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“A yoga instructor who says her free class at the University of Ottawa was cancelled because of concerns over cultural appropriation believes the student union's issues are misplaced.”
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Bindi is a colorful dot that is placed on the forehead of both men and women in Hindu Dharma. The origin of the bindi starts way back in the ancient times but it has lost this significance in the modern times and is mostly worn all over the world as an accessory. Bindis have a special significance even today in the Indian tradition
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http://mocomi.com/ presents: The Story of Holi! Watch an amazing video on why do we celebrate holi and the history behind it! Holi gets its name from Holika,...
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“Google Docs doesn’t have the cluttered ribbon full of features you’ll find in Microsoft Office, but it does have quite a few useful tricks up its sleeve. You may never find these features unless you go looking for them.”
Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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The Tools Being Talked About list includes a snapshot of tools being used by teachers and school systems and school leaders.
Via Darren Burris
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It’s not quite British, and it’s not quite American – so what gives? Why do all those actors of yesteryear have such a distinct and strange accent? Learn mor...
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You sound like a Kardashian? Speech therapists "vocal fry" the call is low, throaty-up of young women are gaining importance. "Sunday Morning" Faith Salie co... Via Seth Dixon
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January 6, 2016 10:30 AM
Popular culture changes our linguistics patterns (with some strong gendered implications). Here is one current manifestation of the cultural patterns and processes that make human interactions so dynamic.
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SUBTITLES AVAILABLE [CLICK CAPTIONS] ******************************************************* Portuguese [Portugal] (Ana Martins) Hungarian (Gabriella Toth) ...
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From grade schools to senior villages, we now spend much of our lives on separate generational islands. Can we reverse the trend?
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/who-was-confucius-bryan-w-van-norden Most people recognize his name and know that he is famous for having said so...
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Full video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJZCOgununs
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The Kundalini Yoga Se Ta Na Ma chant is also known as the "mantra" of Kundalini Yoga. Do the Kundalini Yoga Se Ta Na Ma with help from a certified Kundalini ...
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“ How did restrictions on vodka consumption speed up the collapse of communism? By Alexei Bayer”
Via Janet Espinosa
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The Bhagavad Gita is the word of God. The Bhagavad Gita is an episode in the epic Mahabharata written by Sage Vyasa more than 5000 years ago. It is the divin...
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“Google Docs is a great free writing tool with a ton of great hidden features, including the research tool. You can save yourself some time and use the research sidebar to automatically insert the appropriate citations you need for your paper. The Best Google Docs Features You're Probably Not Using The Best Google Docs Features You're Probably Not Using The Best Google Docs Features You're Probably Many of us already know and love Google Docs for being free, available on the web, and relatively… Read more Read more”
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Cities are becoming less racially segregated. For that, thank suburban sprawl, extortionate house prices and immigrants
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Well, this is kind of crazy. Only 5 per cent of the world's population lives in the regions of this map shaded blue. Another 5 per cent lives in the area shaded red. Yoinks.
Tags: population, density, South Asia.
Carlos Fosca's curator insight,
January 6, 2016 6:34 AM
Parece realmente una broma, pero la zona coloreada de rojo alberga a 350 millones de personas sobre una superficie que arroja una densidad poblacional de 1,062 habitantes por Km2. Si esto se compara con el país más densamente poblado de Europa, que es Holanda, con una densidad de 409 habitantes/Km2 o incluso con el departamento de Lima (269.1 habitantes /Km2) vemos que hay una gran diferencia. Pero el Perú también tiene propio su punto rojo en términos de densidad poblacional (no en términos de población absoluta). ¿Saben que lugar es este? Pues la provincia Constitucional del Callao que tiene una densidad poblacional de 7,159.83 habitantes/Km2 (2015). 
Richard Aitchison's curator insight,
March 19, 2018 11:52 AM
This map shows how much population is in one certain area. It is amazing to see all the land in the blue area which roughly adds up to 5% of the population, while that small area in red is also 5% of the worlds population. One can see just from the map some of the difficulties this might cause. The area in red has a major overpopulation problem and has a major need for resources for all of the people that live there. It also causes major divisions in socioeconomic and we tend to see many slum cities develop which on most likely built in poor geographical area. This can cause many issues in this area and we also see at the end of the article that with sea changes this could cause major problems in the near future in this area. If we were to see population move out of this area where would they go? We have major issues currently with a moving population in Europe, however it will be interesting to see where this population would move and how that would effect possible political policies of other South Asian countries.
Katie Kershaw's curator insight,
April 5, 2018 2:19 PM
If someone looked at this map and didn't have background knowledge on the population distribution on earth, they would probably think this map is fake. It's pretty unbelievable that one tiny spot of land has the same amount of people living on it than pretty much the rest of the entire world. The biggest thing that this map indicates is that earth's population is not evenly distributed even a little bit. This is partially because there are parts of the world that are uninhabitable, but that doesn't fully explain why so many people live in that tiny area. The red spot also tells me that people living in that area are going to have a very different experience than most other humans. Their resources are going to have to be divided thoroughly and they probably aren't going to get away with spending a lot of time without being in contact with other people. The end of this article pointed out another big problem with this dense area of settlement- if something were to happen to this area which either wiped out resources or killed people, the earth's population would drop significantly in a really short period of time. After looking at this, I regret how angry I used to be about sharing a room with my sister. Now that I have my own bedroom I can see that I was actually pretty lucky, because at least I didn't have 5% of the world's population within a few hundred miles of me.
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The Vedas are the holy books of the Hindus, much revered for being the fount of all knowledge. This video gives a brief introduction to these mystic texts.
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The Buddha's philosophy teaches us that our desires are at the root of our restlessness - and that calm can be achieved through willpower and spiritual exerc...
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This video brings the prayer Om Mani Padme Hum, aka Om Mani Pema Hung, to a new light. Christopher Lee May breaks the prayer down and describes what each par...
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BEAUTIFUL VERSION. BELLÍSIMA VERSIÓN del mantra más conocido del budismo, cantado por Imee Ooi compositora y arregladora de origen malayo nacida en Kuala Lum...
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Тибетское исполнение мантры "Ом Мане Падме Хум".
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