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Nick Howes is news director, WNSV-FM, Nashville, IL, eBay seller, with articles in Fate Magazine, Old Farmers Almanac, and other publications. Websites: The Book Nutz http://home.midwest.net/~howes/ and True-Saga-Argosy Index http://home.midwest.net/~howes/true_saga_argosy/ Education/Experience: BA in journalism, AA in broadcasting, AA in nothing in particular Interests: writing, broadcasting, money-making, hobbies, history, ghosts URL |
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Even on a local level, fame can bring you success, but it takes work.
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Expect to talk to grizzled fur traders, visit teepees, and sample authentic, period food at this fall's Grafton Rendezvous, to be held along the banks of the Illinois River in Grafton, Illinois.
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Kids can practice the skills of CSI forensic investigators or fossil-hunting paleontologists by mastering the art of plaster casting.
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Tori's Paid Opportunities blog is just what I want...a list of ways to make money on the internet....and I've used it repeatedly with success.
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Southern Indiana has its own share of caves with underground rivers, cavernous rooms filled with stalactites and stalagmites, and guided tours.
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Newspaper stories are pointing up the alternatives people are selecting to beat the mind-boggling high price of gas. And bicycling is one of them.
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A preliminary schedule has been released with planned events to mark Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday...with more to come.
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All you need to rake in the bucks are a few rakes, leaf bags, gloves, trash cans, and transpotration.
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Three solid home business ideas to bring in the cash either on a parttime or fulltime basis.
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A statue of Brutus, or Bluto if you prefer, joins Popeye and friends in Chester, Illinois, hometown of Elsie Segar, the cartoonist who created the pugnacious sailor during the upcoming Popeye Picnic.
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The Scovill Zoo in Decatur, Illinois, is a small but delightful zoo. Oriented towards children, it doesn't try to be everything for everyone. It does try to be child-friendly...and succeeds.
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Illinois' second state fair, the DuQuoin State Fair in Southern Illinois, will feature a major switch this year, going from Western World to a jungle theme. On the grandstand: Sawyer Brown and two Am...
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George Carlin of the Bill and Ted time-travel comedies....special effects wizard Stan Winston....Stargat veteran Don S. Davis
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Ray harryhausen's Sinbad....Dracula actor...composer of Star Trek theme....
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The beauty of a window washing business is that if you suddenly find yourself jobless, you can launch this business instantly for $50 or less.
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Author Doris "Dusty" Smith comes by the stories naturally as a leader of ghost tours of Daytona Beach, Florida. She also heads the Daytona Beach Paranormal Group, Inc.
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If you find you prefer requesting autographs by mail, rather than through the internet or in person, you will need celebrity addresses.
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The Big Muddy Monster, a campus ghost, a phantom funeral procession, and more can be found in Southern Illinois.
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Unless you see the celebrity sign an autograph item himself or herself, there is a very good chance it is not real.
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More than 1,000 species of insect are routinely eaten worldwide. An American big-eating taboo is counterproductive in a survival situation.
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The Navajo of the southwestern United States have perfected the art of sandpainting, as have the Aborigines of the Austrialian Outback, monks of Tibet and a few other cultures. They are commonly used ...
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On Saturday, June 21st, I won a 19th century used coffin at the Haunted America Conference held at the Lincoln Theter in Decatur.
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A lot of choices in Southern Illinois and neighboring St Louis for Independence Day celebrations.
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This quick-reading autobiography was written the year comedian Rodney Dangerfield died at age 82 and tells the story of the man who got no respect.
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Gas prices are soaring and reports are filing in about gas being siphoned from car gas tanks. How to stop this thievery which is only bound to worsen?
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Charlton Heston, Julie Ege, Hazel Court, and other passings of note.
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One of the highlights of the 19th Annual Balloon Fest in Centralia, Illinois, this year (Aug 15-17) will be the return of Arky, a hot-air balloon resembling Noah's Ark.
