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M. Thomas Apple

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Long ago, I gave up my high school dreams of becoming the next Carl Sagan and instead wound up working (in order) at a video rental store, a used bookstore, a computer seller, Kinko's, a Jewish newspaper company, and an HR firm. I eventually became a teacher of intercultural communication in Kyoto, where I vainly attempt to apply quantum mechanics to language teaching, practice martial arts and Zen Buddhism, and always keep one eye on the sky. ...more

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Li Jiaying, a 43-year-old police officer and mother of three, serves as the payload scientist in the three-member crew who made their way to China’s Tiangong space station on Sunday night.

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But is it really important that she is a “mother of three”? I never see anything about male astronauts being a “father

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To the Land of the Living (Gilgamesh, #2)

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Heian Period - - Rise of the Samurai peace and noble history of cartoon version Japan (3) (history of cartoon version Japan) (Shueisha Bunko) (2007) ISBN: 4087461777 [Japanese Import]

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“Unrequited love is like hitting your head against a wall that isn't there.”
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