Tag: arts
group name: thisjustin
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November 10, 2006 09:51 AM EST --
The Islamic world is filled with magnificent cities. Samarkand, Bukhara, Damascus, Cairo, Istanbul and Mecca are all at the top of any top ten list, but Isfahan is in a class of its own. A city where the . . . more
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February 15, 2007 11:26 AM EST --
The Gather Editorial Team had the pleasure of interviewing acclaimed director Michael Apted about his experiences directing the soon-to-be released film "Amazing Grace," and much more. . . . more
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November 10, 2006 09:50 AM EST --
Tradition has it that Isfahan's Friday mosque sits on what was once a Zoroastrian Fire Temple. Now, I have been inside mosques that used to be Fire Temples, most notably the Maggak-i-Attari in Bukhara . . . more
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November 10, 2006 12:09 PM EST --
As I mentioned in a previous post, there just wasn't much to see in Shiraz, aside from Persepolis, which lays a 120km outside the city. I was no doubt happy to leave, but more so, happy to be heading . . . more
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November 11, 2006 11:20 AM EST --
We passed through the Qeysarieh gate (see previous post for location), a pair of Parthian horsemen turning backwards, bows drawn, ready for a final shot, stand at opposite ends of the tympanum. Was the . . . more
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November 11, 2006 07:21 PM EST --
Two primary impulses drove me towards Yazd. First, I wanted to see the architecture of this old Silk Road city, to walk in Marco Polo's footsteps and see what he saw. My second goal was to see, interact . . . more
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September 10, 2006 09:19 PM EDT --
One aim of the book I'm currently writing is to weave the mythical yarn of the old myths of Steppe nomads with those of their cousins inhabiting the oases along Inner Asia's trade routes into the . . . more
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September 29, 2006 03:08 PM EDT --
About a week and a half ago I wrote a post entitled, "Support The Troops Means More Than A Yellow Magnet On Your SUV," which received a host of indignant replies. The truth usually does that. . . . more
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November 16, 2006 11:33 PM EST --
Slowly we made our way north across the steppe. Small muddy streams cut wide gorges into an endless expanse of grassland. Even though it was fall here splotches of green dotted the prairies where fields . . . more
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September 14, 2006 10:13 PM EDT --
The Black Dahlia is director Brian De Palma's take on an adaptation of James Ellroy's period-1940 novel about two L.A. cops who head up the hunt for the killer of fledgling actress and . . . more
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October 07, 2006 01:30 AM EDT --
This would be fantastic, like a dream come true, yeah?
Until human beings themselves evolve as electronic receivers, readers will select such books as these—the embodiment of civilizations—as . . . more
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October 29, 2006 06:45 AM EST --
In recent days, I've been in the process of creating header graphics for my Gather groups. Thanks to John F. who wrote the article, Upload Your Own Group Header! By John F., found at the following . . . more
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October 28, 2006 06:12 PM EDT --
Lately, I've been busy creating Header graphics for my various Gather Groups. Thanks to John F. who wrote this article, Upload Your Own Group Header! By John F., found at the following link: /viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976766951 . . . more
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November 15, 2006 01:54 AM EST --
Back by popular demand, the Fractal Rorschach number nine is now posted.
What do you see in Fractal Image Number 9?
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August 16, 2006 07:28 PM EDT --
September 11, 2001 is a date no one in the US will soon forget. It will remain in our memories forever, separating the Before from the After just as it separated those who were lost from those who survived. . . . more
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October 29, 2006 12:31 AM EDT --
The last few days, I've been creating header graphics for my various Gather groups. Thanks to John F. who wrote the article, Upload Your Own Group Header! By John F., found at the following link: /viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976766951 . . . more
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April 03, 2007 07:55 AM EDT --
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If you want to skip right to the review part, scroll down to the sentence:
"Ok (I thought), this looks interesting."
...and read on from there.
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The movie 'Peaceful Warrior' . . . more
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January 07, 2007 04:13 PM EST --
This New Jersey transplant "Atlantan" has actually been to the Louvre in Paris and it was an experience that I shall never forget. However, it would have taken me at least four full days . . . more
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December 24, 2006 01:10 PM EST --
This has to be the most horrifying performance I have ever seen in my life. Celine Dion covering AC/DC?
Proof that God has a sense of humor, no doubt.
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July 24, 2007 03:24 PM EDT --
I like Minnie Driver.
Not in that creepy stalking kind of way, nor even as some goo-gahed drooley eyed fan. In fact, after checking her filmography on the IMDB info page I feel compelled to admit that . . . more
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