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President Obama wants to prevent thousands of employees, especially in swing-state Virginia, from being told that they are going to be laid off due to Department of Defense funding cuts. Because of the timing of the cuts, those notices would have been sent to employees just prior to the election in November. The man who signed those funding cuts into law would like to avoid that.
When the administration first proposed this idea back in June, defense contractors patiently explained to the reelection-obsessed President that there is a law, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") Act of 1988, that requires federal contractors to tell employees 60 days in advance of expected layoffs. . Companies that fail to meet their obligations under the WARN Act can be sued by their former employees. Defense contractors indicated that they would not be ignoring their legal duty under the WARN Act.
"Sequestration," as the policy wonks termed it, was intended to be such an obvious disaster that it would spur Obama and Congress to work together to solve their differences. Like many bright ideas from Washington, D.C., it has failed miserably. As a result, many defense contractors should be preparing to issue layoff notices. The Obama administration's solution for these companies -- and for Obama's electoral hopes in Virginia -- was tucked in the Friday guidance: Simply don't warn employees that they're about to be fired and the Department of Labor will pay the legal bills after fired employees sue for violating the WARN Act.
Obama is asking these companies to break the law and obligating the taxpayers to foot the bill. Ironically, the WARN Act is just the sort of employee protection that Democrats have traditionally championed. But that went right out the window the minute it complicated a Democrat's reelection effort.
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When you are going to have people sharing a property there are a number of decisions to be made about what type of tenancy agreement to use. ĀPerhaps the most important question is:
This is a very important question as they are two very different types of let. Ā
For some situations it will be obvious what the answer is.Ā Families are going to occupy the whole of the property as a unit, as will most 'couples'. Ā
However when it comes to friends sharing, this may not always be best.Ā It depends really on whether they are going to want to stay in the property for the same length of time.
Students for example will generally all want to stay until the end of the academic year.Ā So student houses are often let to, say, four or five tenants on a 'joint and several' basis.Ā However friends in other situations may be different.Ā Here it may be better to rent out the rooms to them individually on separate tenancy agreements.
So what are the main differences between joint tenancies and lets of single rooms in shared houses?Ā There are both good points and bad points of either for landlords.
The main disadvantage of this type of tenancy is that it is less flexible if one of the joint tenants wants to leave.Ā Ā
The main disadvantages of this type are that it involves more paperwork, you can't get the tenants to sign up for the utilities, and you don't get the benefit of joint and severalability. Ā
The vast majority of properties are rented out as one unit - indeed some landlords may not realise that you can do it any other way.Ā Most landlords also prefer the simplicity of this - just the one agreement and then the letting is sorted for another 6 months or a year (depending on how long your fixed terms are for).
However it is worth looking at the room in a shared house option if you are renting to single people - for example young professionals.Ā It is more work but it can be more lucrative. Ā
One important thing is that you need to use an appropriate tenancy agreement.Ā This needs to be an agreement which makes it clear that the tenant only has exclusive occupation of his or her own room.Ā There will probably also be different arrangements for the payment of bills.
Needless to say, no tenant is going to have their name put on the utility accounts as they will not be willing to be responsible (for example) for the electricity used by the other tenants where they have no control over who they are.Ā So the landlord will have to do this.
However many landlords make a virtue of necessity and offer tenancies with all bills included.Ā This is attractive to tenants as they know where they stand financially.Ā It is also less hassle for you as your bills are covered by the rent - assuming off course that you charge sufficient to cover the sums involved (we have a special tenancy template for this at Landlord Law).
Another important thing which gets overlooked sometimes is that if the property is an HMO the Council Tax is payable by the landlord and the landlord cannot provide for the tenants to pay this direct to the Council.Ā Again this is not a problem so long as you are aware of this and have budgeted for it when setting your rent.
As most of the shared houses tend to be let on a joint and several basis with all the tenants signing the same agreement, inevitably there will be problems when one of them wants to leave.Ā What do you do?
There are three alternatives:
1. Get a new tenancy agreement signed with the remaining tenants and a replacement tenant. Ā
This is the bestĀ option really all round.Ā It is always best if the people liable to you for the rent under the tenancy agreement are the ones actually living there rather than someone who left six months ago.Ā Note that you can make this conditional upon having your referencing and any other costs paid for by them.
