Tag: culture
group name: worldcommunity
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April 27, 2007 11:35 AM EDT --
Today, just two days after the former President Boris Yeltzin's funeral ceremony, my country lost two of its most beloved and remarkable citizens.
Kirill Lavrov was one of our most brilliant actors, . . . more
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June 06, 2006 02:44 PM EDT --
A small group of tea lovers gathered at NEOTTE – a newly opened tea bar in downtown Palo Alto to listen to Mathew Hui, the founder of NEOTTE, to describe the origin of different teas, methods of . . . more
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June 16, 2006 08:38 PM EDT --
I had come to Hong Kong by ferry from Macau, one hour to the west. By the time I was checked for SARS, got my passport stamped, and found my way from the international terminal (on Hong Kong Island) . . . more
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June 14, 2006 12:23 PM EDT --
A fifteen-minute trudge through cold rain finally brought me to a van going from the Kyrgyz city of Osh, where I had spent the last several days enjoying some of the best outdoor cafes in central Asia, . . . more
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July 23, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
More importortantly, what type of music do you listen to? Is it just radio? XM? Sirius? A particular genre? Newsradio? CD collections?
For instance, in my case, right . . . more
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July 30, 2006 12:21 PM EDT --
Evidently pretty bad, and it doesn't look like things will get better anytime soon. Even if you don't read newspapers, or political blogs, even if you are not black and still living in a trailer . . . more
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February 25, 2007 04:52 PM EST --
In one of my latest runs to the new Asian Market on University Avenue I brought back a few interesting things. I took pictures and tried them out. Here's what I think:
I guess everyone . . . more
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July 05, 2006 07:11 PM EDT --
I know some people dislike George W Bush's (GWB's) particular religiousity. Some people dislike GWB for the people he has allied himself with in order to get elected. Some people dislike . . . more
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July 13, 2006 05:31 AM EDT --
Today is my birthday, and I would have written this musing even if it weren't the beginning of my fifty-seventh year on this planet, but birthdays remind me of something very important.
You see, every . . . more
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August 18, 2006 06:55 PM EDT --
While the religious right eats away at the edges of American culture I had thought their influence on education, particularly science education, was confined, primarily to Kansas, where we get to watch . . . more
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July 05, 2006 03:29 PM EDT --
repeated here for wider consideration...
Gibbs, I thank you for that comment. If you and I can understand each other, then all surely can. Which leads me to comment further to all in general, or specifically . . . more
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May 21, 2006 02:08 AM EDT --
Fyodor Dostoevsky was a perceptive observer of both man and nature. The Russian novelist was a brilliant writer as well, and if you have not read anything by him perhaps you . . . more
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June 21, 2006 09:57 AM EDT --
Lijiang, China
Since at least the time of the Qin Dynasty (the rulers who unified China in the third century BC), people have been propelling a ball forward with their feet. This predecessor of . . . more
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August 10, 2006 10:52 PM EDT --
although i don't read much about politics on gather, i am so glad that jennifer hodge recommended a new author to me. his name is ambrose musiyiwa, and he's written quite a bit about . . . more
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November 05, 2006 01:55 PM EST --
A Real Shocker Out Of Baghdad…..Saddam Guilty!!
No folks, what you are seeing is right…after three years and the assassination of nearly his entire legal team, Saddam . . . more
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October 13, 2006 12:26 PM EDT --
Are ... NON-PROFIT TAX-EXEMPTIONS … CORRUPTED …???... or not ?
In light of much recent evidence around the dealings of the likes of Jack Abramoff and the illegal and highly immoral movement . . . more
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June 01, 2006 12:48 PM EDT --
"We travel," says travel writer Pico Iyer, "to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate." Reading about a place . . . more
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June 07, 2006 01:04 AM EDT --
In curving, lyrical, Tibetan calligraphy, a phrase graces the doorway of a Buddhist temple. It describes the numinous and enthralling manner in which enlightenment is found. "One million monks, one . . . more
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July 22, 2006 07:40 PM EDT --
It seems that China cheats when it comes to ensuring full employment. 60 percent unemployment rate among University Graduates seems high. But hey, a 10 yuan bonus per faked employment certificate . . . more
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May 26, 2006 08:25 AM EDT --
The People vs. The Jetsons, A Class Action Suit
George Corneliussen
Updated: 12:37 a.m. PT May 25, 2006 - Plaintown, Pennsylvania
Sam Smith, age 52, a resident of the small town of Plaintown, Pennsylvania, . . . more
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