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- Ways to Say I Love You in Another Language
[Relationships:Dating] Have you been looking for romantic and provocative ways to say "I Love You" to your special partner? There are numerous different and creative ways to say "I Love You," but have you ever thought about memorizing "I Love You" in as many foreign languages as possible?
- Tips For Finding Jeans That Fit
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Fashion-Style] Wearing jeans that fit properly is important, whether you are using utility jeans for working around the house or wearing jeans for being seen in public and impressing those who see you. If there was such a thing as a universal fit chart, selecting jeans that fit would simply be a matter of consulting the chart, but unfortunately it's not that easy.
- How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life - Book Review
[Book-Reviews:Self-Help] The goal of the book's two parts is to help the reader to embrace the Ten Empowerments, as outlined in the book's Introduction. With these empowerments, the reader will be ready to purposely live the second set of the prime years of their life.
- Dangerous Chemicals in Skin Care Products
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] If you knew that many makeup and skin care products contain hazardous toxins, dangerous petroleum products, and cancer-causing carcinogens, not to mention irritating fragrances, would you still use them? Studies have shown that more than 4.5 pounds of chemicals are absorbed by the average consumer through skin care products.
- Denim Jeans in History
[Reference-and-Education] Do you own a pair of jeans? Seems like a silly question, doesn't it? Jeans have been a casual part of our wardrobe since about the 1950's, and have been a fashionable part of our wardrobe since about the 1970's.
- What Color Should I Paint My Room?
[Home-Improvement:Painting] Let's say that you wanted to design a great color scheme for the walls of your home, colors that would project the proper mood for each room. What colors would you choose?
- Physical Activities to Help You Get Into Swimsuit Shape For Summer
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] There's still plenty of time to get into swimsuit shape. Here are a number of good tips to help you look your best for summer.
- Your Body Language Speaks Volumes During an Interview
[Business:Careers-Employment] Be aware of your body language during a job interview. Here are some good tips on what to do and what not to do.
- Some Common Interview Questions to Prepare For
[Business:Careers-Employment] There are numerous interview questions that you should prepare for. Here are several common interview questions for you to consider.
- Be Prepared For These Common Interview Questions
[Business:Careers-Employment] Be prepared for a job interview by preparing for some common interview questions. Here are some questions that you should prepare for.
- The Perfect Weekend Getaway!
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] A trip along the coast from San Francisco to Big Sur offers the elements of a perfect weekend getaway. Here is a description of some of those elements.
- "You Left Me," a Discussion of the Poem by Emily Dickinson
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] "You Left Me" is an amazingly concise poem. It communicates two immense ideas in the short space of two four-line stanzas.
- "Wild Nights - Wild Nights!" - A Discussion of the Poem by Emily Dickinson
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] "Wild Nights" can be interpreted several different ways, but the most obvious interpretation is that the poem expresses love, passion, and sexual desire. The opening stanza certainly gives the modern reader the image of a passionate encounter between two lovers.
- A Short Interview With Ben Franklin
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Benjamin Franklin was one of the most interesting and amazing figures of the American colonial period. This is a fantasy interview with him, designed to entertain and enlighten.
- "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" - A Discussion of the Poem by Emily Dickinson
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] This is one of Emily Dickinson's most famous poems and is brilliantly well written. This discussion will help the reader to understand the poem better and will help the reader to understand the elements of Dickinson's poetry.
- Remember the Ozone Hole Problem?
[News-and-Society:Environmental] In the mid 1970's there was considerable discussion about the thinning of the ozone layer in our stratosphere and about the harmful effects that the thinning layer would create. It was a major cause for concern.
- "Why Don't You Come?" A Discussion of the Poem by Mihai Eminescu
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] "Why Don't You Come?" is a touching and romantic love poem by Mihai Eminescu about the longing of a man for his beloved. The poem is easily read and recited due to its simple and easily recognized form.
