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Photographing Havana, Cuba
Photographing Havana, Cuba offers spectacular opportunities for the amateur and professional photographer. Havana is a 500 year old city years with varied European architectural styles with Spanish to English influences, and unique now iconic sights, including 50s and 60s era American cars.
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Visiting Laguna Beach, CA - Great Vacation Spot; Exceptional Wedding Destination
Travel to Laguna Beach, CA for excellent vacations filled with festivals, whale watching, wonderful restaurants, surfing, skin diving and sun worshipping. It is also a magical wedding destination.
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Important Airline Guidelines to Follow for Flying With a Small Dog or Other Small Pet
When it's difficult to leave our small dogs or pets behind, it is possible of them to ride on the plane in carriers under our seat if they meet the airline's guidelines.
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Exploring the Beautiful Tea Ceremony in Japan and China
The history of the tea ceremony is nearly as ancient and as interesting as the history of tea itself. If we can eat, drink or wear itm man will create a ritual or ceremony around it. The tea ceremony emerged in the early Chinese culture and became an important social activity in the aristocracy.
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The Secret to Making Great Cranberry Sauce Loaded With Vitamin C
Use this recipe for the Secret to making great cranberry sauce loaded with vitamin C. If you always reached for the can on the shelf, STOP! This is the cranberry sauce recipe for you.
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Is There a Haunted Caribbean?
The Caribbean carries its own tales of ghostly hauntings; it's not just an idyllic place of fun in the sun. Before your vacation begins in the beautiful Caribbean islands, read about duppy and other hauntings found on the islands of Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, and more.
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Tour Charleston, South Carolina and Visit the Oldest Churches in America
Charleston, South Carolina has some of the oldest churches still standing in America. Many still have active and thriving congregations. Touring the churches should be on any visitors list of sites.
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How to Get the Most Benefit from Attending a Business Conference: 10 Tips Important Tips
Read here for 10 tips to get the most from attending business conferences. Conferences are a time to learn, network, grow your business and career . Take advantage of attending.
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Business Card Etiquette - The Correct Way to Present Your Business Card
Business cards continue to be important to business success. In fact, there is an etiquette to follow as you hand out your business card to a colleague, customer or potential customer. Follow just a few tips to get the most out of exchanging your business card with someone new.
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Flip Flop Weather Somewhere! Chances Are You Own a Pair and Love the Flip Flops
The love of flip flops is timeless and universal, and if America has a national shoe, flip flops are the ones. Its Flip Flop weather somehwhere. They are ubiquitous, fun. However, on the flip side, medical professionals say flip flops are dangerous to your health.
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10 Tips for Taking the Best Care of Your Pearls
Taking care of your precious pearls can ensure their lasting beauty. Pearls have long been coveted for their beauty and should be given care in order for you to enjoy their beauty. A few tips can make taking care of your pearls easier.
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Marketing: The Heart of Your Business Success
Marketing is communication with the intent to educate an audience about the value of a product or service. Marketing is at the heart of your business. You need a plan to succeed- got marketing?
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Beautiful, Fragrant Flowers to Grow in the Spring and Summer Southern Garden
There are so many kinds of beautiful fragrant flowers that grow in a Southern garden in the spring and summer. The fragrance of those spring and summer flowers are often a part of the most vivid Southerner's memory.
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Disaster Preparedness a Must - Hurricanes, Fires, Floods, Tornadoes and Earthquakes Do Happen!
The earth is a violent planet which makes disaster preparedness in case of hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and flood a must in every season.
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Can Early Episodes of the TV Show Scandal Provide the Entrepreneur Valuable Business Lessons and Tips?
There are valuable business lessons and tips to be learned from TV show Scandal's Olivia Pope. The show's intrigues and scandals aside, watch Scandal to learn useful tips for the entrepreneur.
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Vanished From the Mary Celeste: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Sailing Ship's Crew and Passengers
The mysterious vanishing of the crew and passengers of the sailing ship, the Mary Celeste is still unsolved. Found intact December 4, 1872, cargo untouched. A poem about the mystery that remains.
