Watching vs. Enjoying Time

Ever since the wristwatch became the most common type of watch–worn on the wrist and safely fastened with a watch strap or watchband,

Compare and Contrast Canada and USA

The political system of the USA is usually defined as an indirect democracy which means that people express their will and rule the country through the representatives they elect. Created by Britain, Canada is a constitutional monarchy. Canada as a one of 16 countries which

Female Serial Killers...

One of the rarest creatures in the criminal world is the female serial killer. “Due to her dangerousness and limited treatability, unlimited detention in prison for the protection of others was recommended.”

Crystal and Indigo Children and Adults

Crystal and Indigo people thought they were like all humans and only recently did they feel, understand, act differently or become aware of their mission. So now they know their origins and purposes, for the most part, and many of them became Indigo parents. How many people are Indigo parents?

Why Balloon Gifts Are Exploding In Popularity

In recent years people have begun to fill balloons with trinkets and toys as another way of presenting your gift. There are many holidays celebrated around the world not to mention birthdays and special occasions.

The Aesthetics of Atrocity: Remembering 9/11

Getting the aesthetics of atrocity right by committee has taken five years with nothing to show for it. Estimated costs of completing the 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero is closing in on a billion dollars. It has been our contention from the beginning that the inspiration was always there right in the committee's collective faces, staring back in stark, abject horror at them and anyone who looks back at it: the still standing remnant of shattered dreams and lives in a building once known as the World Trade Center.

September 11th, 2001 - A Troubling Metaphor

At the time I watched the towers crumple from the sudden strike of the previously unimagined, I did not realize I was watching a metaphor for the great promise their soaring human achievement beaconed to the world. It is five years later, and I see the vast optimism our nation once promised the world at the tipping point.

Twin Towers Lights Are Awesome To Behold

Obviously the Twin Towers Lights carry a message of wonderful tribute and a heart-warming message of encouragement and defiance. I remember Pearl Harbor when the sleeping giant USA was awakened. Likewise 9/11 re-awakened the sleeping giant. As Americans we rise to the challenge to: pray, work and support the God-given rights of people everywhere to live in freedom, or else. Terrorism can only live in darkness. Light destroys darkness. The awesome lights of the Twin Towers symbolize America's determination to destroy terrorism's darkness with light so people everywhere can live in peace and freedom.

Silent Epidemic More Devastating Than 9/11

As we Americans mourn the anniversary of 9/11 and the 2,973 people who were murdered on that day 5 years ago, an even more insidious homeland terror is scourging our nation. Every year in this country, more than 98,000* people die from an attack taking place in our local hospitals.

Uttaranchal Articles on Wood

This article narrates the culture and tradition of Uttaranchal, India. The ancient ways of the culture can be narrated by lookin at the wood architecture

Canadian Immigration and Citizenship

For most immigrants, especially to developed countries, it is their hope that they become citizens of their adoptive countries, so that they can enjoy the rights and privileges of being a citizen including the right to vote. However, the process may take a long time, since there are certain requirements that immigrants must have before they are considered for citizenship. In Canada, the process of becoming a Canadian citizen involves going through a process before immigrants can gain Canadian citizenship.

Car Donation Tax Deductions

There are many nonprofit charitable organizations that accept car donations. Some of the vehicles are broken apart for parts, while some are used as part of a ?wheels to work? program that provides transportation to help people get to work. Other nonprofit organizations will sell your donated car and use the proceeds from the sale of your vehicle to fund important job training and employment programs for people with disabilities and other disadvantaged conditions that keep them from being successful in the workplace.

Corporate Greed Driving India Farmers to Suicide by the Thousands

This morning I read an article in the New York Times which revealed Indian government figures showed 17,107 of India's farmers committed suicide in 2003. Two major contributors to this national disaster were unsupportable debt and crop failures. One of the major contributors to the debt was multinational corporate agriculture. A wise Indian government will outlaw this plague before it blankets the nation.

Crossing Borders: National Hispanic Heritage Month 2006

As we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month, we need to realize that there still are many borders to cross to achieve real success.