Kareyth Patrick
An insignificant essayist and poet breaking open the shell in travel writing and "green" ecological information and the occasional poem.
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English and European Literature B.A., English Linguistics M.A. (expc. 6-2010).Interests
Travel writing, green/ecology essay writing, general science essay writing, sometimes poetry.Motto
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Montreux, Switzerland, Jazz Festival: July 4 - 19, 2008The city of Montreux in Switzerland hosts the internationally famous Montreux Jazz Festival in July of every year. The 2008 summer Montreux Jazz Festival will be held July 4 -19.
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Casa Bonita in Denver, Colorado: How Did it Get to Be so Famous?Casa Bonita is a nationally famous restaurant that has less-than-fabulous food (some would say less-than-adequate). Yet it is one of the top dinning destinations around Denver, Colorado.
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Having a Dog Around Your Baby Could Reduce Their Chances of Getting AllergiesHappy news for dog lovers and for all children who want a dog! "Mommy! Can I have a dog! Please!" A dog in the home when children are infants significantly reduces the chances and severity of animal and other allergies. -
Historic Places to See in JohannesburgJohannesburg (jo-hahn'-nes-burg) abounds in people and history. You cannot visit the historic places to see in Johannesburg, South Africa without being deeply impressed by both.
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Four Unique, Specialty Hotels to Stay at in Johannesburg, South AfricaJohannesburg, South Africa, is a high-energy, metropolitan finance and business center that attracts many visitors every year. Americans' northern hemisphere summer is South Africa's southern hemisphere winter, so if you wish to escape the warm weather, go south! -
Summer in the Swiss Alps: Les Diablerets, SwitzerlandSummer activities in Les Diablerets, Switzerland start at 2 miles high on Glacier 3000. You ascend to the top of Glacier 3000 on a cable car and arrive near the top of the world at the Glacier 3000 Alpine Coaster for Alpine roller coaster fun! Then head to the valley!
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Make Your Own Hado Water: The Healing of Power of Water Harnessed for YouHado water, the brain child and healing gift of Dr. Masaru Emoto, is water that is treated with the intrinsic electromagnetic vibrations of prayer and healing words, like "gratitude," "appreciation," and "thanks."
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Denmark's Dying Dialects: A Language DilemmaIn the 20th entury, linguistics documented 50 Danish dialects. Now there are less than a dozen Danish dialects. Disappearing dialects cause a delemma. -
How Studying English Linguistics Can Make You a Better Writer or TeacherHave you ever thought of studying English linguistics? Who's it good for? Writers and teachers, among others. -
The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Peppers Classic Bar and Other Kingston, Jamaica, Night SpotsOnce you feel the rhythms of Quad and Asylum in Kingston, Jamaica, you can relax and find other rhythms of Kingston. Even if the vivacity of the Quad and Asylum are what you live for, spread your wings, breathe a little and see what else the night hours bring. -
Les Diablerets, Switzerland - Where the Cows Take a Walk: Part 2"Another time I'll tell about what happened as night fell and the end of the day-long journey was in sight for the cows and the herdsmen who so attentively and carefully watched over them as they moved from their winter lands to their summer lands." -
What Does it Mean to Shop Green?Shop green. Build green. Heat green. Use green energy. Give green gifts. What exactly does it mean to be green? -
Kingston, Jamaica's Quad and the Asylum: A Night Life with Reggae, R&B, Retro and DiscoAre you in the mood for live jazz music played on a Baby Grand piano? Dancing to reggae? The hottest night scene in town? Rubbing elbows with tourists and Jamaicans alike? Then the 4Quad and the Asylum in Kingston, Jamaica are for you. -
Travel to Kingston, Jamaica to Keep Away the Winter BluesWhen you land in Kingston, while flying in over aquamarine colored sea water--so different from the Mediterranean--and under a sky canopy of royal indigo blue, you'll be glad you stuffed your down coat into the outside pocket of your carry-on! -
CO2 Build-Up at Traffic Lights: Study Shows CO2 Can Be Drastically Reduced by Modifying Traffic Light ControlsDid you ever think that time spent waiting for a traffic light to change was contributing to global climate change? A study shows that modulation of traffic lights can significantly reduce CO2 emissions-as much as reductions in driving.
