Entertainment > Entertainment (Other) America and its fascination with entertainment

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New York City is known as the "entertainment capital of the U.S." and may even of the entire world. It is home to Broadway; to the Metropolitan Opera; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and the New York Philharmonic to name only a few. Mention Broadway to almost anyone in the world and they will know that you are speaking of ... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Mythology & Folklore Facts about Odin, the Norse god of war

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In the Norse story of creation, the frost maidens and Ymir, the first Giant, were formed from the mist. Ymir's son was Odin's father and his mother was a frost maiden. Odin and his two brothers killed Ymir and made the earth and sky from him. The sea was made from his blood, the earth from his body and the heavens from his sk... More..

Personal Finance > Stock Market The history of the New York Stock Exchange

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The Dutch settlers on the island of Manhattan, in 1653, erected a 12 foot-high wooden wall along the southern end of the island to protect them from the British and the Native Americans. Thirty some years later surveyors laid out a street along the wall and it became known as Wall Street. The first issues of publicly traded s... More..

Arts & Humanities > Asia, Africa & Mideast History A history of the Dogon people in Africa

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In Mali, West Africa is found a series of sandstone cliffs called the Bandiagara Escarpment. They stretch about 100 miles, running parallel to the Niger River and in places are as high as 2000 feet (600 meters) In this region live the Dogon people in approximately 700 villages built on the sides of the cliffs. It is estimated... More..

Pets & Animals > Horses An overview of the American Quarter Horse Association

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The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), founded in 1940 in Fort Worth, Texas, was formed and exists for the purpose of collecting, recording and preserving the pedigrees of Quarter Horses. From the registering of its first horse, Wimpy, of the King Ranch, to the present, it is on the brink of registering five million A... More..

Pets & Animals > Horses The history of the American Quarter Horse Association

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A group of about seventy-five southwestern horsemen and ranchers met in Fort Worth, Texas on March 15,1940 and founded the American Quarter Horse Association(AQHA). An article by Robert M. Denhardt entitled "The Quarter Horse, Then and Now" published in the "Western Horseman" magazine in 1939 was the spark that lit the fire o... More..

Hobbies & Games > Yarn & Needle Crafts How to make a double moss knitting stitch

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Basically there are two stitches in knitting, however, by using a combination of those stitches there are unlimited patterns that can be made. To make a pattern stitch one repeats continuously a sequence of techniques or stitches. As a knitter becomes more comfortable with the basic stitches she is ready to begin experimentin... More..

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