2. Allow the remaining tenants to take in a lodger to help them pay the rent. Ā
This is a good short term measure, to see how it works out, and then perhaps the lodger can be added to the tenancy agreement when the fixed term has come to an end.
3. Do nothing.
The trouble with this is that the remaining tenants will not be able to afford the rent.Ā So either they will be moving in someone new without your consent or they will fall into arrears of rent.Ā It is best to sort things out with them if you can.
However the tenants are NOT entitled to expect you to take a lower rent just because one of their number has left.Ā Their liability for rent remains unchanged - the only thing that is different is that there are less people living there to pay it.
I should mention finally that there is a legal rule which says that if one of joint tenants gives a notice to quit (which they can only do after the fixed term has ended by the way), this will end the tenancy for everyone.Ā Even if the other tenants do not agree to this or even if they know nothing about it!ĀĀ
However if the tenants remain in situ and you don't get back vacant possession, what is the situation then?Ā There are two solutions.
One of them will please landlords - under a very old piece of legislation it is arguable that the tenants are liable to pay double rent until they leave
The second one is probably the one that will apply in practice.Ā This is that if the tenants stay there and pay rent which is accepted by the landlord, then a new periodic tenancy will be created aromatically.Ā Bearing in mind that you do not need to have a tenancy agreement to create a tenancy.Ā
What the terms of this new tenancy will be and what its rent will be will depend very much on the circumstances..Ā Ā
Published with permission of Tessa Shepperson who is a solicitor specialising in residential landlord and tenant law.Ā She practices online via here subscription service Landlord Law at www.landlordlaw.co.uk and writes a blog at www.landlordlawblog.co.uk.

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Recipe by JJOHN32
"A favorite "masterpiece" dessert. Garnish with whipped cream and banana slices."
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4 cups
heavy whipping cream
2 cups
1 cup
crushed ice
1 (3.5 ounce) package
instant vanilla pudding mix
1 (9 inch)
pie crust, baked
bananas, sliced
This is the BEST banana cream pie ever!! It was so easy and seriously addictive. Everyone who tried it, loved it and said that it tasted like it was from a bakery. I will definitely be making this again!
There is a mistake here. The volume of whipped cream/pudding/half and half is twice as much as what a 9" crust can hold. My husband's cousin and I laughed at the huge bowl (at least 8 cups) of pure fat that was left over to do what with? Why bother with the small package of vanilla pudding? I would try cutting the whipping cream in half, and maybe doubling the pudding. Also, with only two bananas in this pie, you are just messing with the minds of the people who actually think that they will have the flavor of banana. I was very very disappointed, and peniless after making this pie. Very expensive and nobody could eat it, WAY TOO MUCH FAT!
22 Ratings
THE GOOD NEWS: If you follow the directions, this filling will stand up in thick, DELICIOUS peaks. Tastes wonderful! Makes a great looking & tasty pie.
THE SO-SO NEWS: This recipe makes enough for two 10" deep dish pies, even with piling the filling up very high.
THE BAD NEWS: If the crushed ice is anything but the smallest pieces...and I mean smallest, the ice will catch in the beaters and fling whipping cream ALL OVER THE KITCHEN. I do not have an electric crusher so I used the old standby, hitting the ice with a hammer while contained in a strong plastic bag. I measured a cup of the stuff and put back into the freezer until I was ready to add to the mixture. Some of the pieces aparently froze together, making a larger piece....AND A MESS OF MY KITCHEN.
SUMMARY: Would I make again? If I needed 2 pies...yes. If I needed just one....No, not worth buying another appliance just to crush ice.
I loved this recipe!! I made it for Christmas last year and will make it again!! I can't imagine why anyone would have problems with this pie(review above). It was so easy, you just have to be patient when mixing. It takes a long time, especially if you don't have a stand mixer. Right when you think you did something wrong, it starts to set up and get real thick. Everyone loved it!!!
Not impressed. I had to add an extra box of pudding mix just to get it thick enough for as much liquid ingredients as it calls for. Which then adds some time to the preparation. Lucky I had an extra box on hand. Is it worth the 640 calories? - my opinion is no.