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Gender Inequalities Are Causing America to Fall Behind in Scientific ProductivenessA new report indicates that changing the academic ranking systems would immediately resolve the U.S.'s shortage of scientists and failing scientific productiveness.
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Ocean Monitoring System to Warn Against Storm Danger and to Track Climate ChangeA report was released calling for the completion within ten years of a world oceans marine monitoring system and stating that human safety and well being are the motivating needs requiring a world marine monitoring system.
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English Language News Channels from Iran, China, Russia Might Negatively Influence U.S And U.K.The Economic and Social Research Council of the UK has announced that it is spearheading an investigation into the growing phenomenon of transnational English language television stations, such as Iran's Press TV and China's CCTV.
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Stem Cells Created from Adult Skin Cells Formed Cardiac Muscle that Began BeatingIn a press release from Cell Press it is announced that scientists in Japan have discovered that with the addition of four elements, adult skin cells can be made into pluripotent cells similar to stem cells.
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Telecommunication Speed Improved by Light Conducting CrystalsBASF has announced that its scientists are beginning a three-year project to produce needed three-dimensional photonic crystals that will replace electrical relay connections .
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Successful Testing of New Tsunami Early-Warning System Predicts Fewer DeathsPress release reports on a new system that records deep ocean seafloor pressure in order to detect and warn against tsunamis immediately after they first develop in the deep ocean.
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New Technologies Aren't Decreasing Greenhouse GasesA study shows that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are expected to increase over the next 50 years and that new technologies may actually be contributing to the rise in greenhouse emissions.
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Cosmic Rays Bombard Earth in Mysterious Non-Uniform Patterns from Black HolesOne of the mysteries of the universe has been solved by scientists who found that the highest-energy cosmic ray particle events that bombard Earth are not uniformly distributed across the sky.
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Human Clones Loom on the Future: Human Rights Protection QuestionsA United Nations sponsored report of a new study conducted) says that the world is facing an eminent crossroads: either agree to an international ban on reproductive cloning or agree on human rights protections for cloned individuals.
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Global Milk Prices Rise Forcing Out Big Companies and Allowing Entree to Developing CountriesAccording to researchers, the changing global milk market will open a door for developing countries to enter the international milk market.
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Poor School-Readiness Makes Students Fail in Academic Performance by the Third GradeRAND Corporation researchers correlate low academic performance in second and third grades in California public schools with low school readiness scores at the level of entry to kindergarten.
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20% of Wealth May Willingly Go to Insuring a Person's Idea of Wealth DistributionEconomists find that people place a monetary value on distributive justice--though they may have different ideas of what that justice should be!
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Plant Study Reveals Environmental Adaptation MechanismsA new study shows that plants have unique, non-genetic environmental adapting mechanisms that are transmitted as cues from the maternal plant.
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Supernova Theory Based on Energy Pulsations in Extremely Massive StarsIn 2006 a supernova was observed that was so bright it defied all current theories of the mechanisms of supernovae, but now an astrophysicist has proposed a radical new theory.
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Oil Exploration Falling to Secondary Oil Companies While ExxonMobile, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron and ConocoPhillips Strengthen Current Positions"Big Five" international oil companies (IOCs) are spending less money on oil exploration in real terms despite a four-fold increase in operating cash flow since the early 1990s.
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Who Influences Whom? Study Shows Easily Influenced People Carry Social ChangeA new study to appear in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that social change is driven when information reaches easily influenced people who then influence other easily influenced people.
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Good Ozone, Bad Ozone: Ozone on the Wrong Side of the TropopauseResearchers have developed a way to detect and monitor where ozone transfers allegiance and switches from being friend to foe and good to bad, as the researchers put it. -
Risky Business: How Do People Evaluate the Risk of Potentially Hazardous Situations?New research proffers a theory illuminating the emotional element associated with human risk taking behavior. -
Expected Increase in Northern Forests Fires Could Add to Atmospheric Carbon DioxideBoreal forests and rainforests are important global carbon sinks that keep carbon dioxide emissions in balance; new model shows how forest fires effect boreal forest carbon emissions behavior. -
World's First Nanotube Radio that Fits an Ant's HandScientists listen to the Beach Boys and Derek and the Dominos on infinitesimally small c arbon nanotube radio, perfect for the neighborhood ant--and you thought transistor radios were cool! -
Humor is Found to Be Good for the Workplace... Light Humor, that IsAn engaging new study addresses the question of humor in the workplace and says that contrary to traditional attitudes humor at work is not only acceptable, it is actually a company asset.
