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WHAT CHOICE?: How men affect women’s rights in the abortion debate

THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE - The ongoing abortion debate

There’s something terribly wrong with older men holding the power when it comes to state laws regarding abortion. This is clearly reflected in the recent bill…

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PRACTICE CREATIVITY: How to make creativity part of your routine

The Creative Habit - Learning to tap into your creativity for organizational change

Leaders know that creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of their organization. So, the mission of every leader should be to search continually…

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THE CAT’S MEOW: Cruelty to animals and animal revenge

THE CAT'S MEOW: The reality of animal revenge

I liked Jimmy – nobody else did. Not my friends, parents, roommates, and not Zeus. Zeus was a four year old Siamese with attitude and I belonged to him…

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YOUTH BRIGADE: Giving a voice to young DIY punk rockers

YOUTH BRIGADE - reviving DIY punk rock

As the 1980s approached, the punk subculture exposed a generation of youth who were searching for a musical outlet to a “do-it-yourself” attitude. California band…

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RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE: Profile of the collective and their art

Raqs Media Collective “Surjection” Exhibition 2011

The sight of a hand may seem to be one-dimensional on the surface—something not worth registering in the grand vision of reality, except to know whether …

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THE USE OF SYMBOLISM: Joyce’s “Araby” and Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”

Through an open window from The Story Of An Hour by Kate Chopin - geanine.files.wordpress.com

Symbolism is a literary device used in the short stories “Araby” and “The Story of an Hour”. In “Araby”, symbolism is used to illustrate the meaning of several…

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DECENTRALIZED DANCE PARTY: Putting public space to proper use

Decentralized Dance Party (2010 Winter Olympics)

“It’s such a good vibration. It’s such a swee-eet sensation,” erupts from 100 plus boomboxes, engulfing me in a 360° field of crackly lo-fi sound. I’m one of three…

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A LETTER TO PAULINE: Because I Loved Her So

A LETTER TO PAULINE: Because I Loved Her So

We have put together this dynamic anthology of poetry and prose expressing the profound love of Tom McFerran for his wife, Pauline who died …

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POEMS by SARAH HAWKINS: Where the River Runs

The Art of Being Alone - a poem by Sarah Hawkins

I am the water flowing down the stream When I hit a rock I keep going unbruised, untainted I adjust to the rocks presence but once gone I don’t look…

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SELF LOVE: Understanding true beauty

Self Love - Understanding True Beauty -- Girl looking in the mirror (painting by Norman Rockwell)

We are often exposed to beauty in the world. We see the beauty in flowers as we shuffle ourselves…

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AWAKE AT THE WHEEL: Mindful Driving by Michele McDonald

AWAKE AT THE WHEEL: Mindful Driving by Michele McDonald

There are pitfalls in listening to mindfulness tapes in the car. Once I was talking to a woman at a workshop I was leading in Spokane, and she…

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POEMS by Ruth Holloway: Finding Joy in Life

Happy people finding joy in life

How do you find joy in life when your world is falling apart? Is the nature of a lot of my unhappiness that I expect too much out of life, out of others.

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POEMS by TOM McFERRAN

PAULINE, LOOK It is so strange, this my loving you when you aren’t here,

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SANA MUSASAMA: Ceramic Artist

The Unknown/The Unnamed, Sana Musasama’s provocative exhibition of ceramic sculptures – powerful homage to the victims of mankind’s unspeakable inhumanity to one another . In a statement, Musasama says, “This work was born out of the devastation of the 9/11 attacks and the hundreds of workers and others whose identity was buried under the rubble, [...]

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POEMS by MAX REIF

(………aug26) The River of Ordinary Moments Because living is a river of

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WHAT CHOICE?: How men affect women’s rights in the abortion debate

THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE - The ongoing abortion debate

There’s something terribly wrong with older men holding the power when it comes to state laws regarding abortion. This is clearly reflected in the recent bill…

YOUTH BRIGADE: Giving a voice to young DIY punk rockers

YOUTH BRIGADE - reviving DIY punk rock

As the 1980s approached, the punk subculture exposed a generation of youth who were searching for a musical outlet to a “do-it-yourself” attitude. California band…

THE USE OF SYMBOLISM: Joyce’s “Araby” and Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”

Through an open window from The Story Of An Hour by Kate Chopin - geanine.files.wordpress.com

Symbolism is a literary device used in the short stories “Araby” and “The Story of an Hour”. In “Araby”, symbolism is used to illustrate the meaning of several…

THIKSEY MONASTERY: Ladakh offers respite from India’s busyness

Fifty monks sit cross-legged in long rows. Their prayer books, narrow strips of thick paper bound by string, sit open in front of them. They chant the Buddhist sutras…