Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
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| Never Another Katrina: How Hurricanes are Named |
| The official naming of hurricanes started in 1953, when the US National Hurricane Centre created lists of women’s names with which to tag the fierce storms that raged over the Atlantic. |
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| Ritual Murder at Santa Elena Ranch |
| In the spring of 1989, I was living in the small city of Los Fresnos, north of Brownsville, in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. I was a paramedic instructor with Texas Southmost College, just finishing up a class for the Brownsville Fire Department's EMS department. |
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| Who Invented That? Ancient History Trivia |
| The first evidence of the use of fire (c.600,000 BC) comes from China in the caves of Choukeoutien near Beiing. Fire was used to cook and probably to ward off dangerous animals or lure them into traps. |
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| What is a Cult? |
| To a large extent, today, a cult is a religion in need of a good public relations campaign. New religions are generally thought of as cults, at least until they gain enough followers to become a part of the mainstream. |
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