Tag: culture
group name: makeadifference
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August 01, 2008 12:30 AM EDT --
Blaise Pascal, the famous 17 th century French Philosopher and mathematician had some advice for those who were undecided about the existence of God. In what has become known as “Pascal’s Wager,” . . . more
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March 15, 2006 12:21 AM EST --
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I thought this article might interest the community at Gather.
It was written in response to several disparaging comments made about Australia by . . . more
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August 16, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
Everybody suffers from it…except me, of course. Well, I sometimes get up on my high horse about gas-guzzling SUV’s, but that’s different. I’m right, and I am just trying to help out all . . . 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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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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January 09, 2008 08:02 PM EST --
I just finished watching The Last Time I Saw Paris , a 1954 flick starring Elizabeth Taylor, Dona Reed, Eva Gabor, and Van Johnson.
As my friend has said, I guess this my be 50s/60s movies month . . . more
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June 16, 2006 09:27 AM EDT --
In a couple of days I will change my Gather Name from Bill's Spirit back to Bill S. The picture will remain the same for a few weeks to help people with the transition.
I've gotten the feeling . . . more
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April 23, 2006 03:31 PM EDT --
The Associated Press reports most Mexicans accept illegal immigration as a fact of life they can't imagine changing:
Mexico's economy, society and political system are built around the . . . more
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March 07, 2008 08:35 AM EST --
A study of various cultures, their language, belief systems, stories and legends; as well as their celebrations is an important stepping stone in a kindergarten classroom for teaching about cultural diversity. . . . more
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May 13, 2006 02:12 PM EDT --
Between allergies, physical disabilities, low tolerance for tyrannical management and my own inner restlessness I have worked in over a hundred different facilities in America. I changed jobs an average . . . more
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October 29, 2006 11:41 PM EST --
The defining record of my youth is Free to Be...You and Me, by Marlo Thomas and Friends.
This groundbreaking record, first published in 1972, is still on sale today and features stars such as Alan Alda, . . . 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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October 04, 2006 05:26 PM EDT --
I believe
I believe in the power that rises from within. Not from racism or ethnic division, but from unity and understanding. I am not anti-white, but pro-humanity. Like the great, Martin Luther King . . . more
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September 02, 2006 06:39 PM EDT --
In 1943, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, a controversial educator who, through his study of American philosophy was seeking to reform the Japanese educational system, defied the Japanese government by refusing . . . more
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August 02, 2007 03:48 PM EDT --
I am writing a book about the emerging middle class in China, which in eighteen years will reach 766 million - the total size of the six most powerful nations of today! I am going to China for the next . . . more
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October 18, 2006 04:17 PM EDT --
By Paula Moore
The recent string of fatal school shootings has rightly spurred President Bush to action. The Bush administration is hosting a meeting of education and law enforcement officials . . . more
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July 12, 2006 12:19 PM EDT --
Demand for fur goes up in flames
By Elizabeth Collins
One of the great things about living in America is that we have the freedom to do whatever we want, as long as we don't harm anyone else. Imagine . . . more
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May 10, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
The fastest way to destroy America: Add multiple languages in order to fracture the nation’s . . . more
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May 31, 2008 12:22 PM EDT --
I know this is not within my normal purview, but it is one of life's (my own maybe) little mysteries. Who in the world gets turned on by thin, emaciated, tooth-pick sized women?
Even . . . more
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June 21, 2006 01:49 PM EDT --
President George W Bush arrived in Vienna Austria today for the European Union summit who's presidency is currently held by Austria. The summit is abut trade relations, how to proceed with Iran, energy . . . more
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