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A new Superman portrayer has been selected by fans from online audition videos for the upcoming Superman Celebration June 12-15, 2008. Special guests include Ned Beatty, Noel Neill, and Allison Mack.
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Illinois' largest state park is Pyramid State Park, located south of Pinckneyville in Perry County. Noted for heavily-forested hills and numerous lakes and ponds, the park measures 19,701 acres.
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The little-noted Battle of Wilson's Creek was the first battle in which a Northern general died in action. It was the first battle in the West. It was the second battle of the Civil War after Bull R...
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The Air Force Thunderbirds, flying F-16 Fighting Falcons, will highlight Air Show 2008 at Scott Air Force Base near Belleville, Illinois, September 20th and 21st, 2008, one of only 88 such Thunderbird...
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Magic is Afoot is the theme of the St. Louis Pagan Picnic at Tower Grove Park featuring pagans, writers, artists, singers, belly dancers, craft demonstrators, a children's parade, and more.
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It should be obvious but to get into the business of selling plants you don't need to start with huge loans and a full-size greenhouse. You can, in fact, start on with your kitchen tabel and some pot...
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Mosquito samples collected in two northern Illinois counties have tested positive for West Nile virus. One positive sample was collected in Creve Couer on May 16th, the other in Bartlett on May 19th...
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Warm up the DVD player for the 4th of July holiday Revolutionary War Marathon. There are numerous miniseries and nonfiction documentaries on TV about the Revolution, but there are only a handful of t...
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Want to put on a car show of your own? Check the others out first and analyze what they offer and what you can do better. Your show needs to stand out.
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An American icon, the Statue of Liberty has appeared in countless movies.
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The largest gathering of 18th century reenacters in the Midwest is gearing up for the weekend of June 7th and 8th, 2008, at Fort de Chartres State Historic Site in Randolph County, along the Mississip...
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A river bend long isiolated by the meandering Mississippi River and an important food source for the prhistoric inhabitants of the area, is the central feature of Horseshoe Lake State Park, located a ...
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Lon Chaney...Roger Rabbit...Batman's Aunt Harriet...Lurch
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The new Indiana Jones movie is coming and fresh on the bookshelves are a series of ten Indiana Jones books, first issued in the late 90's. Here's a quick look of five of them.
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The Mummy joins five other Universal monsters...Lurch is Thing....Christopher Lee plays Dracula without saying a word...Dr. Smith pads his part....
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The 10-day Illinois State Fair in Springfield this year (Aug 8-17, 2008) will include performances each night from a range of artists including ZZ Top, Weird Al Yankovic, Brooks and Dunn, and Huey Lew...
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NASA is giving everyone a chance to participate in humanity's return to the moon by including their names aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft heading for lunar orbit late this year.
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Look for battling knights, Viking longboat, Robin Hood, singing pirates, belly-dancers, and a puppet named Morty at the Greater St. Louis Renaissance Faire.
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Last member of the 1944 Von Stauffenerg July 20th Bomb Plot has died at age 90, still in possession of a pistol he planned to use to kill Hitler in an earlier unrealized attempt..
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The legendary Sargasso Sea, centered in the Bermuda Triangle, is the inspiration for stories of a lost sea of doomed ships of all ages.
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Orville Redenbacher has something out that is similar to theater popcorn, tub and all...and it is inexpensive.
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Use of a pendulum is simple. You don't need to be exceptionally talented to do it. The theory behind It, as with many psychic talents, evades description.
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In Illinois, the state is trying to help teens line up jobs this summer in the wake of a recent report that predicts the worst summer season for job-hunting teens in decades.
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Ratings had to have gone off the charts for NBC's Deal or No Deal which ventured into a galaxy far, far away with a two-hour Star Wars-themed episode Monday night (April 28).
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Visitors enjoy the chance for get away from the hustle and bustle at 1,440-acre Washington County State Conservation Area, just south of Nashville in Southern Illinois.
