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82Socotra Dragon's Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari): Vulnerability of a Remote Intricately Branched Giving Tree
Dragon's Blood Trees grow in the wild only on Socotra, which is an insular part of the Republic of Yemen. Even though their biological lineage is ancient, the trees maintain strong modern appeal through their unusual ornamental role in the landscape and the beneficial, practical uses of their flowers, fruits, leaves, seeds and wood. Additionally, it is easy, enjoyable and rewarding to cultivate this ecologically vulnerable species by respecting the growing conditions specified in the article.
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75Words that have shaped History. How wrong words can lead to war. The Ems despatch, and the Balfour declaration.
Statesmen should be always careful about the words they utter. To say, or write, the wrong thing can destroy empires, and ruin worlds. Learn about two such instances here.
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73The United States, Israel, and The Middle East Peace Initiative
Over the centuries, the history of the Jews has been captured and recorded from mostly a biblical perspective. From this viewpoint their troubled journey as a nation of people is alledged to have began over...
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72When Is "Bred in the Wild" Actually in the Wild?
Recent newspaper reports of Tigers and Cheetahs being born in the wild are incorrect when they have actually been bred within enclosures.
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72Notorious Outlaw Zip Wyatt
Nathaniel Ellsworth Wyatt, born in Indiana in 1864, became one of the most daring and feared outlaws to ever grace Oklahoma Territory. He also went by the aliases Dick Yeager and Wild Charlie. The handwriting on the wall should have clearly been...
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72The Israel-Palestine Question
Since the early years of the 20th Century, the Middle East has seen many efforts at a lasting peace amidst countless wars and acts of violence. The fulcrum upon which the stability of the region rests is Israel and its relationship with not only its...
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68The Rejection of Israel
The establishment of Israel was a momentous occassion for Zionists, who succeeded to find a homeland for the Jews. After the atrocities of the Holocaust, Jews were a displaced population even more so than before. Many Jews did flee to America, but...
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67Hot Shot Hamish
Hot Shot Hamish was a comic strip about Hamish Balfour, a gentle Hebridean giant who had the hardest shot in the game of football. The strip appeared for over 20 years in Scorcher, Tiger and Roy of the Rovers comics and still fondly remembered and a...
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62Eric Balfour's Band: Born As Ghosts
Lately I have been listening to and loving Born As Ghosts You may recognize Eric Balfour. He's been acting since around 1984. In 6 Feet Under he played Gabriel Dimas, in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 he played...
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60Abbas Seeks Palestinian Statehood
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas seeks official recognition of Palestine. Unfortunately, no one else wants them to have what is already theirs.
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