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90Candlemas – The End of the Christmas Season
Forty days after Christmas, on February 2nd, is Candlemas, final celebration of the Christmas and Epiphany holiday seasons. While not a secular holiday in the United States and Canada (outside of Quebec) it...
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85Gifts for Tween Boys
The term "tween" is intended to describe the ages of children who fall between the ages of 9 through 13. It is the pre-teen years, which are a transition period for young boys. Does he like to stay in doors...
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83Veronica's Random Dose - The World's Smallest Bat.
Weighing in about 2 g (0.071 oz) [about the weight of a penny!], and measuring about 1.25 inches, this lightweight flying mammal has been classified as not only the smallest known bat of it's peers; it has...
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81Crook Alert!! AIG Paying $165 Million Bonuses and $52 Billion to Counterparties with Taxpayers' Money
Resignation Letter from AIG VP Jake Desantis Mr. Desantis resigned from AIG and will donate his the after-tax proceeds of his retention payment to charity. He is bitter toward CEO Edward Liddy for his failure...
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83A Very Swedish Christmas
The holiday Jul (Yule or Christmas) is celebrated over the course of at least two months in many parts of Sweden. Advent as a church season comprises the four weeks before December 25th and is celebrated in...
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83African Grasslands
When the wildlife of Africa is mentioned, The first things that comes into everybodys' mind are lions, elephants, cheetahs, rhinoceros, zebras, giraffes, antelopes, and so on. All these animals, in fact, are...
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79Webbed Feet Dogs and One-Eyed Boars
There are memorable people in this world, the ones we can't easily forget. The ones whose memories last us a life time. Then, there are our canine friends who make the same lasting impressions. This is about one of them, a certain webbed footed Catahoula Leopard cur and his battle with a one-eyed wild boar.
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83How to Build a Pig Pen
Pig pens, like any other animal enclosure, are designed to give each animal sufficient space, shelter, and access to food and water. The exact size of your pen depends on the breed and adult size of the...
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80The Return of the Smokehouse
Although there are a few remaining smokehouses to be seen nestled among old gray outbuildings alongside rural roads, most have vanished from the American countryside. Before the advent of refrigeration, and...
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80The Benefits of Pastured Pork
The vast majority of pork consumed in the United States today comes from huge hog confinement operations, known as CAFOs. Each building in a typical CAFO might hold 1,000 or more sows, or 10,000+ market hogs....
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