This recipe is so eazy and is very tasty. loved the way it turned out and would recomend this to anybody. yum yum yum !!!!!!!
my only tweak was a little powdered sugar to sweeten it up a little. i work at a restaurant and i used this recipe to make individual pies and they have been a big hit.
I tried this recipe because I love whipped cream. I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out REALLY runny. I was able to salvage the pie but I would not recommend this recipe to others.
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Servings Per Recipe: 8
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 609
Calories from Fat: 508
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Become a member of the Orlando Science Center and enjoy many valuable benefits throughout the year! When you become a member, you also help the Science Center continue a long tradition of scientific exploration, exhibitions and educational programs that reach over half a million schoolchildren annually.
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News about U.S. Department of the Interior, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Jul. 17, 2015
Interior Dept proposes new rule mandating that coal companies test and monitor condition of streams affected by their activities before, during and after mining operations involving mountaintop removal, technique that causes high level of pollution from runoff. MORE
Apr. 11, 2015
Interior Dept is planning to announce major new regulation on offshore oil and gas drilling, timed to coincide with five-year anniversary of catastrophic BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico, which will tighten safety requirements on blowout preventers; BP spill was in part due to malfunction in blowout preventer. MORE
Nov. 14, 2014
Federal Bureau of Indian Education schools, a network of about 185 congressionally funded schools in 23 states, are in bad need of physical repair and academic upgrade after decades of neglect; Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has ordered a restructuring that seeks to shift the federal role from creating curriculum and directly administering far-flung schools to providing support and funding to local leaders who would call the shots. MORE
Sep. 30, 2014
Editorial welcomes Obama administration's $554 million settlement with Navajo Nation, calling it a milestone of long-deferred justice for decades of federal mismanagement of Native American lands; applauds administration for negotiating settlements totaling $2.61 billion so far, and for reversing stalling tactics by the Interior Department that have long tied up tribes in endless litigation. MORE
Jun. 12, 2013
Interior Department inspector general's report finds that Bureau of Land Management is failing to collect tens of millions of dollars in lease payments for coal mining on federal lands. MORE
Jun. 5, 2013
Interior Department reports that federal government will hold first lease sale for commercial offshore wind energy projects; sales will offer 164,750 acres of federal waters off Rhode Island and Massachusetts; area could produce enough energy to power more than one million homes. MORE
Jun. 2, 2013
Editorial raises concerns about plans by the Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife Service to remove wolves from endangered list in all 48 contiguous states and transfer control of their fate to the states. MORE
May. 26, 2013
Download interview with Sally Jewel, who has been confirmed by the Senate as secretary of the interior; Jewel offers recommendations for books and other forms of entertainment. MORE
Apr. 30, 2013
Sally Jewel, corporate titan who has never held elective office, faces challenge of a lifetime as she assumes her place as nation's 51st secretary of the interior; she professes not to be overawed by taking charge of an agency with an annual budget of $11 billion and 70,000 employees, saying she expects to rely on experts under her to help her prioritize and learn as she gains her footing. MORE
Apr. 11, 2013
Senate votes 87-11 to confirm Sally Jewell, chief executive of the outdoor retailer REI, as interior secretary. MORE
Mar. 22, 2013
Sally Jewell, chief executive of Recreational Equipment Inc and Pres Obama's nominee to head Interior Department, wins approval of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee by a large bipartisan margin. MORE
Mar. 15, 2013
Interior Department will require Shell Oil Company to provide detailed plan addressing numerous safety and operational issues that plagued its efforts to extract oil beneath the Arctic Ocean in 2012 if it wishes to resume drilling. MORE
Mar. 8, 2013
Recreational Equipment Inc chief executive Sally Jewell, who is Pres Obama's nominee for interior secretary, deflects many questions at her confirmation hearing, but makes clear she supports expanded oil and gas development on public lands and waters, including exploratory drilling off North Slope of Alaska; says she believes climate change is real. MORE
Feb. 26, 2013
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says that while no national parks, monuments or wildlife refuges will be closed, services will be curtailed if federal spending cuts go into effect. MORE
Feb. 7, 2013
Pres Obama nominates Sally Jewell, chief executive of Recreational Equipment Inc, to lead Interior Department; former oil company official and longtime advocate for conservation is expected to face vigorous questioning during confirmation hearings. MORE
Jan. 19, 2013
