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Aug 27, 2005

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Education & Career

The Early Evening Show Starring Jupiter and Venus

Don't wait until dark to see Jupiter and Venus or you will miss the show. Read this article to find out all about it. Learn when and where to look. But hurry, the show closes after the first week of September!

By: Christina Coruth

Health & Wellness

Peripheral Artery Disease

Peripheral Artery Disease, or PAD, is another condition which affects the legs and will keep seniors from being on the move and enjoying life to its fullest. This disease is more serious than Restless Leg Syndrome and can be life-threatening.

By: Virginia Marin

Mind & Soul

Unquiet Coffins

There have been cases of coffins being tossed about in crypts. The most well known case is that of the Chase crypt in Barbados which happened from 1812 to 1820. The earliest record I could locate was that of the French Crypt, Stanton, Suffolk, England, 1810. In 1844, there was another case, the Buxhoewden Crypt on the Island of Oesel in the Baltic Sea. Various explanations have been offered including a minor earthquake, subterranean streams, grave robbers and electro magnetic theory. Even minor earthquakes are felt and the way the coffins are placed is logical argument evidence against this theory. There, in these cases, is no evidence of water in the crypts. The locks showed no evidence as having been tampered with and two of the crypts were sealed and the floors dusted with sand or ashes that were not disturbed. The coffins in the Chase grave were made of lead. Apparently the ones in the Buxhoewden crypt were made of wood because some were battered open. Is it possible that electromagnetic forces could toss lead coffins about? Why was nothing else in the area affected? Could these forces toss wood coffins about?

By: Jill Stefko

Partners & Parents

Books and Bookmarks

Learn about the earliest types of books and make several styles of bookmarks to protect your books as you go back to school.

By: Peggy Hoehne

Sports

Starting pitchers are allowed to or are able to pitch only six or seven innings, after which managers bring in relief pitchers, most of whom provide relief only to the opposition. Fear not. The Commissioner of Baseball has solved the problem. Beginning with the 2006 season, baseball games will be shortened to seven innings.

By: Harold Friend

Film & TV

Academy Presents a Program on the History of Sound in Early Motion Pictures

The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present "A Century of Sound," on September 15 in the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.

By: Nicholas Moreau

Home & Style

Genealogy In Scrapbooks - Preserving Our Past!

Many scrapbookers are also genealogists; and no wonder, since scrapbooking is a way of preserving our lives, and the lives our families. With care and consideration genealogy and family history can very easily be incorporated into scrapbooking with or without photos of your ancestors!

By: Merrideth Chenoweth

Outdoor & Recreation

The Saddleback Schuss

A hiking trip up ski trails to two 4,000 footers in Maine.

By: Lisa Marie Pane

Politics & Society

The tide is rising

Trends against US exceptionalism

By: Glenn Brigaldino

Travel

Old Fort Benton

The building of the original Fort Benton by the newly reconstructed Missouri Fur Company under the direction of Joshua Pilcher was due to Mexico’s 1821 independence from Spain as well as the continued interest in trapping in the Mexican mountains. The aim of the fort’s owners was to establish trade with the Blackfeet Indians.

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Prairie Restoration in Wisconsin

There are many types of grasslands within the state of Wisconsin. These can be broken down into a number of different descriptions. The broadest breakdown gives us three categories: mesic, dry and wet.

By: Peggy Hoehne

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