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Sweet Potato Crops May Aid in Hunger ReliefSweet potatoes are advocated as a staple food source for developing countries because of sustainability and rich vitamin content, and the ASHS reports on most recent survey results regarding the health of sweet potato production in developing countries. -
Chinese Medicine is Decoded Through Scientist's Chemical Rosetta StoneUK scientists have analyzed ancient Chinese medical texts and deciphered the categorical meanings of their statements and words and have now created the Rosetta Stone for decoding traditional Chinese medicine. -
Education for Girls in Afghanistan HamperedIn a press release from the Swedish Research Council, new research is announced in which education in Afghanistan for girls is studied through interviews with adults and students in two Afghanistan villages.
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Cashews: Fossils Show Are Not Originally From Out of AfricaAn archaeological discovery in a lake bed in Germany tell a new story for the beloved cashew nut as reported by the International Journal of Plant Sciences
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Harris Poll Shows General Decline in Employee ConfidenceThe newly released polls reflecting the confidence ratings in various states for September are now available. Employee confidence can be affected by any important change in the economic picture.
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Obesity Due to a Complex Landscape of Contributing FactorsUK's Foresight Programme has published a paper reporting on the first phase of its study of obesity involving experts from across the spectrum of scientific disciplines stating three major conclusions about obesity.
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Schools Get Report Card from Center for Disease ControlThe National Center for Disease Control has released its latest assessment of health in our public schools and even though the results are optimistic, they are dismal overall.
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Origins of Genome Duplications Could Reveal Evolution of Modern Humans"We want to figure out how the human genome evolved. In the future, we will combine what we know about the evolution within genomes with comparative genomics in order to extend our view of evolution."
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Mothers Bond with Their Infants Because of the Hormone OxytocinMothers and infants affiliate, or bond, emotionally and behaviorally because of the hormone oxytocin, according to a unique study from Bar-Ilan University in Irsrael that will be published in Psychological Science.
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Bullfrogs Are a Wimpy Species when Faced with Drought in PondsAn ecologist at Washington University in St. Louis has discovered how ponds diversify after a drought.
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Wetland Restoration Projects Require RandomnessLaws mandate that wetlands that are destroyed due to development must be recreated elsewhere with a return of full biodiversity.
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Carbon Monoxide, the Lethal Killer, Has Medical BenefitChemists have paradoxically discovered an innovative way to use the potential lethal gas carbon monoxide with its deadly reputation to save lives and boost health.
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Plastic Membrane Will Help Filter Toxic ChemicalsScientists have developed a new plastic membrane with a novel hourglass-shaped pore that allows select small particles to pass while targeted large molecules are left out.
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New Technology Helps Visually Impaired Grocery ShopComputer science researchers bring two great ideas together to form a third that uses the latest in computer technology to aid individuals who are blind or visually impaired to do their grocery shopping unaided.
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Genome Evidence to Reveal Evolution of Modern Humans"We want to figure out how the human genome evolved. In the future, we will combine what we know about the evolution within genomes with comparative genomics in order to extend our view of evolution."
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Metamaterials with "Startling" Properties Bend Light in the Wrong DirectionA Princeton-led team of researchers has created a material from semiconductors that bends light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials.
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Human Migration Began from Out of IndiaKevin Pope and John Terrell offer new insight to the original migrations of anatomically modern humans that in some ways contradicts popular Out-of-Africa theory.
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Growing Complaints Against World Bank Bring Hearing in the HagueDeveloping countries have strong complaints against the policies and seeming manipulations of the World Bank now a Public Hearing on the World Bank will set future paths and alternatives.
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Language Homogenizes According to "Beautiful" Mathematical RulesChaotic and "messy" language has been ordered by square roots of frequency.
