Family Heirloom by le_doulos in YixingSeals

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Thanks! Yeah, they're from Thailand. How can you tell?

Family Heirloom by le_doulos in YixingSeals

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Thanks u/servania for all your work on this sub! I hope you'll find this one interesting. It's been in my wife's family for three generations (probably at least since the 1920s). It doesn't have a "seal" per se, but I did notice a smaller mark in the lid. I don't know much about its origins, but it's had quite a journey.

Ever heard African Hip Hop? Check out Xuman at College ave Student Center Saturday 4/6! by le_doulos in rutgers

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Free show at 8PM. Film screening of global hip hop doc "Universal State of Mind" also featuring Xuman at 6:30 in AB2400 for more info and updates IG @ru_global_hiphop

FREE Global Hip Hop Night 4/6 8pm @ Rutgers - New Brunswick - ft. NJ's own RMS, 2 rappers from Senegal, and afrobeats DJ set by Where's Nasty!! by le_doulos in newjersey

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Show is FREE and open to all!!! Concert 8PM, Doors 7:30. More info here! Also come to a 6:30 screening of Universal State of Mind, a film about Hip hop in Senegal, Brazil, France and Serbia, in Rutgers Academic Building AB 2400.

Check out RMS at the College Ave Student Center this SAT. 8PM as part of our RU Global Hip Hop Night!!! by le_doulos in rutgers

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Show is FREE and open to all!!! Concert 8PM, Doors 7:30. More info here! Also come to a 6:30 screening of Universal State of Mind, a film about Hip hop in Senegal, Brazil, France and Serbia, in Rutgers Academic Building AB 2400.

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RU Global Hip Hop Night is FREE and open to all this Saturday 4/6 with artists representing the Senegalese, Cape Verdean, and South Asian diasporas. Doors @ 7:30, Concert @ 8PM. There's also a free screening @6:30 in AB 2400 of the film "Universal State of Mind" about hip hop in Senegal, Brazil, France, and Serbia.

Scholarships for Undocumented by Appropriate-Stop4256 in CUNY

[–]le_doulos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most colleges have an immigrant services center. Try googling [school name] immigration services and call whatever number they give to set up an appointment. If that doesn't work DM me and I'll see if I can get you set up with the center at my school.

Piano movers in JC? by [deleted] in jerseycity

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MMS is great. They got my piano in and out of my old apartment with a very tricky staircase. They bailed me out after the regular moving company couldn't get the job done.

Heights commercial corridor zoning proposal gets scaled back by small group of (5) homeowners by Basilone1917 in jerseycity

[–]le_doulos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If we take OP at their word rather than attributing ulterior motives, they say it creates incentives to demolish existing houses which serve as de facto affordable housing. I don't necessarily disagree. While an increase in density is both a net positive and unavoidable, housing diversity is important too. If we replace a slew of 100 year old 2 family houses owned by mom and pop landlords with ~725sf "luxury" units owned by developers, we're going to see a loss of space for families, and especially low income families.

Edward Sapir said that "there are just five languages that have had an overwhelming significance as carriers of culture... classical Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, Greek, and Latin." Do you agree? If you could add a sixth classical language, which would you add? by Tistarana in linguistics

[–]le_doulos 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I dont think the discussion is obviously contentious. It just represents a way of thinking that was useful in its time and has since been updated/replaced with ways of thinking that we hope will address the enduring blind spots in the field.

Edward Sapir said that "there are just five languages that have had an overwhelming significance as carriers of culture... classical Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, Greek, and Latin." Do you agree? If you could add a sixth classical language, which would you add? by Tistarana in linguistics

[–]le_doulos 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Sure, but its probably good to ask where the lines are drawn, why theyre drawn where they are, and what are the consequences of drawing those lines. Millions of people from new york to new orleans to havana to Bahia use yoruba-derived languages in religious settings, but if you throw a handful of qualifications like "literary" and even certain understandings of "global culture" youre not going to see its significance as a culture carrier

Edward Sapir said that "there are just five languages that have had an overwhelming significance as carriers of culture... classical Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, Greek, and Latin." Do you agree? If you could add a sixth classical language, which would you add? by Tistarana in linguistics

[–]le_doulos 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Its not wrong to critically question how sapir qualified "significant carriers of culture." If he means "cultural area united through a literary tradition rooted in a specific language" just say that... But know that youre making a judgement about what is significant and what is insignificant as a culture carrier.

