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WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT THE PLACE YOU LIVE?

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I live in Mexico city and the place that I like the most from this place is The Antropology Museum. I't's ENORMOUS!!!


Three days are needed to see all this museum. There you can find the most important monoliths of the differents cultures that once ruled this country. Aztec,Maya,Olmec, etc.


 



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Other place that I like the most is the Chapeltepec Castle. It used to be the residence of the Presidents. Lazaro Cardenas, who was one of the important presidents, decided not to live there. He moved to "Los Pinos" (the pines).


Now It's the Museum of National History.


 




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Fer,


I love how history can be so rich and beautiful.


I live in Shawnee, OK. It is 45 minutes from Oklahoma City (state capital). What I like Oklahoma is the history. I am not talking about the horrible history (reservations, trail of tears, etc), but I am talking about the human part of history. The desire to live and fight only as people can in defense to their beliefs and protection of sacred ancestry. I love to learn about the customs of the native tribes that once lived on the land the western  civilization demanded and took. I love how even after the destruction and brutatility of conformation many still hold to ancestral tradition and family to pass to tomorrow's generations.


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Carthage (Arabic: قرطاج‎, Ancient Greek: Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn, Berber: Kartajen, Latin: Carthago or Karthago, from the Phoenician Qart-ḥadašt meaning new town) refers both to an ancient city in present-day Tunisia, and a modern-day suburb of Tunis. The civilization that developed within the city's sphere of influence is referred to as Punic or Carthaginian. The city of Carthage is located on the eastern side of Lake Tunis across from the center of Tunis. According to Roman legend it was founded in 814 BC by Phoenician colonists under the leadership of Elissa (Queen Dido). It became a large and rich city and thus a major power in the Mediterranean. The resulting rivalry with Syracuse and Rome was accompanied by several wars with respective invasions of each other's homeland. Hannibal's invasion of Italy in the Second Punic War culminated in the Carthaginian victory at Cannae and led to a serious threat to the continuation of Roman rule over Italy; however, Carthage emerged from the conflict at its historical weakest. After the Third Punic War, the city was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC. However, the Romans refounded Carthage, which became one of the three most important cities of the Empire and the capital of the short-lived Vandal kingdom. It remained one of the most important Roman cities until the Muslim conquest when it was destroyed a second time in AD 698.


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Here where i live and i'm fun of ruines and monuments..

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 There's a LOT to love about Santa Fe, NM: the people, the scenery, the weather, the history, the culture, the size:


 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico

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 Coyoacan is my favorite place in Mexico City.


I live in San Diego. I LOVE the La Jolla Cove. I swim there all the time. We live next to Balboa Park, built for the 1915 World Fair. Beautiful architecture, huge coy pond, atrium, museums, and right next to The San Diego Zoo (awesome). 


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 DEAR TEACHER_411: Whay is the meaning of "Oklahoma" ? I think it has a meaning in English.

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Fer,


The name is derived from two Choctaw words which translate into English as Red person. So Oklahoma means red person.And this is Indian territory. I love it here.


I love New Mexico as well. I have a friend who is a principal at one of the Native boarding schools in New Mexico. Such beautiful country and it is laced with history. I love the history behind things and people.


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TEACHER_411: Are there reservation in the in Oklahoma? How many?

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I am not sure how many reservations are in Oklahoma. I do know that where I live (shawnee, Ok) I am in the heart of Indian territory. The five civilized tribes have headquarters here. Much of Oklahoma is Native American (our state motto) territory. I live in the Kickapoo, Sac and Fox, Choctaw nations. I am surrounded by history and culture. I love it.


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QUERIDA TEACHER: I'd like to see that! 


                                          What about the weather?

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 Dear FER,


It used to have quite a few, but according to the IRS (and, if you can't believe the IRS, who can you believe) there are none there currently, although it has a large Native American population:


 


"Since Oklahoma has a large Indian population but does not currently have any Indian reservations, lawmakers wanted to insure those benefits would be available to those involved in business activity in Oklahoma by including in the legal definition of "Indian reservation" the term "former Indian reservations in Oklahoma."


http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=99491,00.html


 


In New Mexico, there are Navajo, Zuni and Apache reservations. plus about twenty Pueblos

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AMIGO JOHN: What is the difference between a Reservation and a Pueblo?

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 Mainly size - pueblos tend to be smaller/ And this: the difference between a pueblo and a reservation stems from the fact that the Pueblo Indians had their land granted to them (as did the Mexican residents of New Mexico) in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildago between the U.S. and Mexico, whereas most Indian reservations were established in treaties between the U.S. and the Indian tribes themselves. This gives the Pueblos a slightly different status in the eyes of the U.S. government. In most cases, however, this is simply an academic distinction which doesn't have many practical ramifications today.





"Pueblos are traditional communities of Native Americans in the southwestern United States of America. The communities are recognized worldwide for theiradobe buildings, which are sometimes called "pueblos". Some pueblos only have a few of these buildings still standing.


