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What Females Should Know Before Joining the Army

The Boot Camp experience is also known as: Basic Combat Training, BCT (the Army loves its acronyms), Basic Training, Boot, and Basic. One of my preparations for BCT: chopping off all of my hair! I was amazed by how many people were mad at me for...

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How Video Games Have Changed and Influenced Our Lives

Playing video games have proven to have benefits beyond just having fun. With new games coming out for Wii or Kinect you can actually play video games and get in shape. You can even gain medical knowledge from video games or learn to bowl. You can't just sit on the couch anymore!

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Forbidden Gardens in Katy, Texas ~ Sightseeing near Houston ~ WOW!

See numerous photos of Emperor Qin's 6,000 piece terra cotta army, an exact replica of China's Forbidden City and other related items at what used to be a unique attraction just west of Houston. We learned much about lifestyles of the Emperor and his court and even regarding his tomb and legacy which will be shared here.

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The WWII Bombing of Boise City in Oklahoma

The Bombing of Boise City was the only continental American town to be bombed during World War II. This article explains the full story.

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The Augustus of Prima Porta

Augustus of Prima Porta Discovered in 1863 in a villa purportedly belonging to Augustus's wife Livia at Prima Porta, the statue of the emperor Augustus is one of the most well-known, as well as enigmatic,...

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Shear Madness!

I discovered Barbergirl28 on HubPages almost immediately. Thank goodness! She is one of the hubbers that helped me learn to navigate the sometimes precarious waters of hub land. I read one of her hubs, "It's a Carwash For Your Feet!" and found...

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Home Before Morning Summary

Home Before Morning , a 320-page book by Lynda Van Devanter is a powerful book recalling the Vietnam war days when the writer was in the middle of the action. Nonetheless, I would not still consider it a war...

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Oil in the Sudan

Oil in the Sudan--the Sudan is extemely rich in oil, yet so many of the people on whose land the oil was found are now displaced, homeless, starving...why? Is it oil or Islam that compelled this genocide?

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How to Become a Stunt Person

Stunt persons are the people who stand in for an actor or actress in a movie when the script calls for a scene that is fraught with physical danger. Movies are all about living out our fantasies and, speaking for most of us, watching a great...

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Brother Against Brother - the Crittenden Brothers and the American Civil War in Kentucky

The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a particular bloody war in which the United States was essentially forced to address the unfinished business of slavery and issues regarding the precedence of federal versus states rights that...

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