Interior Department will issue revised rules on use of hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and gas on public lands. MORE
Jan. 17, 2013
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will step down in March 2013. MORE
Jan. 9, 2013
Interior Department opens urgent review of Arctic offshore drilling operations following series of blunders and accidents involving Shell Oil that culminated in the grounding of its Kuluk oil rig near Alaska; assessment could halt or scale back company's $4.5 billion plan to open Alaska's Arctic waters to oil exploration. MORE
Nov. 15, 2012
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar apologizes for threatening to punch reporter with The Gazette of Colorado Springs who had asked him about problems with government's wild horse program at a campaign event. MORE
Aug. 11, 2012
Obama administration says Indian tribes do not have to reimburse the government for buying divided tribal land so it can be returned to them as part of $3.4 billion settlement over the Interior Department's mismanagement of Indian land royalties. MORE
May. 24, 2012
Interior Department will allow periodic increases in the flow of Colorado River water through the Grand Canyon, alleviating the environmental disruption caused by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona in the 1960s. MORE
May. 23, 2012
Three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals dismisses a challenge to the $3.4 billion settlement between the federal government and hundreds of thousands of Native Americans whose land trust royalties were mismanaged by the Interior Department. MORE
Apr. 14, 2012
Federal government announces that it has ended dozens of lawsuits by agreeing to pay American Indian tribes more than $1 billion for the Interior Department's mismanagement of funds and natural resources that the government holds in trust; deal is one of the largest financial settlements made to tribes. MORE
Oct. 18, 2011
Federal Judge Emmet G Sullivan throws out main section of Interior Department rule on global warming's threat to polar bears. MORE
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Inspector Finds Broad Failures in Oil Program
The federal agency that collects royalties from oil and gas companies is plagued with ethical lapses, a report says.September 26, 2007 businessNews
As Profits Soar, Companies Pay U.S. Less for Gas Rights
As a result of pro-industry regulations, the nation's taxpayers have missed much of the recent energy bonanza.January 23, 2006 News
Interior Official Assails Agency for Ethics Slide
The agency's inspector general accused officials of widespread ethical failures from cronyism to cover-ups of incompetence.September 14, 2006 businessNews
Suits Say U.S. Impeded Audits for Oil Leases
Auditors say the Interior Department suppressed efforts to recover millions from oil companies they said were cheating the government.September 21, 2006 businessNews
U.S. Official Overseeing Oil Program Faces Inquiry
The Justice Department is investigating whether the director of a multibillion-dollar oil-trading program has been paid as a consultant for oil companies.December 30, 2006 washingtonNews
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The United States Geological Survey announced that the official height of Denali, the mountain formerly known as Mount McKinley, is now 20,310 feet.
September 8, 2015, Tuesday
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President Obama said at an international conference that "we're not acting fast enough," challenging leaders and citizens to reduce emissions to "protect the one planet that we've got while we still can."
September 1, 2015, Tuesday
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Galloping Away to a Place Beyond Words
Every Thursday, a Spanish interpreter leaves the bustling city behind to spend an afternoon volunteering as a mounted National Park Service patroller.
August 30, 2015, Sunday
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Taking Another Look at the Reconstruction Era
The National Park Service is trying to reshape public views of the still hotly contested effort to rebuild the American South after the Civil War.
August 25, 2015, Tuesday
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Target Shooters Bring Mayhem to National Forests
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August 23, 2015, Sunday
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In Quiet Woods, a Clamorous Gun Debate
A fight is playing out in national forests from North Carolina to the Pacific Northwest between backpackers seeking solitude and gun owners out for target shooting.
August 19, 2015, Wednesday
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Jolt in California Adds to Trove of Quake Commentary
In addition to reacting on Twitter, as many did after a temblor in Northern California, the United States Geological Survey is encouraging people to describe their earthquake experiences.
August 18, 2015, Tuesday
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Shell Wins Final Permission for Arctic Oil and Gas Drilling
The Obama administration issued a final permit for Shell to start drilling for oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast.
August 18, 2015, Tuesday
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August 16, 2015, Sunday
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The collection features 400 objects, with a total value estimated at over $50 million, including 80 works by the American sculptor Alexander Calder.