Of the federally recognized Native American communities in the Southwest, those designated by the King of Spain as Pueblos at the time treaties ceded Spanish territory to the United States are now legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as Pueblos. Some of the Pueblos also came into the United States by treaty with Mexico, which briefly gained jurisdiction over territory in the Southwest ceded by Spain. There are 21 federally recognized Pueblos that are home to Pueblo people.

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thank you John!!


when are you going to ask something about... anything?  you never ask! ..mmm...you know all, don't you? are you human?  ('~')(just kidding)

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 Dear FER,


I am human; I am not a machine; I am not a robot; I am not an android Your question does not compute.


 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_oMD6-6q5Y


 


 

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THANKS AGAIN HUMAN!!!(I LIKED THE SONG)

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John,


your investigation makes since and is probably true. There are indian clinics, departments, and other entities but I do not remember ever seeing a reservation. I do know that I live in a territory. Signs tell me this every time I leave the house. I like the way there is no set or distinct place that the natives are required to call home. They are my friends and my neighbors and I appreciate the diversity that comes with that.


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iOiga Fernando!,


iLa té que está tomando es increible! iSe ve tan joven ahora!

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AMIGO DHASTINGS: El té no es té es puque!! lo ha tomado Ud. alguna vez?

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 ¿Pulque? Yaaa, woke up two days later in a parking lot in Queens.

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AMIGO DHASTINGS: I don't drink alcohol. there are  many different beverages in Mexico. people say that pulque is an aphrodisiac beverage.

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I have lived so many really great places, it is kind of hard to decide what I like most about them.


I lived in Arizona (another south west state near New Mexico.  Gorgeous sunsets, painted clouds on the red, purple, orange, blue skies, and the smell of the desert after the rains is something I still miss years later. 


I lived for several years in central China and I absolutely loved how close to 3000 years of history I really felt I was.  Walking among the tombs of the ancient kings, reading words written 3000 years ago  and knowing the span of human history since that time (and yes, some things never change).


I lived in Tokyo Japan and I loved the integration of the spiritual with the everyday, the mix of modern with ancient, how the latest trends in fashion and cell phones partnered with traditional values and ideals.  A great place to live, if a little on the expensive side.


Finally, I have spent the last several years in the blowing desert sands of the UAE.  Full circle back to the desert.  I just couldn't keep away.  The mountains here are huge jagged near barren stones heaving out of the earth.  Next to them are the rolling, blowing desert sands in a huge swath of different colors.  Closest to me are the red sand dunes, they look like velvet paintings and it pains one to touch them, it is as if you are destroying natures own art work.  And yet, if you do walk through the sands, moments pass and your tracks are swallowed up in the wind as if you were never there.  Truly the atmosphere of ozymondius. And then there are the gentle waves of the beach, the scatterings of a million broken shells, the tiny grains of sand meeting the water, the sound of crabs and water rats moving along the rocks, and the water stretching to the horizon.  When the sun sets here, it sinks below the dunes and into the waters, leaving a brilliant red that just for a moment reminds me of the sunsets in Arizona.  Not for as long and not in as many colors, but it makes me feel like home.


Living so close to the cradles of civilizations past offers so much opportunity to experience all of those things I remember longing to see from the national geographic magazines.  I am so glad that I took the chance and hit the world.  This is something that will stay with me forever.


 


Plus, I find the buildings in Dubai fun to see (but only on weekends, I stay far away during the week... The traffic there is killer).

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I have also lived in AZ. It was my favorite place to live. I love the desert heat. I truly dislike humidity.


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TEACHER _411: how can you love  the desert heat? What temperature are we talking about?

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 Dear FER,


Hey, some like it HOT! I lived in Saudi Arabia for 19 years; In the summer, the temperature there often went over 120 F. I LOVED it.

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JOHN: Is it a joke? you love it?


how many deodorants did you buy a week?  ... I know  three or more!!


 

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Dear Fer,


The last summer I was there I believe the temp reached 125. I really liked swimming in Dec. I also liked the fact there was no Snow, no grass, little pollen, and it was cold at 80.


I am allergic to grass, pollen, and despise temps under 85. It is too cold in the fall, winter, and spring. I love the colors of spring and fall. It would be perfect if I could have the seasons without a change in temp.  I love where I live; I just dislike the weather changes and cooler temps.


 


I like it hot (extremely hot).


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If you're interested in seeing my  town Slovenska Bistrica and its surroundings, please have a look at these photos:


http://www.panoramio.com/user/1773526


 


I haven't moved a lot.  Although I have travelled extensively, I was always the happiest when I returned home. I'm a local patriot! I love my town and everything connected to it! Especially NATURE!


 

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Dear FER,


Sweat? No sweat in Riyadh because it's such a dry heat. One's sweat evaporates immediately - which can fool those unused to it, and then, before they know it, they're dehydrated and suffer heat exhaustion/heat stroke.


Just drink LOTS of water and take salt tablets and there's no problem - oh, and wear a good sun screen, too.


In Jeddah (on the Red Sea) or Dammam (on the Arabian/Persian Gulf), it's different; there in the summers you get the same heat but with VERY high humidity. You step outside and literally, within a minute, you're soaked. That I don't like.

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