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- Biographies of Artists (Artchive.com)
- Provides biographies by style or period of art, including Abstract Expressionism (Pollock, Rothko...), Baroque (Rubens, Rembrandt, Bernini...), Contemporary and Postmodern (Basquiat, Beuys, Clemente...), Dada and Surrealism (Dali, Duchamp, Magritte...), Futurism (Boccioni, Balla...), Impressionism (Monet, Renoir, Degas...), Photographers (Ansel Adams, Cindy Sherman...), Post-Impressionism (Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin...), Renaissance (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael...), Romanticism (Friedrich, Delacroix, Fuseli...), Spanish (Goya, Velazquez, El Greco...), Women (O'Keeffe, Cassatt, Kahlo...), American Art (Homer, Hopper, Whistler...), Art Nouveau (Klimt, Schiele, Mucha...), Bauhaus (Kandinsky, Klee...), Cubism (Picasso, Braque, Gris...), Expressionism (Munch, Beckmann, Bacon...), Hudson River School (Bierstadt, Cole, Church...), Neo-Classical (David, Ingres, Poussin...), Pop Art (Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg...), Pre-Raphaelites (Rossetti, Millais, Hunt...), Rococo (Watteau, Fragonard), Sculptors (Rodin, Brancusi, Moore...), and Symbolism (Blake, Moreau, Redon...). Provides copies of the most famous work of many of the artists. 3-01
- Garfunkel, Art (InfoPlease.com)
- Provides a short biography of the singer. 2-02
- Twain, Mark (Artzia.com)
- "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835-April 21, 1910), better known by pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular humorist, writer and lecturer. He was also a steamboat pilot, gold prospector and journalist. His classics Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are widely read in schools across the U.S., as well as in many other western countries. Also popular are The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court and the non-fictional Life on the Mississippi."
- Search for Art Works (Artcyclopedia.com)
- Provides a search engine to find art works by title, painter, or museum. Also provides large examples of works, including oil paintings. Browse by movement, including Abstract Expressionism, Academic Art, The American Scene, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Arte Povera, The Arts and Crafts Movement, The Ashcan School, The Barbizon School, Baroque Art, Bauhaus, Byzantine Art, Camden Town Group, Classicism, Contemporary Realism, Cubism, Dada, Der Blaue Reiter, Die Brücke, Die Neue Sachlichkeit, Expressionism, Fauvism, Fantasy Art, Futurism, Golden Age of Illustration, Gothic Art, The Group Of Seven, The Harlem Renaissance, History Painting, The Hudson River School, Impressionism, Magic Realism, Mannerism, Minimalism, Les Nabis, Neoclassicism, Neo-Plasticism, Op Art, Orientalism, Photorealism, Pointillism, Pop Art, Post-Impressionism, Precisionism, The Pre-Raphaelites, Realism, Regionalism, The Renaissance (including Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, Mannerism, and Northern Renaissance), The Rococo Style, Romanticism, The Sensation Show, Social Realism, Surrealism, Symbolism, Ukiyo-e Printmaking, Western Art, and Wildlife Art. 01-06
- Algae for Biofuel and Ethanol (Popular Mechanics.com)
- "Given the right conditions, algae can double its volume overnight. Unlike other biofuel feedstocks, such as soy or corn, it can be harvested day after day. Up to 50 percent of an alga’s body weight is comprised of oil, whereas oil-palm trees—currently the largest producer of oil to make biofuels—yield just about 20 percent of their weight in oil."
GreenFuel hopes its pilot plant will see initial yields of 8000 gallons of biodiesel and 5000 gallons of ethanol per acre of algae."
Editor's Note: A reader made this comment: "The articvle is incorrect on many points. The Algae that reproduces 100%, or doubles, in 24 hours or less, does not manufacture the oil stock of biodiesel. The algae that produces hydrocarbons is botryococcus braunii China Strain 1 or 2. This particular algae produces hydrocarbons of up to 60% of its DRY WEIGHT. It doubles itself every 2 to 4 days, considerably slower than the articles noted rate. This algae also has a life cycle that slows down even under the best of conditions." 07-08 - Tips for Homes 1 (PopularMechanics.com)
- Provides articles to fix common problems in homes. 12-00
- Tips for Homes 2 (PopularMechanics.com)
- Provides articles to fix common problems in homes. 12-00
- Anime - Parent's Guide (Anime Cafe)
- Provides definitions to the ratings for anime and reviews specific popular titles. 3-00
- Fitzgerald, Ella (National Women's Hall of Fame)
- Provides a biography of a singer, "perhaps the nation's greatest jazz and pop artist." 1-05
- 09-05-03 Small Children Die from Poverty (WashTimes.com)
- "The World Health Organization (WHO) says nearly 11 million children under age 5 die each year from easily preventable and cheaply cured diseases — including pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and complications during the first year of life."
"It costs just 2 cents for a six-month supply of vitamin A supplement, 15 cents for a five-day course of antibiotics to treat pneumonia and $15 to immunize a child against the six main childhood diseases, according to the U.S. Coalition for Child Survival."
"A bed net, treated to kill and repel malarial mosquitoes, costs less than $10."
"The United States spent $1.7 billion on global health, education and population programs in 2001, according to rough calculations based on figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. France was the second-biggest spender, with $1.1 billion in aid, followed by Germany at $1 billion and Japan at nearly $800 million."
