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w h i r l e d p e e k s: July 2010
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Nothing is impossible. We merely don't yet know how to do it." Thomas Edison. Saturday, July 24, 2010. A Tale of One Finlander's Contribution to the Card Game of Euchre. Born Wayno Knuttila, aka Wilfred Drechsler). 1912, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photograph by Herman Larson, a Swedish immigrant who opened his Minneapolis studio in1904. Moore is holding a copy of Waterloo GasolineTraction Engine Company’s. Both the seller and buyer wish to remain anonymous. Mikhael and Hilja Kallio Knuttila emigrated from F...
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Iraq crisis: Who are the Yazidis? In 60 seconds - BBC News
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Also in the News. Media playback is unsupported on your device. Iraq crisis: Who are the Yazidis? Last updated at 16:21 BST. The UN has declared its highest level of emergency in Iraq as a humanitarian crisis follows the rapid advance by Islamic State militants in the north. The UN estimates that 1.2 million Iraqis have been internally displaced - including tens of thousands of Yazidis. BBC News gives some insight into the little-known religious minority - in 60 seconds. Photographs by Robert Leutheuser,.
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Yezidi Forum | YezidiTruth.org
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Ancient Order of the Peacock Angel. Please Help the Yezidis! What is the Peacock Angel? More about the Peacock Angel. Send a Letter to the Congress. Send a Letter to the President Obama. The Peacock Angel in other Religions. Lalish: The Yezidi Spiritual Heartland (I). Lalish: The Yezidi Spiritual Heartland (II). Yezidi Communities around the World. Yezidi Reformer: Sheikh Adi (I). Yezidi Reformer: Sheikh Adi (II). Yezidi Reformer: Sheikh Adi (III). Yezidi Reformer: Sheikh Adi (IV). Billy Oliver, Missouri.
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Big Mama's Honeymoon Underpants: August 2014
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My entire family inheritance amounts to one pair of pink satin underpants worn by my Big Mama (Baton Rouge grandmother) on her honeymoon. Sadly, they fit me. Monday, August 11, 2014. Whaddya Get When You Cross American Relief Aid (i.e. "weed") With Persecuted Yazidis in Iraq? Okay, let's get this over with. I need this awful joke/pun out of my system, for which I will probably be doomed to eternal hellfire. What do you get when the US military. Airlifts tons of Jamaican. To the Yazidi people. Five times ...
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W O R L D P E E K S: May 2012
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Photographs and narratives by ROBERT LEUTHEUSER from and of his travels through Kurdistan and the greater Middle East. Published in conjunction with his photographic website www.beyondbordersphotography.com. A Phoenix Rises, but Embers Still Glow. April 14, 2012 – Bakhtmy, Iraqi Kurdistan. For 3 years in the late-1980’s, Saddam Houssein honed his despotic talents by executing his al Anfal. Campaign in northern Iraq. Although the Kurds numerically bore the brunt of al Anfal. 8220;On May first, 1987, the I...
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W O R L D P E E K S: May 2015
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Photographs and narratives by ROBERT LEUTHEUSER from and of his travels through Kurdistan and the greater Middle East. Published in conjunction with his photographic website www.beyondbordersphotography.com. The Reunions Were Reaffirming, But Not So the Stories. In August 2014 the self-proclaimed Islamic State attacked the Yezidis in their heartland in northern Iraq. The black flags showed no mercy. Hundreds of thousands of Yezidis are now are refugees, among them good friends of mine. An old woman accus...
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abqpeeks: May 2014
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Look at some of the people and events that make Albuquerque a truly different city. Friday, May 30, 2014. Blessing of the Acequia. As they have for the past 60 years or so, on May 15th, the community of Atrisco gathered in Albuquerque' South Valley (the Atrisco Land Grant) for its annual blessing of the irrigation water and farm fields, honoring. San Isidro the patron saint of farmers, and his wife Santa Maria de la Cabeza. A traditional irrigation ditch) providing the suitable setting. The gathering sto...
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W O R L D P E E K S: The Reunions Were Reaffirming, But Not So the Stories
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Photographs and narratives by ROBERT LEUTHEUSER from and of his travels through Kurdistan and the greater Middle East. Published in conjunction with his photographic website www.beyondbordersphotography.com. The Reunions Were Reaffirming, But Not So the Stories. In August 2014 the self-proclaimed Islamic State attacked the Yezidis in their heartland in northern Iraq. The black flags showed no mercy. Hundreds of thousands of Yezidis are now are refugees, among them good friends of mine. An old woman accus...
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