My first assignment was to find two websites on shamanism. ... My second website is www.geocities.com/rainforest/4076/index.html. ... These sites can be about anything you want and it is an easy way of creating a website without paying for the web space. ... "We come to this place in space and time to share our teachings and to be a part of this intricate weaving of shared knowledge". ... Looking at my two web sites made me ask myself a lot of questions. ...

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The border is a marginalized, liminal space of contradictions. A space of shifting multiple identities. ... There is a space between cultures, classes, races, sexual orientations--call them worlds or world views-- where they meld, where they mix, where they are both worlds/world views and neither world/world views. They are what Anzald a calls los intersicios--the spaces between. ... She writes further that "ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity--I am my language- (Anzald a 898). ...

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He received a place as one of Gattaca's elite's and after much hard training was offered the chance to navigate a mission to outer space, just as he had always imagined. ... When reflecting on my own life I believe that the people that have played the most important roles have been my uncle Peter and My stepfather Michael. Through my experiences at my previous school, Emmaus College, I have learnt not to judge people by their appearance, how wealthy they are or by how "popular" they are. ... When I was younger my mother moved around a lot so I went to many different primary schools a...

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The Future of Chinese Cities Two weeks ago, I went back to my hometown Tianjin. ... People's life has expanded into aerial space. ... In my opinion, future development of Chinese cities can abide by several principles. ... An area with a complex of historical buildings whose architectural styles, space patterns and street landscape feature the regional culture in a certain historical period in a comparatively complete manner may be defined as an area featuring historical culture. ...

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These communication factors include: eye contact, touch, silence, space, distance, and healthcare beliefs. ... In my nursing practice, I use a basic approach with cross-cultural communication: Avoid slang Use common words Follow elementary words of grammar Repeat basic ideas without shouting Paraphrase important points Check for understanding "Is it okay with you if?...

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Said acknowledges that, "all kinds of suppositions, associations, and fictions appear to crowd the unfamiliar space outside one's own" (54). ... I was also able to relate to his position not only with regards to my background but with my upraising in a Western culture. ...

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People will have a strong feeling is called "Time-Space Compression"(p.3) that shrinking of distance by means of a significant deduction of in the time taken both physically like travelling to another place, and electronically such as sending photos via cellphone (Tomlinson,1999). ... By raising the focus of "public space" (p.686), Wood and Gilbert (2005) further pointed out that there are a lot of visible and accessible places exist in Toronto that allow people from different countries communicate and mix with each other. ... This is from my personal experience that I foun...

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There are many reasons both for and against a declaration of war to resolve an opposing conflict. Though there are many different types of warfare, an aggressive means can be considered a just cause. However, in many cases, affirmative action cannot be a warranted solution. War is a delicate inst...

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Sumita then goes on to say "The sari was unexpectedly heavy in my hands, silk slippery, a sari to walk carefully in. ... Sumita starts to feel crowded and smothered by the space in the apartment with his parents as she says "it seems to me if we all breathed in at once, there would be no air left....

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In my opinion, I see the positive aspects of world music allowing for the development of social and cultural interconnections between people and the music of the world. ... Fairley states that it is undeniable that world music has "reconfigured time-space relationship" of localized, traditional music by blurring the distinction between local and global music (Fairley, 2001, p. 282). ... In my own personal experience, advancement of technology and the vastness of the Internet are so deeply rooted into today's society, giving people more of an opportunity than ever before to exper...

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