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Why Nations Fail

Posted on July 9, 2017 by carilynn27

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, 2012 The book applies insights from institutional economics, development economics and economic history to understand why nations develop differently, with some succeeding in the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Politics/Economics | Tagged 1800s, 1900s, 2002, 2012, Agriculture, Arab Spring, Argentina, Blog, China, City-States, Colonies, Colonization, Daron Acemoglu, Destabilization, Developing Countries, Dictatorship, Dutch East India Trading Company, East India Trading Company, Economics, Egypt, England, Exclusive, Extractive, Fail, Fixed Elections, flounder, France, Freedom of the Press, French Revolution, Geography, Glorious Revolution, Government, Growth, Ignorance, Inclusive, industrial revolution, Italy, James A. Robinson, Japan, Journalists, Korea, Land Grants, Magna Carta, Maya, Mayans, Mexico, Monarchy, Monopolies, Mudracker, Negative Feedback, North Korea, Northern Hemisphere, Oligarchy, Parliament, Patents, Patriarchy, Peron, Peru, Poor Education, Positive Feedback, Power, President Karismov, Prosperity, prosperous, Rebound, Roosevelt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serfdom, Sierra Leon, Social Work Class, Somalia, South Korea, Southern Hemisphere, Soviet Union, Stagnant, Sub-Saharan, Tax Breaks For the Wealthy, Taxation, Taxing the Poor, The Black Plague, The New Deal, The Silk Road, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, thrive, UNCG, US Barons, USA, Uzbekistan, Venice, Vicious Circle, Virtuous Circle, Why Nations Fail, Wilson | 1 Comment

Indiana Jones Books

Posted on July 6, 2014 by carilynn27

Indiana Jones Books In 1991, I discovered a new series of books that expanded upon the universe created in the three original Indiana Jones movies. Author Rob McGregor, who had written the novelization of The Last Crusade, returned to write … Continue reading →

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All In The Playing

Posted on June 22, 2014 by carilynn27

All In The Playing My first memory of Shirley MacLaine is watching a bit of her made for TV movie Out On A Limb. My mother had read some of her books, but I was too young to read them … Continue reading →

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Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV | Tagged Acting, Actress, Alien, Anne Bancroft, Ballet, Bernie, Book, Cameron Diaz, Career, Carolina, Crotchety, Dancing In the Light, Don't Fall Off the Mountain, Going Within, Guarding Tess, Guru, I'm Over It, In Her Shoes, It's All In The Playing, Jack Black, Jealousy, Kevin Costner, Lucky Me, Mom, Mother, Movie, My Lucky Stars, Mystical, Naive, New Age, Out On A Leash, Out on a Limb, Peru, Piano, Postcards From The Edge, Rat Pack, Rumor Has It, Sabotage, Sachi Parker, Saging While Aging, Shirley MacLaine, Steal Magnolias, Steve Parker, Sweet Charity, Terms of Endearment, The Apartment, The Camino, The Turning Point, What if, You Can't To Here From There | Leave a comment

Lust in Translation

Posted on June 28, 2013 by carilynn27

Lust in Translation Lust in Translation: Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee by Pamela Drukerman came out in 2008. Former foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal now living in Paris, Druckerman offers an anecdotal exploration of the international etiquette … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Health | Tagged 1948, 1953, 1991, 1998, 2001, Affair, AIDS, America, Australia, Bars, Boyfriends, Brazil, Catholic, Cheating, Christian, Co-Habitation, Confession, D-Day, Death, Discovery, Discreet, Divorce, Exclusive, France, Futon, Girlfriends, Guilt, HIV, Hostesses, Husbands, Immoral, Indonesia, Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee, Japan, Kinsey Report, Lust in Translation, Marriage, Marriage-Industry Complex, Massage Parlors, Mistresses, Muslim, NC, Pamela Druckerman, Paris, Peru, Polygamy, R, Recovery, Risky Behavior, Russia, Self-Help Books, Serial Monogamy, Sex, Sin, Sinful, South Africa, South America, Soviet Union, Spare Feelings, St. Petersburg, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Talk, Togo, TOW, Uganda, Wall Street Journal, Wives, Worse Than Human Cloning, Worse Than Polygamy, XOP | Leave a comment

Women in Literature and Society

Posted on January 16, 2012 by carilynn27

December 7, 2011 Women Women’s Studies and Women’s History takes center stage this week, mostly in my reading, but also in my life. First, I read The Queen of Water by Laura Rasua and Maria Virginia Farinango. It is the … Continue reading →

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Posted in History, Literature/Pop Culture | Tagged Cari Lynn Vaughn, Childcare, China, Ecuador, England, Feminsim, Friendship, History, Jacquetta Bedford-Woodville, Lady of the Rivers, Laura Resau, Lisa See, Maria Virginia Farinango, Peru, Philippa Gregory, Politics, Sexism, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Stay at Home Mom, The Queen of Water, Women, Working Mom | Leave a comment

Peru Trip

Posted on November 27, 2011 by carilynn27

THE PERU TRIP May 2001 This is a general-catch-all letter to everyone about my 2001 trip to Peru. Hope that this can give you a good idea what I experienced. I know that is hard to visualize if you haven’t … Continue reading →

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Posted in Travel | Tagged Ashley, Beth, Blair, Cari Lynn Vaughn, Cuzco, Dorothy, El Molino, Jamie, Kaye, Lima, Lindi, Margo Bender, Mehgan, Michael, Mike, Museo De Inka, Ollantaytambo, Outdoor Adventures, Peru, Pisqac, Pukapukara, Quenco, Sacsayhuama, Tambomachy, Temple of the Moon, Temple of the Sun, UNCG, Walker | Leave a comment

Peak Season

Posted on October 12, 2011 by carilynn27

October 7, 2010 Peak Season Peak season. It is peak season for the autumn leaves and the perfect time to explore the mountains. We left for the mountains about 11:30am. We all piled in the suburban, cooler in tow … Continue reading →

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Posted in Environment, Travel | Tagged 1400 Ft, Alaska, California, Central City, Colorado, Dead Woman's Pass, Denver Parks, Echo Lake, Hawaii, Highest Paved Road in America, Idaho Springs, Machu Picchu, Mount Washington, Mt Elbert, Mt Evans, Mt Goliath, Nevadaville, New Zealand, North Carolina, Ohio, Peak Season, Peru, Spruce Knob, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia | Leave a comment

Theosophy

Posted on April 12, 2011 by carilynn27

May 27, 2008 Theosophy means “God Wisdom.” It is a New Age movement attributed to the late great Madame Blavatsky. God is said to be revealed through mystical insight, in other words, Gnosticism. Much of the occult is really offshoots … Continue reading →

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Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Mythology, Religion, Science/Philosophy | Tagged Alias, American Graffiti, Atlantis, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, El Camino, George Bernard Shaw, George Lucas, Gnosticism, Going Within, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, L Frank Baum, Lemuria, Machu Picchu, Madam blavatsky, Out on a Limb, Peru, Shirley MacLaine, Steven Spielberg, Taken, The Crystal Skull, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, The Purple Rose, Tunguska, X-Files | Leave a comment

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