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Ecosystems and Fishes Revealed in Africa's Lake Malawi's MegadroughtAfrica's Lake Malawi sedimentary core samples--one of the deepest lakes in the world--provide new information pertaining to the ecological systems of Africa and the development of fishes during and after the megadrought.
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New Bird Species Formation Facilitated by Father's Genes"We found that females in the hybrid zone develop a sexual preference for males belonging to their own species and that this preference is determined by genes located on the sex chromosome."
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Atoms Stopped by Magnetic Field Atom CoilgunPhysicists have been working on ways to stop and trap atoms for several decades. Physicists at the University of Texas at Austin have found a way to slow down, stop and trap atoms for the purpose of exploring them.
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Tree Bark Resin Mimics Brain Signaling and May Be Hope for Alzheimer'sResearchers at Emory University have identified a compound in tree bark that mimics the chemical stimulation of neuronal cell signaling that plays a crucial role in the growth, plasticity and survival of brain cells.
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Infants' Joint Attention Development Model Helps Understand AutismIt has been recognized that joint attention is involved in the development of a theory of self: a recognition of unique separateness and identity. One of the main cognitive impairments of autism is the inability to participate in or spontaneously initiate joint attention.
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375 Million Gallons Gasoline Displaced by Clean Cities CoalitionsClean Cities coalitions around the nation displaced the equivalent of 375 million gallons of gasoline in 2006 to decrease the nation's dependence on petroleum consumption through transportation solutions.
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La Nina Cools it Down, but Not Everywhere, Says NOAAThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that La Nina is on the scene and made its short-term winter weather predictions at the 2007-2008 Winter Fuels Outlook Conference in Washington, D.C.
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NOAA, EPA Say Bad Ozone Leads to Premature DeathsEvery year there are tens of thousands of premature deaths in the continental United States because of poor air quality related to ground-level ozone, says the NOAA and EPA.
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Stanford Corrects Harvard Regarding Gender-Based Performance in Math, Science, EngineeringStanford University psychologists conducted a study that shows social and institutional organization of Math, Science and Engineering environments play a significant role in contributing to gender ratio imbalance in maths, sciences and engineering performance and careers.
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Biloxi Makes Housing, Economic Re-Emergence with Sterling's RevelayMississippi's Gulf Coast is still cleaning up after its share of Katrina's destruction, and a press release announces that despite the real estate slump elsewhere in the country, Biloxi, Mississippi has a growing market.
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Twins Show Economic Choices Are Influenced by GenesCollected data shows that genes play a role in the choices participants make in an experimental setting while playing a common economics game.
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Ozone Hole Smaller in 2007 Due to Natural Temperature VariationsScientists say this year's smaller hole, a thinning in the ozone layer over the South Pole, is due to natural variations in temperature and atmospheric dynamics and not indicative of a long-term trend.
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Titan Revealed by Cassini as Cold, a Mirror Image of Earth's TropicsTitan has a surface temperature that plunges to minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit; methane rains from the sky; dunes of methane ice and tar cover Titan's arid regions.
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Spanish University Tests Climate Change's Impact on PlantsAccording to a press release from the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, the university has installed a thermal-gradient greenhouse to study the impact of climate change on plants.
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Gene Found that Controls Production of Plantlets in "Mother of Thousands" PlantResearchers have identified the gene variant involved in the houseplant Mother of Thousands' (Kalanchoe diagremontiana) ability to propagate by making whole and complete plantlets.
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Enzyme in Plants Discovery Leads to New Light on AntioxidantsImproved understanding of the genetics of anthocyanins provides a platform for studying antioxidant properties, important in the fight against cancer, cardiovascular disease and age-related degeneration.
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Diatomic Iridescence Lights Up Next Cosmetics, Holograms PaintUK scientists have now found an extremely effective way of growing diatoms in controlled laboratory conditions by basically letting nature do the hard work.
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Do Crocodiles Shed Real Tears? Yes, For Real... Sincerely"There are a lot of references in general literature to crocodiles feeding and crying, but it's almost entirely anecdotal." Vliet videotaped crocodilians closely related to the crocodile while they were eating on a spit of dry land.
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Plant Immune Responses Triggered by Relative of Aspirin's OriginatorAn aspirin-like compound such as that found in willow bark, alerts the plant's immune system to fight off the invading attack in a phenomenon called systemic acquired resistance.
