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Education > College Life Choosing the best transport for getting to college: 1 of 2
Chances are, you're attending school somewhere away from your hometown. So getting to and from home and school will entail travel of some sort (email me when we perfect instant teleportation; I'm so there literally!). This doesn't have to be like those road trips you took with the parental units back when you were six, prone... More..
Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Book reviews: Writing and Difference, by Jaques Derrida: 1 of 1
Derrida: On "Writing and Difference" Derrida's text, Writing and Difference, is comprised of various essays dealing with topics as diverse as the violence of metaphysics, the poet Antonin Artaud, the theater of cruelty, and a reading of Sigmund Freud. He devotes much of his text to discussion of Levinas, Hegel, and Heidegger... More..
Health & Fitness > Herbal & Natural Remedies Using turmeric as a prevention for Alzheimer's disease: 1 of 1
Using Turmeric to Prevent Alzheimers Indian food, that is, food from the nations of the Indian subcontinent including but not limited to India and Pakistan, is notorious for its odor due to the fact that it contains such exotic spices as powdered chili pepper, cardamom, cloves, coriander, and notably, turmeric. Turmeric is p... More..
Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Biography: Taha Husayn: 1 of 1
Too often, important works of fictional and social literature outside of the United States and Europe go ignored, especially works more historical in chronology. Historical works of Eastern origin, like the scientific and mathematical texts of Arab thinkers like Ibn Sina (in Latin, Avicena) and Ibn Rushd (in Latin, Averroes)... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Australia & South Pacific Cultural difference in Islamic Indonesia: 1 of 1
The continent of Asia harbors a diverse, teeming multitude of people of different faiths. The great Asian faiths, Taoism and Buddhism and Shintoism, are well represented. East Timor and the Philippines are the Asian countries with the largest Roman Catholic populations in the entire continent. Hinduism is the thriving religi... More..
Food & Drink > Ethnic & International Foods Fancy dining alternatives in Tuscany: 1 of 1
There are some alternatives to sit-down meals when you're eating out in sunny Italy. The tavola calda, or hot table,' is a buffet that sells hot and cold foods. Here, you can choose a simple prepared dish or a whole meal. The food here can be truly impressive, but the usual tavola calda offers generall a few hot dishes, pizz... More..
Pets & Animals > Horse Care & Health Horse anatomy: The gaskin: 1 of 1
Those who enjoy horseback riding and know a lot about the techniques also know that knowing your horse's anatomy is just as important as nailing those jumps and properly grooming and tacking the horse. The gaskin is the part of the hind leg that is between the hock and the stifle. In other words, it is the upper part of the ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American What was the Boston Tea Party?: 25 of 49
There are countless ways to protest something that one feels is an unfair act of the present administration or a power structure like a corporation. Some people sign petitions and send them to Washington; others boycott certain products if the manufacturers use controversial agents, or if the marketer supports a certain poli... More..
Arts & Humanities > William Shakespeare Shakespeare's portrayal of women: 15 of 27
The portrayal of women in the works of William Shakespeare is particularly worthy of discussion because it incorporates important social, religious, cultural, and political convictions of historical concern. Particularly worthy of emphasis are the plays "Romeo and Juliet," "Othello," and "Hamlet." The greatest common theme i... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends The best TV cartoons for kids: 17 of 30
The Steven Spielberg-directed animated series, "Animaniacs" is an excellent postmodern cartoon adventure series for children and adults alike. Each of the three seasons is as good as the next, and all audiences are sure to love this charming, colorful, high-energy cartoon. Featuring an animated (pun) cast consisting of the s... More..