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A Question for Writers: Are You Addicted to the Words?
Writers are all addicted to words. They know that words have the power to transform, whether in poetry or prose, whether for good or for evil..
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What You Need to Know About Unrefined Shea Butter
Unrefined shea butter is one of the most useful of nature's products. It has a mulltitude of uses around the globe and is especially useful in cosmetics. It has been used by the people of Africa for centuries for cosmetics, medicine and even musical instruments.
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A Review of Star Trek Into Darkness - the Movie Depicting the Early Years of the Star Trek Characters
You won't be disappointed when comparing Star Trek Into Darkness to the original. The visual effects, the younger version of characters consistent, with enough action to satisfy the thrill seeker.
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Don't Let Fear Hold You Back from Becoming a Successful Writer - Just Write (and Few Other Tips)!
If you want to become a successful writer, don't let fear hold you back. This article suggests ways to overcome fear of writing so that you can finally pick up the pen or open the computer and write.
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A Poem About the Wonder of Creativity: The Tapestry of Imagination
Can we explain breathing life into imagination and creativity? We are all on a solitary journey only connecting brief if at all, seeing the world as we perceive it, as we create tapestry.
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Somewhere in My Mind's Eye - A Poem
Could it be that we live our lives somewhere in the recesses of our mind's eye, holding reality at bay? A poem for you to consider the possible, the impossible and the wonders in the mind's eye.
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A Love Poem to Carry Me to Love
Love poems take many forms and sometimes depict love as a fickle and elusive emotion. The proliferation of love poems demonstrates that we are forever seekers of the perfect love, our other half.
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How to Survive Visiting a Real Haunted House: The Dos and Don'ts of Survival
If you decide to visit to a real haunted house or find yourself in one through no fault of your own one night, survival may depend on this list of Dos and Don'ts. Keep it handy.
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2 Chinese Astrological Signs: The Black Snake and the Goat
Learn about the Chinese Astrological sign for 2013, the Black Snake according to the Lunar New Year and the 2015 Year of the Goat. If you are a Snake, does the description fit your personality?
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The One: A Love Poem of Yearning
How cruel to find "the one" and know you can never have the object of your desire.
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Celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year 2015 - the Year of the Goat
The Lunar New Year is celebrated by billions, mostly Chinese descent. The celebration is 15 days, starting the day of the 2nd new moon after winter solstice. Feb. 19, 2015 begins the Year of the Goat.
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Beyond Fears and Tears: An Example of a Love Poem
This is an example of a love poem because sometimes searching for love leads only to fears and tears. Writing or reading love poems serve as an expression of your emotions.
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The Beauty of Snowflakes in Haiku
Snowflakes are beautiful creations of nature. Expressing the beauty of snowflakes in haiku form attempts to capture that beauty in 17 syllables. Haiku can be difficult to create because it forces you to think of nature at its most basic and pure.
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Have You Found Your Rhythm of Life and Success?
In this article read how finding and tapping into your rhythm of life can be an important key to achieving success, no matter what your definition of success may be.
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Jury Duty in the United States: A Civic Duty?
Like it or not, in the United States it is your civic duty and responsibility to respond to your summons to jury duty. A jury of peers is the cornerstone for fairness in the American judicial system.
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Do You Know How Yoga Poses Can Benefit Your Writing?
Practicing yoga can benefit your writing and creativity not to mention the overall benefits to your health. In this article I explore some yoga poses that could have a positive impact on your writing, your creativity, and your body.
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Unique Gifts of the Tech Kind for Christmas or Other Gift Giving Times 2016
Giving a gift is always a pleasure. It is not hard to find the right tech gift. There are many unique gifts under $100.00. This is a short list of some unique tech gifts available.