August 14, 2015, Friday
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Three LIM College Students Win YMA FSF Scholarships
Prestigious awards announced at star-studded industry event
LIM College students Emily Acle, Mary Kate Guidry, and Christina Reid received $5,000 scholarships during the YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Fund Awards Dinner on January 10 at the Waldorf Astoria. The night's keynote speaker was Macy's Chief Merchandising Officer Jeff Genette and fashion designer Jason Wu received the "Future of Fashion" award at the event.
In addition to the scholarship funds, the three students will receive internship placements at top companies, where they will be matched with an executive mentor who will guide and assist them in networking with industry contacts.
LIM College is one of only 34 educational institutions selected to participate in the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund competition. Other participating schools include Barnard College, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, and Brandeis University.
The YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) is a national non-profit association consisting of influential members of the fashion community, dedicated to promoting education of the fashion arts and business by granting scholarships to talented students and facilitating internships, mentorships and career programs. FSF's goal is to advance the fashion industry by encouraging Gifted and enterprising young people to pursue careers in design, merchandising, retailing and business so the industry will continue to attract dedicated, capable and creative individuals.


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- Kate Torgovnick May
- Brooklyn, NY
- United States
writer, TED
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For people who have a hard time answering the question: "Where are you from?"
In Pico Iyer's talk from TEDGlobal 2013, he looks at the complex nature of the question: "Where are you from?" Because while his family originally comes from India, Iyer himself grew up in the United Kingdom. He spent the next 48 years living in the United States. Meanwhile, his heart resides in Japan. He calls these the "pieces of a stained glass self."
As he notes, in our increasingly global world, it's not uncommon to be a half-Korean, half-German woman in love with Paris or a half-Thai, half-French man in Canada.
And so we're curious: what are the pieces of YOUR stained glass whole? Share here and you may see your answers on the TED Blog soon.
I'll share first: I am a half-Italian, half-Polish Jewish-Christian with a Russian last name, who grew up in the Southern United States and now calls herself a New Yorker.
Jul 23 2013: It seems that no matter where I go or where i live I am constantly asked "Where are you from?" And this is how the conversation typically unfolds:
STRANGER (checking out my dark skin and my contrasting Western demeanour): Where are you from?
ME (hesitating and wondering how to simplify the answer): Ummm... Bangladesh.
STRANGER: Oh, so where do you live in Bangladesh?
ME: I don't live there....
STRANGER, (a bit confused): But you were born there?
ME: No, I was born in Iraq.
(Stranger furrows brows)
ME: You see, my mother is Iraqi and my father is Bangladeshi.
STRANGER: Oh, so you are mixed. So where do you live?
ME: Costa Rica, For the past 10 years, that is.
STRANGER (trying to understand how Costa Rica fits into the picture): Where did you GROW UP?
ME: Bangladesh till I was 7, then England, then Pakistan, then the U.S...
STRANGER (still trying to fit me into some idea of belonging): So your nationality is Bangladeshi?
ME: No... British...
STRANGER: British....? ....How did you end up in Costa Rica?
ME: I married a Colombian-Indian and we lived in Curacao for 11 years, and eventually we moved to Costa Rica.....
I do not have a home country, nor a culture, nor an ethnicity, nor a religion that I wholly identify with. As one friend put it "You are a foreigner wherever you go." Another friend summed it up more poetically: "You are the daughter of the wind." Yes, true.
Life has orchestrated it such that I am not fettered by crystalized notions of "belonging". Thankfully.
Operating under the assumption that such people are the minority, the more interesting question, in my opinion, is how do such people impact their environments? What can they /do they offer the world?Jul 18 2013: Hi Kate,
Are you familiar with the "third culture kid" phenomenon, a.k.a the condition of being "terminally unique"? ;)
The world is more accessible than it has ever been, and I am, like so many others, a product of my parents desire to explore the world, and help me to become a global citizen. Nowadays, my accent no longer gives me away, but I am also more comfortable with my roots. No matter what my passport says, I am who I am, regardless of where I 'come from', and I try to help people understand that first and foremost.