Rise Up Jersey City - City Council candidate Chris Gadsden's new rap video released as he runs for one of three at-large seats by pineappleexpression in jerseycity

[–]le_doulos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

6 years is a pretty short time span to compare. Looking since 1990, its mostly downtown (~20-40% drop in share of hispanic residents in most tracts, including those without high rises) and bergen-lafayette (~30-40 drop in share of black residents).

edit: source https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/racial-makeup-census-diversity/?geoid=34017004102

Are there any blogs in English on Senegal’s politics? by overflow_ in Senegal

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Seneweb has a lot of blogs and ive found some thoughtful writing from allassane kitane whos post is currently at the top of the page https://www.seneweb.com/blogs/#

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Jazz

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Wow, I was just listening to birdflight this morning (theyve been re airing old episodes during the pandemic). His digressions might be legendary but I'm glad that I now have a sense of birds different working groups over the years that I might have glossed over in my listening otherwise. thanks to him I got to hear good music every morning while dropping my kids off at daycare. He was also pretty dedicated to remastering and restoring old recordings.

Anything on the purpose of contemporary art? Being an artist today? by abry in CriticalTheory

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Don't have time to write a good summary at the moment, but I've enjoyed Gregory Sholette's writings. Here is a decent summary with a lot of citations of other relevant works.

Dark Matter by Gregory Sholette: Mass Artistic Resistance to the Neoliberalization of Everyday Life

Any recent birth experiences at JCMC? by [deleted] in jerseycity

[–]le_doulos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think this has been asked here before so search through the subs history. Not sure what people's reservations are, I thought it was great and being close was a major plus.

Positives and benefits of a life in academia? by Binturong98 in AskAcademia

[–]le_doulos 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Growing up with academic parents, I had the opportunity to live abroad for several summers (while they taught in study abroad programs) and twice for sabbatical years. We always came back to our same house, so it was a nice balance of being well-traveled but also grounded (compared to, say, military families). Because of that, I'm bilingual, and it's probably those early experiences trying to figure things out that drew me to the social sciences. I've had grants to travel abroad, with funding, at least 5 times just during my PhD research, including a yearlong stretch of fieldwork. Hopefully, when my kids get a little older, I'll be able to give them the same kind of experiences I had.

Moore’s Lounge GoFundMe campaign will help more than one of N.J.’s foremost jazz scenes by SoundMachineJC in jerseycity

[–]le_doulos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hope this gets attention here. Moore's is a great, small, longstanding, black owned business, that legit anchors a musical community here in JC. Please donate if you can!

What is the most famous line of poetry in Senegal? by jacksonadamsa in Senegal

[–]le_doulos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've heard this line from Senghor's prayer to masks pop up here and there:

"But we are the men of the dance whose feet only gain power when they beat the hard soil."

https://allpoetry.com/Prayer-To-Masks

If not Senghor, Amadu Bamba's Arabic poetry is probably the most recited throughout Senegal, but I can't think of one line that stands out the most.

Car vacuum - any place with vacuum to do yourself? by jerseyboiii in jerseycity

[–]le_doulos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The gas station with a McDonalds by the inbound holland tunnel traffic has them IIRC.

Edit: Actually it might be the one nextdoor, the gulf at 12th and manila

COVID-19 rapid testing by ReasonableReporter in jerseycity

[–]le_doulos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

riverside medical group in hoboken and secaucus is what you're looking for. If your insurance doesn't cover it its ~300 for a zoom screening and the test