Cultural References
"Hope remains only in the most difficult task of all: to reconsider everything from the ground up, so as to shape a living society inside a dying society." Albert Camus Feb 23
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Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World
Call for Collaborators to The On-line Companion to The Worlds of Roman Women
(Click on thumbnail to view graph) Source: CO 2 : UNEP Vital Climate Change Graphics, February, 2005; HEAT: Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research; POVERTY: World Bank Source: Greenpeace
State of the Planet
Rootstrikers
Only the people can force lasting change on this broken system. And that change begins with understanding: The people must recognize that corruption is not just one among many important problems. Corruption is the root problem that makes solving the others so difficult.
How to express your thanks in numerous different languages, and how to reply when someone thanks you. In some cultures, particularly English-speaking ones, people tend to say thank you more than in other cultures.
Translations of thanks / thank you in many languages
"Thank you" in many languages
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Celebrating Wildflowers - Ethics and Native Plants
12 Inspiring Urban Image Galleries | 500+ Pictures
12 Inspiring Urban Image Galleries | 500+ Pictures
Research
The Magazine: Annals of Improbable Research Annals of Improbable Research (also known as AIR ) is the magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. Six new issues every year.This is a list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from 1991 to the present day.
List of Ig Nobel Prize winners
List of Nobel laureates
Nobel laureates receive a gold medal together with a diploma and (as of 2012) 8 million SEK (roughly US$1.2 million, €0.93 million).
Open Society Justice Initiative
Open Society Voices March 21, 2013 | by Adam Bodnar | Poland’s failure to cooperate with the European Court of Human Rights over a secret CIA prison is jeopardizing its wider commitment to human rights.Team | Liquid Democracy e.V.
What does the Liquid Democracy Association stand for?Direct Democracy, 2.0
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