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All of the tribes of Cisalpine Gaul are sometimes referred to as part of the "Celto-Ligurian" culture. Although some may be "Celto-Venetic" or other regional variations. LIGURES en.wikipedia.org The Ligures (singular Ligus or Ligur; English: Ligurians, Greek: Λίγυες) were an ancient people who gave their name to Liguria, which once stretched from Northern Italy into southern Gaul. According to Plutarch they called themselves Ambrones which means ¨people of the water¨. The Ligures inhabited ...
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...as all-American as mom, baseball and apple pie. But many of the creative talents behind such superhero icons found assimilating into American culture a challenge. The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles is presenting two exhibits which focus on comic...
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Southern CA Press-Enterprise
http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_S_comics04.3e05a85.html
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...McCourt's arrival in Albany. In the 367-page book's first half, McCourt describes the challenge of assimilating into American culture with a thick Irish brogue, a severe eye infection and no high school diploma. (After serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean...
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Syracuse.com
http://blog.syracuse.com/shelflife/2009/05/angelas_ashes_author_frank_mcc.html
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...American culture. Somewhere along the line, our melting pot was cooled. We dropped the idea of assimilating into the American culture and began to create this multicultural hodgepodge we live in today. While it is one of our great strengths that we can enjoy...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1450719/american_culture.html
Museum archivist, Ty Tim, talks about Cambodian-Americans and their assimilation to American culture.
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...toward the Latino community because they don't either learn the language fast enough or they are not assimilating into our American culture. You seem to resent that you have to dial "1" for English or "2" for Spanish. This was mandated by our government in...
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sun-sentinel/news/local/broward/~3/427207499/sfl-flsfted1021sfoct21,0,1353596.story
One week after the September 11 terrorist attacks, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was quoted as saying, “We have a choice. Either to change the way we live, which is unacceptable, or change the way they live. We choose the latter.” Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/The_End_of_America_12
http://www.bu.edu/today/campus-life/2008/10/07/end-america
See the last paragraph: "The bill would require ICE to notify welfare agencies before conducting a workplace raid..." Want to guess how many illegal workers they will find after these notifications?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/Dems_want_to_interfere_with_illegal_immigration_enforcement
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/02/illegal-immigrant-population-estimate-down-from-la/
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/comedy/Hey_Wait_a_minute
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Now almost 300 Muslim girls are in 10 mostly Muslim troops in the city. Sara Mustabshira's family moved here from India 12 years ago. She goes to a private Muslim school where she joined the girl scouts. Her mother says scouting has helped the fifth-grader bridge two worlds - Islam and America.Sara says, ''Before I was shy to talk with other people and now I talk with other people.'' And, about feeling comfortable in her American skin under traditional Muslim dress. Sara says, ''Sometimes when I go to public places and I'm wearing my hijab and people are staring at me.'' Historian Susan Miller says scouting has always been a way for immigrants in America to assimilate. Susan Miller says, ''We think about the Girl Scouts sometimes as a traditional organization, as very much a part of the American culture, and they were, and they were a part of that culture because they did from the beginning include just about everyone.'' Sometimes that means tweaking old traditions, in Minneapolis, the s'mores are the genuine article, but the hot dogs are made according to Islamic dietary law. Susan Miller says, ''These girls can wear the Girl Scout sash and they can wear the hijab at the same time. This is not a contradiction.'' All of which makes these girls feel right at home. Priya David, CBS News, Minneapolis
Preacher tells the truth about the Rothschild and Warberg international banking families, and the hidden agenda for America's future. Truth tellers and patriots are rising up everywhere y'all. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/business_finance/Rothschilds_International_Banking_The_Theft_Sovereignty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxO-z0XWaLc&feature=related