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Richard Widmark...creator of The Rocketeer....Planet of the Apes stuntman
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Gardeners and lawn-tending homeowners this spring can cultivate a greener lifestyle which will reduce the exposure of their kids or pets to chemicals while keeping those chemicals clear out of the gro...
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The sponsors of the Third Annual 5K Walk With the Dogs on June 7, 2008 in tiny Nashville, Illinois (pop. 3200) will be raising money worldwide for research into pancreatic cancer with the help of the ...
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If you are going to sell used books on eBay, Half.com, Amazon, or elsewhere, you need to start by acquiring books. Start with your own books.
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The Ecolo do Soldat (School of the Soldier) is coming up the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, April 26th and 27th at Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
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By spritzing, you can carefully control how much you want to use on a healthy salad. Not only that but, as the label says, you only get one calorie per spritz. It gets better.
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You can create artwork with potatoes. Think about cutting a potato in half and cutting away part of the exposed surface to create a raised image. Get a stamp pad and use the potato like a rubber sta...
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Dr. Who's one-time companion, Sarah Jane Smith, resurrected for an episode of the new Dr. Who, gets her own spin-off series.
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Best type of used book to sell on eBay is the unusual. Common titles are best grouped into lots. Even a group of titles on an appealing topic can bring a nice payday.
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A popular destination for walking ghost tours in Alton, Illinois, are the ruins of the Alton Penitentiary. The ruins aren't much but tour guides will fill you in on the dark deeds of the past as well ...
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Vegetation can be found almost anywhere. You may not know a dandelion from a rose bush, but there is a test developed for those in survival situations that will help you determine which vegetation ca...
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You can sell inexpensively used books individually or in lots. Lots will allow you to sell common books for more than you could expect if you could sell them individually.
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In Cape Girardeau, Missouri, convicted serial killer Timothy Krajcir who struck during the late 1970's and early 1980's, pleaded guilty Friday ( April 4) to five murders.
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A very creative solution to a problem of resupplying isolated military forts in the desert, this idea was perhaps, in modern terms, doomed by the giggle factor.
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Dith Pran, 65, died of pancreatic cancer Sunday, March 30th at a New jersey hospital.
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Heritage Days in Okawville, Illinois, is an annual smalltown special event an easy drive east from St Louis that includes a unique museum tour. This year, the event is set for June 7th and 8th, 2008....
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Often, I'm interrested that the filmmaker was trying to do his best with no budget to make the moivie work for an audience...even if it meant putting a bubble-machine next to the lens when Robot Monst...
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On August 10, 1945, in his cell, DeShazer said he heard the Lord to pray unceasingly for peace. He continued until he felt he should stop at 2:30 pm. Atom bombs had been dropped on Hiroshima and Naga...
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The hometown of DC Comics favorite son is inviting video auditions for a new symbol of truth, justice, and the American way, to portray the Man of Steel during the upcoming 30th annual Superman Celebr...
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Newspapers don't keep well. It can't be helped. The quality of the paper is low because the paper is, by its nature, intended to be read and discarded in short order.
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Find yourself in need of money right now? It'll mean a huge amount of work, but it'll get quick cash.
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Sean Connery turned down the role as Tarzan because he had a conflicting commitment to film a spy movie.
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Meteorites are rare, so they can bring big money, up to several thousand dollars for a good size rock.
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Roy Scheider...Creature from the Black Lagoon's gill man...Barry Morse...poster designer for Blade Runner.
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Alton is a home to antique shops, ghosts including that of an antique dealer, the ruins of a prison for Confederate soldiers, stops on the Underground Railroad, the Piasa Bird, and a riverboat casino....
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With Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday approaching, visitors will be flocking to New Salem, Illinois. It's already a very popular place.
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Jamestown colony's sponsors needed money for the struggling settlement and got royal sanction to hold....a lottery.
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Warm up the DVD player and celebrate Easter with a marathon of fluffy bunny movies.