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Outbreak: Bed Bugs, Mosquitoes, Lice and Other Real Creepy, Crawling Critters
Bed bugs, mosquitoes, lice and other real creepy crawler critters cause a stir when they crop up and this article emphasizes that we should learn how to avoid them and prevent them from showing up.
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What a Writer Wants: A Poem of Writers' Inspiration
What do writers want? They seem to like to eat, have shelter, enjoy life, sometimes sleep, like everyone else. In truth, they have been given a special gift. What a writer always wants is inspiration.
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Simple Tips for Entering and Winning Essay Contests and Other Writing Contests
Having a few tips and guidelines for entering essay contests and other writing contests might help a writer win. Entering contests can be an additional source of income for a writer.
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A Love Poem of Strength: Love Is Awesome in Its Splendor
This poem of Love's strength is an attempt to explain what a man might feel when he is finally in love. I am open to correction!
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What is the Definition and an Example of an Elegy: Shed No Tears Here
By definition, the elegy is a poem that expresses sorrow and loss. Writers often use the elegy to respond to a loss, turning to pen and paper to capture the hurt and subsequently find release.
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The Rio Olympic Athlete: Praise in Haiku Format
This article explains the elements of haiku as an expression of admiration and praise for the Olympic Athlete and the spectator. Read the haiku that will be very appropriate for the Rio Olympic games.
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Olympic Pin Trading at Rio! 20 Years of Memories of 1996 Atlanta Olympics Pin Trading
Atlanta Olympics 20th Anniversary and memories of pin trading are revived with each Olympic Game. The next Olympic Games will probably be no different. Pin traders start preparing for pin trading early.
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How to Beat Writer's Block With 5 Super Easy Writing Prompts Especially for the Struggling Writer
Easy writing prompts are everywhere, even for the struggling writer. They are a part of our everyday lives when you are tuned in to look for them. Struggling writers, relax and rely on your powers of observation to help you overcome writer's block.
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13 Tips to Effectively Work From Home
Do you want to be successful working from home when you have a home-based business, you are a freelancer or your job requires that you work from home? Following these easy tips can help you succeed even in a virtual environment, during a pandemic.
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Finding Happiness: Why Is It Such a Puzzle?
Finding happiness is the billion dollar quest that even having a billion dollars may not solve. Happiness is often elusive. It is a rare person who doesn't seek happiness; the quest is in our genes.
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Creepy When You Know It's Gonna Be a Bad Day
A heroine learns it will be a bad day when things start to go awry. What can ruin a perfectly good Saturday morning? Birds! Alfred Hitchcock didn't get it wrong. Let's hope this doesn't happen to you!
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The Obesity Epidemic and Its Health Dangers Affects Us All
The Obesity Epidemic in America is a danger that affects us all with higher insurance and medical costs. Alarmingly, over 40% of Americans will be obese by the year 2030, according to CDC statistics.
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What's the Appeal of Haiku?
Haiku has an appeal to many poets even though you are limited to 17 syllables in 3 verses. It requires that you condense thoughts into the simplest verses. There are poets who are dedicated to haiku.
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Ten Points to Branding Yourself: An Essential Part of the Marketing Strategy for the Entrepreneur
For and entrepreneur, branding yourself is an important element of your marketing strategy. It applies to anyone who values the type of message you project about your ability to deliver your product.
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Creating Relaxing, Inviting Smells and Aromas of Home Using Essential Oils
The way a home smells can be relaxing, warm and inviting with strategically used essential oils. How does your home smell? Do guests immediately know you have a dog or cat or worse? You can fix that with essential oils!
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I Love Apple in My Life
i love Apple and have loved it since I first began to use the computer. While others rushed out to buy a PC, i purchased a Mac. i've never regretted it and i've never looked back.
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What Is Acne (Zits!) and How Do You Get Rid of It?
Fighting acne, commonly called zits, is no easy task. Statistics say 100% of adults will have experienced some form of acne, at some point. Healthy eating habits and other things may help fight acne.
