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Gibbard08

ICARI Spanish School- Cahuita, Costa Rica

Rant Avenue 12785 | June 3rd 2009 by David

Wanna improve your Spanish? The best way to learn Castilian is to immerse yourself with the native-speakers of Costa Rica. ICARI is in Cahuita that's 4 hours away from the Costa Rican capital of San José. The main attraction? Of course, what else be read more

SisterWisdom

Wish I’d said that {03 June 09}

SisterWisdom | June 3rd 2009 by SisterWisdom

I think that having learned our letters we should read the best that is in literature, and not be forever repeating our a b abs, and words of one syllable, in the fourth or fifth classes, sitting on the lowest and foremost form all our lives. {Henry read more

thegregory

Arts and culture is very important in the world of Indonesian edu…

Traditional Arts and Culture of Java | June 3rd 2009 by yelly gregory

Arts and culture is very important in the world of Indonesian education.Arts and culture as important as science, technology and sports. So that has been said by the Minister of National Education Bambang Sudibyo when officially opening Festival and read more

Gibbard08

A Sleeping Adam

Rant Avenue 12785 | June 3rd 2009 by David

Adam sleeping to death after 12 hours of no rest and 4 hours of exhausting travel. I didn't know he likes this shot really. ☺ read more

macydj

Inauguration of Teotihuacán, City of the Gods Exhibition.

Mexico Premiere | June 1st 2009 by Doug Macy

Mexico City. President Felipe Calderón inaugurated the Teotihuacan, City of the Gods Exhibition at the National Museum of Anthropology and History and invited Mexicans to rediscover their country because, he said, Mexico is not only sun and beach read more

Sprite

Imagine That! Dreams Can Come True!

Homespun Honolulu | June 1st 2009 by Evelyn

Movie Contest for the Keiki! Here’s a summary of the storyline for an upcoming film: “In Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies’ family comedy “Imagine That,” Eddie Murphy stars as a successful financial executive who has more t read more

SisterWisdom

Open Mic Corner: Gerard brings it.

SisterWisdom | June 1st 2009 by SisterWisdom

I'm just saying: it takes a talented guy to use a phrase like "the ooze of oil" in a poem about the grandeur of God and make it work. Read on, read on. God's Grandeur Gerard Manley Hopkins The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame read more

Sprite

Daughters of Hawai’i and Their Calabash Cousins

Homespun Honolulu | May 31st 2009 by Evelyn

I think most of us tend to be curious about a place marked “National Historic Site,” especially when it has a gift shop too!  I was nosey and went in to see the little gift shop and man did I find some really cool stuff and some really c read more

macydj

Mexico City’s Museums in Trouble

Mexico Premiere | May 30th 2009 by Doug Macy

By John Mitchell Part of the fallout from the recent swine flu outbreak in Mexico and the subsequent decline in tourism is that some of Mexico City’s world-class museums are in big financial trouble. According to an article in The News, an Engl read more

Gibbard08

The Rickety Stash: The Teenage Puerita

Rant Avenue 12785 | May 25th 2009 by David

Taken at 1955. Lola on her teenage years. This photo was taken when she was still studying at a local fashion and beauty school which is still training aspiring trendsetters and stylists today. I'm not sure what costume she's wearing but I believe it read more

arena84

40+ Chicago’s Bean Stunning Photos

Akademi Fantasia Travel Blog | May 24th 2009 by Mohd Huzaifah Muntalip

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Sprite

Preserving Hawaiian Language and Culture

Homespun Honolulu | May 24th 2009 by Evelyn

Standing alongside a group of people supporting the perpetuation of the Hawaiian language and protecting the native culture of my home feels like such an honor to me.  It is so important and such a necessary part of our cultural preservation.  Hawa read more

arena84

Laser Beam Eggshells Arts!

Akademi Fantasia Travel Blog | May 21st 2009 by Mohd Huzaifah Muntalip

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thegregory

Tradisional Arts Gejog Lesung

Traditional Arts and Culture of Java | May 20th 2009 by yelly gregory

Gejog Lesung is one of the traditional arts that we must guard.Indonesia have a lot of traditional art that can be almost marginalized or spelled almost extinct, one is a traditional art Gejog Lesung.Tradisional Arts Gejog Lesung is one of the origin read more

casanaranja

long live gabriel garcia marquez

Casa Naranja | May 19th 2009

source: flavorpill.comGabriel García Márquez: A Life New bio tells Colombian author's greatest storyGerald Martin's Gabriel García Márquez: A Life is an absorbing look at the father of magical realism.Better than the wildest telenovela. Garcí read more

The Reality Of Being A Songwriter

Allee Willis' Blog | May 19th 2009

                         Winning the Grammy in 1986 Yesterday I wrote an open email to a widely read music industry newsletter re the longstanding mistreatment of songwriters in the entertainment industry, veering off into the music indu read more

lotis

Playing piano to the next level

Travels in time | May 19th 2009 by Gishi

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dsou

Street Art and Design Innovation

Sou Station | May 13th 2009 by Derek Sou

Designers frequently get pitted against clients who feel ignored. The great exception seems to be the world of high fashion, where anything-goes. (Thanks to Can West for setting the record straight on Haute Couture). Christopher R read more

dsou

Whimsy

Sou Station | April 15th 2009 by Derek Sou

The English language harbours a hoard of scintillating words; in order to comprehend its full extent, consult innovative tools, such as the Visual Thesaurus and A.Word.A.Day (especially its daily newsletter via email).Whim—e read more

dsou

Medea

Sou Station | April 11th 2009 by Derek Sou

Although buildings rise for numerous other faculties at the University of Victoria, the administration has no immediate plans to construct any for the Faculty of the Humanities; however, crumbs do fall, since Humanities gets assigned the va read more

dsou

Trimming the Fat?

Sou Station | April 3rd 2009 by Derek Sou

During these harsh economic times streamlining becomes the norm; however, trimming the fat becomes difficult when determining which cuts net the best results. Auto manufacturers make a good example: almost filial ties makes denying them difficult, bu read more

dsou

Innovative Exhibitions

Sou Station | March 19th 2009 by Derek Sou

A number of exhibits have focussed on coming to grips with new communication technologies. Connections at the MIT Museum comprises four art installations on this topic. Metropath(ologies), part of this innovative collection, presents a cons read more