- A Brief History of the Procedural Filibuster
[News-and-Society:Politics] It has been many years since the last real filibuster was held in the U.S. Senate. In the meantime there have been numerous procedural filibusters, an interesting concept that is unique to our American political system. Here is a brief history about how the procedural filibuster came into existence.
- Nothing Down for the 2000's - A Book Review
[Book-Reviews:Business] "Nothing Down for the 2000's" is the most recent version of Robert Allen's first successful book, "Nothing Down," published in 1980. More than one million copies of "Nothing Down" were published, and the book stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 46 weeks. It became the most successful real estate investment book in history and became the book that every investor wished he had written.
- The One Minute Millionaire - Book Review
[Book-Reviews:Business] "The One Minute Millionaire" by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert Allen is actually two books in one. The book is half fiction and half non-fiction. It's a unique idea that I've never seen before in print. The right hand pages present a fiction, developing a story from beginning to end. The facing pages are non-fiction as they develop the real world concepts that are being used in the fiction story.
- Multiple Streams of Income: A Book Review
[Book-Reviews:Business] In his book, "Multiple Streams of Income," Robert Allen popularizes the idea that a person should not rely on their job alone to bring wealth into their life. Rather, a person should have a job, a career that they truly are excited about, and create their wealth through the addition of several other sources of income. Allen further specifies that these additional streams of income are best if they are residual income.
- The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me- Book Review
[Book-Reviews:Self-Help] This is a good self help book about some basic principles of creating wealth and what to do with it once it has been created. Evans introduces the topic with some personal stories from his childhood and how the lessons affected his attitude toward building wealth in his life. The next five chapters reveal the five lessons that he learned about wealth building, lessons which Evans wishes to pass along to others.
- A Brief History of the Income Tax in America
[Finance:Taxes-Income] Perhaps you have been curious about how the United States survived for so many years without collecting income taxes. Here is a brief history of the income tax in America.
- The Christmas Box - Book Review
[Book-Reviews:Short-Stories] "The Christmas Box" was written by Richard Paul Evans in 1994 as a story for his children. Evans circulated some copies of the story to his friends who encouraged him to publish it. When it was published, the little book became a #1 seller on the NY Times list as a hardback and a paperback edition at the same time. It was the first book to achieve that distinction.
- Press Releases: Writing a Great Press Release
[Business:PR] A press release follows a simple and fairly standard form. Those who receive press releases demand simple, straight-forward, and interesting releases and those who deliver such press releases stand the best chance of having their story become published.
- You Can't Ride a Bicycle to Alaska - It's an Island! - Book Review
[Book-Reviews:Travel-Leisure] Mickey Thomas decided to join a group of bicycle riders who were planning a trip from Montana to Alaska, a bicycling expedition. Mickey had never been on a bicycle tour of any considerable length and did not own the necessary camping and cycling equipment. But Mickey had just completed two years of graduate school work in North Carolina, and he felt that having imagination and knowing how to ride a bicycle were all the requirements he needed to join the bicycle expedition to Alaska.
- How to Become a Legal Immigrant - The Green Card and Naturalization
[News-and-Society] The process for a foreign citizen to legally acquire a green card and eventually become a legal naturalized citizen of the U.S. is difficult, time consuming, and expensive. Many critics of the system maintain that if the process was simpler there would be far fewer foreign citizens entering and remaining in the U.S. illegally.
- The Political Humor of Will Rogers
[News-and-Society:Politics] Will Rogers was an amazing person and one of the wisest men of any generation. His accomplishments include being a champion lasso thrower, a performer on the Broadway stage, the star of 71 movies, a radio broadcaster, an author of six books, and a syndicated newspaper columnist. Will Rogers traveled around the world three times and befriended presidents, senators, prime ministers, and kings.
- Students Petition Congress About Global Warming
[News-and-Society:Politics] The Alaska chapter of Youth for Environmental Action, a high school program of the National Wildlife Federation, has traveled to Washington, D.C., to deliver a message about global warming to Congress. The group has a multimedia presentation that explains how increased emissions of fossil fuels, carbon dioxide and methane gas, have created a reflective greenhouse effect that has caused a rise in temperatures globally.
