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Will the Real William Shakespeare Please Stand Up

Catherine — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:05:17 +0000

William Shakespeare is frequently recognized to be the greatest writer, in the Western world, to have ever existed. He continues to be so famous and respected that he is still the number one produced dramatist in the world and universities all have multiple classes devoted to his work. The Globe remains the most famous theatre, [...]

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Shakespeares Identity Then and Now

Forensics and Dr. Crippen

Catherine — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:00:00 +0000

The appeal of forensics is definitely something that speaks to the more unsavory elements of the human character. It doesn’t necessarily attract only those whose morbid interests become a calling rather than a hobby. At the same time, it doesn’t hurt to have a little bit of a taste for the unseemly. The field is [...]

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Origins of Halloween

Catherine — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:10:00 +0000

The tradition of dressing up for Halloween comes from multiple sources, and the origins are rather difficult to pinpoint to one location at one time. Chances are pretty good that it’s a combination of cultural traditions over the course of history that makes the holiday what it is today. The idea of people putting on [...]

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The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin

Catherine — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:24:49 +0000

Few capital cities on the earth are quite like Austin. It’s a kind of oasis in the middle of Texas — from the air, it seems as if you’re passing stretches of dry, desert-like territory, then there’s a sudden infusion of greenery and water and life; from the ground, the city may sprawl a little, [...]

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Swiss National Museum in Zurich

The More Popular Maps of the Two Polar Projection Hemispheres

Catherine — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:10:00 +0000

All through the 16th century, several different types of world map projections were created with some configurations that were more distinguished by their artistic eloquence rather than their geographical usefulness. A projection map is a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude. Guillaume Postel, created [...]

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Gramercy Park – Manhattan

Catherine — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:37:05 +0000

Gramercy Park, a large private park in Manhattan and a historical site surrounded by famous historical sites, was swamp land when the original Dutch settlers founded New York. In 1831 Samuel B. Ruggles bought the property and spent $180,000 completely draining and filling the swamp, historians estimated this took about a million horse-cart loads of [...]

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Missouri Compromise

Catherine — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:39:58 +0000

As with many of the southern as well as eastern states, Missouri has an interesting history and its name as well as the names of some of its prominent cities is based on various figures from the country’s early development. One of the most common historic associations to Missouri’s name itself is the Missouri Compromise. [...]

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The History of a Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

Catherine — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:49:59 +0000

There are a couple of “first things” I must do when I am in a new city. If it is a city on the coast, I must make my way to the water…feet go in the water immediately weather permitting, and if the weather is not permitting, a cup of coffee on the closest pier. [...]

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