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Mar 10, 2005

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Education & Career

Rocky Road Pops, Pineapple Breeze Popsicles and Dreamsicles

Three fun popsicle recipes to make with or for your kids and/or students that don't cost a bundle and taste great!

By: Cheryl Lewis

Food & Drink

A Little Tea and Some Carrot Pineapple Bread

Join me for a visit, a cup of tea and some Carrot Pineapple Bread.

By: Jerri Brooker

Mind & Soul

II-11 Pekudei The Bride's Homecoming

Pekudei closes Exodus with the accounting of materials used for the Mishkan. The Torah is parsimonious, but the Mishkan and its construction takes up nearly five parashas in comparison to the very short section in Yisro for the the Ten Commandments or its applications in Mishpatim. "Why?" ask the rabbis, "why the repitition?" Consider if you planned and built a house from raw materials that you gathered together or collected from donations. Would it just be a five minute comment to your co-workers? "Oh, incidentally, we built our house.." or does every detail count? How many times does a company proof the prototype of a new airplane before placing it into production? Does it celebrate the first one off the line? Is it held accountable for ever screw and seam that makes it fly? "Oh, George, we forgot the screws in the carbines..." Does it really that the communication systems and auto-pilot function? Links to internet resources and commentary are included

By: Mary C. Legg

Plants & Animals

Are There Clubs or Groups for Mixed Breed Dogs?

Many owners of mixed breed dogs would like to be able to share information and experiences with other owners. This article gets you started in your search for this type of interaction.

By: Deborah Kompare

The Bare Bones View

You can see through the garden now to notice what needs to become visible this summer. Make note of the bare spots in your garden while you can see them without their growth. Doing this will give you an idea of possible locations for hardscape features.

By: T. C. Conner

The Great Egret

This large slender, graceful long legged, long necked, wading bird, the Great Egret stands about three feet tall and has a wingspan of almost five feet.

By: Fred J. Kane

Major changes are being proposed that will affect all plant lovers. Find out what they are and how you can make a difference.

Sports

Now it’s time to turn to the OTHER Sox. Until about the 1980s, most fans didn't know and didn't care that the Red Sox hadn’t won the World Series since 1918 but the fact is that the other Sox, the Sox from Chicago, had not won the World Series since 1917. They still haven’t won one.

By: Harold Friend

Writing & Publishing

It's Too Short! What Do I Do?

You've slaved over this script for months. It flows well, has good characters, all the correct elements. But it's too short. A full-length play should run about 90 to 120 minutes, but your script is not that long. What do you do?

By: Dave Brandl

Film & TV

Making It On Stage – Finding A Place to Perform

An overview of open mikes and bringer shows for comics with little or no experience. This article also offers a series of guidelines to help make your open-mike experience as successful as possible.

By: Vince Martin

History

When Did the Chinese First Visit the Americas?

An investigation into early contacts between the east and the west.

Partners & Parents

Fibromyalgia in Children

I have Fibromyalgia. It’s a painful disease that affects millions of people world-wide. Many people think that it’s just an adult disease, but it’s not. Read more about it here.

By: Deanna Couras Goodson

Science & Nature

It was bound to happen. The issue of extraterrestrial life, or of life in general as it relates to the Universe had to crawl here sooner or later. Tiptoeing around sensitive issues, we plot the journey life and intelligence had to negotiate in this galactic corner, on Earth.

By: Rodolfo Astrada

Travel

How Women Came to be on the Prairie

The Great Creator of All Things rolls out the Prairie. Upon it and above it Creator places a variety of creatures. When this is completed, Creator places Red Men and Women upon the prairie, then White Men and Women. At the last, Creator places upon the Prairie Black Men and Women. Because Creator has no mate to urge him on the more success, Creator rests.

By: Mary Trotter Kion

The Danish Language: Roots and Renewed Interest

The country of Denmark may be small but there are many who want to learn the language. There are a number of resources available to learn inside and outside of Denmark. Let's explore a few basic words and phrases to help you if you decide to move to or visit the Kingdom of Denmark.

By: L. Barrett Powell

Wise Black Prairie Woman, part 1

Wise Black Prairie Woman was born a slave, though she married a free Black. The Civil War comes and her husband marches off to war northward. Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation and Black Prairie Woman, with her children, head north to find her husband.

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Wise Black Prairie Woman, part 2

Wise Black Prairie Woman finds her husband. They buy a wagon and provisions and head west to homestead on the plains.

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Wise Red Prairie Woman, part 1

Wise Red Prairie Woman butchers buffalo and tans hides, then makes clothes and tipi covers from them. She gathers wild seeds and grains and grinds it into meal. She makes pemmican and does all of the never-ending chores a woman of the plains must do.

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Wise Red Prairie Woman, part 2

Wise Red Prairie Woman gathers roots and raises a garden to help feed her family. Often she serves, along with her dogs, as the families’ pack animal. To relieve her of some of her burdens her husband may decide to take a second wife, or more.

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Wise White Prairie Woman, part 1

The plains were sparsely populated until the Homestead Act was passed in the early 1860s. Free land was a strong westward draw for men. Their women, wives, daughter, mothers and grandmothers were compelled to leave comfortable civilization behind and occupy their men to the plains.

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Wise White Prairie Woman, part 2

The plains were sparsely populated until the Homestead Act was passed in the early 1860s. Free land was a strong westward draw for men. Their women, wives, daughter, mothers and grandmothers were compelled to leave comfortable civilization behind and occupy their men to the plains.

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Wise White Prairie Woman, part 3

The plains were sparsely populated until the Homestead Act was passed in the early 1860s. Free land was a strong westward draw for men. Their women, wives, daughter, mothers and grandmothers were compelled to leave comfortable civilization behind and occupy their men to the plains.

By: Mary Trotter Kion

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