- Cole Porter's Song "Night and Day"
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] "Night and Day" was written by Cole Porter for the 1932 Broadway musical, "The Gay Divorce," starring Fred Astaire. It was the last Broadway show for Astaire and the last show that he performed with his sister, Adele. In 1934 Hollywood produced a film version of the Broadway musical, retitled, "The Gay Divorcee." The film starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their first leading roles together.
- Cole Porter's Song "True Love"
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] "True Love" was written by Cole Porter and performed by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the 1955 film, "High Society," which also starred Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong. "True Love" was the first and only gold record for Grace Kelly and was the 21st gold record for Bing Crosby. The song stayed on the charts for 22 weeks, rising as high as number 3. "True Love" was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Song in 1956, though it lost to Doris Day’s "Que Sera, Sera."
- "I Carry Your Heart With Me," A Discussion of the Poem by E. E. Cummings
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] The poem, "i carry your heart with me," by E. E. Cummings has been a favorite love poem and a favorite selection at weddings for many years. The poem has gained renewed interest since being featured in the film, "In Her Shoes." It is used with devastating effect in the film’s climactic wedding scene and again to close the movie. Countless fans have been inspired to review the touching words of "i carry your heart with me."
- A Book of Verses From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] The quatrain which begins, "A Book of Verses underneath the Bough," comes from Edward Fitzgerald's second edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1868. Fitzgerald's treatments of Omar Khayyam's poems brought the Persian poet to the attention of the western world more than 700 years after the poems were written.
- How To Write Haiku Poetry
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Haiku poetry originated in Japan many centuries ago. Its popularity and form have spread throughout the world. Haiku is fun and easy to learn in its simplest form, and in its most sophisticated form it is an elegant expression of the spirit of a moment in time.
- A Christmas Carol: Why Did Dickens Call It A Carol?
[Book-Reviews:Fiction] In early December of 1843, Charles Dickens completed the manuscript for a little ghost story about Christmas. He called it A Christmas Carol and the publisher printed the first copies a week before Christmas. By Christmas Eve all 6000 printed copies were sold.
- Leigh Hunt, Friend of Keats, Byron, and Shelley, and Author of "Jenny Kissed Me"
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Leigh Hunt was a 19th century English essayist, critic, poet, and publisher. Many English poets and writers were contemporaries of Leigh Hunt, including John Keats, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Charles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle, Jeremy Bentham, and Charles Darwin. Such great company has given Leigh Hunt a distinguished status.
- Leigh Hunt's "Jenny Kissed Me," a Discussion of the Poem
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Leigh Hunt was a 19th century English essayist, critic, poet, and publisher. Though not a currently renowned poet, Hunt’s "Jenny Kissed Me" has been enjoyed and often quoted for nearly two centuries. However, Hunt lived during an age of English Romanticism and was influential in the lives of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Keats.
- Lord Byron, English Romantic Poet and Author of "She Walks In Beauty"
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Lord Byron was born George Gordon Noel Byron in London in 1788. He became a Lord in 1798 when he inherited the title and the estate of his great-uncle. Lord Byron was among the great English Romantic poets and contemporary with John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
- "Jenny Kissed Me" by Leigh Hunt, A Discussion of the Poem and the Poet
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Leigh Hunt was a 19th century English essayist, critic, poet, and publisher. Hunt was not a renowned poet, though his “Jenny Kissed Me” has been enjoyed and often quoted for nearly two centuries. However, Hunt lived during an age of English Romanticism and was influential in the lives of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Keats. Such great company has given Leigh Hunt a distinguished status.
- "She Walks In Beauty," A Discussion of the Poem by Lord Byron
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Lord Byron’s opening couplet to "She Walks In Beauty" is among the most memorable and most quoted lines in romantic poetry. The opening lines are effortless, graceful, and beautiful, a fitting match for his poem about a woman who possesses effortless grace and beauty.