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Evolution of Species Fueled by MetabolismFor the first time, a link has been made from the evolution of proteins to a species' metabolic rate.
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University of Purdue Sequencing Genes for Dangerous FungusScientists have sequenced the fungus' genes and are studying the mapped genetic make-up in the hope that it will help them discover what makes this particular pathogen so harmful.
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Les Diablerets, Switzerland - Where the Cows Take a WalkLes Diablerets (pronounced: 'lei dee-a-'blray) is very easy to find and is a "working" village that caters its tourism to the active and energetic set.
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Shrinking Carteret Islands in the Pacific Force Evacuation PlansThe Papua New Guinea islands called Carteret Islands are submerging and are expected to be utterly uninhabitable by 2015 but evacuation is expected to take until 2020.
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Appliances of Size in EuropeOn a visit in Europe one meets more than friends, one meets their appliances. And their appliances may not be altogether like American appliances.
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Red Blossoms and a Surprise on Belgium's N1 RouteA trip through Belgium on my way from Rotterdam to Zurich rewarded me with surprising--and surprisingly beautiful--sights.
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MSN Has Live Earth Sorted and Cataloged for ViewingAntarctica's Nunatak heads my list of favorites! South Africa and China topped my favorite countries list. Enrique Iglesias in Germany wraps up my favorites.
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July 7, 2007 Live Earth Concerts Around the WorldInternational venues devoted to 24 hours of world unification on the urgency of the changes on the face of our Earth. Sing and Rock for a Green Earth. From Antarctica to Shanghai.
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Water Crystal Photography Shows the Power of WaterDr. Masaru Emoto begins his summer seminar tour. He discovered of how to study the nature of water, which led to the international Hado water movement.
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Ancient Tree Hunt Organized in UKThe most ancient tree in Britain predates Stonehenge. It had spiritual importance for thousands of years. Ancient trees host whole communities of eco-systems.
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Novel Writing: Four Ways to Get an Idea for a NovelFour time-tested methods help you get an idea for a novel. Classics, history, biographies, famous people, obscure people, personal chronicles, all are fair game for novel ideas.
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A Travel Anecdote About Finding My Way to Les Diablerets, SwitzerlandAsking if a French-speaker speaks French is not the best way for an English-speaker to make her was around the French sector of Switzerland.... Well, that says it all.
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Climate Change Fuels Conflicts and Precipitates Refugee MigrationDarfur's conflict began because farmers and herdsmen suddenly had too little water to share. Political differences fanned the flames. Tens of thousands of SudaneseN became refugees.
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Retire on a Houseboat in Kentucky: A Floating Paradise on a Wooded LakeRetirees and boomers learn to live and vacation atop placid lake waters. Is houseboating a new idea? Is Paradise problem free?
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Bill and Hillary Clinton Are Out of Debt and Worth MillionsA portfolio of investments grew to around $25 million. Bill's speeches and lectures earned about $40 million. Bill and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton make full disclosure of all finances and dissolve blind trust fund.
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Antarctic Concert! Live This Summer!Live Earth Concerts are heading for another summer season of world's greatest concerts from all 7 continents. The British Antarctic Survey indie-rock house band Nunatak is a head-liner. From Antarctica to you!
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Cistercian Nuns Experiment with Beer HopsCistercian nuns in Madrid, Spain, participated in a medical experiment to evaluate the effect of hops on health. Drinking beer daily, they said they did it for the good of humanity.
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How Does Love at First Sight Happen?Love at first sight is an intuitive sweep of delight, devotion and passionate bonding. Through what mechanism does it occur? Is it a way of finding your soul mate?
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Eureka! The Answer to What is Love at First SightIn an article that sites five historic cases of love at first sight, the qualities of love at first sight are expounded. And the potential outcomes are enlightened.
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Love at First SightI don't know why we do it, but we do. Here's a story about my love at first sight. It starts with a great pair of eyes. What's your story?
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Travel in Austria: An "Ein, Zwei" Counting Story About "How Many?"International complexities of counting can lead to guffaws and faux pas, well, minor ones. Better learn to rename your fingers before traveling in Europe.