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		<title>The perfect gift for Christmas (and other holidays)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parasol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was growing up, gifts were few and far between. This probably contributed to their high appreciation index rating. We loved looking at them for a while before actually taking them out of the box and trying them out. &#8230; <a href="http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/the-perfect-gift-for-christmas-and-other-holidays/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronotopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6533146&amp;post=444&amp;subd=chronotopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good causes, good will, good work. And volunteering</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parasol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteering may be the new black &#8211; ever since President Obama started the “Renew America Together&#8221; volunteering promotion program in 2009. But somehow the issue has faded away. I just learned that volunteer turnover is many, many times higher than &#8230; <a href="http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/good-causes-good-will-good-work-and-volunteering/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronotopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6533146&amp;post=423&amp;subd=chronotopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Planning in a culture clash</title>
		<link>http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/planning-stressful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parasol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am convinced that one of the most frustrating culture-clash experiences are cross-cultural planning experiences. I bet most people have had the chance to plan something together with someone from another culture and have ascertained how the differing concepts of &#8230; <a href="http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/planning-stressful/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronotopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6533146&amp;post=413&amp;subd=chronotopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Codex Calixtinus, or the tourist guide for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela</title>
		<link>http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/codex-calixtinus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parasol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Codex Calixtinus, the precious 12th century guide for pilgrims heading towards Santiago de Compostela,  was stolen yesterday from the Cathedral of that Spanish town. Since Santiago (Saint James) had a very influential cult in the Middle Ages, his alleged tomb &#8230; <a href="http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/codex-calixtinus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronotopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6533146&amp;post=429&amp;subd=chronotopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>La Bella Lingua: the memoir vs. the manual</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parasol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the best way for you to learn another language? Live in a country where it is spoken? Get a well-explained grammar book? Some people learn better by doing, others by getting a detailed map of the knowledge they are &#8230; <a href="http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/la-bella-lingua-the-memoir-vs-the-manual/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronotopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6533146&amp;post=385&amp;subd=chronotopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Museum of Odds and the concept of museums</title>
		<link>http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/a-museum-of-odds-and-the-concept-of-museums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parasol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a Ripley&#8217;s Believe it or Not odditorium some 20 minutes from where I live &#8211; an establishment that displays a collection of bizarre items, ranging from a two-headed calf to real human shrunken heads to the replica of &#8230; <a href="http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/a-museum-of-odds-and-the-concept-of-museums/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronotopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6533146&amp;post=387&amp;subd=chronotopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My clothes, my armor. And my mother-in-law</title>
		<link>http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/my-clothes-my-armor-and-my-mother-in-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parasol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve always objected, there is no point to &#8220;natural&#8221; styles in make-up or fashion &#8212; if they were really natural, they wouldn&#8217;t be styles, after all: a visual concept you have to buy as opposed to something you already &#8230; <a href="http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/my-clothes-my-armor-and-my-mother-in-law/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronotopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6533146&amp;post=374&amp;subd=chronotopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Would you choose to live a war?</title>
		<link>http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/would-you-choose-to-live-a-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parasol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most logical answer would be &#8220;no&#8221;, of course. But there are hundreds of occasions in which thousands of people decide to relive wars &#8211; and their potential PTSDs &#8211; on purpose. Reenactments, for example, so popular in the US. &#8230; <a href="http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/would-you-choose-to-live-a-war/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronotopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6533146&amp;post=360&amp;subd=chronotopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diamonds in My Pocket and the art of living cross-culturally</title>
		<link>http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/diamonds-in-my-pocket-and-the-art-of-living-cross-culturally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parasol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve often wondered, what would be the most powerful cross-cultural  immersion situation one could ask for? What daily life activity could give you a taste of another culture &#8211; and a jolt of culture clash &#8211; in the most effective &#8230; <a href="http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/diamonds-in-my-pocket-and-the-art-of-living-cross-culturally/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronotopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6533146&amp;post=181&amp;subd=chronotopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The loss of mechanical machines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parasol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, we used to go on field trips to a local textile factory. There was one machine that sat separately in a large production hall. The manager proudly explained that it was an electronic loom and &#8230; <a href="http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/the-loss-of-mechanical-machines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chronotopia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6533146&amp;post=337&amp;subd=chronotopia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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