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		<title>How to Pronounce &#8216;Can&#8217; and &#8216;Women&#8217; in Chinese?</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/how-to-pronounce-lsquocanrsquo-and-lsquowomenrsquo-in-chinese/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TeksonTeo</dc:creator>
		
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How do you pronounce the words &#8216;can&#8217; and &#8216;women&#8217; in Chinese?
If you are conversant in English, chances are that you would pronounce them the English way. Unfortunately, the proper pronunciations happen to be quite different. The word &#8216;can&#8217; is pronounced in a manner similar to &#8216;chan&#8217;, and &#8216;women&#8217;, &#8216;wuo mern&#8217;.

It is, therefore, helpful if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Superstitions Versus the West</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/chinese-superstitions-versus-the-west/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelSong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who are familiar with Western cultures know how many things are treated as taboo. Superstitious people will go to any length to avoid certain things that their culture considers as harbingers of bad luck. It is the same all over the world. Go to any part of the world and you will find, irrespective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expressing Gratitude With Thank You Flowers</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/expressing-gratitude-with-thank-you-flowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A.Nutt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a sad fact of life is that we often complain more than we say anything positive and we don&#8217;t tend to show our affection and devotion to the ones we care about until a loved one is gone. It doesn&#8217;t have to be that way; in fact, there are numerous methods that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Psychology of Social Proof</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/the-psychology-of-social-proof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NirjaraRustom</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Proof is one of the most important psychological tactics increasingly used by advertisers, marketers, website owners, politicians, professionals, business owners, and many other folks. These folks understand the human psychology that it is easier and more comfortable to agree with others than analyzing and going our own way. Social proof makes them lazy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas: The Real Reason for the Season</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/christmas-the-real-reason-for-the-season/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/christmas-the-real-reason-for-the-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AcharyaS</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For almost 1600 years, millions of people around the world have been taught that &#8220;Christmas&#8221; represents the true birthday of the Jewish messiah and Son of God, Jesus Christ. But does Christmas really represent Jesus&#8217;s birthday?

Before it was deemed &#8220;Christmas&#8221; and the birthday of Jesus Christ, the period of the winter solstice - ending on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Control of the Wine Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/control-of-the-wine-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahMartin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the eighteenth century the wine trade was in the hands of small individual merchants, and establishments on the scale of modern bodegas were entirely unknown; there was no continuity of name and no records of individual merchants have survived. Only one modern firm&#8212;J. M. Rivero&#8212;can trace its direct ancestry to an earlier period. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louis Seize (XVI) 1774-1793</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/louis-seize-xvi-17741793/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahMartin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette succeeded to a shamed throne. Out of sympathy with a licentious Court, they played child-like on the edge of a volcano. Financial difficulties pressed sorely and ministers were unable to hold their appointments long enough to bring much relief. 

