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Passing Through The Police Recruitment Process -
Nick Redding (168) 
The sirens blare. Another outburst has come about that the police are needed. You watch from the corner and decide that this is what you really want to do with your life. Once you go to college, enroll in criminal justice and after having finished police academy, you are ready to set out to... ( added 19 days 15 hours ago.) |
Say It Right - A Guide To Pronunciation -
Ben Morrish (7,936)     
Ben Morrish   
To be clearly understood, it is important to pronounce words correctly so that people listening to you know what you are saying.
But some words are often pronounced incorrectly (and the only word that can correctly be pronounced incorrectly is "incorrectly" itself!).
Here's some... ( added 44 days ago.) |
America's Unknown & Forgotten Eugenics Program -
Edward Rhymes (1,331)  
Edward Rhymes
"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 culture like any other human activity." - Dr.... ( added 47 days 18 hours ago.) |
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The Two Ships that Got Away: An Update to the Jamestown Colony Story -
Joseph Collins (362) 
Joseph Collins
In 1607, Jamestown became the 1 st permanent English settlement in the Americas . For centuries, very little was known about the origins of a group of Africans that landed there in 1619. In fact, the reliance by historians on a few surviving letters and journals written by colonists led to... ( added 3 years 47 days ago.) |
The History of Super Glue -
T Going (3,483) 
T Going
I’m sure many of you have already wondered where super glue came from. In the past there have been urban legends that described super glue as an ‘accidental solution’ to battle wounds during World War II, but the actual evolution is slightly different.
In 1942 the original cyanoacrylates... ( added 4 years 148 days ago.) |
Um. . .Like. . .Whatever! -
Abigail Richards (10,363) 
Abigail Richards
Whatever! Whatever! Whatever! Whatever! O.k. sorry, had to get it out of my system. Apparently 47 percent of Americans surveyed in a recent Marist College poll found that the term "whatever" is the "most annoying in converstaion." "Whatever" easily beat out "you know," which drove a quarter of... ( added 31 days 7 hours ago.) |
Don't Know Much About History: Made in America Myths -
 - Edward Rhymes (1,331)
Edward Rhymes
Centuries ago the vast majority of the world's population was convinced that the earth was flat. Centuries ago most of the world believed that the planet Earth was the center of the universe and the sun and the other planets revolved around it and to say otherwise was downright heresy (if you... ( added 67 days 7 hours ago.) |
Confederate gold -
Walter Rhett (3,078)
For those who love history, dream of adventure, riches, and fame; for those really believe they'll hit the jackpot on the lottery scratch-off, for those still look up at night to see the stars and passing clouds. and for those who love to touch the past, here's a challenge to give meaning to your... ( added 106 days 5 hours ago.) |
Learning a Foreign Language: Is it too Easy? -
Teresa Ortiz (11,020)  
Teresa Ortiz
This day in age, it is easy to learn a new language. Seriously, take me for example. Yesterday I decided I was going to learn how to speak, read, and write in Spanish.
Twenty-four hours later and here you have it my first few sentences in Spanish:
Este da en edad es fcil aprender un... ( added 137 days 6 hours ago.) |
The History of Air Conditioning -
Michael Diack (77)
Odds are you are beating this summer's Long Island heat by reading this in a cool, comfortable place with your air conditioning running. Air conditioning is as familiar as part of our modern world as freeways, jet air travel and gourmet coffee.
