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Volunteer Opportunities in El Paso, Texas

Have you ever relied on assistance from a non profit organization in the time of need? If so, then you know how important volunteers are. Even if you haven’t had to reply upon an organization, it’s nice to know that you have the option for help if you need it. Volunteers offer their time to ...

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Little Known Facts About American Food

How many Americans know that they owe thanks to Native Americans for one of their favorite food items, the steak? When the kids ask for corn flakes, do their parents realize that they are following a tradition first established by the Pilgrims? Where, exactly, did one of the foods, used to celebrate Kwanza and African ...

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Exotic Pet Rodents: Degu, the Poor Man’s Chinchilla

Many people enjoy having rodents for pets. There are many popular choices such as guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats and chinchillas. There is an unknown rodent that is popular with its owners. This is the little degu. Degus are social animals. In fact, they do poorly if kept by themselves in captivity. If you ...

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Dog Agility Games to Play Indoors

Our dogs are going crazy this year as the temperatures drop and the snow piles up. My dogs have trouble negotiating the deep snow and even thought they get out, they are not getting much running time in. I came up with some simple games you can play inside and teach the basics of dog ...

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Stephen King’s Apt Pupil: Sometimes History Relives Itself

In 1984, Todd Bowden is a sixteen year old A student in high school with an morbid fascination in the Holocaust. He stumbles across a former Nazi living in his neighborhood. Kurt Dussander has been using the identity, Arthur Denker, and claims to have been an American citizen since 1955. Bowden threatens to report him ...

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Shuttle SH55J2: Versatile, Compact Barebone

SH55J2 by Shuttle is the most successful solutions of their own line. The product is on the outside as usual Shuttle, with a compact black case made entirely of aluminum and steel, able to perfectly combine great structural strength and low weight. The front is very simple and straightforward, a hidden compartment in the top ...

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African American Gothic — LIFE Magazine Photographer Gordon Parks’ Classic Portrait of Ella Watson

In 1942, groundbreaking African-American photographer Gordon Parks went to work for the Farm Security Administration in Washington, DC. Born in Kansas, but raised in Minnesota, Parks was unprepared for the depths of prejudice that characterized the nation’s capitol at that time. He later said that “discrimination and bigotry were worse there than any place I ...

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The Most Famous African Americans

Whoopi Goldberg – Whoopi Goldberg is most famous for her comedy, but she has long been a humanitarian and a strong role model for both women and people of color. In addition to her film roles, she was a long-time head-liner on Comic Relief. She was the second black woman to win an Oscar. She ...

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Affiliate Marketing with Web 2.0 Applications

To successfully earn money on a consistent basis in the web 2.0 world as an affiliate marketer, the web 2.0 marketing hopeful will find it necessary to rethink everything he does and the method in which he goes about his day to day work. The full time web 2.0 affiliate as an extremely focused and ...