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Keep a Tradition, Lose the Bad Habit.

October 19th, 2017 Traditions. Tradition, and the importance placed on tradition differs from culture to culture as much as it does from person to person. Recently, in the United States, we have adopted Indigenous People’s Day as a replacement for

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The Wealth of the Broke

September 21st, 2017 I believe, that “I vacationed in”, “took a trip to”, or “summered abroad” really becomes “I lived in” the minute you need a job. It could be three years or three weeks, but at that point, as

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Spotlight on George Burke: Mentor and Advocate

July 6th, 2017 “For 40 years, I’ve been preaching international opportunities among the refugee community,” George Burke, a man of many interests and a strong advocate for international education said. Burke is an international educational consultant who is presently the

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I Am Not A Citizen Of The World

August 11th, 2016 No soy una ciudadana del mundo. I come from Chile, located at the end of the world. Surrounded by the immensity of the Pacific Ocean, the loneliness of the Atacama Desert and the impenetrability of the Andes

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15 Facts on the Republic of Vanuatu

March 19th, 2015 On March 14, 2015, the Republic of Vanuatu, an archipelago consisting of approximately 82 islands, which lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire between New Caledonia and Fiji in the South Pacific, was hit by a category

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Eat Your Greens!

March 28, 2013 How many of us were badgered by our mothers to “Eat your greens” when staring at the dinner plate, preferring to polish off the spaghetti, fried chicken, or pizza, letting the green stuff sit. Spinach? Broccoli? Collards?

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Travel: The Bridge to Friendship

November 01, 2012 A few days ago I was at Soaptopia–one of my favorite neighborhood stores–picking up a few bars of their heavenly scented handmade soaps when I noticed the exquisite earrings the lovely young saleswoman was wearing. The earrings

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Educating Malala

October 18, 2012 By Jasmin S. Kuehnert In a blog I wrote several weeks ago, I mentioned the new law passed by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran that bans women from 70 plus majors at colleges and

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Adversity and Ingenuity: Partners in Creation

October 11, 2012 Human beings have shown amazing ingenuity in fashioning musical instruments, often in less than ideal conditions. Many of these instruments were conceived and designed by people at the bottom of the social spectrum, most of whom were

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