If a Christian political party in America does to Jews exactly what Zionists did to Palestinians, would Zionists support it? After the American Jews are driven to refugee camps in Canada, would Zionists support their right to return to America and reclaim their stolen property, or will they oppose it as they oppose the Palestinian right of return?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/IF_Jews_were_exiled_would_they_have_a_right_of_return
http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/09/if-non-christians-were-driven-to-canada-would-you-support-the-right-of-return.html
Purchase: http://www.der.org/films/sunrise-dance.html This documentary shows an ancient, sacred Apache ritual that has never before been filmed. The Sunrise Ceremony, which marks the passage from adolescence to adulthood for young Apache women, is disappearing under the pressures of cultural assimilation. This documentary focuses on the Sunrise Ceremony of 13-year-old Maureen Nachu, who lives on the Fort Apache Reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona, and is a member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. The Sunrise Dance itself is a tremendous physical test, lasting four days. It proves that Maureen has the courage and strength of character to take her place in adult society. The dance is the strongest commitment a young Apache girl can make to her family and tradition. For Maureen, her family and her community, the ceremony is a reaffirmation of tribal and a celebration of the central role of women in Apache culture. a video by Gianfranco Norelli distributed by Documentary Educational Resources
“So Sambo beat the bitch!” This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Alaskans_Speak_In_A_Frightened_Whisper_Palin_Is_Racist
http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09/05/alaskans-speak-in-a-frightened-whisper-palin-is-%e2%80%9cracist-sexist-vindictive-and-mean%e2%80%9d/
The Boston Globe has reported that decency and good taste have been abandoned by John McCain, Sarah Palin and the Republican Party after they aired footage of a plane crashing into one of the towers on September 11th, 2001 in one of the videos shown at the Republican National Convention. Continue on to read the obituary on common decency...Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_Palin_use_footage_of_9_11_planes_crashing_in_video
http://massengagement.typepad.com/main/2008/09/mccain-palin-invoke-live-footage-of-911-planes-crashing-in-rnc-video.html
Almost 12 percent of the deaths among Native Americans and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/health/1_in_10_Native_American_deaths_alcohol_related
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26439767/
Unlike their Hollywood friendly brethren, the Tibetans, the Uighurs of northwestern China, claim to be an oppressed minority group that no one has ever heard of. That is, unless the Chinese government publicizes an attack by Uighur insurgents, such as the one that killed 16 Chinese police officers on the eve of the Beijing Olympics.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/travel_places/China_s_Wild_West_the_fate_of_Uighurs_Muslim_minority
http://current.com/items/89221794_china_s_wild_west
The Coquille Indian Tribe now not only recognizes legal same-sex unions from state and federal governments, but it will soon be handing out its own marriage licenses not only to heterosexual couples, but to homosexual couples as well.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/travel_places/Ore_Tribe_Legalizes_Same_Sex_Marriage
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5659821&page=1
There are more than 6,900 languages used around the world today, ranging in size from those with hundreds of millions of speakers to those with only one or two. Language experts now estimate that as many as half of the existing languages are endangered, and by the year 2050 they will be extinct. Here are 10 of the most endangered languages.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/arts_culture/Top_10_Most_Endangered_Languages_in_the_World
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/27/endangered.languages
The economist who predicted the current economic crisis for the US, has more dire predictions.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/business_finance/might_be_the_beginning_of_the_end_of_the_American_empire
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/magazine/17pessimist-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
It seems like government agencies are ready to party like it’s 1984. In its zeal to prevent another terrorism attack, the U.S. has relaxed laws that protect our privacy, making it easier for the government to keep an eye on you. The following four products could help Big Brother keep watch.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/tech_news/4_Scary_Toys_in_Big_Brother_s_Toolbox
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17581
U.S Census Bureau projections show that by 2042, Americans who themselves as Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander will together outnumber non-Hispanic whites. The main reason for the accelerating change is significantly higher birthrates among immigrants.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/arts_culture/White_People_Will_No_Longer_Be_a_Majority_in_U_S_By_2042
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/washington/14census.html?ex=1376366400&en=3c6d7b99c079b0db&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
