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BIO - Norman A. Rubin, Afula Israel

Former correspondent for the Continental News Service, USA, now retired. Free-lance writer for the past twenty years writing on various subjects - Near East culture and crafts, archaeology, fantasy; religious history and

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips How to protect children from household poisons: 1 of 4
Everyone knows that poison is a substance in any form that in most probabilities can make you dangerously ill or it can simply kill a person so why put in front of small children. According to the American Association of Poison Control storing household cleaning material, unlocked and under the sink tempts the curiosity of li... More..
Health & Fitness > Exercise Tips Walking for health: 6 of 22
Create a walking club in your community! Members of a walking club often find that the support and reinforcement that they receive from other club members is excellent motivation. Gather a few friends and partner together in your resolve to improve your health through walking. Then enjoy your new walking friends - you can hel... More..
Arts & Humanities > Arts & Humanities (Other) Dragons: A fierce creature of antiquity: 2 of 7
A Fierce Creature of Antiquity (Welcome to the Enchanted Land, a land of brave knights, beautiful princesses, and where Dragons roam)Stories and legends about dragons and dragon slayers have been passed from one generation to the other till this very day. Dragons were depicted as fiery monsters that were bent on destruction ... More..
Health & Fitness > First Aid Emergency and first aid measures for bites and stings: 2 of 7
"Darn, Noah should have swatted those two mosquitoes, "I cursed as I rubbed a sting on my neck from a blood-sucking mosquito. The summer season was upon us, which brought out some of nature's less friendly species. Those pests annoyed us with their buzzing at our slumber, trooped on our table to taste a minute crumb, and wors... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) A look at how Halloween started: 2 of 7
The night of 31st of October is marked in devilry when witches roam and Jack-o-Lanterns (carved pumpkins in the form of a smiling faces) give light to the scared ones. Black and orange is the color of the dark night. Children in the cool of the evening and dressed in costumes run about to houses in their 'trick or trick' ritu... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Mythology & Folklore All about vampires and vampirism: 7 of 24
On a cold and windy night with the widow rattling and the woodwork creaking, the movie of the night on the television screen was the showing of an old Dracula film starring Bela Lugosi, and I assure you it was still quite frightening. Now let us not delve on the film and to prepare ourselves for a trip to the dark world of va... More..
Pets & Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians An overview of lizards: 3 of 10
Throughout the world lizards far out-number all other reptiles and they are sighted even more frequently by comparison. In Israel, lizards are the most conspicuous vertebrae, other than birds and there are at least 40 species. They range from the desert monitor of up to four feet in length, down to tiny geckos of perhaps 2 in... More..
Travel > United States Guide to Everglades National Park, Florida: 2 of 6
(The Florida Everglades course south from the vast 700 square mile Lake Okeechobee, nourished by the rain soaked Kissimmee River Basin, the Everglades is a wide slow meandering river of marsh and sawgrass covering some 4,500 square miles, flowing quietly, peacefully, towards the mangrove estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico. Thous... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking with Spices & Herbs A guide to spices for Indian cooking: 2 of 6
Experience the taste of savory Indian spices that increase the flavor of food. The aroma and flavor of spices make them an inseparable part of culinary art. The delectable spices are also used medicinal benefits as well as cooking, preserving and flavoring food, even in cosmetics.People who travel abroad would like to share t... More..
Hobbies & Games > Hobbies & Games (Other) Jigsaw puzzles: Fun for the entire family: 2 of 6
When the clouds were dark and threatening during the winter nights both my wife and myself did not ponder the gloomy weather, but found ways to liven the atmosphere. Television was a thought, but a flashes of lightning heralding a coming storm saw momentary cuts to the electric power. It didn't seem much fun watching a progra... More..