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		<title>Supernovas and Other Birthdays</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birth It’s my birthday today. So I was curious to see who else shared my birthday. I conducted an internet search and found a lot of saints and a whole lot of other people I’d never heard of. I guess &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2009/04/30/supernovas-and-other-birthdays/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=404&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kamakura in Autumn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to Kamakura last Wednesday and it was pretty much the peak of the autumn colors. I can&#8217;t get used to how late autumn is in Tokyo. It&#8217;s mid December now and the reds, oranges and yellows are just &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/12/10/kamakura-in-autumn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=295&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Edo-Tokyo Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrance to the Edo-Tokyo Museum The Edo-Tokyo Museum near Ryogoku Station in Tokyo, is a massive concrete hangar-like structure with a broad outdoor plaza designed for hundreds of school kids and senior citizen tour groups. The main exhibit is divided &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/04/02/the-edo-tokyo-museum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=116&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Art Deco Masterpiece</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the Japanese emperor regained control of Japan in the mid-19th century, the Shogun exerted control over the warlords through a variety of means. The most important way was to require his lords and their families to live in Tokyo. &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/03/07/an-art-deco-masterpiece/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=111&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Treasure no. 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It survived centuries of invasion, occupation, and civil war. It burned down in a few hours last night. Korea&#8217;s National Treasure no. 1, Namdaemun, or the Great South Gate, was the oldest surviving wooden structure in Seoul. It was built &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/02/12/national-treasure-no-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=90&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.&#8221; -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When I was a teenager, navigating the indignities of &#8230; <a href="http://quiltingsword.com/2008/01/23/dr-martin-luther-king-jr/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=quiltingsword.com&amp;blog=1775757&amp;post=79&amp;subd=quiltingsword&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Embarassingly Brief History of Cambodia: Khmer Notes no.3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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