The National Football League has been historically very protective of its broadcasts, slapping anyone who even tries to put a clip on the Internet. Now, though, the league has reversed course and will offer live streaming video of its Sunday night games, starting this fall.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/football/NFL_gives_Internet_a_butt_pat_offers_live_streaming_games
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080729-nfl-gives-internet-a-butt-pat-offers-live-streaming-games.html
The motto of his campaign is “change”, but to bring it about he needs not even get elected: he has already changed everything about the electoral ways and customs of the American people, and he has changed it so much for the worse that many decades will be necessary to repair the damage, if indeed that is possible.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/What_is_wrong_with_that_Barack_Hussein_0bama
http://www.olavodecarvalho.org/english/articles/080709lf_en.html
When it comes to funerals, though, the Japanese have traditionally been inflexibly Buddhist — so much so that Buddhism in Japan is often called “funeral Buddhism.” That expression describes a religion that, by appearing to cater more to the needs of the dead than to those of the living, is losing its standing in Japanese society.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/arts_culture/In_Japan_Buddhism_May_Be_Dying_Out
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/world/asia/14japan.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
France's adhesion to secularity seems to generate the same prejudice it's supposed to prevent. The nation's highest administrative authority has denied a woman's naturalization application on the grounds that she's effectively too Muslim. The legal ruling is the first time a applicant had been rejected by France due to their religious practices. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/France_to_Woman_You_re_Too_Muslim_to_Become_a_Citizen
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822189,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
Clip from a campaign event in Powder Springs, GAFull Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/Obama_Make_sure_your_kids_can_speak_spanish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZprtPat1Vk
A photograph of a nude six-year-old girl on the cover of a high-brow Australian art magazine today sparked an uproar after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called it disgusting, infuriating liberal art critics.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/arts_culture/6_Year_Old_Nude_Girl_Art_Row_Flares_in_Australia
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/news/nude-girl-art-row-flares-in-australia-861720.html
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/television/This_Is_Why_I_Hate_CNN_Pic
http://www.webfilehost.com/images/mainstream-media.php
administrator calls for language program amid soaring illegal immigration statistics.Dissatisfied with teaching in Spanish 85 percent of the time, a North Carolina superintendent is pushing for a $10 million budget that includes a plan for a school where only Spanish is spokenFull Digg post: http://digg.com/educational/Adios_English_school_Super_wants_all_Spanish
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=67886
Any language is constantly evolving, so it's not surprising that English, transplanted to new soil, is bearing unusual fruit. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/arts_culture/How_English_Is_Becoming_a_Language_We_May_Not_Understand
http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/16-07/st_essay
Lawman's raids on immigrants spark fury in Phoenix: PHOENIX (Reuters) - Frustrated by a steady flow of illegal Mexican immigrants into Arizona, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has decided to take matters into his own hands. Arpaio dispatches teams of sheriff's deputies into...Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/If_You_re_Brown_You_re_Going_Downtown
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1839673620080619?rpc=64
....She has been trying to improve her image with appearance today on "The View".
"She is reported to have made remarks about WHITEY in a speech at a church in Chicago."
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/AP_REPORTS_SMEARS_AS_TRUTH
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/18/141516/486/76/537935
Last week, the Bradley Project on America's National Identity released a report, entitled E Pluribus Unum, warning of "mounting confusion about the meaning of American national and a loss of commitment to its promotion."Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/A_Report_McCain_Should_Read
http://thecurrent.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/06/a-report-john-mccain-should-re.php
Findings from a global survey of 4000 hoteliers confirm stereotypes. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/travel_places/Poll_Finds_American_Tourists_Messy_Rude_and_Badly_Dressed
http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22249/50765-americans-ugly--travel
Certainly gives the lie to the usual rubbish trotted out about the British National Party being xenophobic and too insular. So who's in?
