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Bolivia A Geographic Portrait

South America's primary mountain range, the Andes, attains one of its widest points in Bolivia. Here the Andes are divided into two subranges, Cordillera Oriental and Cordillera Occidental. Peaks in these areas are in excess of 20,000 feet. Betw...

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ThinkExist.com revisits Carson McCullers

ThinkExist.com revisits Carson McCullersby Mark A. LugrisThinkExist.comMADRID – Sixty-four years after it was originally published, Carson McCullers’ first novel “The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter” is still a literary phenomenon.Holding the twenty...

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The Terrorist’s Favorite Weed/ Castor Bean

The Terrorist’s Favorite Weed/ Castor BeanThomas OgrenThe Castor bean plant (Ricinus communis) with its large bold, highly colored leaves is native to tropical Africa. In cold climates it is an annual, growing quickly, setting many seeds, and dying...

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Single pane glass repair in an aluminum frame,part 2

This week we are going to continue our series on single pane window glass repair. Let's talk about broken glass in a fixed window, usually referred to as a picture window. The most common type will have metal stops on the outside, around all fou...

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Ever Wonder What Rustic Really Means

Decorating terminology can be daunting. Everyone has a preconceived definition of terms used to describe home decor. Early American, Colonial, Victorian, contemporary, and the list goes on, each one supposedly designating a very different style. Prob...

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Alone In The Kitchen Stirring Up Mindfulness

Put on your apron! It's time to stir up a batch of mindfulness. Julia Child, the trilling television chef who taught millions of Americans how to prepare French food without being hoity-toity, died in her sleep at the age of 92 recently. In doze...

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You've got to get up to go.

A simple title, yet a super powerful message. After all, in order to get where you want to go in life, you first have to get up. But then, even after you have decided to get up, you still have to "go" if you ever expect to get there. Far too often we...

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Warning! Look Up; Big Problem Straight Ahead

So, you've got a problem? Well guess what? That's good. Now don't you throw anything at me. I'm sure you've heard of Murphy's Law. You know, "If anything can go wrong, it will". Well, I want to give you some Vegas-ology!...

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How to Tell What They Really Meant

Part of Emotional Intelligence is understanding the emotions of others, and one of the most important channels we use to communicate emotions is nonverbal communication. When we’re engaged in communication, we must pay attention to all sorts of thi...

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How to Start a Conversation Effortlessly

If you are one of the millions who have difficulty in starting and participating in conversations, you should realize that life's successes and failures are closely related to the quality of your communication skills.The ability to converse effo...

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