ESCAPED THOUGHTS Vox 2009-11-07T05:30:57Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22521ab00549d/ first they were there; now they are here Students for a Free Tibet tag:vox.com,2009-11-07:asset-6a00c22521ab00549d0123dde29bcb860d 2009-11-07T05:30:57Z 2009-11-07T05:30:57Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Tibetan Monk Praying Buddhist monks

Thanks to everyone who supported the Tibetan Freedom Movement in this year's Facebook Causes Giving Challenge! They came in 7th overall, won $10,500 in prize money, and raised $32,000! As a truly grassroots organization, Students for a Free Tib...

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]]> Intention Experiment: The Yankees tag:vox.com,2009-10-19:asset-6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddd9627a860d 2009-10-19T04:16:18Z 2009-10-19T04:16:18Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Yankees Derek Jeter

In case you're wondering about this because you live outside the United States (I know Vox readers span the globe) - it's baseball World Series time here and my team - the New York Yankees - is very close to being in it. If you are outside the ...

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]]> Diwali - Good Over Evil tag:vox.com,2009-10-19:asset-6a00c22521ab00549d0123f16f7a3f860f 2009-10-17T04:02:00Z 2009-10-19T04:04:15Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Diyas

Today is Diwali or Dīpāvali - a significant festival in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and today, an official holiday in India. Adherents of these religions celebrate Diwali as the Festival of Lights. They light diyas—cotton string wic...

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]]> Me Wii? tag:vox.com,2009-10-14:asset-6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddade9af860b 2009-10-14T04:32:12Z 2009-10-14T14:56:47Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I see they dropped the price on the Wii game console. Should I buy one? I there really any true fitness to using this thing?

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]]> Students for a Free Tibet Challenge tag:vox.com,2009-10-10:asset-6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddc0dd1b860c 2009-10-10T19:29:29Z 2009-10-10T19:29:29Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Buddhist monks

Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) entered SFT's Facebook Cause - Tibetan Freedom Movement – into this year's Causes Giving Challenge: http://causes.com/sft?m=566209a4 Thanks to your support, Tibetan Freedom Movement came 2nd overall in the last g...

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]]> Beatles, Stones and more - Greenwich Village, New York tag:vox.com,2009-10-06:asset-6a00c22521ab00549d01240b650650860e 2009-10-06T00:50:10Z 2009-10-06T00:50:10Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Beatles, Stones and more in the Village, originally uploaded by Brooklyn Bridge Baby. West Village NYC The artist's name is Rico Fonseca .

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]]> The Center of America tag:vox.com,2009-10-06:asset-6a00c22521ab00549d0123dda9babc860b 2009-10-06T00:37:41Z 2009-10-06T00:37:41Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

U.S.

Ever wondered where the center of America is located? The US Geological Survey says that there really isn't a completely accepted definition of the “geographic center” of an area. We might go with “the center of gravity of the surface, or that p...

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]]> Valentine's Day Card in Strange Town tag:vox.com,2009-09-30:asset-6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddbc56e8860c 2009-09-30T13:16:22Z 2009-09-30T13:16:22Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Valentine's Day Card in Strange Town, originally uploaded by shadowplay. dolls still spook me. clown dolls are REALLY spooky.

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]]> Tools tag:vox.com,2009-09-29:asset-6a00c22521ab00549d01240b624ed9860e 2009-09-29T14:51:42Z 2009-09-29T14:51:42Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Antique Compass Sword

Forbes.com’s list of the top 20 tools that have “most impacted human civilization” (in no particular order) the knife the abacus the compass the pencil the harness the scythe the rifle the sword eyeglasses the saw the watch the lathe ...

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]]> and you thought summer was over tag:vox.com,2009-09-13:asset-6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddca2114860d 2009-09-13T17:49:22Z 2009-10-06T00:45:41Z Ronk http://ronk.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom P8150271, originally uploaded by veronica lola ♡. Jersey Shore in September... NOTE: Damn, Veronica took down that photo!

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