The concept of saving face in fears of some public humility is something most people understand. But if you were a Chinese antiques shop keeper and you had an angry customer who was wrongly accusing you of selling an interior product. Until you prove her wrong, she is causing you loss of face, especially if there were many others nearby. But once you prove your case that the product you sold is good honest value.

Like those of much of the rest of the Americas, Mississippi's earliest inhabitants predate recorded history. We know little about the first Mississippians, except that they settled along the river--from which the state derives its name, it simply meaning, "Great River"--and developed flourishing agriculturally-based societies. From these predecessors spring some of the more familiar tribes: the Chickasaw, the Choctaw, the Natchez, and so on.

The name "Arkansas," is derived from the French interpretation of a Quapaw word which means either, "land of the downriver people," or, "people of the south wind." Though the name's French roots should make the pronunciation obvious, there was, believe it or not, intense debate about it between the state's senators during the nineteenth century.

Here is a new twist to one of our biggest wars on water and how we are trying to keep its history alive in our minds. In Hawaii at Pearl Harbor, the officials are in the process of rebuilding the visitor's center for the USS Arizona Memorial. The old center is sinking and will be no longer safe to visit in a couple of years. The center was built on ground that was reclaimed after the water had receded, and now it is starting to be reclaimed as water is showing back up in the basement of this building.

If you have a child in school that seems to love a certain subject over all of their other subjects, try to find out which one it might be and try to put a small fire in their minds about this subject. There are some kids who really seem to love math, history, or even science. I think I liked history best as anything that pertained to Indians or the West.

What are the 10 most significant turning points in the history of Hawaii?

First, let's be clear: The "history" of Hawaii I'm talking about here began in 1778, with Western contact. The Hawaiians recorded history through chants that told of births and deaths, battles and victories. But none of it was written down until Captain James Cook showed up.

It's difficult to define the edges of an epoch. Sometimes thoughts, ideologies and fashions seem to gel together so cohesively into a period of time that we claim them as a separate era. Are we always aware when they begin though? Or where and when they come to an end?

The decade of the 1960s is certainly one of the clearest examples of period of time that has taken on a tangible identity.

A German history timeline will give you facts about important events that have taken place in Germany since it was first settled in prehistoric times. The timeline is divided into sections, with each section taking in anywhere from 100 to 800 years.

You will find the most concise details about the history of the country in the most recent centuries, which is why there is such a difference in the segments of the time line.

Until recently, floor coverings were usually wool, very expensive, and may or may not have had a fitted felt pad underneath to support them. Most had a backing of some kind, usually jute, and were tacked over a wood floor or concrete slab. When saturated by flooding, they were rolled-up and removed to a "cleaning specialist" for intense lathering, scrubbing and rinsing to remove any and all contaminants.

Bonfire Night, otherwise known as Guy Fawkes Night, Cracker Night or Fireworks Night is a celebration which occurs every year on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5 November 1605 in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including a man named Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, England.