The people were terribly oppressed. While revolution smoldered, the Queen played [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louis Quatorze (XIV) 1643-1715</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/louis-quatorze-xiv-16431715/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahMartin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months after the death of Richelieu, Louis Xlll died, leaving his five-year-old son Louis XIV to reign for seventy-two years, first under the restraint of Mazarin, and later as absolute monarch. With his succession and under the unbroken influence of his long reign all the arts flourished to an extraordinary degree. Le Roy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Hoiday Traditions</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/world-hoiday-traditions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MindyTulsi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Cold and snowy days, long nights, colorful lights, festivals, parties and shopping can only signify one thing- the holiday season. With hundreds of different celebrations throughout the world, December is the official month of holidays. Here in the West most people decorate trees and give each other gifts to commemorate the birth of Christ. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Tribes of Montana - A Proud Heritage</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/indian-tribes-of-montana-a-proud-heritage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/indian-tribes-of-montana-a-proud-heritage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marlene Affeld</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The first people to inhabit the area now known as Montana were members of nomadic tribes that supple-mented their diets with native plants and sustained their existence by hunting buffalo and other mammals. Following the buffalo herds, these first people crossed the Bering Strait from Asia approximately 12,000 years ago and over time migrated southward. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Gift Baskets: Preparing Food Gift Baskets for the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/holiday-gift-baskets-preparing-food-gift-baskets-for-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/holiday-gift-baskets-preparing-food-gift-baskets-for-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BenjaminBradley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday gift baskets are among the most common gifts that are given to families, colleagues, or employees. One of the most common gift baskets is one that contains foods and other goodies. Companies provide baskets of goodies to its high-ranking employees. Next-door neighbors also give each other baskets of foods. Giving away foods as presents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lola et Moi: The Advantages of 100 Percent Cotton Clothing</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/lola-et-moi-the-advantages-of-100-percent-cotton-clothing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/lola-et-moi-the-advantages-of-100-percent-cotton-clothing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BenjaminBradley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Lola et Moi: The Advantages of 100 Percent Cotton Clothing 
Europe has always been known to be the heart of fashion. As a matter of fact, a lot of famous designers come from different countries form within this continent. When it comes to clothing and fashion, you can find European designers like Gucci, Armani, Versace, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Vedic Astrology</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/indian-vedic-astrology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Astroguru</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The divine science of Vedic astrology is a wonderful asset to the mankind. It unfolds the uncertainties in life, reduces tensions and enables one to move into the right diection.It deals with various aspects of human life such as health-physical and mental, business, Social status, financial prosperity, name and fame, emotional stability etc.They Indian Vedic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How is Christmas Celebrated Around the World?</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/how-is-christmas-celebrated-around-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/how-is-christmas-celebrated-around-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DominiqueHalet</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. This feast was created by the pope to promote Christianity and remove pagan festivals celebrated at the winter solstice.
During the IVth century, the pope decided to bring the Christmas day on December 25th.

Christmas has always been represented by religious ceremonies and gifts and
greetings exchange.
Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Is The Number 13 Lucky To The Chinese?</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/why-is-the-number-13-lucky-to-the-chinese/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/why-is-the-number-13-lucky-to-the-chinese/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TeksonTeo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The number 13 is considered unlucky for many in the West.
Not so for many Chinese!
Just like Westerners, Chinese do share a love of lucky numbers and other superstitious beliefs, although in quite a different manner.

It is part of the Chinese culture. You&#8217;ll be surprised to see how they are willing to part with tens or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of the New Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/history-of-the-new-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/history-of-the-new-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahMartin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in Austria with the &#8220;Secession&#8221; in 1897, the new art movement spread immediately to Germany, became significant in interior decoration in France since the World War, and arrived in the United States after 1925. However, it had been preceded by certain voyages of discovery before the pioneers invaded the new territory. 

Among these earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of Textiles&#8211;an Overview</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/history-of-textilesan-overview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/history-of-textilesan-overview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahMartin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Textile weaving is, with architecture, among the oldest of the arts, and dates from the earliest periods of history. It was understood in Egypt, and records are found showing that it was practiced at a remote period in the Far East. The Chinese developed the silk looms and wove brocades of such beauty that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Finer Things in Life</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/the-finer-things-in-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RosieRichards</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Choosing Christmas gifts is a rewarding and pleasurable experience, however knowing which gifts to buy for those who are not spending the festive season close by can be daunting. Christmas hampers which include a host of well chosen contents to suit all ages and genders is the perfect gift solution for family and friends.

A fun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traditional Christmas Gifts</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/traditional-christmas-gifts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RosieRichards</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chocolates and wine continue to be top of the Christmas present gift list for many people. Family, friends and colleagues appreciate a box or hamper containing scrumptious chocolates and fine wines. The tradition of sending a beautifully presented hamper at Christmas continues to be the perfect way to provide a gift for people of all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Historic Significance of Two Tone Gold Jewelry</title>
		<link>http://www.zcrex.com/culture/the-historic-significance-of-two-tone-gold-jewelry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The history behind the elegant two tone gold jewelry dates back to the birth of Christ. It is known the world over for its beautiful craftsmanship and mesmerizing designs. Some say that the two tone gold jewelry collection is second only to the Egyptian. Let us go ahead and probe further to see what makes [...]]]></description>
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