At the same time, being integrated into a culture doesn't automatically turn you into a native, nor does it grant you acceptance. It took me a very long time to feel at home here, but often times, I truy, wonder if I would feel at home anywhere at all. I am a nomad by nature, and proud of it!
Our roots don't always define who we are.
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Jul 19 2013: Hey TED Friend!
To me, 'fitting in' and the feeling 'at home' are two very different things.
I am an adapter, can fit in anywhere on this earth. I love to dive into a culture, assimilate, integrate, be an active part of the society.
Feeling at home for me, has to do with emotions attached to roots and background. I don't feel 'at home' in America because I've been away too long, but I don't necessarily feel 'at home' in Holland either, because I was imported, so to speak.
It is hard for me to understand why people remain in the same town their entire lives, but at the same time, I see that they clearly have a strong sense of feeling 'at home'. To me, remaining in one place and never experiencing the beauty and excitement of what is beyond where you came from, is sad.
Jul 20 2013: Ditto........Jul 22 2013: I almost cried listening to Pico's talk because he understands one of the biggest challenges in my life: defining who I am geographically. I am a college student, so I am constantly moving. In the past two years, I have had over five addresses. I grew up Ohio and always spend a couple weeks there during the year, but I go to school in Illinois. Spring semester, I studied abroad in Wales and spent more time traveling through European countries than actually studying in Wales. Last summer, I worked in Alabama. This summer, I'm working in Houston. I have no idea where I'll be next summer or after college is over.
Wherever I go, even when I was traveling through Europe, people wanted to know exactly where I was from in the United States. After a lot of thinking about this idea over plane and train rides, I decided my home is not where I lay my head down at night, but where I know I could lay down my head. It's about people and community, as Pico said. I have homes across the US from California to Minnesota to Massachusetts to Georgia because there are people there who care about me and would be happy to make their home my home too.
Qamar Riaz
Jul 22 2013: Morgan i feel for your plight and amazed to know your answer which i believe can become a catalyst of change. " I decided my home is not where I lay my head down at night, but where I know I could lay down my head".Jul 18 2013: Have you ever seen the IMAX - The Blue Planet ?
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No imaginary lines - no borders - no countries - just one amazing planet.
That is where I am from.
Jul 18 2013: ME TOO !!!!!!!!Jul 17 2013: Physically I would say I'm totally African; as a filmmaker my training makes me lean towards the Hollywood model; as an artist I'm in love with the impressionism/NeoClassiccism & Romanticism era.
As a writer I'm a follower of C S Lewis, Wole Soyinka, John Steinbeck, Leo Tolstoy and Chinua Achebe
In terms of music I love British acts more than other nationals; I love African cuisine and Indian cuisine. Spiritually I believe the God of the Bible, that Jesus is Lord over all.
I would say my stained glass is more ideological than physical.
Jul 17 2013: I like how you say your stained glass self is more ideological than physical. I think that is true for a lot of people, but they don't see it and appreciate it.
King Owl
Aug 10 2013: re: Daniel
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think of yourself as a rainbow in reverse
all those beautiful colors came together to create one white light
this one light has been broken by the prism of geography
the angle of light is your culture which makes you red, green, or even pink maybe for some
soon the pyramidic prism will be put on its head and the colors will meet again
any questionsJul 31 2013: I am from a tiny little cell that kept dividing and growing for nine months now to 28 years. From Earth?Jul 31 2013: Born in Quito, ensemble in USA from (15 states), develop by Austrian, Germany and Swiss, tested in France,Portugal,Sweden, confirmed in Spain. Programed to live in Sweden.
My heart feels like a patchwork art and my soul a collage of spirits and cultures, I have exchange my heart and I have replace it with little pieces from each single one of my experiences..
I come from Earth.Jul 30 2013: At first reading of this question I thought it very simple to answer. Then reading the answers of others I see that it is not simple at all. I am a New Zealander with New Zealand parents and grandparents, and if someone asked me my origins that is how I would reply. But the person I am is from the experiences I have had as a human, and my perceptions of those experiences. The person I am is continually learning, growing and changing. I am from the human race and am unique.
Gord G
Jul 28 2013: I'm from here because I'm not there.
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Oliver Kothe
Jul 23 2013: I was born in Germany. I traveled and lived all over the world only to find many places i'd call home. At the moment i live in Canada and can't imagine being anywhere else.... until i do:) But there's only one place i can really call home! That place is In myself....... wherever i am on Mother Earth!
