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• 1,500 years after she was buried alive in Korea, scientists reconstruct a 16-year-old servant girls image

  
  Luciole Press Blog — Authority: 149
    A computerised image of the 16-year-old teenager who is thought to have been buried alive 1,500 years ago. A life-size model of the teenager has gone on display in South Korea 1,500 years after she was buried alive, scientists resurrect 16-year-old servant girl 25th November 2009   Her ...
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• TIME article -- "Reburying Albert Camus: A Political Ploy by Sarkozy?"

  
  Luciole Press Blog — Authority: 149
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• The Environmental Issues – Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach.

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 123
  Nature and Animal Conservation        Preserving species and their habitats is important for ecosystems to self-sustain themselves. Yet, the pressures to destroy habitat for logging, illegal hunting, and other challenges are making conservation a struggle. Visit : http://www.globalissues.org/article/1… ...
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• Suggestions For Helping Your Toddler To Sleep

  
  Health Resources — Authority: 148
  We all need a certain amount of sleep every night to keep our bodies functioning as best as possible. Sleep helps the people to cope with illnesses and makes them active. There can be various problems without sleep. This is found not only in adults but also in babies and toddlers. If your toddler has a sleeping ...
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• What does mobility mean to you?

  
  Inspiration for you — Authority: 123
  Reflecting on the word mobility , I came to think of, for example, these 4 things: 1. Innovative design of cities making it attractive for people to exercise As I was helping out in Zürich renew a "Finnenbahn" - a jogging/workout track in the forrest, I came to think about the possibility of designing the centre ...
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• Bad behavior at the airport, Hollywood style and how to tips for keeping your cool

  
  Gadling — Authority: 708
  Filed under: Arts and Culture , Airlines , Video , Airports When passengers show bad behavior at the airport, everyone notices. Bad airport behavior is one place Hollywood gets it right, even when scenes are a bit outlandish. Here are two scenes that show just what can happen when a passenger is vexed ...
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• Anthropology and foreign policy

  
  the-lundgaards.com — Authority: 116
  One of the things that most clearly divides Europeans and Americans today is a philosophical, even metaphysical disagreement over where exactly mankind stands on the continuum between the laws of the jungle and the laws of reason. Americans to not believe we are as close to the realization of the Kantian dream as do ...
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• New website, PublicEarth, shares hidden gems from around the globe

  
  Gadling — Authority: 708
  Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Festivals and Events , Food and Drink , Blogs , Africa , Asia , Europe , North America , Oceania , South America , Middle East The new website PublicEarth may still be in beta, but its already showing plenty of promise for travelers looking to find hidden ...
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• Mather & McGrigor engage with Bank: Islay not alone in service withdrawal

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 489
  It has emerged that other areas on the west coast of Scotland - Skye and Lochaber are two - are having difficulties with the Bank of Scotland, not unlike Islay’s current experience.Gus Newman from Stormcats on Islay has published the full texts of letters from Jamie McGrigor to the Bank in the Comments posted below ...
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• Quarter million animals sacrificed at Hindu festival

  
  Gadling — Authority: 708
  Filed under: Arts and Culture , Festivals and Events , Asia , Nepal , News Hinduism is generally thought of as a vegetarian religion, one that respects animals because in the cycle of death and rebirth, weve all been animals at one point or another. But Hinduism is an ancient and complex faith with almost a ...
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• The Digital Tsunami: Technology Changes How the World Works

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  A reporter from India inquired via email how social media impacts social attitudes. That a woman from India would email me to talk about this says a lot. Social attitudes are really just our beliefs about the way the world works. Some are conscious, some are unconscious, some have cultural or environmental origins, ...
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• "Precious": Being Black in America

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  Some race conversations are harder than others are. At times we can talk about race with lightheartedness, and at other times, we cant. There are reasons for that. When talk leads to a real need for change, we usually resist it. At least those ideas felt clear to me this weekend, when I saw two racially-charged ...
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• The Blind Men and the Elephant with an Illustration and an MP3 Recording

  
  Mama Lisa's World Blog — Authority: 126
  The Blind Men and the Elephant is a poem by American poet John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) based on an Indian parable.  The Blind Men and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe MP3 Recording of The Blind Men and the Elephant It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went ...
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• Efforts to slow climate change may put indigenous people at risk

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 142
  Efforts to slow climate change are putting indigenous people at risk, warns a new report published by Survival International, an indigenous rights group.
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• Photo: skeletons of Japanese World War II casualties dug up in northern Phillippines; they will be cremated and the ashes flown back to Japan

  
  Luciole Press Blog — Authority: 149
      The skeletons of Japanese World War II casualties are cremated after they were dug up in northern Phillippines. The ashes will be flown back to Japan and given to relatives HERE
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• Photo: Indonesian women sell their harvest in a traditional floating market on the Martapura river in Borneo

  
  Luciole Press Blog — Authority: 149
      Indonesian women sell their harvest in a traditional floating market on the Martapura river in Borneo HERE
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• Galleries for the Arts of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 154
  Galleries for the Arts of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia -1.0 5 2009-11-24 01:23:51 1stAngel After a comprehensive eight-year construction project, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will open its Galleries for the Arts of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later ...
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• Ancient Buddhist caves under threat

  
  Gadling — Authority: 708
  Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Asia , India The Archaeological Survey of India has been struggling to control water damage to ancient Buddhist paintings in the Ajanta Caves in the state of Maharashtra. The 29 caves in this UNESCO World Heritage Site are decorated with sculptures and ...
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• Which US States Will Legalize Gay Marriage Next?

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  Last year on election day, California voted “yes” on Proposition 8 which revoked the state law that made same-sex marriage legal. This year, Maine became the forefront of this year’s election with Question 1, which also gave residents the option to revoke the same sex marriage law that was passed earlier this ...
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• Great coffee shops around the world: What makes a great one anyway?

  
  Gadling — Authority: 708
  Filed under: Arts and Culture , Food and Drink , Blogs Hank Leukart, while savoring blueberry pie and a cup of chai at the University of Zoka in Seattle proclaimed it the best coffee shop in the world. As what happens when one proclaims something the best in the world, he immediately began to wonder if he ...
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