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The Purple Star Program!

Some things are worth the wait. That includes the new Purple Star program. Giant Squids, please meet your newest perk. Anyone who hopes to be a Giant one day soon, meet your latest reason to roll up your sleeves and keep trying.

Planning a US Road Trip: The Southern Route

If you love warmth and sunshine, this is the perfect US road trip for you where you'll get to see 8 different states. Some of the most unique areas of the country are all easily accessible from I-10, a highway that begins in Los Angeles and ends...

Blended Matcha

Matcha is made from dried green tea leaves that have had the stems and veins removed and then finely ground into a powder. They contain one of the highest natural sources of antioxidants and chlorophyll. It is packaged in metal tins that vacuum seale...

Would You Trade Your Daughter for a Cow?

The very idea seems absurd, but for desperate families in parts of rural Africa, it's an all too common answer to a present-day economic problem. Thus, when a family runs out of food and sees no other solution, they will strike a deal with a neig...

Mount St. Helens ★

Mount St. Helens, located in Southwest Washington State, blasted its way into the history books on Sunday, May 18, 1980 in a spectacular eruption that claimed 57 lives. In March 1980, it began rumbling, attracting the attention of vulcanologists worl...

Top 10 Best Green Gift Ideas 2010

Looking for Eco-friendly gift ideas? You've come to the right place! The desire to "go green" has impacted the way people shop for everything from clothing, to food, to cars, to pet products. We have scoured the green scene, to roundup...

Save The Children Organization | International Charity Alliance | Compassion and Giving

The Save the Children Fund is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and collaboration, our...

Tangerine - Spring's Hottest Color

Tangerine is by far this year's juiciest color. Learn how to accessorize using this happy color as a bold fashion statement. Find out who looks best wearing tangerine and which colors to best match this delightfully delicious color with. Shop for t...

Zazzle 101 ... How to make a profit on Zazzle

Zazzle is one of the Print-on-demand companies out there that allows people to design & sell their own creations. I love Zazzle's ease of use, friendly staff, and the fact that I can make money on my art. I've put together this comprehe...

Make Your Own Fairy Wings

The most essential part of any fairy costume or persona is a really great pair of wings! Fairy wings are good for costume parties, conventions, gatherings, street fairs, parades, Halloween, May Day festivals, stage plays and rainy days. This lens will...

My Ten Favorite National Parks

I have an addiction - to National Parks.  All of them.  I love them.  Cannons, forts, rivers, rocks, battlements, mountain, old houses, wooden markers: all of them.   I am lucky enough to live in a country that has such an extensi...

Stuffed Cabbage *

One of my fondest food memories growing up is watching my grandmother make Stuffed Cabbage ... and then, of course, eating it!  She had a "secret ingredient" that made her stuffed cabbage rolls the best I've ever had!  I'l...

Bruce Lee - The Little Dragon

Bruce Lee is my all time favorite martial artist! He was the quickest fighter in the world in my opinion. If Bruce Lee was still alive today I am sure he would have developed his fighting style Jeet Kune Do into the best fighting style ever. Bruce...

Fantasy and Animal Sculpture by Noadi's Art

Noadi's Art is my little world of fantasy art.  Mainly I'm a sculptor though I do dabble in other mediums.  Fantasy gives me such a range of subjects to explore so I've sculpted everything from fairies to gods to octopuppies in jars. ...

Best Tres Leches Coconut Macaroons

Macaroons are good. Coconut Macaroons are better. Tres Leches Coconut Macaroons are the best! I will demonstrate how to make one of the most delicious pastries in the world:Chef Keem's Chocolate-dipped Tres Leches Coconut Macaroons. Can you believe...

Squidconomy - The Economics of Squidoo

Historical Adsense Payouts, Buying and Selling lenses, Affiliate payouts and more make up the mountain of ways you can make a few bucks using squidoo. Here is the history of these things and how they evolve through the life of Squidoo.

Blankets for Soldiers and Veterans

One of the special projects of Soldiers' Angels is to sew, knit or crochet blankets that get sent to soldiers with hope, with belief and with gratitude. If you can sew, knit, crochet consider getting involved and making one of these special gifts fo...

Falling In Love.....

Know that it is a certainty of life and that it can infect anyone at any given moment irregardless of one's race, stature, age or intelligence. It is love and it is out there trying to find you. Believe if you will that it is controlled by the rand...

