The Shroud of Turin: Has the identity of the imprinted face been confirmed as Christ? Has the Shroud of Turin be authenticated as belonging to Jesus? Vatican researcher Dr Barbara Frale believes so. She says, "I think I have managed to read the burial certificate of Jesus the Nazarene, or Jesus of Nazareth." She said that she had... ( added 7 hours 37 minutes ago.)

The National Board Certification For Teachers: Insights Concerning the NBPTS Five Core Propositions Note: the propositions are taken directly from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards website . Proposition 1: Teachers are Committed to Students and Their Learning NBCTs are dedicated to making knowledge accessible to all... ( added 11 hours 39 minutes ago.)

FAA Flight Delays: What Happened; What Does It Mean and Where Are We Now? November 18, 2009 : Flights across the U.S. are expected to see delays today due to a glitch in a Federal Aviation Administration computer that schedules flights. The problem is being investigated, but it's forcing workers to fill in flight... ( added 1 day 13 hours ago.)

Colum McCann Walks Away With Top Fiction Award For Novel, Let The Great World Spin The 60th annual National Book Awards was a stage for literature to be celebrated and for authors to shine. Colum McCann won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night for "Let the Great World Spin," a novel featuring a... ( added 1 day 15 hours ago.)

Bagasse: Brazil and Guatemala Lead The Way In This Sweet Renewable Energy Source Bagasse is the fibrous residue remaining after sugarcane or sorghum stalks are crushed to extract their juice and is currently used as a renewable resource in the manufacture of pulp and paper products and building materials. Bagasse, a... ( added 2 days 8 hours ago.)

The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety Has Released its list of the Safest Cars for 2010 Nineteen cars and 8 SUVs earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 's Top Safety Pick award for 2010. For the first time ever, good performance in a roof strength test to measure protection in a rollover was required to win. Top Safety... ( added 2 days 12 hours ago.)

Lorenzo von Matterhorn and the Belief That There Must Be Something Better To Do The name Lorenzo von Matterhorn has become all the rage on the internet search engines. Is this individual a Swede, German, Fin? Has he discovered a cure for cancer? Is he a jet-setting billionaire? In a word... NO. Lorenzo von Matterhorn is the... ( added 3 days 16 hours ago.)

ATT Net, Verizon & MCI: The FBI & The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Two years ago, certain FBI personnel used misleading emergency letters to acquire thousands of Americans' phone records. At the time this led to an unprecedented criminal probe, revealed at an outreach meeting led by FBI director Robert Mueller... ( added 4 days 12 hours ago.)

Unfriendly Fire: One In Three Female U.S. Service Members Are Sexually Assaulted The rate of sexual assaults within the US military exceeds that of the general population. A Pentagon report earlier this year found one in three female service members are sexually assaulted at least once during their enlistment. Sixty-three... ( added 5 days 4 hours ago.)

Black Friday 2009 WalMart: Revisiting The Black Friday 2008 Stampede Death Approximately one year ago, Jdimytai Damour, 34, was crushed as he and other employees attempted to unlock the doors of a Long Island, New York store at 5 a.m. Friday November 28th. At the time, Bruce Both, president of the United Food and... ( added 5 days 4 hours ago.)

Water On The Moon? My Top Ten, Eat Your Heart Out Letterman, List of Significance Number 10 : Now when you tell someone to go jump in the lake it's not just limited to Earth. Number 9 : Snooty Europeans & Americans now have a new source that they claim they get their bottled water from. Number 8 : If the moon affects... ( added 6 days 23 hours ago.)

This Veteran's Day, I Reflect on Homelessness and Healthcare Reform On this Veteran's Day of 2009, it has been over 20 years since I was an active member of the United States Marines Corps. I have not talked a great deal about that time of my life (and now won't be an exception), but I do want to talk about my... ( added 9 days 13 hours ago.)

Hispanic/Latino-American History Part Three Introducion We begin the third installment with the remainder of the war years and the beginnings of the modern Hispanic/Latino Civil Rights movement. We will conclude with the raw numbers in terms of the Hispanic/Latino populations; the... ( added 16 days 14 hours ago.)

My All-Time Top Five Creepiest Classic Radio Programs Some of my earliest memories in regard to entertainment have been classic radio programs. In observation of this spooky time of the year, I would like to share my all-time, top five, creepiest classic radio programs. I also will be giving some... ( added 21 days 14 hours ago.)

Hispanic/Latino-American History Part Two Preambulo I know that I said that part two of Hispanic/Latino American History would cover "t he diversity of ethnic backgrounds that make-up Hispanic/Latino-American culture in the United States as well as some of the contemporary issues... ( added 22 days 8 hours ago.)

Hispanic/Latino American History Part One Preambulo October is Hispanic/Latino-American Heritage Month and I wanted to give a brief summary of the history and culture of Hispanics/Latinos in America. This will be far from a complete rendering of their history or culture --- how could... ( added 24 days 6 hours ago.)

Let's Party Like It's 1929? This October 29th will be the eightieth anniversary of the stock market crash of 1929 or Black Tuesday. As we are now in the midst of the worst economic downturn since that time, I think that it is extremely important that we take a look back into... ( added 30 days ago.)

Plessy, the 14th Amendment & Big Business The following is a brief history of Plessy v. Ferguson (considered the legal beginning of Jim Crow Law), the 14th Amendment and the beginning of what we now call "Big Business." In this present time of big Wall Street bonuses; in an era of... ( added 36 days 15 hours ago.)

He That Despises The Poor Despises His Maker: Scapegoating in an Economic Crisis Introduction There is a familiar and ominous theme that is recurring in the conversation about the economic crisis we still find ourselves in: that the implosion of the housing market and subsequent mortgage debacle was the result of subprime... ( added 43 days 15 hours ago.)

Samaritan Sympathy Stoppers Luke 10:25-37 25 And then a certain lawyer arose to try (test, tempt) Him, saying, Teacher, what am I to do to inherit everlasting life [that is, to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah's kingdom]? 26 Jesus said to him, what is... ( added 49 days 13 hours ago.)

Come Let Us Reason Together: Effective Argumentation I've been thinking a great deal about the use of argument, or the lack thereof, in our current political debates. It appears, in my opinion, that there is a certain level of logic and reason that is absent from our dialogues and discussions. It is... ( added 55 days 6 hours ago.)

Death, Bribes, Cheating & Bankruptcy: What Healthcare Reform Isn't As the Senate is hashing over some 500 or more amendments to the healthcare bills that have been presented by the various committees, I believe that it is important to realize where we are currently as it pertains to healthcare in America. ... ( added 56 days 7 hours ago.)

How the ACORN Became A Mightier Oak: The Broader Implications of H.R. 3571 It appears that H.R. 3571 or The Defund ACORN Act's reforming reach may go well beyond the community organization itself. Although the Congressional bill passed both the House & Senate with wide bipartisan support, the language of the bill was so... ( added 59 days 3 hours ago.)

America's Unknown & Forgotten Eugenics Program "To understand why eugenics gained such a following in the first three decades of the 20th century, one needs to examine the economic, social, and political context in which it flourished. Science, or what is claimed to be science, is a product of... ( added 60 days 1 hour ago.)

Selective Outrage & Inconsistent Indignation I must admit I am somewhat confused about the rhetoric that I'm hearing by many who oppose well, just about anything President Obama does. I find that some of the outrage and indignation is rooted in some sort of collective amnesia and cognitive... ( added 63 days 13 hours ago.)