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Pagan Roots of Easter Customs
At Easter time, children go on egg hunts looking for eggs the Easter bunny hid. Women and girls wear corsages. Traditional foods are eaten at Easter dinner.
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Slovak Customs During Holy Week
Slovaks girls traditionally threw out winter and prepared for spring during the first days of Holy Week.
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Tips on buying a new computer
Tips on buying a new computer
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For The Uncoupled
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Holy Thursday Slovak Traditions
Traditions in Slovakia associated with preparing for the Easter holiday on Holy Thursday.
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Politics and Economics of Indian Budget.
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Black Wedding
Learn the truth about life in Australia before the European invasion. You'll discover it's not quite the "Terra Nullius" proclaimed by invaders.
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Customized Rubber Stamps
Previously we looked at creating a rubber stamp with a minimal of expense. Those work great until you want something with a great deal more detail and durability.
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Irish Language and Culture Guide
Lonely Planet's new pocket guide to Irish language & culture is an essential read for anyone looking to learn more about life, language and history in the Emerald Isle
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Powhatan and His Wives
Powhatan has many wives but only keeps each wife until she bears him a child. All of his wives are temporary. He also retained a large group of bodyguards.
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Palm Sunday Traditions in Slovakia
Slovaks celebrate Palm Sunday by using branches rather than palms. It is the last moment of joy before the solemnity of Holy Week.
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The Excavation at Sutton Hoo
The burial ship uncovered in the mound at Sutton Hoo is the greatest single find in Anglo-Saxon archaeology.
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Alzheimer's and the Holidays
Tips and advice on getting through the holidays for those who care for an Alzheimer's sufferer.
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Why the World is the Way It Is
Review of Review of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
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Good Friday
How readers can participate in Good Friday and the Catholic practices of Good Friday.
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Essential Armenian Food
Armenian cuisine is not so much a static set of recipes, as a style of cooking and a Middle Eastern, Mediterranean pantry.
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Arthritis and Massage Therapy
Arthritis is a very common chronic condition. Massage therapy can help ease the symptoms and improve the quality of life for those living with arthritis.
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Vestal Virgins of Rome
Though the Vestal Virgins had precious luxuries not afforded other Roman women, there were certain sacrifices made for them.
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Mayhem in Moscow: 1997 in Review
1997 in review: poor tax collections, media/banking empires, and even Chubais the putative reformer doesn't have clean hands. Chubais has suffered serious reverses; many of his allies are now gone in the wake of a book-publishing scandal, and he has definitely lost some standing. Centralization of media and banking is possible in the near future.
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Bootleggers Bitchslapped
Two men jailed in Hong Kong for selling pirated anime over the Net.
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Christmas Shopping for the Power Gardener
Web walking through a Yuppie gardening paradise - suggestions for that gardener who seems to have everything.
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Kids Passover Crafts
Passover is a great time to teach children both in the classroom and in the home about the Seder table. Here are Passover craft ideas.
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Should You Plant By the Moon and the Zodiac?
The moon influences the tides and so why not also our plants?
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Divine Mercy: Jesus, I Trust in You
On Good Friday some Roman Catholics will begin a Divine Mercy novena. What is it?
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Ethnic Weddings
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Algebra + Algebra8 = Success
Many schools offer algebra for high school credit in 8th grade to give students a head start on math. A novel approach to use with beginning algebra is Algebra8.
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Creators Syndicate Launches First Class Web Site
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Dry Hot Chocolate Mixes
You don't have to melt chocolate and cream every time you want hot chocolate. Any one of these dry mixes can be stored for months, for instant cocoa.
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St George and the Dragon
Boys, as well as girls, love stories about knights and dragons. The most popular of these stories is the tale of how Saint George defeated a dragon and saved a city from
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American Indian Sovereignty
What is American Indian Sovereignty and why is it so important to American Indian nations?
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Ceremony Flowers
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Chief Crazy Horse
An informative look at the life, times and death of this brave Native-American chieftain whose name is forever linked with that of General George Armstrong Custer
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Clay, Wire and Bead Lapel Pin
Want a quick and easy way to make a beautiful custom-made Easter (or anytime) pin? Yes! This project is just the thing.
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Druids, Saints and Trees
Niall Mac Coitir assembles folklore of native Irish trees in his book "Irish Trees: Myths, Legends & Folklore." Trees of druids, saints and common folk await our discovery.
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Edible Desert Gardens
There are many plants that are beautiful, produce edible fruit (or are edible themselves) and grow well in desert gardens.
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Elia Kazan Biography: A Review
Why Richard Shickel's new bio of the famed director of Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman and On the Waterfront is his best work yet
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Getting from Point A to Point B
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Gifts for the Holidays
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Ideas for Scrapbook Collages
Instead of the store-bought, mass produced, manufactured, retailed, formatted, processed, and cookie cutter pages, give your scrapbook individual flavour?
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Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner
"Legacy of Ashes", Weiner's polemical history of the Central Intelligence Agency, is fiercely argued and impressively detailed.
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Shinto
Shinto is the ancient animist tradition that held together the various tribes (uji) of Japan. What beliefs are there in Shinto?
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SRW Tip#3: Tie Those Knots to Protect the Rose
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The Lorelei Signal
Here's a review of the first issue of The Lorelei Signal, a quarterly e-zine devoted to strong female characters in fantasy fiction.
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Throwing Powder on Your Face
A holiday where the tradition to throw colored powder on your face is celebrated throughout the world.
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Women's Status in Medieval Vietnam
Women in southern Vietnam have historically had more opportunities and freedoms than those in Chinese-dominated northern Vietnam.
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"You Can Get Published"; Gives A Good Start to New Writers
Review of <i>You Can Get Published</i>, a book for begining and aspiring writers from Writer's Digest Books.
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BISHOP HENRY MCNEAL TURNER
Profile of Bishop Henry Tuner, political and social activist. He was a Bishop in the AME church, publisher of the Christian Recorder and Chaplain of African American troops during the Civil War.
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Diana Deified
Analysis of Diana and Me, a tragically prophetic Australian film.
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Flavoring the American Stew
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My First Tale from the West Texas Dust


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