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Can your sundial really tell the time

"I am a sundial, and I make a botch Of what is done far better by a watch"So wrote Hilaire Belloc, but is this really fair? Sundials are the earliest known form of time-keeping having been used for some five thousand years. The Greek historian Herodo...

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Chewing On Mindfulness Gum Is Your Secret

My grandmother, a feisty and athletic woman in her younger years, was a gum-chewer. She was never without a pack or two of Wrigley's Doublemint gum. She wasn't a snapper or bubble-blowershe viewed that as highly uncivilized. Grandma kept he...

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Little Box of Dreams

We are so very busy these days that we don't seem to have the time to make personal and career goals for ourselves. We have dreams and aspirations, but we don't take the time to map out a plan to make them happen. We simply accept what life...

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Making Communication Effective 4 Language Filters

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Dream Yourself Into Your Life

Too often we lose sight of what's important to us for example, enjoying nature, exploring our spirituality, connecting with friends, traveling, and being creative. Yet, we know that our lives are incomplete. The truth is, we can all have much mo...

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Twenty-three Percent of African Americans Live in Poverty

Twenty-three percent of African Americans live in poverty in the US, according to a report released by the Commerce Department. The report, "The Black Population in the United States: 2002", was released by the Commerce Department in the Spring of 20...

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How to Prune Plum Trees

How to Prune Plum Trees by: Paul Curran In this article you will find out how to prune plum trees. One of several articles on how to prune fruit trees. Pruning plum trees is straightforward, once the trees are established, and consists mainly of...

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Eye For Sale, By Owner

A wire service report this week showed a single mother in Bangladesh who had advertised to sell one of her eyes to buy food for her starving daughter. Try to think about that without your blood running cold: human beings selling parts of themselves a...

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Stained Glass Can Add Elegance To Your Home

Stained Glass Can Add Elegance To Your Home by: Sarah Peters If there is one way to throw a new light on your home, it's through the stained glass you put in your windows. Whether you want to enhance old windows by replacing some of the pan...

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Choosing The Right Vacuum Cleaner

Choosing The Right Vacuum Cleaner by: Catherine Olivia According to history, the first vacuum cleaner actually wasn't a vacuum cleaner at all, it was a carpet sweeper. The inventor was a man by the name of Daniel Hess who in 1860 patented a...

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