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Haiku on Love: Written For Lovers, Ex-Lovers and the In-Betweeo
Learn how haiku can express the ebb and flow of a relationship in a few words. Originating in Japan, Haiku are short, 17 syllable poems written in 5-7-5 order as expressions of emotions or nature.
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8 Things to Do Now to Stop Procrastinating and Make It Happen
Sharing tips to stop procrastinating and start doing. Procrastination robs you of productivity and holds you captive to incomplete tasks and goals. You regret the wasted time when the day is over.
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Flash Fiction: Every Soul Lost in Sunset
Life goes on and all are lost in the glow of another sunset. Millions watch as the sun slides slowly below the horizon. Sunset images are everywhere, but none as sharp as the images in our minds.
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The Last Pharaoh of Egypt: A Fictional Account of Cleopatra's Final Hours as Told by Her Handmaiden
A fictional story of the final hours of Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of Egypt. She stole the hearts of powerful rulers of Rome and captured imaginations worldwide for thousands of years.
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Creating Haiku Looks Deceptively Simple
Haikus are short, 17 syllable expressive poems developed by the Japanese. Here are three examples for you to enjoy enjoy.
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When Zombies Attack, Be Prepared - Read World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks -Book Review
Read World War Z for a gripping account of what happens when zombies attack, as survivors around the world tell their harrowing experiences during the zombie virus pandemic to a UN observer/reporter.
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How to Set a Table for the Holidays or Any Special Occasion
Do you want to know how to set a proper table for a holiday dinner? Proper place setting for special occasions (or any occasion) can be easy and fun if you follow these place-setting rules, guidelines, and tips.
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Running: A Short Story of Love Lost and Love Found
A short story of the pain of lost love. Can you ever recover by running from it? Sometimes there is no recovery until something shifts and changes. One woman running discovers the answers.
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Historical and Useful Facts About Using Scented Essential Oils and Aromatherapy
The essential oils used in aromatherapy today are derived from over 400 different species of plants. This article reveals both the practical facts and the long history of using essential oils as a part of aromatherapy and healing.
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An Invitation to a Special Doll's Tea Party - a Dark Short Story
A tea party can be fun, but at times a tea party is the last thing a little girl of seven wants to attend, even if she can take her best doll with her. Refusing to go has odd consequences.
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Can Irrational Fears Lead to Regret?
Irrational fears can prevent you from achieving the success you desire and deserve. Fear is an instinctive, protective reaction, irrational fear often the source of regret; is there a correlation?
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Want to Improve Your Business? Turn to a Qualified Business Coach for Help in Your Career or Business
You've decided to improve your business, entrepreneurial venture or boost your career, is one-on-one coaching or a coaching service for you? A qualified coach can help lead you to success.
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A Sip of Summer Wine with Levi and the Little Zippers: A Little Wine Tour, a Lot of Music
Good wine and good music are a great combination. The East Coast is filled with vineyards and wineries to tour. Music lovers add Levi and the Little Zippers and you have the best wine tour.
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Dracula in Love by Karen Essex: A Book Review About Mina -Dracula's Love Interest
A book review of Karen Essex's vampire novel, Dracula in Love is an excellent read for Halloween and long winter nights. Enter Mina's and Dracula's world. For Mina, love awaits, for Dracula - power.
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The Benefits of Argan Oil: Longer Hair, Smoother Skin, Stronger Nails, and Overall Good Health
Argan oil has many benefits for hair, skin, nails and health because of vitamin A and fatty essential oils. One of the rarest oils, it has been used in cosmetics and cooking for centuries in Morocco.
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Savory Hot Pepper Sauce and the Recipe for Sweet Memories
When food triggers childhood memories, savory hot pepper sauce is the memory food for one person, fried apple fritters sweet memories for another. Poignant memories can come from the kitchen table.
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What Are the Best Foods and Mindset for Healthy Hair and Great Skin
Even though there are commercial products you can buy or even make yourself that help you have good hair and great skin, eating the best food and having a healthy mindset can give the most lasting results.
