settled in Pennsylvania coal regions, prior to the great Irish famine (1845-1849), came from the counties of Kilkenny and Laois, in south-central Ireland. These Irish immigrants...
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by Craig Harkins - 2008-06-29
Some of the most thrilling performances on stage involve staged combat. For example, imagine Hamlet without the many battles that take place? Or Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance without the ...
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by doyourock - 2008-06-26
Why women do tattoo themselves? It is a need to express their personality and embellish a body part and most women would tell you that it is an art.What does tattooing consist of? What is the techniqu...
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by Michael Brien - 2008-06-06
The history of coin collection is greatly increasing all around the world. The coins, which have been dropped out from the circulation will be specific and precious and moreover it is a form of coin c...
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by Sheryll Cross - 2008-05-06
Most of us today think that a courtesan is nothing more than a glamorized prostitute. While it may be true that an 18th century-Parisian courtesan provided sexual services just as a 21st century- Brit...
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by Meena chauhan - 2008-05-01
I've been wondering this for a while and have been dying to ask my business colleagues and friends. But whenever I'm get ready to pop the question, I manage to convince myself that it's silly, reveals...
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by John Foster - 2007-11-08
I just received an invitation for our school reunion and immediately felt nostalgic thinking about school days. I rummaged my old cupboard and came up with not only some old school photographs but als...
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by John Foster - 2007-11-04
Since creativity has different meanings to everyone, people with creative thoughts always have their own ways to make every task unique and innovative. Surprisingly, most of us put creativity in pract...
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by John Foster - 2007-10-20
Scrapbooking is perhaps one hobby that has a universal appeal. No matter, in which corner of the world you stay, you are bound to come across people who are passionate about scrapbooking as a hobby. S...
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by John Foster - 2007-10-17
Gradually expanding online world has a lot to offer to internet users, so that they may get all possible information without any hassle. With the increasing involvement of internet in every section of...
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by John Foster - 2007-10-05
If you are one of those who love to collect and preserve materials that are close to your heart then scrapbooking is for you. It is more than collecting and placing of your beloved articles. To help y...
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by John Foster - 2007-09-25
Scrapbooking has become a great pastime for many people by which they can invent noble ways to save their precious memories forever. People love to capture their memories in a creative manner that is ...
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by John Foster - 2007-09-03
In maintaining a scrapbook, people place their earnest efforts and enjoy every step. The only thing that may disappoint them is the cost of scrapbooking. Creating scrapbooking pages can be made less e...
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by wendyh - 2007-08-11
If you don't love art, and are simply considering buying art as an investment, the best advice is to find something else to invest in. Collecting and buying art should be a labor of love, not a cold-h...
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by Coleman Furniture - 2007-08-10
In Alice's Adventures Through the Looking Glass the heroine, Alice, travels to a quirky kingdom by stepping through the looking glass in the parlor of her home. In Looking Glass Land, everything is ba...