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Thousands of people across the country concentrate on drawing and breeding butterflies in their yards. They subscribe to newsletters, attend lectures, and read books in pursuit of their goal. Late w...
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A charming small town downtown business district, a prehistoric Indian mound, an inn where Dickens stayed, and numerous hauntings are among the many highlights that make this delightful community wort...
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It is by now means a complete list and does not include TV movies or series. You can make whatever substitutions you want.
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The Rainbow Ranch Petting Farm in Southern Illinois is preparing for a spring onslaught of baby animals....goats, llamas, fallow deer, and Vietnamese potbelly pigs, among others.
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The 22d James Bond adventure, Quantum of Silence, is scheduled for a November 7th release, the year of creator Ian Fleming's 100th birthday.
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The Red Ribbon Cash instant lottery will pipe 100% of its net earnings into HIV/AIDS prevention and education.
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The boy on TV's Tarzan...one of the Brothers Grimm...Vampira...the schoolteacher from The Birds...the trumpet player on Bell, Book and Candle.
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Herbal and floral preparations can be used for the face, hair, eyes, nails, skin, feet, and hands.
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First rolling off the Ford Motor Company assembly line in August, 1908, the Tin Lizzy was to become the first mass-produced automobile available to the middle class.
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Some people collect Indian arrowheads. Chuck Stern of Nashville, Illinois man is a flintknapper, making arrowheads, as well as the arrows and bows that go with them.
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Stephen Speilberg is preparing a movie on Abraham Lincoln starring Liam Nieson for 2009 release. Lincoln is the man who repeatedly failed, but never quit and remains the most widely regarded presiden...
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You don't need to be National Treasure's Nicholas Cage to go treasure-hunting.
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Errol ("Robin Hood") Flynn was a legendary drunk, partier, and compulsive womanizer who enjoyed it most when he knew the least about his conquests.
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Robert Stroud (1890-1963), the Birdman of Alcatraz, is buried in Metropolis, Illinois, a town on the Ohio River, in the southernmost tip of Illinois. Metropolis is also the hometown of Superman, the ...
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On September 13, 1975, The Night Stalker set a record for TV movies with the story of a seedy newspaper reporter on the trail of a vampire in Las Vegas.
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Using basic knowledge and strategies, I acquired some nice items from celebrities which sold for about $1,000 when I finally turned my attention in other directions. And at negligible cost.
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George Washington (1732-1799), at age 57, became the first president of the United States and set his stamp on that office.
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Many people believe simple celebrity or age make an autograph item valuable. Hardly.
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The Loch Ness Monster has actually inspired tall tales in Scotland, but North America has its own water horse stories.
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Movies have had castaways stranded on so-called desert islands for decades before ABC's "Lost" put it on the small screen, even there preceded decades before by CBS's "Gilligan's Island."
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Before my recent introduction to the wonderful world of angioplasty, I used salt too much, even by regular standards. Now I have to change my ways. No choice.
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Among horror writers, he is legend. He is Richard Matheson, author of "I Am Legend," writer for Twilight Zone, and screenwriter for the Corman-Price Edgar Alan Poe movies of the early 60's.
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A cake that you can make in the microwave...and it actually resembles cake! As Yakov Smirnov would say, what a country!
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Star Trek animator...Plant of the Apes sequel producer...British horror producer...Star Trek: Nemesis actor...
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Newspapers are made from trees. You can entertain children and adults by casually showing them how you can make a Christmas tree from a newspaper. It's remarkably easy and an impressive effect anyone...
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Glogg is a Swedish Christmas cordial, also described as mulled red wine, and pronounced (more or less) as "gluhg". Strictly for sipping. As cold as it was in the Copenhagen streets outside, it was ...
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Back when I collected autographs, people would invariably insist I see what turned out to be a mouse-nibbled, wrinkled, scuffed photo signed usually by a minor celebrity which they believe is valuable...
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More children are participating in the School Breakfast Program than ever. The program, however, still serves less than half of those who are eligible.
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