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80World's Oldest Musical Instruments
Even if is true that the oldest musical instrument is the human voice, for millenniums human beings from all corners of the world and in various stages of their history, have also created musical artifacts using animal bones, skin and hairs; wood,...
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81Scottish influence in American Culture: Enlightened Education and Democracy
In the history of America's birth, the names of James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, along with other founding fathers, are shinning stars. Nonetheless, few Americans today would recognize the extraordinary influence on those...
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79Avatars of the Virgin of Guadalupe
The Virgin Mary, in her various autonyms: Our Lady of Mercy, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of the Remedies, Our Lady of the Purification, the crowned Madonna, Our Lady of the Sorrows, Our Lady of the...
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79Four great recipes with Rum
If you like piña colada... tropical drinks, sweets and not much into counting your cocktail and dessert calories, here some very tasty and easy recipes with probably the most versatile liquor in the world,...
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72Canada's National Parks: 125 years protecting nature
From the arctic natural corridor of Firth River in Yukon to the thousands years old cedars forests in Ontario's Bruce peninsula; and from the unique combination of geologic features in Newfoundland's coastal lowland bordering the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the alpine plateau of the Long Range Mountains, to the marine animal diversity in British Columbia's Gulf Islands, Canada is blessed
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79"Red Tide" and shellfish poisoning
If you love to eat hard or soft-shell clams,oysters, mussels, scallops, whelks, and moon snails, you should read this. Recently, researchers from the Gulf of Maine Toxicity project (funded by NOAA) have...
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75Norrköping and Örebro: gorgeous textiles cities you should visit in Sweden
Sweden is filled with a magnificent visual beauty and amazing natural surroundings. The gorgeous mountains, rivers, lakes, along with a clean sky and the fresh air of this northern European country, makes you...
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79Two spectacles that you shouldn't miss in China
The Romance of the Song Dynasty, named as one of the three best permanent shows in the world, and Impressions of West Lake directed by the acclaimed Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), are two...
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722010 BP Gulf Oil Spill: Environmental Challenges and Dangers
The Gulf of Mexico's oil rig explosion on April 21, 2010, shows that off-shore drilling is not safe for workers or the environment. The fire is out and all workers but eleven were rescued, still as much as 336,000 gallons of crude oil a day could be rising from the sea floor 5,000 feet below.
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76Snorkeling in the Caribbean: Rincón, Puerto Rico
If you enjoy nature, the beauty of the ocean and gorgeous and paradisiac sunsets, you should take a break in the "City of the Gorgeous Sunsets", Rincón, in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Although Rincón is famous for its ideal surfing swells, its beaches (particularly near and in Tres Palmas Natural Reserve), offers a great opportunity to have a pleasant and spectacular snorkeling
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