" 'The child survival effort has lost its focus,' the Lancet article said, with 'levels of attention and effort directed at preventing the small proportion of child deaths due to AIDS with a new, complex and expensive intervention ... outstripping the efforts to save millions of children every year with a few cents' worth [of basic treatments]. This must change.' "
"The World Health Organization reports that AIDS causes about 3 percent of child deaths. Deaths related to complications during the first month of life — often malnutrition — account for 23 percent, respiratory diseases (largely pneumonia) for 19 percent, diarrhea 13 percent and malaria 9 percent." - Clampton, Eric (RockHall.com)
- "With Eric Clapton's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist on March 6, 2000, he became the first musician to have been inducted three times. He was first honored as a member of the Yardbirds in 1992, then with Cream in 1993, and finally as a solo artist in 2000." 9-03
- -Editorial: Conservative and Liberal Views of Morality Collide (Lakoff)
- "Conservatives understand that morality and the family are at the heart of their politics, as they are at the heart of most politics. What is sad is that liberals have not yet reached a similar level of political sophistication."
"While conservatives understand that all of their policies have a single unified origin, liberals understand their own political conceptual universe so badly that they still think of it in terms of coalitions of interest groups. Where conservatives have organized for an overall, unified onslaught on liberal culture, liberals are fragmented into isolated interest groups, based on superficial localized issues: labor, the rights of ethnic groups, feminism, gay rights, environmentalism, abortion rights, homelessness, health care, education, the arts, and so on. This failure to see a unified picture of liberal politics has led to a divided consciousness and has allowed conservatives to employ a divide-and-conquer strategy."
"The family-based morality that structures liberal thought is diametrically opposed to Strict Father morality. It centers around the Nurturant Parent model of the family."
"Not only is there no unified liberal political structure, but there is no overall effective liberal rhetoric to counter the carefully constructed conservative rhetoric. Where conservatives have carefully coined terms and images and repeated them until they have entered the popular lexicon, liberals have not done the same. Liberals need to go beyond coalitions of interest groups to consciously construct a unified language and imagery to convey their worldview. This will not be easy, and they are 30 years behind." 9-05 - Cole, Nat "King" (InfoPlease.com)
- Provides a biography of the singer and composer. "He was one of the first African-American artists to star in a radio show (1948–49), and in 1956 he became the first African American to host a network television show. His daughter Natalie (Maria) Cole,. 1950–, b. Los Angeles, is also a popular singer." 1-05
- Vandross, Luther (CNN News)
- Provides a short biography of the singer. "Legendary R&B artist Luther Vandross, whose smooth, silky voice gave soul to songs about life, love and relationships, died Friday. He was 54 years old." 7-05
- Lennon, John (Wikipedia.org)
- "John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was best known as a singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist for the British rock band The Beatles. His creative career also included the roles of solo musician, political activist, artist, actor and author. As half of the legendary Lennon-McCartney songwriting team, he heavily influenced the development of rock music, leading it towards more serious and political messages."
"He is recognized as one of the greatest musical icons of the 20th century and many of his songs, such as 'Imagine' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever', are often ranked among the best songs in popular music history. In 2002, the BBC conducted a vote to discover the 100 Greatest Britons of all time, and the British public voted Lennon into 8th place." 12-05 - McCartney, Sir Paul (Wikipedia.org)
- "Recognised as a top musical icon of the twentieth century, McCartney is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful composer in popular music history. He has a record twenty-nine US number one singles, twenty of them from the Beatles, the rest taken from Wings and his output as a solo artist. Combining his work with and without The Beatles, McCartney has written or co-written over 50 top ten hits, more than any other songwriter. McCartney has been an influential bassist as well as an accomplished singer, guitarist, pianist, and drummer."
"McCartney and John Lennon were the main songwriters in The Beatles, and many of McCartney’s compositions of this period, including 'Hey Jude', 'Eleanor Rigby,' 'Yesterday' and 'Let It Be', are frequently ranked among the best songs in popular music history." 12-05 - How to Use RSS News Feeds (Slate.com)
- "RSS ("Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary," depending on whom you ask) has three distinct advantages over Web browsing and e-mail, the two most popular ways to read news online. First, no ads or graphics clutter the headlines and article summaries. True, most news sites make you click through to the full Web page to read the whole story, but scanning an RSS reader is still more efficient than looking at, say, the front page of the New York Times online. And bloggers, who don't depend on ads for survival, usually stuff their entire posts into RSS." 05-08
- -09-17-09 Mary Travers Dies (VocalGroup.org)
- "Though they attained legendary status as performers and recording artists, their motives reached beyond the desire for wealth, as indicated by the time and energy they devoted to nonprofit activities and benefits. They were more than just entertainers. With two guitars, three voices, and a lot of integrity, they became one of the most respected groups in the history of pop vocal music." 09-09
- Geoengineering Against Climate Change: Five Methods (BBC News)
- "Some scientists and engineers are proposing radical, large-scale ideas that could save us from disaster."
Editor's Note: One of the most popular methods of geoengineering, sequestration of carbon through use of biochar, was not mentioned. It became popular after the article was released in early 2007. 04-10 - Knowles, Beyonce (Wikipedia.org)
- "Knowles has attained five Hot 100 number one singles as a solo performer and four with Destiny's Child, and as a solo artist, has sold close to 40 million records in the U.S.;[9] according to Sony, her total record sales, when combined with the group, have surpassed 100 million.[10] On December 11, 2009, Billboard listed Knowles as the most successful female artist of the 2000s decade and the top Radio Artist of the decade.[11] In February 2010, the RIAA listed her as the top certified artist of the decade.[12][13]" 06-10