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Thank you for this question!!!
Son Huynh
Jul 18 2013: The exact term for this situation is like what Lizanne has mentioned "third culture kid". But I have quite the same view, but not exactly, as Scott Armstrong. If we have so many people like this, there is no point in defining where you come from. Some people might need that to make sense of themselves and where do they fit in in this world.
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However, I believe that it does not matter where you start but how you finish and what have you gained along the way. Knowing where you come from may not be as important as how the different cultures shape you the person who you are.
I want to share with you all a story of a French girl called Tippi who was born and grew up in Namibia. For me, it is an amazing story in discussing about this topic. Tippi did a good job in bringig Africa closer to the western society, especially among the young generation.
The advantage of a third culture kid is that you are multi-culture, meaning that you are more understanding towards people from different cultures. However, the downside of it is that some cultures get eroded. Take yourself as an example Kate, which culture influences you the most? The problem is that the children would only follow the dominant culture and leave out most of the rest. They may know a bit about other less dominant cultures, but that is not enough to keep a culture alive.
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Jul 19 2013: Thank you Ms. Blake (:Jul 23 2013: Just like to point out, as I live in Africa, DONT try going up to an Elephant, or any other animal thinking that it will welcome you, as shown in these pictures.
They are WILD animals, and you will be seen at best - as a threat or food.
Jul 23 2013: Thanks for the heads up....I'll keep it in mind when I visit Africa. :DJul 18 2013: it's always been a "global world" so i'm not sure why people think it's a recent phenomena.
but considering it's a trendy new catch-phrase, then surely people should be claiming to come from the planet earth rather than one particular corner of it.
I understand that this is one way people try to define their identity but, again, I've never subscribed to that old chestnut "to know where you're going, you have to know where you're from". To me, that's a sure way to keep yourself firmly in a rut.
In the end, it's just a way of gaining confidence in who you are.
In reality, knowing where you're from just indicates where you have to pay tax.
João Coucelo
Jul 18 2013: Nice question and trend of comments.
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Fortunately this is a community with mostly people with a good sense and education. Therefor the answers and reflections you got so far.
I lived abroad and when asked I proudly answered "Portugal", where from? "South, right near the corner of Europe". Was I born there? No.
I was born in Lisbon but grew up in the south, my mother's family (the one I am emotional closest to) belongs to the oldest known families in that town and I always felt that feeling of belonging. Is this the main reason I answer I am from there? No.
I say it because there I understand the Nature... the wind traits, the ocean currents and waves, the sun cycle all year around, I understand the atmosphere and its micro-climate, I know the food and water sources, the different lands and its compositions, I know the architecture and building, I know the people and its diversity.
About heritage well I think it says something but little to influence my answer to "where are you from?"
For me would be a mess... my father is from Mozambique and part of his family from Mozambique other with origins back to Norwegians vikings, mother raised in Angola but her family is from South Portugal with origins in Mediterranean pirates..
Jul 18 2013: Dear João,
Very nice to meet you on TED again....I have always appreciated your insightful comments:>)
I feel like I am from everywhere and nowhere...now here! Born of mostly Irish decent, with a little bit of German and French in the mix.
That being said, however, I feel like I connect so easily to very ancient cultures in various parts of the world. As I think you know, I believe that we are all interconnected, so my feeling of connection does not surprise me:>)
Jul 18 2013: Dear Colleen,
Lately I have been more participative in what concerns commenting talks and conversations. Thank you for the complement, likewise I always even when not commenting follow yours on different talks.
On other level which I think is not what Kate intends this conversation to go at, I agree with you. I do also believe on a common ground and good between every religion, culture or nationality: Earth.Jul 18 2013: My question is , what is the real motive of asking that question? I am often hesitant to answer the question where are you from, because I am not sure if the question is being asked from sheer curiosity or a subconscious attempt to place me in a well meaning labeled box. People tend to gravitate, like, trust people like themselves. I believe I am like everyone from all cultures, so I like to say that I am International(which I am). I love all people from all cultures, and I am genuinely curious. So, when I ask you, where you are from, it is sheer curiosity. I want to learn more about you, your people, your country.Jul 18 2013: Great question!
