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March 13, 2013
 

Share of the Week!

Ethiopian tribes, Suri
Portrait of a young Suri girl in Southwestern Ethiopia

Share of the Week is open content stuff so great and awesome that we can’t keep it to ourselves.

Creative Commons Love: Dietmar Temps on Flickr.com

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Alice Formwalt
Alice Formwalt
Alice recently graduated with degrees in Cognitive Science and Psychology. She is passionate about educational research and is currently studying Korean.



 
 

 

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