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Famous Aborigines

These are eight Australian and Tasmanian Aboriginals that have made a lasting impression on me with their determination to pursue reconciliation of Aborigines and whites through government, first contact interactions, sports, music, fine arts, writing, and acting.

18 comments    education music sports
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Human Exploitation - How The Dionne Quintuplets Were Abused

The rights of individuals or groups of human beings have been denied through exploitation by others throughout time, but it is incredible the extent to which some abusers will go. The Dionne Quintuplets suffered from several...

16 comments    family celebrity celebrities
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Cross Dresser, Spy, Messiah | One Man Who Wanted To Save The World

One could say that David Shayler is hardly the best poster boy for the cross dressing community, but he is definitely one of the most high profile and perhaps influential. He also happens to be one of the...

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International Men's Day November 19 - Celebrating Men

This week's Hubmob topic has come just in time to make people more aware of a special day for men. Next week on November 19 both men and women around the globe will be celebrating International Men’s Day....

12 comments    human rights gender equality
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Emotional Abuse

Any behavior designed to undermine and control someone else through fear, humiliation, manipulation or intimidation is emotional abuse. This can present itself in the form of verbal abuse, constant criticism...

24 comments    abuse human rights verbal abuse
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Asian Women's Sorrows - The Joy Luck Club

In San Francisco's Chinatown -- The stories of this book cluster around first Chinese American Jing-mei (June) Woo's journey of discovery to China to meet her half-sisters left by a roadside: the twins Chwun Yu and Chwun...

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Reasons the Death Penalty should be abolished

First and foremost the death penalty is a barbaric act of murder. We teach our children very early on that two wrongs do not make a right. The crime of murder carries our harshest of sentences such is...

12 comments    politics united states crime
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Multifaceted violence against women

How many among us know that 'November 26' is celebrated as World Anti-Obesity Day and how many know that 25th day of November is declared as the "International Day for Elimination of Violence against women"...

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Financial crisis of America : Root causes

The main reason of American financial problem is bad spending habit, wrong political moves and zero saving ratio.This hub is continued as a third part. A well researched and mind boggling article from the author.....

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FireWife: A Story Of Fire and Water

Disabled children are bought as slaves and forced to beg on the streets while their owners take the money. Women are used a dining tables in some countries. Pre-teen girls are sold for sex. Impoverished women lease their bodies for ad space. All of these things changed this author's life as she researched her book - FireWife.

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