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82The Scream by Edvard Munch - a critical analysis
The Scream Continuing my habit of publishing unpublished essays, here's a critical analysis of 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch. Words written in 2003, pics and headings added for the the benefit of readers in 2011. Harvard referencing used throughout....
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73In Memoriam: Samantha Smith
Samantha Smith in 1983 On August 25th, 1985, Samantha Smith was killed in an airplane crash near Auburn, Maine. I intended to write this hub on the 25th anniversary of that tragedy and, although the date has gone past, I still feel compelled to...
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89How to find Free Stuff on Craigslist Classifieds
How to find free stuff on craigslist classifieds You can start by looking in the for sale section and the wanted section and the free stuff section. One other place that is overlooked is the expired yard sale, moving sales and garage sale...
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81American Football: Playing Despite Concussion Risks
Just last week, I read Jeff Pearlman’s opinion on CNN entitled NFL’s dirty little secret: Players Suffer where he talks about the bad effect football has on the players. Now everybody knows how bone-jarring, mind-boggling American football can...
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74When science and technology does more harm
Yesterdays solutions become today's problems. This is often what happens when science gropes for a solution to an existing problem. All too often, we must experiment and grope from a position of total...
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82Showmen's Rest: The Legendary Circus City in Hugo, Oklahoma
The clowns no longer laugh, the acrobats no longer soar, and the musicians no longer play. All is quiet under the big top, and yet, in immortal life, the circus lives on. In Hugo, Oklahoma, in a place known as Showman’s Rest, the bones of great...
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69Roy Clark - Country Guitar Legend
When you hear the name Roy Clark, you probably think of the TV show Hee Haw. However, if you look beyond that show, you will find that Roy can play just about anything with strings. Roy is a legend in country music, a television personality and...
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80Senseless Crimes: Why Do People Kill?
Do you ever ask yourself, why do people kill? I do. Recently, I was completely rattled and derailed, after stumbling across the memorial blog of the late Duke University doctoral student named Abhijit Mahato, which then led me to more information...
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74The Many Voices of Mel Blanc
Born May 30, 1908, in San Francisco, changed the spelling of his last name at the age of 16. Upon graduating high school in Portland Oregon, he got a steady job on a local radio show titled "The Hoot Owls." It was the first of many jobs in...
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83Film Review: Joan Rivers A Piece of Work
I did not expect to enjoy this documentary chronicling a year in the life of 75-year-old comedienne Joan Rivers. But I did. I did expect to be disturbed by certain aspects of her life. And I was. But the...
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