Yet most people over the age of 50 grew up in a... ( added 187 days 17 hours ago.) |
Notes for the History Teller: On the Passing of John Hope Franklin -
Walter Rhett (3,078)
I never met John Hope Franklin. But I came to know his warm, affable, slow-moving baritone voice that rippled with life as I read his books and essays, saw him in C-SPAN appearances and interviews, or listened to others describe his ideas and his unassuming personality that welcomed and touched... ( added 226 days 7 hours ago.) |
The Mayor of Congress Street -
Cliff Gallant (113) 
Forward: Even though this article is specific to my hometown of Portland, Maine, I felt that it would be of interest to a wider audience in as much as it pertains to a phenomenon common to cities all across the country, namely what has been called "the malling of America", whereby long-time... ( added 231 days ago.) |
The Road To a Perfect International Language -
- Philip Yaffe (790)
Some time ago, a friend and I decided to try to establish guidelines for building a "perfect language" that ultimately could be adopted as the world's common language. We did not intend to create such a language. We just wanted to lay down standards against which any candidates for this high... ( added 234 days 13 hours ago.) |
The Battle of Iwo Jima (A Little History Lesson) -
- David Tanguay (9,577) 
David Tanguay
The invasion of Iwo Jima began on February 19, 1945, and continued to March 26, 1945. The battle was a major initiative of the Pacific War Pacific Campaign of World War II. The Marine invasion, known as Operation Detachment, was charged with the mission of capturing the airbase airfields on the... ( added 249 days 9 hours ago.) |
The Gettysburg Address -
- David Tanguay (9,577)
David Tanguay
From July 1 to 3, 1863, more than 160,000 American soldiers clashed in the Battle of Gettysburg, in what would prove to be a turning point of the Civil War. Yes, there was a Gettysburg before the 1863 battle. The battlefield contained the bodies of more than 7,500 dead soldiers and several... ( added 283 days 8 hours ago.) |
Barack Obama and the Bible; Has his legendary story been foretold? -
Ronyae (4,519)
Our Pastor, Tolan J. Morgan Sr was the first person to reveal the fact that President Barack Obama was a namesake of a very important person in The Bible to me [and maybe a few others as well]. Although he only made a mention of the point at that time, because the main focus of the sermon was to... ( added 289 days 2 hours ago.) |
And The Lord Said Let There Be Light -
- David Tanguay (9,577)
David Tanguay
"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" Thomas Edison He was a poor student. When a schoolmaster called him "addled," his furious mother took him out of the school and proceeded to teach him at home. Thomas Edison said many years later, "My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so... ( added 304 days 1 hour ago.) |
Bring a Drink of Water Leroy -
- David Tanguay (9,577)
David Tanguay
The uniting of the east with the west by rail back in 1869 is a story we all read about in our history books.
East and West Shaking Hands
East and West Shaking Hands was the title given to the photograph below, taken on May 10, 1869. The meeting of two railroads at Promontory Point... ( added 322 days 2 hours ago.) |
"I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray:" Remembering the Largest Loss of Civilian Life at Ebenezer Creek -
- Walter Rhett (3,078)
Yesterday was the memorial date of the massacre of an unarmed refugee train at Ebenezer Creek. The massacre's death toll of 5,000 is the largest loss of civilian life in a single incident in American history.
The incident took place outside of Savannah during the 1861 war, and involved... ( added 339 days 9 hours ago.) |
The Big Battle -
- David Tanguay (9,577)
David Tanguay
In many of my articles, I convey the sound of Johnny Cash. I have been an admirer of his music and story telling ever since I was a teenager. In this article I have introduced the lyrics to a portrayal of an incident occurring after a big battle was fought during the civil war. The title of... ( added 340 days 3 hours ago.) |
Aristotle One of the Great Minds Of Yesterday -
- David Tanguay (9,577)
David Tanguay
Aristotle (Greek: Aristotle's ) (384 BC-322 BC)
"Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved." Aristotle
Born at Stagira in northern Greece, Aristotle was the most notable product of the educational program devised by Plato ; he spent twenty years of his... ( added 344 days 2 hours ago.) |
The Frontiersman from Tennessee -
- David Tanguay (9,577)
David Tanguay
I'm not too sure about our present (young) generation however; the baby boomer generation (my generation) during our young lives were all fond of our hero Davy Crockett.
Davy Crockett, the celebrated hero, warrior and backwoods statesman, was born August 17, 1786 in a small cabin on the banks... ( added 346 days 8 hours ago.) |
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The Wise Mr. Ben Franklin -
- David Tanguay (9,577)
David Tanguay
"A good conscience is a continual Christmas." Benjamin Franklin
As a child going through grammar school we would all learn about the wit and wisdom of the great Benjamin Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. His accomplishments as a scientist... ( added 352 days 1 hour ago.) |
What does God look like? -
Sara O'Rourke (791) 
Sara O'Rourke
In 692, at the Council of Trullo, in its 82nd canon, the Council decree[d] that the figure in human form of the Lamb who taketh away the sin of the world, Christ our God, be henceforth exhibited in images, instead of the ancient lamb (Philip Labbe and Gabriel Cossart, Sacrosancta Concilia... ( added 357 days 5 hours ago.) |
Charleston: The Urban Center of Gullah Life (part 2). A Slavery of Wage and Capital -
- Walter Rhett (3,078)
In the ante-bellum period, St. John's Lutheran church incorporated a capella spirituals as the liturgical music for its 200 African-American members, at their request. In this same period, a local rector confronted a mob, saving Calvary, a newly constructed African-American Episcopal church, from... ( added 1 year 110 days ago.) |
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