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The Do Not Call List- How to Identify A Legitimate Market Researcher.

I worked as a professional interviewer for three years, and there was nothing that I found more frustrating (and humorous) than calling someone in the US, and having them say "I'm on the do not call list" and...

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60's Tunes- Ownership, Appropriation and Copyright

I'm following up on an earlier hub about perspective, which can be found at the link below.. way way way down. As requested I will clarify the concept of blanching. The best example I can think of is the Elvis...

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Sixties Music-Putting things in perspective

That I was born in the early seventies. I wasn't even alive when this stuff was written or when it was popular. Hence the post, in addition, as I'm writing a (rather large) paper on it this fall I have to try...

2 comments    music racism youth
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How do we define Revisionist History?

right? Okay, assuming that is a correct statement, I have a number of questions. First, how do we determine the winner? In war, the winner is the one who kills the most people, or the one who has managed to...

1 comment    family education history
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The Computer Evolution

Have you ever noticed how you walk into a store, buy a computer, and by the time you get it home not only has it depreciated by half, but none of the parts are in production anymore? I was somewhere around...

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Pumpkin Soup-Recycling the Jack-O-Lantern

This will *more* than fill a standard size pot, (sorry, I have no clue what size my pots are) 1 Small to Medium Jack-O-Lantern (See Jack) -Cut into slices, removed from skin, guts removed completely (You will...

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Sharing the Sandbox. Are Different Religions ready to play together yet?

Some of the greatest, most fantastic wars in Earth's history have been fought over this subject, so honestly I expect this Hub to be a contentious one, but it got my back up the other day when someone told me...

5 comments    relationships friends religion
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When Humor isn't humorous

Have you ever noticed that every once in a while that in that split second before you say something, there's little voice in your head that says 'that would be a really dumb thing to say!!' but you ignore it,...

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The tragic tale of the onion. How to reduce tears.

Okay, for those of you with no sense of humour: This is meant to be FUNNY!!, or at least mildly humorous, This tale stems from the inevitable stream of tears that runs down my face when I cut onions. So...

2 comments    advice education cooking
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How Not to Lose Yourself

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