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On Friday morning around 9 a.m. the Seminole Nation Division of Commerce opened an Aquaponics Facility.
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Unlike many countries, America is a free country, allowing us to express ourselves freely. When local, county, state, and national elections take place, we have the right to express who we’d like to win.
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If you take a sow out of the mire and clean it up and put a ribbon around its neck it is still a sow. If you take that sow to the county fair and it is judged to be a perfect specimen of a sow and given the blue ribbon, it is still a sow. When you get home and turn it loose, no matter how clean and prettied up it is, it will return to the mire and return to wallowing in the mud because it is still a sow.
Read moreWhile October is the tenth month of the year, its name suggests it is the eighth month. The “octo” prefix is Latin for “eight,” so why does the tenth month of the year begin with those four letters? When October was first given its name, people were following the original Roman calendar. The Roman calendar year began in March, which would make October the eighth month. September, October, November, and December’s names also were based on numeric value, as were the original fifth and sixth months of Quintilis and Sextilis. However, when the Julian calendar was adopted, January and February were added and became the first two months of the year. Quintilis and Sextilis were renamed at this time to honor Julius Caesar (July) and Emperor Augustus (August). Despite the addition of two extra months, the remaining numeral-named months’ names were not changed. This is why their names today no longer coincide with their true placement on the calendar.
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At the age of 72, Randy Long figured it was time to clean out his Montgomery, Alabama, garage. In one white five-gallon bucket he found about three dozen old baseballs. These were relics of his younger days, tossing batting practice for his son and then his grandson. But the boys are grown and gone now so Randy thought somebody else might enjoy them. He wrote out a quick note and then took the stuff to a nearby batting cage where he left the bucket and its contents.
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If you have ever wanted to ask a couple how they have successfully stayed married for many decades, then this story is for you.
Read moreThe saying “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone” is never more true than in regard to hearing. It’s easy to take hearing for granted, but even momentary hearing loss can highlight how vital it is to protect hearing.
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