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Nonviolence As Their Weapon

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:33:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "It was 2001. Khatib watched in horror as Israeli soldiers shot an unarmed friend at a checkpoint. Two weeks later, the militant Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade made a revenge attack on the checkpoint, killing seven soldiers.

"My first reaction was 'Good for Al Aqsa!' " Khatib said. Then he realized the dead soldiers belonged to a different unit, not the one on duty when his friend was shot.

"It made me wonder: This cycle of death, of violent action and reaction, how we can break it?"

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

"If they cannot accuse us of terrorism, they cannot stop us. The world will support us."

His message is a hard sell: Khatib, 35, is a modern-day Gandhi in a culture that enshrines the language of the gun, even if most Palestinians have never used one. And the risks of his activism are enormous.

The Israeli army has targeted him. He was arrested, severely beaten and threatened with death during a series of midnight raids on the village this summer

He believes Israel is trying to crush nonviolent activists because it would rather take on an armed insurgency.

Today's nonviolence initiatives tap into nostalgia for the first intifada, in what Khatib calls a sober reaction to the armed uprising that bloodied the first half of this decade after peace talks broke down.

Khatib, who dropped out when things turned violent, remembers the killings that changed him.

Russia Reconsiders

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:34:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "There's no question that Stalin is undergoing a sort of renaissance in Russia. Despite the many millions killed or sent to labor camps during his reign, many now view his rule with a sort of hazy nostalgia.
"The cynical position of the Stalinphobes is that only innocent people were kept in the gulag," he said. "Criminals who violated the law were kept in the gulag. And let the Western reader ask himself, should criminals be kept in spas or resort hotels?"
Meanwhile, Stalin's image and name, systematically bleached out as the waning Soviet empire began to grapple with its bloody past, are creeping back into Russian life. His name was restored this fall to a Moscow metro station. His unmistakable mustached face beams from the wall of Soviet Meatpies, a kitschy diner downtown."

Clip Source: www.latimes.com

On Friday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took to his blog to decry the deaths of millions of Soviet citizens killed "as a result of terror and false accusations" -- and to lament the revisionism that seems to blanket contemporary Russia's remembrance of its past.

"It is still possible to hear that these many victims were justified by some higher state goal," Medvedev said.

The president cited with dismay a poll in which 90% of young Russians were unable to name a victim of Soviet purges and prison camps. Russia must remember its tragedies, he said.

It was a striking departure from the general drift of the country, which takes a nuanced, if not positive, view of longtime Soviet dictator Josef Stalin

But Medvedev, who has often provided a rhetorical softening to the ruling elite's hard-line stances, is regarded as politically weaker than Putin, and so far his more liberal statements have done little to change the Russian status quo.

chopin japan

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:41:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ..but he always feel nostalgia..

Clip Source: itagaki-englishlll.blogspot.com

They say Chopin is weak but his pieces are not only delicate, his pieces are sometimes also powerful. A etude “revolution”, prelude in D minor(op.24-28) and scherzo in B minor is powerful and passionate pieces. They are written during Revolution Warsaw because he like his country Poland in those days Poland is dominated by Russia. He want to fight as soldier but he is not allowed because he is weak. So, he decided to describe his passion in piano.

He likes his country Poland very much. In 1831 he moved to Paris, but he always feel nostalgia. Therefore he have a strong rebellious spirit to the great powers that dominate Poland.

sweet remembrance

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:39:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.psychologytoday.com

occasional detour down memory lane can give your spirits a significant lift.

we reach for pleasant memories as an antidote to feeling blue

The studies also show that people who write about good memories report higher self-esteem and feel more positively about friendships and close relationships.

people who are disposed to experience nostalgia also tend to see their past as positive

There's a magic and mystery in positive events," so analyzing them lifts the veil and makes wondrous events more ordinary.

a person who mainly focuses on the contrast between past and present damns every good experience with the attitude that nothing in the future can ever live up to it.

Recalled anticipation spices the moment

As you go about your life, sock away good moments and mementos for later reminiscence. Take a mental snapshot and hold on to that feeling.

If possible, reminisce with people from your past. It strengthens close relationships.

nostalgia

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:25:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.psychologytoday.com

Most of us carry a torch for images that were popular when we were in our early 20s, no matter how old we are.

the studies found that, on average, people are most attached to memories from their early adulthood.

nostalgia

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:16:02 GMT

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Clip Source: www.psychologytoday.com

It is true that nostalgia can be bittersweet (happiness with a tinge of sadness). However, the net result is positive.

Using nostalgia, we can inject some meaning and excitement into life. Nostalgia involves conjuring up the experiences that stick out as worthwhile and fulfilling

Nostalgia isn't just about the self. It is also about our relationships. When people engage in nostalgia, they feel more connected to others.

Stasi Museum

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:28:18 GMT

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Clip Source: travel.nytimes.com

36 Hours in Berlin

Berlin is still divided — on whether the Iron Curtain was cool. There’s even a German word for it, “ostalgie,” a combination of the words “ost” (east) and “nostalgie” (nostalgia).

Those haunted by the 2006 Oscar-winning film “The Lives of Others” should also pay a visit to the Stasi Museum (Ruschestrasse 103; 49-30-553-6854; www.stasimuseum.de), housed in the former Stasi offices.

