Encyclopedia - Blame: Encyclopedia - Blame
Blame is the assignment of responsibility from one entity to another. Blaming is the action of assigning this blame to another, often fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blame!: Encyclopedia Ii - Blame! - Main Characters
For more details with spoilers, click on the person's name. The three main characters: BLAME! - Killy. Killy is person who is on the un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blame!: Encyclopedia Ii - Blame! - Basic Plot
Someone known as Killy is looking for Net Terminal Genes, to connect to the Netsphere. The 'world' he is in is known as the Megastructure...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victim Blaming: Encyclopedia - Victim Blaming
Victim-blaming consists of holding victims of crimes or other misfortunes wholly or partly responsible for what has happened to them. For...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blame Canada: Encyclopedia - Blame Canada
"Blame Canada" is a song from the film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut in which the fictional parents of South Park decide to blam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blame Someone Else Day: Encyclopedia - Blame Someone Else Day
Blame Someone Else Day is held annually on the first Friday the 13th of the year. On that day, redirect the blame for anything to anyone ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blame!: Encyclopedia Ii - Blame! - The Lure Of The Manga
Nihei is very detailed in his art, as is shown by his minute details into the construction of the Megastructure, the Silicon Creatures, K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism
The Unification Church officially takes a pro-Jewish, pro-Israel stance, yet many Jews denounce the church as anti-Semitic because of its...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-gay Slogan: Encyclopedia - Anti-gay Slogan
Anti-gay slogans are catchphrases or slogans which express opposition to homosexuality in ways which gay rights activists consider to be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Health: Encyclopedia - Natural Health
In alternative medicine, natural health is an eclectic self-care system of "natural therapies" concerned with building and restoring heal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Don Denkinger: Encyclopedia Ii - Don Denkinger - You Can't Blame
In October 2005, 20 years after The Call, ESPN Classic aired The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... Don Denkinger for the Cardinals losing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honesty: Encyclopedia - Honesty
Honesty, the quality of being honest, is a value which can be defined in multiple ways. In the context of human communication, people are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Disco Demolition Night: Encyclopedia Ii - Disco Demolition Night - Blame
Although Bill Veeck took much of the public heat for this fiasco, it was known among baseball people that his son Mike was the actual fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnstown Flood: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnstown Flood - Blame: An Act Of God?
In the years following the event, many people blamed the members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club for the tragedy, as they had ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ryder Cup: Encyclopedia Ii - Ryder Cup - “you Can’t Blame The U.s. Team”
In 2005, ESPN Classic aired an episode of its The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... series, in which it examined the U.S. Team's 1999 Ryde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malbone Street Wreck: Encyclopedia Ii - Malbone Street Wreck - Blame
The BLE struck, but they were entitled to do so. They did not represent all the motormen on the BRT, and there was no realistic claim of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality - Blame For Plagues And Disasters
The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as takes place in the Bible is often attributed to homosexuality, but this is disputed. Since the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leadership Character Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Leadership Character Model - Respect
Respect helps create a state of partnership and teamwork. People who demonstrate respect show unconditional high regard for others, ackno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowl Championship Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Bowl Championship Series - You Can't Blame The Bcs
On November 22, 2005, ESPN Classic aired, as part of a regular series, The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... the Bowl Championship Series ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Bartman: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Bartman - The Scapegoat Factor
Bartman became a scapegoat for the Cubs' failure to advance to the World Series. Part of the intrigue of sports is the tendency among som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Don Denkinger: Encyclopedia Ii - Don Denkinger - The Call
"The Call" remains one of the more memorable, or heartbreaking, moments in World Series history. It was Game 6 of the 1985 World Series, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Disco Demolition Night: Encyclopedia Ii - Disco Demolition Night - The Event
Steve Dahl and Garry Meier, two radio disc jockeys for the Chicago radio station WLUP, devised a promotion that involved people bringing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Modell: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Modell - As Stadium Landlord
Modell took control of Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1973, which had been owned by the City of Cleveland but had become too expensive fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Modell: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Modell - Move To Baltimore
When the Indians and the City of Cleveland declined to abandon the Gateway Project and improve Municipal Stadium as Modell asked, Modell ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Modell: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Modell - Legacy
Modell's record as a football operator is spotty. While the move to fire Brown remained controversial in Cleveland through Modell's tenur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snowball Animal Farm: Encyclopedia Ii - Snowball Animal Farm - Snowball's Ideas