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Redecorating on a Shoestring: Inexpensive Decorating Ideas for Any Room in the House
This article gives you inexpensive, shoestring budget decorating ideas and tips for changes you can make to any room in the house.
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Chopsticks Vs. Forks: Which Is Correct in Thailand?
Chopsticks are the eating utensil of choice in many Asian countries, including Thailand, but especially in China where the use originated. Originating in Greece, forks are used in Western countries.
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Women in Pearls: Memorable Portraits and Photos Through the Ages
Pearls were often the jewelry of choice for a woman's portrait. Whether worn in the 1800s or worn today, a picture of a woman in pearls has a beautiful, ethereal quality making her images timeless.
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10 Tips for Shopping at Your Local Farmers Market
The local Farmers Market is an excellent source of produce, meat, poultry and other items grown or made by local farmers. Tips for shopping. Prices are competitive, even lower than the supermarket.
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Buying Refurbished Electronics to Trim Your Budget - Makes Good Cents!
Buying refurbished electronics can save money. Often refurbished electronics have never been used, just unwanted. The manufacturer would rather resell at a discount than scrap the item.
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Are There Benefits to a Nutritional Drink with Vitamins and Minerals Like Zeal?
With the hectic lives we lead, we don't always eat healthy, supplements add the minerals and vitamins we are sometimes missing. Adding a nutritional drink can help insure we get what we miss.
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Hurricane and Other Disaster Preparations - Include Saving Family Mementos, Pictures, Writings and Documents
Careful planning and preparation can save your lives and your family mementos during disasters like hurricanes, tornados, floods and even fires. Careful thought can help save family mementos, pictures, documents and your writings in your emergency disaster preparations.
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Love Pearls? How to Choose the Right Pearls
From this article learn to choose the best pearls to suit your style. Learn special care to keep them beautiful. Consider choosing the June birthstone, the pearl, as a gift at any time.
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A Few Important Facts About Pearls - Gems Found Under the Oyster's Shell
This article explores the facts about pearls. Through history the gems were symbols of wealth and power, innocence and purity, and mystery and sophistication. During early history some cultures considered them a magical talisman closely associated with the moon. The birthstone for June is pearl.
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Tips on the Value of Collecting Old Coins
The correct term for the study of coins is numismatic. Collecting coins from the U.S. and foreign countries over a few years can yield a small fortune with returns ranging from 20% to 30%.
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Karen Moning's Fever Series Book Review
Karen Marie Moning's Fever books deliver excitement and sex in a strange Dublin populated by fairies and sidh-seers and centered around a mysterious book and heroines who are not afraid to take them.
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The Early History of Tea From Growing to Drinking: An Origin Steeped in Intrigue, Flavored With Espionage
The history and origin of the beverage tea reads like an intriguing spy novel filled with a thirst for money and power. Today drinking tea is global, second only to water, but with a past is steeped in espionage.
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Napoleon Hill: The Secrets and Measures of His Success
Writer and public speaker Napoleon Hill wrote Think and Grow Rich in the early 1900s, a book that continues to influence entrepreneurs today with its timeless principles and measures of success.
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Improve Brain Power Now
This is an article to help you improve your brain, using small changes to your daily routine and emphasizing good social ties.
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How to Create a Success Vision Board to Realize Your Dreams
Learn to create a success vision board and use it as tools to help you realize and manifest your dreams. Vision Boards are visual reminders of the success you want in your future.
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Choose the Right Foods - the Best Way to Healthy, Beautiful, Clear Skin
Choosing the right, healthy foods can be a major factor in beautiful, clear skin. Eating the right foods to contribute to great skin, resistant to aging takes knowledge and mindfulness along with a bit of determination.
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Meditation to Improve Your Health and Possibly Help You Live Longer
Learning to meditate can have a positive and lasting impact on your health, providing a means of coping with the stress of daily life, possibly helping you live longer.