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81How to Order Coffee in an Italian Bar
Tips on how to feel super cool in an Italian bar ordering caffe and cornetti and how to pay for it using Italian phrases.
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78A sober look at Mead
Mead may be the first alcoholic drink humans produced but is under represented in myth and legend. Once popular the high cost of honey made mead expensive though monks produced it as a byproduct of extracting the beeswax needed to make candles. Mead is highly sustainable and can generate jobs for a local community. Because producing honey is labour intensive Mead has remained a craft rather than an industry and the time has come for a revival.
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74A gentle introduction to Beer
Perhaps the third most popular drink in the world and one of the oldest beer has been praised for its good effects and more often blamed for its bad effects. In moderation beer is good for you but in excess it is bad for you. The process of brewing is relatively simple though there are some potentially lethal pitfalls in the selection of materials.
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82Visiting Coimbra - Part 1
I’ve been thinking of writing about Coimbra for a while now, but it seems that I can't just name and talk about the places to visit, because there is so much more than just places in Coimbra… This one is special for me. It comes straight from my...
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69The Ho-Bots Are Coming the Ho-Bots Are Coming!!
Robots and machines came to prominence in the early 1900s during the industrial revolution here in America. From robotic arms spot welding on the automotive assembly line, to the arms packaging products in boxes for shipping, robots have improved our way of life tremendously.
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74Bottle Cap Collecting
There are many antique bottle collectors today, but there are just as many who are more interested in the caps, cork and wood bottle stoppers that came with them as a hobby. Cork and wood bottle stoppers are considered to be the oldest bottle caps...
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76Great Discovery - How Scientists Were Able to Tell the Age of the Ice Man
I have read several different stories about this great discovery, the discovery of "The Ice Man." As far his age at the time of death, some believed he was forty-five years old. However, none of the literature I have previously read mentioned...
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54Dick Clark Passes Away
April 19, 2012 Hello Hub World! Dick Clark host of American Bandstand AKA America's oldest teenager has passed away @ age 82 this past Tuesday. Dick Clark was known for his youthful image. I thought he would live past age 100. Dick Clark had a...
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65World's Oldest Bodybuilder Still Going Strong
Ernestine Shepherd is 75 years old but age doesn't seem to be slowing her down. She is sexy and fit and an inspiration to people everywhere. More active than most people decades her junior, Ernestine wakes up at 3 in the morning to meditate, run up...
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65World's Oldest People – Past and Present
The World's Oldest People - Past and Present, find out who's who in the 110 club
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