Leopold Bloom the mythical, religious, historical, and local exilic figure of Ulysses raises quite a lot of sympathy and compassion in his readers. He could be regarded as a modern “Odysseus”, walking through Dublin streets, questing for various things; a quest for his hybrid identity, a quest for knowledge of...
A First Communion dress is rich in religious symbolism and steeped in tradition. This special gown shouldn’t just hang in a closet after the ceremony. The communion dress is part of a very special moment in a young girl’s life. The gown should continue to have a meaningful purpose. Recycling...
As per requests by many brides and grooms who are planning their own weddings. If you too plan to provide your own selection of songs and musical pieces at your wedding check the following Directory. The wedding music and songs lists here are attributed to different segments of your wedding.Music...
So You Wanna Be a Fitness Model? People that follow my stuff know I generally write about nutrition, supplements, training, and other topics that are more science based than subjective topics, such as what is covered in this article. I decided to shuck my science geek persona, and write on...
The first Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, was published in 1887 and was set in 1881. This, of course, was more than 70 years before the sexual revolution that began in the Western world in the mid-1960’s. Even so, there has still...
When I was a young single mother, I had to work two to three jobs at a time so I could care for my three sons’ basic needs in life. Good baby sitters were extremely hard to find, and the ones I did find weren’t dependable. In fact, I caught...
Gen Cells Cures will find the cure even if it means taking on President George Bush and the Vatican. The cure is definitely going to be found in stem cell research. When the first cure comes in from stem stem research it will have a domino effect as incurable diseases...
With one single program written in 1999, an 18-year old Northeastern University computer science student named Shawn Fanning would unwittingly forever transform how people use the internet. The name of his program was Napster. Dubbed after his teenage nickname because of his nappy hair, Napster was a free downloadable program...
Almost all pre-schoolers go through a “fussy eater” phase. It’s normal, if potentially crazy-making. One week your three-year-old wants to eat nothing but pasta. The next week he wants nothing but chicken and peanut butter. The one thing you can count on if you have a picky eater is that...
Langston Hughes stands as a literary and cultural translation of the political resistance and campaign of black consciousness leaders such as Martin Luther King to restore the rights of the black citizenry thus fulfilling the ethos of the American dream, which is celebrated universally every year around February to April....
On a sunny day in June, 1958, Minneapolis saw the birth of just another black kid amongst a struggling community. Prince Rogers Nelson , in adult life, became a singer, songwriter, producer, record label owner, multi talented instrumentalist and a studio owner, not to mention one of the most exuberant,...
Ekwensi one of Africa’s most prolific writers who died late last year and was buried early this year, maintained a vibrant writing activity throughout his life, publishing a collection of short stories, Cash On Delivery, his last work of fiction and completing work on his memoirs, titled, In My Time...
Black man designation, what does it means to be your self? Sounds like an easy thing to do, but in reality it’s a lot harder than it sound. It’s a continuous struggle, to be yourselves. Being one self is the reason I admire the “Pride” community. That’s an unimaginable hill...
The Golden Disc 1958 – The Coffee Bar ‘What will it be madam?’ asks Harry ‘Ballad or Rock?’ Aunt Sarah replies ‘Rock-maninoff’. In the fifties the English café became a continental coffee bar with espresso replacing tea. In The Golden Disc Harry and Joan (Lee Patterson and Mary Steele) convert...
High Plains Drifter – 3 Stars (Good) “High Plains Drifter” was one of Clint Eastwood’s best-loved western movies, and also the first movie he also directed. His role as “The Man With No Name” continued after its introduction in the three now-famous spaghetti westerns that preceded it-“A Fistful of Dollars”,...
Introduction Just a child then, when television broadcasting had begun in a makeshift studio at Akashvani Bhavan in New Delhi. A low power transmitter and 21 television sets were used as foundation stone for this globalize television broadcasting in 1959. Really, it is a great achievement for those who had...
Abstract: In this article we will examine why clinicians diagnose serious mental illnesses and why misdiagnosis is a common factor in the process. Looking at the definitions of schizophrenia and labeling as an incidence of laziness, misunderstanding, poor training and guidance from the psycho-pharmaceutical industry to sell strong money making...
Every business school student, entrepreneur or consumer product marketer knows and understands the advantages and advantages of being the First-Mover in a given product category. Even those not actively participating in the space understandably understand that it is best to be first to market with a breakthrough product. First-Mover Advantage...
In analyzing the novel of Carson McCullers’ The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, the author uses three Sociological Theories of Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckman on ‘Socialization: The Internalization of Society’, Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Eving Goffman and Emile Durkheim’s “Social Facts” and “Suicide” to probe...
