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Escaping "Helpless Poverty" in Safety-Net-less Victorian England: Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Dead Men's Shoes (1876)

Victorian England was a time of industrialization and social change, which brought prosperity to some, and the end of traditional livelihoods to others. Social and income inequality created a huge chasm, the spectre of which inspired true dread because it could mean falling into wretched poverty and social oblivion.

Secrets, masks, deception, and deeply buried pasts with all their convoluted

Review of Visme: Presentations, Photo Editing, Animations

I'm reviewing the free version of Visme (http://www.visme.co/) because I stalled around and let my free trial to the premium version expire before I had time to really work with the program.

There are quite a few sources of presentation templates and infographic software, and many are free. So, how does one wade through and finally decide which one to use? I like the idea of using quite a few of

Review of FotoJet: Cloud-Based Collage, Design, Photo-Editing

I'm always looking for cloud-based programs to help me with graphics. My favorite photo-editing program continues to be PicMonkey (http://www.picmonkey.com), but it's pretty limited when it comes to doing more than photo-editing and collages.

Plus, most of PicMonkey's best features are "premium" and so if I want to create a Zombie Apocalypse of last year's Tulsa Oktoberfest, I'm out of luck

Gamification as Invention Strategy in Writing Essays and Research Papers

Using games can be a good way to get your mind moving when writing an essay, report, or research paper. Now you ask: What
kind of games? It could be something where you have to search for
something, but the quest approach sometimes does not yield what you need, which is a well-developed idea of the topic in which you are immersed to the point that you basically become the problem.  What we're

Drones on Verge of Boom: What You Need to Know to Make Money with Drones (UAS) -- Interview with Marc Johnson, skynce

Operating drones is about to get a lot easier with the implementation of Part 107 of FAA regulations. With that change, and the low cost of entry, we may see a step-change in implementation, and applications will be limited only by the imagination. Welcome to an interview with Marc Johnson, an engineer with 15 years in the oil industry, who builds and deploys drones for many different commercial

How the Mind Makes Sense of Patterns

LifeEdge 043 focuses on how the mind makes sense of patterns. In this chat,Rick and Susan carry on with an interesting talk about patterns and how the mind makes sense of things. What really is reality? How are patterns present in your life? Can you change yourself by recognizing your habitual patterns? Tell us your thoughts!



Life Edge 043: How the mind makes sense of patterns from RELATECASTS

The "South Sea Bubble" and the "Mississippi Scheme" - Plumbing History for a Solution to U.S. National Debt

The U.S. National Debt is now around $19 trillion, which works out to more than $160,000 from each taxpayer. That’s a lot. Some day, we’ll need to find a way to address the problem. One proposal, which echoes what has happened in the past would be to grant “exclusives” to companies.

For example, could a company propose to take over the U.S.’s national debt in exchange for an “exclusive” –

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Kick-Start Your Voice for E-Learning / M-Learning that Truly Engages Your Audience

You may be surprised to learn that your voice is a key determinant of
success in a webinar, presentation (live or recorded), or video-based
e-learning. While most people think that having sharp graphics is the
key, if you deliver your message in a monotone, mumble, and ramble,
you'll lose your audience, no matter how great the visual presentation.

Here are tips for making your voice keep

Pawnee Bill, The Wild West Show and the Ever-Changing American Identity

The Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum has arguably the world's most comprehensive collection of Wild West Show artifacts. It was the home and ranch of Pawnee Bill, whose Wild West Shows persisted in one form or another, always bigger and better, for more than 25 years, from the late 19th century through the early 20th century.



Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee, Oklahoma

 The annual reenactment