The audience tonight went out of its mind,” said the critic from The New York Times. He was describing the reception accorded the opera Treemonisha at its opening on January 28, 1972, in Symphony Hall in Atlanta Georgia. However, for the composer and librettist of Treemonisha, the acclaim was 57 years too late.

In August 1835 citizens in New York City received extraordinary news. According to the New York Sun, the British astronomer Sir John Herschel had found proof of life on the moon.

This extraordinary story is from the files of Larry E. Arnold of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Arnold has devoted many years to investigating the bizarre and, so far, inexplicable phenomenon known as spontaneous human combustion (SHC).

Birds of a feather do flock together. People seek out others with similarities because it is comfortable for them. Thoughts, like people, create similar thoughts that are comfortable and consistent to alleviate fear of the unknown. Challenge yourself to stop negative processes and develop positive processes that seek growth and expansion.

I recently wrote an article which was very long, but in depth. Because of its length I decided to summarize it in a smaller essay. I hope this proves useful and might turn some of you look at my full length article.

There has been much debate and research controversy over the factors that influence the decline in juvenile and adult crime arrests. The influencing factors are situational crime prevention, target-hardening techniques, number of repeat offenders, offenders never caught and aging out process (maturation process). Drug involvement, adolescent/parental relationships, and teenage parents are also factors for the percentile of parents involved. With this said, deciphering statistic research can be a daunting task as different variables such as the number of arrests from a single offender to crimes that are non-reported.

Environmental concerns, water conservation and energy reduction require us to rethink how we wash our clothes.

Michael Jackson: Was it foul play – What are the facts?

Many things changed in the last years. How is our society nowadays?

The first religion’s traces comes from the prehistoric man. From there many wars started because of religion. And nowadays? What is religion’s role in our society?