Snowball believes in a continued revolution (he argued that in order to defend Animal Farm that the animals should stir up rebellions eve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Unification Church And Anti-semitism - Jewish Views
The Unification Church is accused of traditional Christian forms of theological anti-Semitism. Unification Church and anti-Semitism - Bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Modell: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Modell - As Browns Owner
During the 1940s and 1950s, he worked in advertising, public relations and television production in New York City. He purchased the Cleve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snowball Animal Farm: Encyclopedia Ii - Snowball Animal Farm - Snowball's Exile
Snowball was exiled by Napoleon during a vote on the windmill. Snowball's enthusiasm had carried him away in creating the plans for a new...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Litter: Encyclopedia Ii - Litter - Cleaning
In some areas in the US, sections of roads and highways (usually about a mile) can be "adopted" by a company or group. The sponsor either...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kobe Bryant: Encyclopedia Ii - Kobe Bryant - Early Life
Bryant was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of 6 he, his two sisters, and his parents moved to Italy, where his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kobe Bryant: Encyclopedia Ii - Kobe Bryant - Nba Career
Bryant's career trajectory as an NBA player out of high school has been nothing short of exceptional. By the age of 24, Bryant had alread...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kobe Bryant: Encyclopedia Ii - Kobe Bryant - Controversy And Trial
Kobe Bryant is, however, open to a lot of criticism spawning from what critics consider a collection of personality flaws. Detractors hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Litter: Encyclopedia Ii - Litter - Littering
Litter is unsightly and expensive to clean up, so the act of littering has been made a fineable offense by statute in many places. For ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Litter: Encyclopedia Ii - Litter - Election Littering
One type of litter specifically identified by governments in both hemispheres is called "Election Litter". In all cases it is defined as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ryder Cup: Encyclopedia Ii - Ryder Cup - Format
The Ryder Cup Matches involve various matchplay matches between players selected from two teams of 12. In 2002, those games consisted of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ryder Cup: Encyclopedia Ii - Ryder Cup - Founding Of The Cup
There is some debate over who suggested the idea for the Ryder Cup. James Harnett, a journalist with Golf Illustrated magazine appears to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ryder Cup: Encyclopedia Ii - Ryder Cup - Controversial Ryder Cups
TODO : The War On The Shore The 1999 Ryder Cup featured a remarkable comeback by the Americans. Down 10-6 after the first two days o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1986 Berlin Discotheque Bombing: Encyclopedia Ii - 1986 Berlin Discotheque Bombing - Background To The Bombing
The judge said it was not clear whether Gaddafi or Libyan intelligence had actually ordered the attack, though there were indications the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean Kambanda: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean Kambanda - Criminal Responsibility
Kambanda was arrested in Nairobi on July 18, 1997, after a seven-week multinational stakeout and transferred to the International Crimina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler's Political Beliefs: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler's Political Beliefs - Distrust Of Democracy
Hitler blamed Germany's parliamentary government for many of the nation's ills and wrote that he would destroy that form of government. M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Unification Church And Anti-semitism - Unificationist Views
Members of the Unification Church, for their part, consider the church to be both pro-Israel and pro-Jewish and thus are puzzled and hurt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unification Church And Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia Ii - Unification Church And Anti-semitism - Passages In Rev. Moon's Talks
In a sermon delivered on March 2, 2003, Moon said: "To recreate Israel, the church and the state must become one as Cain and Abel. Inste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnstown Flood: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnstown Flood - Continued Flooding At Johnstown A 500 Year Flood
Floods have continued to be a concern for Johnstown. A "500 year flood" was a massive event that hydrologists predicted had only a one-in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler's Political Beliefs: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler's Political Beliefs - Mein Kampf
Hitler was tried for the German equivalent of high treason and used his trial as an opportunity to spread his message throughout Germany....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnstown Flood: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnstown Flood - Johnstown Pennsylvania: A History Of Flooding
Founded in 1794, Johnstown began to prosper with the building of the Pennsylvania Main Line Canal in 1836 and the arrival of the Pennsylv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnstown Flood: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnstown Flood - South Fork Dam And Lake Conemaugh
High in the mountains, near the small town of South Fork, the South Fork Dam was originally built between 1838 and 1853 by the State of P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnstown Flood: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnstown Flood - The Great Flood Of 1889
On May 28, 1889, a storm formed over Nebraska and Kansas, moving east. When the storm struck the Johnstown-South Fork area two days later...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnstown Flood: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnstown Flood - Aftermath: Red Cross Relief Efforts
The total death toll for the disaster was 2,209 dead. Ninety-nine entire families had died, including 396 children. One hundred and twent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler's Political Beliefs: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler's Political Beliefs - German Workers Party
