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Career matchmaker
without university this list is ridiculous (note number 18)
1.
Concrete Mason
2.
Roofer
3.
Commercial Diver
4.
Ironworker
5.
Pipefitter
6.
Arborist
7.
Road Construction and Maintenance Worker
8.
Fisher
9.
Lineworker
10.
Horse Trainer
11.
Bricklayer / Stonemason
12.
Construction Tradesperson
13.
Steamfitter
14.
Gardener
15.
Insulator
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For the record I am alive and well in Huanchaco Peru which is news to those without a facebook account (yes ive been neglecting the lj besides occasionally reading my friends page. Im here for a month or so and then north to Huamachuco in the highlands and then back to Lima to fly home to Miami. I also have a ticket for the 16th of August to ( Read more... ) -
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Canada's Test the Nation IQ Test
Score: 123
Top 10 percentile.
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"Huaina Cápac went beyond Quito and reached another province called Quillacenca, "iron-nose," so called because the inhabitants bored the (Vega 1966 [1609]: 493) membrane between the nostrils and wore an ornament of copper, gold, or silver hanging over lips like an earring. The Inca found them in a very primitive and filthy condition, ill-clad and ( Read more... ) -
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“They [Lords-Incas] wore very fine soft clothes, they and their sisters whom they had for wives, and their vassals, important orejones, or those whom the Lords made so, and (222) all the rest, wore coarse clothing. This Lord [Atahuallpa] put his mantle over his head, fastening it under the chin and covering his ears. He did this in order to cover ( Read more... ) -
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What American accent do you have?
Your Result: Boston
You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you don't. Of course, that doesn't mean you are from the Boston area, you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine.
North Central
The West
The Midland
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The Inland North
The South
What American accent do you have?
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Interesting tidbits gleaned while looking for my virgins
"Ear piercing was held in such high esteem and honor among these people [male Inca elites] that anyone who by chance had an ear torn when the ears were pierced, or afterward, would be considered most unfortunate. And they took great care to make the ear holes so the holes would stretch open and become very large, and every day thicker threads were ( Read more... ) -
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Bruce Trigger (1937-2006) passed away yesterday.
It has not been a good year for anthropologists.
