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Gulf Oil Spill: Bayou Families, Traditions Under Assault From Gushing Oil (VIDEO)
ABC News went down to the Bayou to examine how the Gulf oil spill is affecting generations of families and fishermen. The conclusion is grim. Their way of life, so rooted in the magic and history of the Bayou, is being threatened by the gushing oil.D… Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, abc news, assault, Diane Sawyer, Fishermen, generations, gulf oil, Gushing, history, lament, Magic, News, oil, oil spill, traditions, video, way, way of life
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Balanced Life — Find Ways to Make July 4th Traditions More Fun. (At the Very Least, Have Some Holiday Traditions.)
Two of my resolutions are to Start a new family tradition and Do something festive.I want to do something more with the Fourth of July. When I was growing up, this was always a very fun holiday. We were often on vacation in my parents’ hometown, North… Continue reading
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Tagged Balanced, balanced life, Birthday, cake and ice cream, family, family style, family tradition, festivity, fourth of july, grandparents, holiday traditions, ice, life, north platte nebraska, shot, snakes, start, tradition, traditions, Ways
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Resisting the Seductions of Religious Zeal
The things we do for God, or imagine that we do for God, or do for an imagined God — it doesn’t matter which, since it’s largely the same thing — range from the very best things in the world to the very worst. In study after study, we learn that peo… Continue reading
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Tagged amount, cannot, counterparts, damage, excesses, faith, issue, mistrust, name of god, non believer, Range, religious zeal, Resisting, seductions, study, time and money, tool, traditions
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Family Meal: Unplug and Recharge With One Meal a Day
Few things are as irrevocably tied to our health and well being as food. But while much attention is given to the kind of foods we eat, the way we eat and our relationship with food can be just as important.
Eating traditions and food culture have been all but abandoned in the US. Thanks to busy schedules, technological advances, and the aggressive marketing of convenience foods by the food industry, it is now both possible and acceptable to eat anytime and anywhere.
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Tagged aggressive marketing, Attention, convenience, convenience foods, culture, eating, Food, food culture, food industry, health, kind, marketing, relationship, technological advances, traditions, US, way
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Maintaining a Culture: Haitians After the Quake
While the rest of the world has been pondering the economic and social fate of the recently earthquake devastated island-nation of Haiti, Haitian-Americans alone have asked, “What will happen to our culture?”
As a first generation Haitian-American, I, like many others, have strove to find the balance between the traditions of my Haitian forefathers and the modern value system of America. How do we relocate culture, without it simultaneously losing its authenticity? As young Americans, we balance the old country with the new; today we question what is to become of us and those who have yet to be born if there is no old country left. The precipitous nature of our hyphenated state becomes even more precarious in light of the devastating quake and its continuing aftershocks.
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Tagged aftershocks, America, American, authenticity, balance, country, culture, earthquake, fate, forefathers, generation, Haiti, Haitian, island nation, quake, rest, rest of the world, traditions, world, young americans
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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is upon us and while we all know and love the traditions, what about the history left out of the mix? Did you know that FDR tried to move Thanksgiving and that this beloved holiday gave birth to the TV dinner? Check out these fun facts and more below!
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