A love in Common for pumpkins http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/10/22/a_love_in_common_for_pumpkins/ Morton, Illinois: The Pumpkin Capital of the World http://www.pumpkincapital.com/ Big Pumpkins.com http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ Pumpkin Recipes http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/find/results?search=pumpkin Pumpkin Carving 101 http://www.pumpkincarving101.com/ Its...

What exactly is the significance of the number 350? To learn about what it means, and why this website was created, visitors should click on "What is 350?" near the top of the page. On the homepage are some wonderful photos of events with the goals of 350. The site can be viewed in 13 different languages, with the five most common being featured across the top of the page. Hit the "+" at the...

Painful memories surface during apology http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/16/2744456.htm It's a sorry state of affairs when forgiveness is not the main objective http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/its-a-sorry-state-of-affairs-when-forgiveness-is-not-the-main-objective-20091115-igav.html House of Commons: The Welfare of Former British Child...

France Still Divided Over Lessons of 1968 Unrest [Free registration may be required] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/world/europe/30france.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Visiting the ghosts of Paris 1968 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7354335.stm Time: Battle of the Sorbonne http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838353,00.html BBC Radio 4: 1968,...

Created in 1948 as the Research and Development Corporation (RAND), this organization is financed by the U.S. government and a range of other private entities. Their work has included hundreds of research reports and briefs on health care policy, national security, technology, and civil and criminal justice. This interesting website provides access to "Sixty Ways RAND Has Made a Difference", which...

Town Considers Fine For Cursing http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304821304577439192334221350.html Middleborough profanity ban touches a nerve http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/06/13/middleborough_profanity_ban_touches_a_nerve/?p1=News_links Put $20 in Middleborough's Swear...

How does a nation create a sense of community or national identity? It's no trivial query, and one that countries new and old have struggled with through the ages. The Demos organization's Liam Byrne recently tackled that question in regards to Britain via his thoughtful pamphlet, "A More United Kingdom". Released in September 2008, the 96-page work argues that, "shared standards are the secret to...

From Dung to Coffee Brew With No Aftertaste http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/world/asia/18civetcoffee.html?hpw The Horse Meat of the Coffee World http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/04/the-horse-meat-of-the-coffee-world/39126/ A cup is more than a cup sometimes http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/news/2010/apr/17/cup-more-cup-sometimes/ The Straight Dope: Does kopi luwak...

Lost cities discovered after Gadhafi http://www.torontosun.com/2011/11/07/libyas-lost-cities-discovered-after-gadhafi--researchers Lost castles of forgotten civilization found in Libyan desert http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/08/lost-castles-of-forgotten-civilisation-found-in-libyan-desert-115875-23545245/ Castles in the...

Recycling Masterpiece: British Racing Team Creates F3 Car That Runs on Chocolate http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=147889 The Chocolate-Powered Car http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/may2009/bw2009057_934211.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_lifestyle World First Racing http://www.worldfirstracing.co.uk/ Fuel...