Kindle Wireless Reading Device from Amazon

Lighter than a paperback, more powerful than WiFi, able to leap the library in a single, uh, click? - it's Kindle, the portable wireless reader from Amazon. The Kindle Wireless Reader from Amazon is the perfect anytime gift for your favorite...

Dolphin Swim in the Florida Keys

We did it! We did swim with the dolphins! Actually I swam with the dolphins twice. My husband, daughter and I went for our first dolphin swim! It was as awesome as I expected. I talked about it so much that my friends and I decided to go back about 5...

Susan Komen 3 DAY WALK 2009: Sixty miles of inspiration!

Welcome to my Susan Komen 3 Day Walk lens! I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2009 Susan Komen 3 Day Walk|fundraising experience. I have two goals with this Squidoo lens: First, Provide YOU with unique,...

Limoncello di Capri

Limoncello is an Italian lemon liqueur that originated in Southern Italy. The liqueur derives its flavor from the peels, rather than the juice of the fruit, resulting in a pleasant, sweet, lemony taste. Limoncello gained popularity more than a centu...

Dollar Bill Origami

Isn't money grand? It can do all sorts of great things for you, like keep you fed, pay for that cell phone bill, and get you that great pair of shoes you've been eyeing up. What's even better is when you can play with your money and have it too. Hav...

100 Strangers: a Photography Project

Photography is an art. However, there are skill sets that can be learned and honed as you strive to improve your photography. And of course, like any skill or talent, practice is crucial. The 100 Strangers Project offers a great way to motivate yours...

Robin in the Rain!

It's springtime and one of the most popular signs of spring is the robin. Robins, with their cheery tweets and bright red breasts stand out against the disappearing snow. Cheerio, calls the robin as the rain starts to fall. This lens is a unit...

50 Things you can Reuse

Recycling is very important, but even better is reusing. Recycling actually uses energy and transport time and fuel to get the items to where they need to go. If you can reuse an item yourself, that's more energy, time and fuel saved, as well as...

Sustainable Gardening a la Rabbit Hill

When Robert Lawson wrote and illustrated Rabbit Hill over 60 years ago he was ahead of his time in the way he felt about sharing his part of this earth with the indigenous animals. For years, we have been using many of the gardening "techniques" that...

My Top Wii Games

The Nintendo Wii is a one of the best family oriented consoles on the market. The Wii's unique motion-sensing controllers are intuitive, and easy to use, and some of the games really do get you up and being more active. Accessible by young and ol...

Chile Peppers

The word "chile" comes from the Nahuatl word "chilli", which means red or red plant. The Spanish changed the name to "chile." Today, the words pepper and chile are used interchangeably to refer to both hot and sweet chiles. Chiles are vegetables na...

Star Trek

Star Trek has been around since the mid-1960s. That was before my time as I was born in the late 1970s. I started watching Star Trek: The Next Generation in the 1990s when I was in high School. At first I did not like it, but it grew on me and I was...

How-To Make a Silk Floral Swag

I love to decorate my home, and I am especially fond of floral arrangements. I love 'em all! Silk swags, grapevine wreaths, spring flowers in a cute little vase... The one thing I don't care for is the sometimes expensive price tag that goes along wi...

Spring Fashion Trends 2010

Spring Fashion trends for 2010 include soft-looking women's revealing sheers; retro prints from the 70's to roman goddess togas; dazzling metallics to exotic floral prints. Lovely Spring fashion colors include lime greens and pretty corals. T...

Longitude - John Harrison's chronometers

Longitude is a measure of position vital for navigation. In the eighteenth century there was no way to measure it and ships were being lost at sea. Parliament passed an Act setting a prize for anyone who could solve the problem. The problem was solv...

How To Say "I Love You" In Different Languages!

Just in time for Valentine's Day! Now you can say those romantic words we all long to hear as many ways as you like. Dazzle your lover with your cosmopolitan, jet setting vocabulary! Enrage your Rivals as you leave them dejected in the dust! Win big...

How to Prevent Getting H1N1 Flu or Swine Flu

On June 10, 2009 the World Health Organization finally raised the level of concern about the H1N1 Flu to a level 6. H1N1 Flu has become the first 21st century flu pandemic. WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan was quoted as saying "With today's ann...