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juniper is on page 17 of 240 of Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories
“In old age, status is tied to health, what you can do with your body and what you can’t. Or sometimes, what you say you can do.”

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Seeking Fortune Elsewhere
Sindya Bhanoo
Jan 10, 2026 07:55PM Add a comment
Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories

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juniper is on page 12 of 240 of Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories
“Those of us at Malliga Homes with children in America rank higher than those with children in Dubai or Qatar. Somewhere in between fall those with children working in Singapore, Australia, England, Germany, and the rest of Western Europe. Africa falls below the Middle East, both because of what people imagine it is like there, and because it is so hard to get to. What our children do, how much money they make,”-
Jan 10, 2026 07:50PM 1 comment
Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories

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juniper is on page 11 of 240 of Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories
“Like me, nearly every resident of Malliga Homes has lost sons and daughters to Foreign. That is the reason we live in a retirement-community-cum-old-age-home, rather than with our families. My Kamala left India twenty-five years ago. She is deputy managing director of a company called Synchros Systems, in the Atlanta area.”

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Jan 10, 2026 07:48PM Add a comment
Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories

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juniper is on page 18 of 144 of Reading Between the Signs Workbook: A Cultural Guide for Sign Language Students and Interpreters
“Culture has been aptly compared to an iceberg. Just as an iceberg has a visible section above the waterline and a larger, invisible section below the waterline, so culture has some aspects that are observable and others that can only be suspected, imagined, or intuited.”

i have always loved the iceberg analogy / viewpoint!
Jan 10, 2026 05:00PM 1 comment
Reading Between the Signs Workbook: A Cultural Guide for Sign Language Students and Interpreters

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juniper is on page 11 of 144 of Reading Between the Signs Workbook: A Cultural Guide for Sign Language Students and Interpreters
“What followed was a stimulating discussion in which I explained to Tom my difficulty in carrying out what is considered ‘appropriate’ behavior for hearing people during introductions; that is, mentioning names of well-known Deaf people one has had connections with in order to show he or she can be trusted. Because of the ingrained disapproval of ‘name-dropping’ in American culture,”—
Jan 10, 2026 04:57PM 1 comment
Reading Between the Signs Workbook: A Cultural Guide for Sign Language Students and Interpreters

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juniper is on page 9 of 144 of Reading Between the Signs Workbook: A Cultural Guide for Sign Language Students and Interpreters
One of the themes of our chapter on Deaf culture was the importance of information sharing, which is exemplified in many cultural behaviors, including introductions. I finally made the connection!

“You mean I should have told you about Carol the first day when we met in your office?” I ventured.

“Yes!” came the strong reply.”
Jan 10, 2026 04:54PM Add a comment
Reading Between the Signs Workbook: A Cultural Guide for Sign Language Students and Interpreters

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juniper is on page 9 of 144 of Reading Between the Signs Workbook: A Cultural Guide for Sign Language Students and Interpreters
“Our cultural inheritance of values, attitudes, and beliefs, which, although we may not want to admit it, still influences our daily behavior and the way we interact with others.”
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Reading Between the Signs Workbook: A Cultural Guide for Sign Language Students and Interpreters

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juniper is starting Reading Between the Signs Workbook: A Cultural Guide for Sign Language Students and Interpreters
“‘The real job is not to understand foreign culture but to understand our own…all one ever gets from studying foreign culture is a token understanding. The ultimate reason for such study is to learn more about how one’s own system works.’

— Edward T. Hall
The Silent Language”

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Reading Between the Signs
Anna Mindess
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Reading Between the Signs Workbook: A Cultural Guide for Sign Language Students and Interpreters

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why is the updates limited on this app? or is it just me
like i can only see a number of my updates. if i keep update, i can’t even see my updates from an hour ago
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fixing my tags! so if the chronology is a little mixed up thats why
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juniper is on page 9 of 448 of Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
finally gonna start reading this book!
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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

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hi!!!! i’m gonna start using this app more
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the fact u can’t put emojis on here is so annoying
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juniper is on page 28 of 208 of Being Adivasi: Existence, Entitlements, Exclusion
all of the adivasi cultures are so important! they r also incredibly interesting! they deserve more recognition
Jan 10, 2026 03:27PM Add a comment
Being Adivasi: Existence, Entitlements, Exclusion

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