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/A_European_People_s_Movement
http://www.bnp.org.uk/2008/06/a-european-peoples-movement/
Someday, the country will recognize the true cost of its war on illegal immigration. We don’t mean dollars, though those are being squandered by the billiions. The evidence is all around that something pragmatic and welcoming at the American core has been eclipsed, or is slipping away. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/political_opinion/The_Great_Immigration_Panic_What_We_re_Really_Losing_Is_US
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/opinion/03tue1.html?ex=1370232000&en=1e53d13ff748f347&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
In the Army, and at Army chapels. Protests are already being lodged.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/politics/Secret_plans_under_way_to_tear_down_Christian_symbols
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65432
Do illegal aliens have rights to basic services? Will local regulation herd them all into massive “sanctuary cities?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/Do_Illegal_Aliens_Have_Rights
http://briancuban.com/?p=315
Oprah Winfrey is still the queen of all media, but her crown is beginning to look a bit tarnished.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/television/A_Few_Tremors_in_Oprahland_2
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26oprah.htm
Ben Smith initially thought the officer was joking until he was threatened with a £30 fine if he refused to remove it from view. .."He was just very matter-of-fact about the flag being racist and offensive to immigrants.” Tory MP Philip Davies, said: “How on earth can it be racist to fly your own flag in your own country?Full Digg post: http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Police_Told_Man_To_Hide_Racist_St_George_Flag
http://express.lineone.net/posts/view/45503/Police-told-man-to-hide-racist-St-George-flag-
There's a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year," Obama said. "If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it's not surprising that would happen."
Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Obama_Rush_Limbaugh_Lou_Dobbs_Responsible_For_Rise_In_Hate
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/23/obama-rush-limbaugh-lou-d_n_103315.html
If you put Microsoft at the center of your home entertainment system, be prepared to hand them the remote control, literally. Microsoft has gone to great lengths to restrict users from saving a television program to their computers, we call this kind of functionality an "antifeature".Full Digg post: http://digg.com/microsoft/Don_t_give_Microsoft_the_remote_control_fight_against_DRM
http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/don-t-give-microsoft-the-remote-control
While there has always been generational wars has Generation Y been the first generation to give us absolutely no cultural movement? No music trend, no defining films, and they brought up the Hills... that is no good. Full Digg post: http://digg.com/arts_culture/Generation_Y_Has_No_Culture
http://pointlessbanter.net/2008/05/20/generation-y-has-no-culture/
The Benny Hill music probably doesn't make the footage any easier for the officer to watch.Full Digg post: http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Embarrassing_U_S_Border_Patrol_Traffic_Stop
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/05644a5d0f
Half a century ago, Laos became a cockpit of the cold war. The Hmong, led by a charismatic soldier named Vang Pao, sided with the United States in the fight against Communism in Southeast Asia. They lost everything — their land, their way of life, their country. Last year, the United States indicted the 78-year-old general as a terrorist. Thanks -Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/The_US_Betrays_An_Ally_Who_Sacrificed_Everything_To_Help_Us
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/magazine/11pao-t.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
When they hailed from New Orleans, this made perfect sense. New Orleans is jazz music—all smooth and weird and mysterious and hopped up on something. Utah is the land of repressed Mormon sexuality. You can't pick a more exact opposite of jazz. Suggested New Name: The Utah RestraintFull Digg post: http://digg.com/other_sports/The_Most_Inappropriately_Named_Sports_Teams
http://www.maxim.com/Inappropriatelynamedsportsteams/articles/24346.aspx?src=news:feature2
A 17-year-old Iraqi girl was murdered by her father in an honour killing after falling in love with a British soldier she met while working on an aid programme in Basra, it has been claimed.
Rand Abdel-Qader was stamped upon, suffocated and stabbed by her father, then given an unceremonious burial to emphasise her disgrace...Full Digg post: http://digg.com/world_news/Girl_17_killed_in_Iraq_for_loving_a_British_soldier
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/girl-17-killed-in-iraq-for-loving-a-british-soldier-816301.html
We know who you’re talking about, Barack Obama, when you talk about Pennsylvania and the Midwest, about small towns where the jobs have left. We know who you’re talking about when you talk about those who “get bitter” and “cling to guns or religion.” You’re talking about “those people.”Full Digg post: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Yes_Barack_Obama_We_Are_Bitter
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaryGrabar/2008/04/20/yes,_barack_obama,_we_are_bitter?page=1
I didn't see the first one until it came out on video, but now I can't wait to see harold and kumar again!Full Digg post: http://digg.com/movies/Harold_and_Kumar_push_the_limits_of_multiculturalism
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/la-et-ethnic24apr24,0,4492245.story
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