Tag: culture
group name: globalethnos
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September 24, 2006 10:11 PM EDT --
Tonight I wrote something for a second time that I thought I would never have to think about again.
A friend of mine's son was trying to enlist in the military for the education benefits. I . . . more
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March 09, 2006 04:46 AM EST --
Once in a lifetime!
Imagine you are a researcher on a routine house call and you reach under a bed and pull out a box that has been moldering away for more than eighty years.
To find the private papers . . . more
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September 21, 2006 10:53 AM EDT --
First, I did not write this. I wish I had. It is from Maccabee's Diary on Daily Kos. I think it is important that it get as wide a read as possible. The original URL is http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/20/174152/072 . . . more
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April 18, 2006 03:14 AM EDT --
taken on a boiling hot late November afternoon (2000) out on the gibber plain at Marengo.
These poverty shacks at Marengo (dating to the Depression years) took a long time finding. I had begun to think . . . more
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April 12, 2006 04:24 PM EDT --
I remember a time in a small African village in what is now called The Congo. I had been working in Kinshasa, the capital city of Zaire in 1990 to set up a food, medical supplies and clothing distribution. . . . more
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May 03, 2006 06:25 PM EDT --
i have always loved japanese textiles. whenever i've been in japan, i looked for fabric. i was too young to know how to search well, though, and didn't have much success. i was able to visit . . . more
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April 18, 2006 09:46 AM EDT --
I have provided a full copy of the text below and a full copy of the original small booklet in the images
This document provides a wonderful insight into the nature of the market and the concerns of . . . more
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June 18, 2006 01:43 PM EDT --
Geisha: Japan's Living Treasures
Geisha Defined
The Japanese word geisha translates & means artist . . . more
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August 20, 2006 10:55 AM EDT --
The Society of Visual Anthropology meets every year in the context of the American Anthropological Associations annual meeting. I'm a member of their board of directors. It's part of the requirements . . . more
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April 19, 2006 12:27 AM EDT --
I am enthusiastic about history and hope to enthuse others. I find sights like this stamper mill on the Little Wanderer mine at Mt Britten to be intriguing. But while I am anxious to advertise the presence . . . more
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May 19, 2006 11:21 AM EDT --
The dictionary defines apocalypse as "any revelation of a violent struggle in which evil will be destroyed."
Abraham Lincoln once said, "If . . . more
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September 03, 2006 08:19 AM EDT --
[This is an article I found in the The Scotsman newspaper. I plant o see this movie whenever I get the chance. Stalin was monster that makes Hitler seem like a wannabe! This should be an excellent . . . more
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March 28, 2007 06:23 PM EST --
My step-niece Alexis will be 7 years old in July. Emma will be 3 in April, Chase, two in December, and Tye, 1 in Sept, and there's another one on the way.
The older the kids get, the easier they are . . . more
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October 24, 2006 03:02 PM EDT --
TWISTED LOGIC - POOR OLD MUSLIMS - THEY GET INSULTED - WE GET BEHEADED
The Pope says that jihad violence is against God's nature, and officials fear that in response, many radical Muslims enraged . . . more
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September 04, 2006 07:24 AM EDT --
[ The following article is taken from Pravda, the Russian newspaper/tabloid. Most things in Parvad have to be taken with a grain of salt. Pravda is acombination of the daily News & the National Enquirer . . . more
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April 18, 2006 01:46 AM EDT --
In this series I will present four sets of photos and say nothing beyond providing captions
These were taken at the Lady Norman Gold Mill, high up in the spine of the Clarke Ranges north of Mackay, in . . . more
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December 10, 2006 01:28 AM EST --
A few days ago I wrote an article about a new friend I'd made at The Second Cup.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976854869
Hande and I started talking about our backgrounds. . . . more
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April 16, 2006 07:45 AM EDT --
Whenever my friend David called from upstate New York, he was ready for a fishing trip. He was the sort of man who constantly looked for excuses to wet a line. To him, it was an art form. . . . more
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September 02, 2006 05:15 PM EDT --
Mail-Order Romance & Marriage 101
Today there is a social phenomenon that has swept through the western nations like a gale. When the "Iron Curtain" came crashing down, normal . . . more
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September 13, 2008 02:33 PM EDT --
In an age of inadequate political role models, one Israeli columnist finds a few points of light.
Jews, be proud
Judy Montagu
The Jerusalem Post:
If only we saw more examples of Jewish “self-respect . . . more
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