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61Grosse Pointe Farms Boat Club Race 8-17-06 deedsphotos
Wind ESE 5-10. Light chop. NOVICE 1. Spirit O'76 Catalina 22 2. #135 C&C 24 JAM B 1. Growl Tiger Tartan 3000 2. Tokana SC 23 3. Runnin' Rampant Ensign JAM A 1. Gypsy S2 9.1 2. Das Boot Express 27 3....
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58Majesty: The Royal Calling of the Believer
Even the misspelling of my name by the Lord Chamberlain’s office couldn’t take the gloss off my pleasure at being invited to tea at BuckinghamPalace. This was to one of the three annual Garden Parties...
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56A Lemonade Wake-Up Call and the POP Awards
Good morning breakfastpoppers. Today is Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Nominations for this week's POP Awards have been piling up, so let's prepare a quick breakfast and carry it to the ceremony. If you care to...
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54Halloween Ancient Customs
where did the custom of Halloween come from?. Once upon a time the Celts who lived over 2,000 years ago in a place we know as Ireland celebrated their new year on November 1st. Celtic Festival Of Samhain (Samhain (Scots Gaelic: Samhuinn) literally...
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54Facts & Tips for Visitors to Scotland
Scotland is perched on the outer rim of Europe; Scotland forms the northern part of Great Britain and is about two-thirds the size of England and Wales which occupy the remaining portion. It is surrounded by...
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72Yachting in Alice Springs: The Henley-on-Todd Regatta
If there is any one thing Australia's famous Red Centre lacks, it's water. Which, for most people, would immediately rule out the idea of staging an annual international yachting classic. But not in the...
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70Mary, Queen of Scotland
Mary Stuart was born at Linlithge Palace on Dec 8th, 1542; 6 days later she became the infant Queen of Scotland. For security reasons her French mother sent her to France in 1548, at the age of 6. Henry...
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61Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
A lone figure waits in a dark cellar. He watches over barrels loaded with gunpowder, intended to blow everyone in Parliament to Kingdom come. Only time and a fuse stand between dramatically altering the...
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70Robert Burns - what he means to me
Robert Burns is very famous in my home country of Scotland - in fact he is famous the world over - and I'd be very surprised if you hadn't already heard of him. He is known as Scotland's National Bard: a...
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59English Civil Wars
The first of the English Civil Wars was between the years of 1642 and 1646 when King Charles 1st and his Parliament finally came to blows when all else had failed. King Charles dissolved Parliament on...
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