- Jay Hammond - Alaska Governor and Creator of the Permanent Fund
[News-and-Society:Politics] Former Governor of Alaska, Jay Hammond, died at age 83, peacefully at his home in Lake Clark, Alaska. He served Alaska as its Governor from 1974 to 1982, the years during which Alaska built an incredible oil pipeline, banked a large amount of the oil lease revenues, and created a dividend program that every resident of Alaska benefits from yearly.
- Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty"
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Lord Byron’s opening couplet to “She Walks In Beauty” is among the most memorable and most quoted lines in romantic poetry. The opening lines are effortless, graceful, and beautiful, a fitting match for his poem about a woman who possesses effortless grace and beauty.
- The Senate Filibuster: The Hulk Plan and the Nuclear Option
[News-and-Society:Politics] The partisan feuding in the U.S. Senate over federal judicial nominees is leading to a battle on the Senate floor that will have long term effects on the makeup of the federal courts and on the future of the filibuster as a tool in the Senate. The battle has been brewing for quite some time.
- Shakespeare's Sonnet XVIII, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Shakespeare’s sonnets require time and effort to appreciate. Understanding the numerous meanings of the lines, the crisply made references, the brilliance of the images, and the complexity of the sound, rhythm and structure of the verse demands attention and experience. The rewards are plentiful as few writers have ever approached the richness of Shakespeare’s prose and poetry.
- What Is The Filibuster All About?
[News-and-Society:Politics] The filibuster has been a tool available to U.S. Senators during Senate floor discussions on legislation and appointments since the U.S. Constitution was ratified. Both the Democratic and Republican parties have valued the filibuster as a means to bring compromise and bipartisanship to bitter and divisive debates.
- Famous Filibusters in Political History
[News-and-Society:Politics] The filibuster as a political delaying tactic has been a part of the American political process since the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. Though it was not used in the early years of the nation, the filibuster has been used hundreds of times since the 1840's. Here are a few of the famous filibusters from our political history.
- What is the Filibuster-Breaking Nuclear Option?
[News-and-Society:Politics] What is the so-called "nuclear option" that Senator Bill Frist may deploy soon in a precedent-setting attempt to break a potential filibuster? It sounds dangerous, but what is it all about, really?
- William Seward and the Alaska Purchase
[News-and-Society:Politics] Aren't you glad you purchased Alaska? You got a bargain, you know. You purchased it for 2 cents per acre for all 586,000 acres of it.
- Pope John Paul II, The Right Man at the Right Time
[News-and-Society:Religion] The world has been blessed to have Pope John Paul II for the past 27 years. Many people have called him The Man of the Century. Pope John Paul II was certainly one of the best known and most revered men on earth.
According to the Reverend Billy Graham, "He'll go down in history as the greatest of our modern popes. He's been the strong conscience of the whole Christian world."
- Robert Burns Love Poem: "A Red, Red Rose"
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Robert Burns, a poor man, an educated man, and a ladies’ man, is representative of Scotland, much like whisky, haggis, bagpipes, and kilts. He lived a life shortened by rheumatic heart disease, 1759-1796, but his life journey through poverty, informal education, disappointed love, nationalism, and literary and financial success can be identified by all Scots and common men the world over. He has become almost a national symbol of all things Scottish. His life is like a love story with a happy ending.
- Anne Bradstreet, "To My Dear and Loving Husband," A Discussion
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] “To My Dear and Loving Husband” was written by America’s first female poet, the Puritan, Anne Bradstreet. In fact, Anne Bradstreet is one of only a handful of female American poets during the first 200 years of America’s history.
- Beautiful Dreamer, Stephen Foster, America's First Folk Song Writer
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] “Beautiful Dreamer” was written by Stephen Foster just before his death in 1864 at age 37. The song became one of his most famous and most popular. However, as with the approximately 200 other songs that Foster wrote during his brief lifetime, he did not receive the recognition or financial reward that he deserved.
