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Aborigines of Oceana

Spirit Ancestors. Extraterrestrials? My favorite scene from the 1983 film of the US Space Program, The Right Stuff, is the scene in which John Glenn orbits the Earth over Australia while Aboriginals contemplate the Dreamtime.

21 comments    education dreamtime
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The Preception of Being White

“The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of” by Charles H. Perkhurst. There are many Americans that have the misconception that they are ‘white’. There are other Americans that are...

4 comments    family children culture
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Africa is the World's largest and second most- populous continent

Africa is the World's largest and second most- populous continent. It covers 6% of the earth's total surface area, and 20.4 % of the total land area, with more then 900 million people (as of 2005). In 61...

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THE PROCESS OF LIFE'S ENERGY & THE HUMBLE HONEYBEES

From The Nothingness To The Now - © C J Lewis. A lovely shot by Judi Taylor of a honeybee accompanied by an article on the decline of the bee population in this world prompted me to write the words below. ...

2 comments    life religion arts
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Popol Vuh

  Popol Vuh is a chronicle of the Mayan culture that contains the creation myth for the Maya, a culture of people located in Mesoamerica between 300 B.C.E. and 1000 A.D..  Mesoamerica is an area between...

0 comments    god culture stories
From National Geographic magazine, 1995: "Blood-typing and other genetic studies show the Basques to be a people distinct from any other in Europe, rooted in the region of the Pyrenees and Cantabrian Mountains before Indo-European tribes arrived. As 77

Basque Gravies and Sauces

The Basque are a unique people with a cuisine all own. This assortment of gravies and sauces with some unexpected though simple ingredients will make a welcome mealtime change. Videos, history, and legends are included...

9 comments    advice home food
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population growth

The world's human population, over 6.6 billion persons in 2007, has grown by 2 billion in just the last 25 years. It is continuing to grow, adding 76 million persons per year. Even though the growth rate is...

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Just a few facts on snake venom

All venomous snakes belong to a family called the Colubroidea. There are arguments about the genetics of snake venom. Some believe that snake venom is a highly modified type of saliva which contains toxins....

2 comments    hubchallenge snake venom
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Why go green? 10 Eco-Tips to green living.

With the Earths human population on the rise by every second, we are in danger of Global Warming. It is not the rapid growing human population that is the danger as much as it’s our activities that put us...

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