IBM's 1401 turns "50"...

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:04:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A touch of nostalgia for hardware buffs.

Clip Source: www-03.ibm.com

1401 Data Processing System

Announced October 5, 1959 and withdrawn February 8, 1971.

The following is the text of an IBM Data Processing Division press fact sheet distributed on October 5, 1959.

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Nostalgia Jet Scooter

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:18:03 GMT

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Clip Source: www.darkroastedblend.com

Wonderful (and very curvaceous) concept model invokes all sorts of vintage retro-future dreams... and asks for some French beauty (like Brigitte Bardot) to ride it.

Another incredible futuristic vehicle design is "Audi Shark" by Kazim Doku:

'SUMMER RETREAT'

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:48:21 GMT

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Clip Source: scher.blogs.nytimes.com

‘Summer Retreat’

Summer always feels endless until it suddenly ends. For kids, there is no greater tragedy than summer’s end. September is the Monday of months. It’s back to school, back to work and back to the city. It means goodbye to all the lush and gaudy greens of the countryside and a return to the sober monochromes of the city. Summer memories will be distilled to sketchy highlights and photos downloaded to rarely visited computer folders.

The last drive home has a special melancholy. The roads and landscapes that had grown so familiar slip past for the last time, turning into memories before your eyes. It will all feel a million miles away the moment you get home, and yet there it is flickering past your window, a stream of instant nostalgia.

Tags: summer, endless, september, school

the most irritating phrases in the english language

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:30:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: lol

Clip Source: www.nationalpost.com

The most irritating phrases in the English language

My own reaction to this champion banality differs slightly, for personal reasons. It induces in me feelings of nostalgia for my youth. In the middle of the last century, when I was a junior sports writer, "at the end of the day" was already marked as laughable and those who used it were suspected of pretension. Whenever it appeared in a story, my mentors on the sports desk of The Globe and Mail would sigh, roll their eyes and otherwise indicate their contempt for careless writing. I suspect I enjoy it now because it was my first journalism cliche, the first lodged in my memory by the disdain of knowing colleagues.

That's not quite the equivalent of a first love, but as part of a boy's education, it has similar nostalgia value. Did I ever actually use it in a story? I hope not. I like to think that observing all those rolled eyes saved me.

Tags: irritating, phrases

Entrevista a Juan Manzanera, profesor de meditación

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:15:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.foroespiritual.org

"La evolución completa pasa por intentar ayudar al mayor número posible de personas"

Entrevista a Juan Manzanera, profesor de meditación

Su conocimiento de la espiritualidad oriental y occidental le colocan en una privilegiada atalaya. Maneja con inteligencia y prudencia esa clara ventaja. Sus doce años de monje en Nepal, India y Francia, le han dejado poso de sabiduría, pero no de nostalgia. Adivinamos en su rostro sendas escarpadas afrontadas con paciencia y sabias compañías.

Dejó el techo del mundo, abandonó el monasterio, pero se trajo consigo, envuelta en rojo azafrán, la paz de aquellas alturas. Supo entonces cuando concluían los tiempos, sabe ahora como esparcir esas semillas de armonía y bienestar en el asfalto madrileño, sabe bien de su actual cometido en medio de la gran ciudad.

AS HEROES DISAPPEAR, THE CITY NEEDS MORE.

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:15:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

As Heroes Disappear, the City Needs More

The 1966 Gwathmey house, designed by Charles Gwathmey. More Photos »

The 1967 Hanselmann house, designed by the New York Five architect Michael Graves, in Fort Wayne, Ind. More Photos >

The Rowayton, Conn., Smith house, a residence designed by Richard Meier. More Photos >

The restored Eisenman house, designed by the New York Five architect Peter Eisenman, in Hardwick, Vt. More Photos >

The death of Charles Gwathmey early this month has provoked a lot of nostalgic reminiscence in the New York architecture world: not just about Mr. Gwathmey himself, but also about the New York Five, a group of influential architects of which he was part.

This nostalgia has much to do with what’s been lost in the years since the group’s prominence in the 1970s. The early years of that decade was a time when this city was beginning to close itself off to innovative architecture

But it was also a time when New York

could still claim to

be the country’s

center of

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Russ Bears

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:27:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Nostalgia is starting to kick in for grown ups who had Russ bears as kids.

Clip Source: www.cuteteddybearstuff.com

Russ Bears

The oldest of the Russ Bears are now in their mid forties. Mere babies compared to some of the older classics like Steiff and Bing, but still old enough that some of the original owners are feeling some nostalgia as they look back at the special teddy bears they grew up with.

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Beach Balls, Ice Cream and Polka Dots - Top 10 Summer Pinups

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:56:18 GMT

clipped by: Tali99
clipper's remarks: Beach balls, ice cream and polka dots. Today’s post is all lighthearted fun, with a lineup of my 10 favorite summer pinups!

Clip Source: www.thepinupblog.com

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Tags: sensual, cool hand luke, fetishistic, nostalgia, joy harmon, vintage car wash, modern retro fantasy, cooling off, summer pinups, classic pinups