- Walt Whitman, Romance With a Stranger
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] The concept of brief encounters, even romantic encounters, with a stranger recurs often in the verses of Walt Whitman.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A Discussion of "How Do I Love Thee?"
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] “How Do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was written in 1845 while she was being courted by the English poet, Robert Browning. The poem is also titled Sonnet XLIII from Sonnets From the Portuguese.
- Ever Hear of This Fruit?
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] The mangosteen has been nicknamed the “Queen of Fruits.” It received its nickname because Queen Victoria of England loved the fruit and declared it to be her favorite fruit. As the story goes she offered a knighthood to anyone who could bring her some.
- Snow in Alaska? -- You'd Be Surprised
[Travel-and-Leisure] Does it snow in Alaska? Of course it does. But the reality of the snowfall amount that Alaska receives may be far different from the popular concept of snow in Alaska.
- 20 Tips to Keep Love Alive
[Relationships] 20 tips and great ideas to help keep the romance in your special relationship. These are fun and easy and are sure to please your partner.
- The Language and Meaning of Flowers
[Relationships:Dating] Flowers and bouquets of flowers have a meaning of their own. Most of us know that a dozen red roses means, “Be mine.” But did you know, for example, that a primrose means, “I can’t live without you,” or that a purple hyacinth means, “Please forgive me,” or that a pink carnation means, “I’ll never forget you,” or that a gladiolus means, “Give me a break?”
There is a meaning to colors of flowers, to numbers of flowers, and to groups of flowers. It is a silent language that has been largely lost to us through lack of use.
- Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami, 1964
[Reference-and-Education] The 1964 Anchorage, Alaska, earthquake and the resulting tsunami struck without warning on Good Friday, March 27. At 5:36 p.m. a major earthquake began to shake the ground, and the earth beneath Southcentral Alaska moved in waves for the next four long minutes.
- Can You Drink Your Way To Good Health?
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] Many years ago I became convinced of the need to take vitamin and mineral supplements. Although I tried to eat healthy meals, mixing salads, fruits and vegetables, proteins and grains as wisely as I could, numerous studies pointed out the need to add nutritional supplements to my diet.
- A Big Fish Story
[Recreation-and-Sports:Fishing] Have you ever had to use a forklift to get a fish out of your boat? That's what you have to do when you reel in a fish that feels like you have hooked the bottom of the ocean.
- Fishing for Salmon? Do You Know the Different Salmon Species?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Fishing] Did you know that there are five species of Pacific salmon and one species of Atlantic salmon? Further, id you know that all 5 species of Pacific salmon run wild in Alaska? How are they different from each other and how do you tell them apart?
- How I Became a Real Estate Investor
[Real-Estate] I became a real estate investor with my first two deals recently. In many ways the two deals were very similar, and in many ways very dissimilar. There are some good lessons to be learned here. This article may aid your investing.
- Prospecting for Your Nutrition Business: Icebreakers
[Home-Based-Business] How do you break the ice with potential home business prospects in order to tell them about your home business opportunity? We develop a formal technique for cold calling but we want to be able to talk to friends, acquaintances, and certain strangers in a warm, easy, natural, and informal way. Here are some good ideas to help you break the ice.
- How Can Fat Be Essential?
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Omega-3 fatty acids are essential to the human body. We don't get enough of this nutrient in our normal diet. Find out why we should eat more fish.
- Protect and Improve Your Health With Antioxidants
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] Our environment is full of free radicals that act on our bodies like rust on iron. Learn about the beneficial effects of antioxidants.
- Can't Get There From Here
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Can you imagine living in a state where you cannot drive to the State Capital? But nobody really cares? Then they propose a road to the Capital and nobody really wants it!
- Wanted: Treadmill for an Elephant
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] The Alaska Zoo in Anchorage has a single adult elephant, Maggie. This has created problems for zoo officials, but now there are some solutions. A treadmill?
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