He was assigned to infiltrate the small, nationalist German Workers' Party (DAP). He soon held sway over its affairs and joined as member...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hitler's Political Beliefs: Encyclopedia Ii - Hitler's Political Beliefs - V-mann For The Army
After the war Hitler stayed in the army, which was mainly engaged in suppressing socialist uprisings across Germany including in Munich, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Railroad Strike Of 1877: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Railroad Strike Of 1877 - Economic Conditions In The 1870's
1873 saw a significant economic downturn in Europe. The effects of this downturn reached the US on September with the failure, on Septemb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Railroad Strike Of 1877: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Railroad Strike Of 1877 - Causes Of The Strike
When the Civil War ended, a boom in railroad construction ensued, with roughly 35,000 miles of new track being laid from coast-to-coast b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Railroad Strike Of 1877: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Railroad Strike Of 1877 - The Strike
The great railroad strike of 1877 started on July 17 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in response to the cutting of wages for the second ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Railroad Strike Of 1877: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Railroad Strike Of 1877 - Impact On Future Labor Relations
After the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, union organizers planned for their next battles, while politicians and business leaders took ste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Mcenroe: Encyclopedia Ii - John Mcenroe - Grand Slam Singles Finals
John McEnroe - Wins 7. Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final 1979 US Open Vit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Mcenroe: Encyclopedia Ii - John Mcenroe - Pop-culture Appearances
McEnroe's fiery temper has gotten him featured in fields other than tennis on more than one occasion. In 1982, on the tail of his final v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malbone Street Wreck: Encyclopedia Ii - Malbone Street Wreck - Contributing Causes Of The Wreck
The Malbone Street Wreck was not caused by any single event or failure, but a series of individual circumstances, the omission of any one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malbone Street Wreck: Encyclopedia Ii - Malbone Street Wreck - Aftermath
The accident placed more pressure on the BRT to remove wooden equipment from routes that operated through tunnel sections or in subways, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-gay Slogan: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-gay Slogan - Themes
The stock phrases used against same-sex love have changed little over the centuries. They are one of the main vehicles for the propagatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Health - History Of Natural Health
Although the term natural health did not become part of common usage until the late 20th century, many of its core beliefs developed in E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Health: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Health - Basic Core Tenets
The ideologies of natural health hold that all health, illness, and healing can be positively affected by prevention and lifestyle modifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Political Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Political Religion - Overview
The term political religion is a sociological one, drawing on the sociological aspects of religion which can be often be found in certain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Political Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Political Religion - Aspects Of Political Religions
Key memetic qualities often (not all are always strongly present) shared by religion (particularly cults) and political religion include ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Political Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Political Religion - Possible Or Recent Cases
Political religion - United States. The United States has at times been said to have or have had an extremely weak form of a political ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pete Rose: Encyclopedia Ii - Pete Rose - Professional Career
Pete Rose - Minor leagues. Rose was signed by the Reds as an amateur free agent on July 8, 1960, and was assigned to the Geneva Redlegs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pete Rose: Encyclopedia Ii - Pete Rose - Post-playing Career
Pete Rose - Manager. Rose continued to manage the Reds, and on April 30, 1988 he shoved umpire Dave Pallone while arguing a call; Natio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pete Rose: Encyclopedia Ii - Pete Rose - Quotes
I’d walk through Hell in a gasoline suit just to play baseball. -Pete Rose He is Cincinnati. He's the Reds. -Sparky Anderson, Hall of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality - Law
In most developed countries, same-sex relationships are accepted, and are accorded legal protection. Many governments have established fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality - History In The West
Societal attitudes towards homosexuality - McCarthyism. In the 1950s in the United States, homosexuality was taboo. Senator Joseph McCa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality - Stereotypes
In Western culture, gay men are often stereotyped as effeminate or sometimes as hypermasculinized (see homomasculinity). The severely hom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrell Owens: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrell Owens - Opinions On Owens
Writing about Owens in Philadelphia Magazine in early 2005, critic Camille Paglia wrote that "Terrell Owens rescued Philadelphia. He brou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pete Rose: Encyclopedia Ii - Pete Rose - Military Service
Rose entered the United States Army after the end of the 1963 baseball season. He was assigned to Fort Knox for six months of active duty...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality - Statistics
73% of the general public in America in 2001 knew someone who is gay, lesbian, or bisexual according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality - Culture
