You Are The Star

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15 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS You Are The Star YOU ARE THE STAR TO LIGHT THE WAY The CDC has reported, in equivocal terms, that Americans are now dying younger and not living even longer. “The uptick in overall deaths was driven by the usual suspects: the prevalence and lethality of Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and the flu, […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Adzanumee And Her Mother” – African Folktale

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13 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Adzanumee And Her Mother” – African Folktale THERE once lived a woman who had one great desire. She longed to have a daughter—but alas! she was childless. She could never feel happy, because of this unfulfilled wish. Even in the midst of a feast the thought would be […]

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Fireside Theater Presents “The Stone Bell”

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13 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Fireside Theater Presents “The Stone Bell” This is an ancient folk tale from South Korea about a family’s changing fortune after having found a magnificent stone bell buried in the ground. The story is rooted in an ancient folk tale from Korea. Listen and see what still remains true and resonates the […]

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My Very Short Bio

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13 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS My Very Short Bio Please let me share with you some highlights of my life I’ve been allowed to live. In its constant evolution along with the world I inhabit, one theme has been looming larger and larger. IS IT TIME TO RETURN TO AFRICA AS I PROMISED? I invite you, the […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Two Brothers” – Korean Folktale

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Two Brothers” – Korean Folktale This is a Korean folk tale about two brothers. One is virtuous and the other is a nasty scoundrel. The story is rooted in an ancient folk tale from Korea. Listen and see what still remains true and resonates the truths of today […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Abandoning The Old Ones” – Korean Folktale

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Abandoning The Old Ones” – Korean Folktale In this ancient Korean folk tale, we learn of a loving and dedicated son who refused to follow the custom of taking his very old parent to the mountain and leaving him to die. When the Emporer was able to find […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Aster And Other Flowers”

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Aster And Other Flowers” Do you know that flowers, as well as people, live in families? Come into the garden, and our storyteller will show you how. Your host, Binary Mouse, introduces Your Virtual World’s Campfire Tales Series in the hosted version.

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Your Virtual World Presents “Tom Thumb”

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Your Virtual World Presents “Tom Thumb” Long ago, in the merry days of good King Arthur, there lived a plowman and his wife. They were very poor, but would have been contented and happy if only they could have had a little child. One day, having heard of the great fame of […]

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Native American Storytelling

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Native American Storytelling Storyteller Gene Tagaban, of Tlingit, Cherokee, and Filipino heritage, talks about the importance of storytelling as a tool to teach, entertain, and heal. Learn more about Gene HERE.

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African Storytelling

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS African Storytelling Oral storytelling is an African tradition. The National Museum of African Art, in Washington, D.C., is keeping the griot tradition alive and using it to encourage children to read more about Africa. Voice of America’s Saskia de Melker has more.

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Your Virtual World Presents “The Velveteen Rabbit”

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12 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS VELVETEEN RABBIT The Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the other toys, waiting for the day when the Boy will choose him as a playmate. The little cloth rabbit was given as a Christmas gift to a young boy. In time, the shy velveteen rabbit befriends the tattered Skin […]

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Your Virtual World Presents “Abandoning The Old Ones”

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS In this ancient Korean folk tale, we learn of a loving and dedicated son who refused to follow the custom of taking his very old parent to the mountain and leaving him to die. When the Emperor was able to find help solving very perplexing riddles he came to learn how the […]

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Sayings President Obama Likes Best (4)

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11 Feb

  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Sayings President Obama Likes Best “We work to fulfill our duty.” This “Sayings President Obama Likes Best ” video is available for download HERE. Since it’s embedded in a PDF file all you need is a fairly recent version of Acrobat Reader to view it. It’s entitled “The […]

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Be A Localvore

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS Consume locally when possible. Watch “ Money Power” to see how this can be done more effectively. After sixteen years in development, Your Virtual World’s bulging catalog will come to include over 1000 fully interactive Movie Modules™ you can engage and use to learn English. These colorful, imaginative, and interactive Movie Modules™ […]

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HEART WISDOM

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS HEART WISDOM Left my home seeking heart wisdom Returned with song of friends Told music is performance art So beyond my home it goes For you From them

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Cultural Creatives Unfriend Disillusion

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS 200 MILLION STRONG CULTURAL CREATIVES UNFRIEND DISILLUSION Fred Nassiri is a cultural creative who is really preparing the future and its new social structures for us. Cultural Creatives are unstoppable and their number is continuously rising, the values they champion could soon become core values for human civilization generally. Cultural Creatives are […]

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Want Fame?

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS SHARE OR THINK ABOUT IT Would you like to be famous? In what way?

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Perfect Day

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?

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Dinner Guest

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS SHARE OR THINK ABOUT IT Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?

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Choose Mind or Body

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11 Feb

MEMBERS & VISITORS SHARE OR THINK ABOUT IT If you were able to live to the age of 100 and retain EITHER the mind OR body of a 30-year-old for the last 70 years of your life, which would you want?

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