In some cultures, such as Ancient Greece and pre-modern Japan, homosexual practices were the foundation of religion, education, philosoph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality - Religion And Morality
Many religious establishments welcome homosexual individuals, either on a footing of equality with heterosexuals (such as the Unitarian U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality - Psychology And Modification Of Sexual Orientation
Some religious movements and other advocates believe that they can heal or cure homosexuality through "reparative therapy." However, all ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrell Owens: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrell Owens - Flamboyant Celebrations
Owens is known for numerous, flamboyant celebrations after scoring touchdowns. Terrell Owens - Celebrations in San Francisco. On Septe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrell Owens: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrell Owens - Biography
Owens played college football for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and was drafted by the NFL's San Francisco 49ers in the thir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honesty: Encyclopedia Ii - Honesty - The Studies Of Confucius About Honesty
Confucius recognized several levels of honesty, fundamental to his ethics: His shallowest concept of honesty was implied in his notion of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowl Championship Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Bowl Championship Series - Formulae
For the portions of the formulae that are determined by polls and computer-generated rankings, the BCS uses a series of borda counts to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowl Championship Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Bowl Championship Series - Bcs Bowl Games
For a complete list of bowl games for the 2005-2006 season, see NCAA football bowl games, 2005-06. In the current BCS format, four bowl g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowl Championship Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Bowl Championship Series - Bcs Controversies
Among the criticisms of the BCS (and the bowl system in general) is the fact that the final ranking of Division I-A NCAA football teams i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowl Championship Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Bowl Championship Series - Bcs History And Schedule
Bowl Championship Series - 1998-99 season. These BCS bowl games were played following the 1998 regular season Friday, January 1, 1999 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowl Championship Series: Encyclopedia Ii - Bowl Championship Series - Future Schedules
Bowl Championship Series - Changes for 2006-07. There will be major changes in store for the 2006-07 BCS. First, television rights (wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex And Love Addicts Anonymous: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex And Love Addicts Anonymous - Sex And Love Addiction
SLAA believes that sex and love addiction is an illness which cannot be cured but can be arrested. As a program, SLAA further believes th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex And Love Addicts Anonymous: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex And Love Addicts Anonymous - Pillars Of Recovery
There are five pillars of recovery from Sex and Love addiction Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous - Sobriety. The ability to keep sober beh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex And Love Addicts Anonymous: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex And Love Addicts Anonymous - Coslaa: Help For Family And Friends Of Sex And Love Addicts
There is a group for those who are not sex addicts but whose lives as friends, family or significant others have been affected by the add...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex And Love Addicts Anonymous: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex And Love Addicts Anonymous - Meetings
Meetings are one of the primary forms of Sex and Love Addicts therapy. Within the meetings the addict can find a safe place to talk about...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Law
Rape - Common law. In the common law of the United Kingdom and the United States, "rape" traditionally describes the act of a man who f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - History
The concept of rape, both as an abduction and in the sexual sense, makes its first appearance in early religious texts. In Greek mytholog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Non-sexual Usage Of Term
In its original sense, dating back to antiquity, "to rape a person" meant to capture the person for the purpose of enslavement, and was c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Types Of Rape
Rape - Violent rape. "Violent rape" occurs when violence beyond the rape itself is a part of the assault. This may include physical for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Some Aspects Of Rape
Rape - Drugging. Hypnotic agents such as flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) and GHB, colloquially referred to as "date rape drugs," have been use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Effects Of Rape
A proportion of violent sexual assaults end with the death or serious injury of the victim. Other consequences can include pregnancy or s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rape And Punishment
Rape - Punishment of assailants. Most societies consider rape to be a grave offense, and punish it accordingly. Punishment for rape in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rapists
Rape - Rapist profiles. Dr. A. Nicholas Groth, author of Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender, described four types of delibera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Reporting
Rape - Underreporting. According to the 1999 United States National Crime Victimization Survey, only 39% of rapes and sexual assaults w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Sociobiological Analysis Of Rape
Some animals appear to exhibit behaviors which resemble rape in humans, in particular combining sexual intercourse with violent assault, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - The Role Of Control And Loss Of Privacy In Rape
Rape has been regarded as "a crime of violence and control" since the 1970s. According to psychological analysis literature, "control" is...   » Read the article