"Where are you from?" is a cliche question. When people hear my accent and want to show an interest, but don't know what to ask, they ask "where are you from?" To which I say "from Beaverton". Apparently, this is not what they meant, so, in order not to seem rude, I add, "but I grew up in Ukraine". Which is, still, not the whole story, because I was born in Russia and speak Russian at home.
The next cliche comment is "Your English is very good!". I say "Thanks!" but I think to myself: "Yeah, right. If it were really good, you wouldn't even hear the accent and ask me 'where are you from?' in the first place."
Well, I'm being facetious here. It's good when people show sincere interest in each other's background and culture. I like when conversation goes beyond the "where are you from" question.
Jul 18 2013: I like how you reflected on the question. And that you, like me, feel that it is important to take sincere interest in other's background and culture.....and to go beyond 'where are you from'.
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Many times that is the only question I get asked.
I always answer it the same...."I was born in such and such a country, but I am a citizen of planet Earth"
I usually add the last tidbit to get a reaction from my interrogator.
They usually laugh, and say "me too".
I find most people feel very vulnerable speaking about where they are from.
Here in the US, everyone comes from somewhere else.
I was born in Cuba, but came to the US when I was a little girl.
And I have lived in three different countries as an adult.
I consider myself a human on Earth.
I do not identify myself with any culture, or country.......not in my heart......not any more.
Jul 18 2013: I never had a strong sense of national identity. I moved from Russia to Western Ukraine when I was 4. I remember living in Russia very vaguely. However, we spoke Russian at home, and I never identified myself as Ukrainian. But I could not call myself Russian either because I did not live in Russia for most of my conscious life. Now I live in the U.S. and, actually, appreciate the culture. I would call myself an American even though I am not a citizen yet. Especially, considering that I left Ukraine 16 years ago and Ukraine is a totally different country than the one I left back. So, the question "where are you from?" is truly perplexing to me.
It's a question of identity. Recently, contemplating religion and the nature of conflicts raging today in the world, I came to a conclusion that strong sense of identity with race, religion, ethnicity, ideology, or even a brand name (like "iPhone user" vs. "Android user") leads to creating walls between people. It divides the world into "us" and "them" where "we" are, usually, rational, peaceful, and moral people and "they" are the source of trouble. This worldview is everywhere and is a source of much grief and evil.
Jul 18 2013: Arkady, I couldn't agree with you more.
It seems that many of us have arrived at the same conclusion.
There are many walls that are put up to separate us, and we are all humans.
Let's hope more people start to Wake Up and realize that Unity is much more powerful than Division.
Why do you suppose people fall into the trap of separating themselves into a bubble and wanting to be apart from the rest?Jul 19 2013: Agreed.
I sometimes wonder how people would define themselves or place themselves in those intertwined, perplexing knots of cultural or religious threads if I asked a simple question - "Who are you?" Some would say "I'm Bob", others would say "I'm a Muslim", some would place their gender or roots first, some would have other answers. All of them would say a lot of how strong ties they have with their ancenstry, ethnicity, choices, experience and more.
How about "I'm just a human being, just as you and Bob and all the others standing there"?Jul 18 2013: Why people do it is understandable. It starts with self-awareness - defining "self". It starts from the question "who am I?". This question is answered, typically, in terms of things people associate with. And defining it is impossible without defining what people do NOT associate with. Tribal mentality - the need "to belong" somewhere.
But it's important to realize that these borders and definitions are subjective. Fundamentally, there is no difference between two banks of a river. I'm referring to the Zen story where one man shouts to another man on the opposite side of a river: "Hey, do you know how to get to the other side of the river?" and the other man replies "You ARE on the other side!".
The question "where are you from?" implies that the person who asks perceives me as a foreigner, an alien - someone he does not associate himself with. In many cases it does lead to discrimination. People who come to America do want to be perceived and treated as Americans.
Jul 18 2013: I get a lot of discrimination.....from my own countrymen........they feel I am no longer one of them.
And, I do not fit in with Americans in general.....because I am not one of them.
I have spent many hours within the last 5 or so years coming to this awareness.
I personally feel at home everywhere I go.....because wherever I go....there I am.
But, I often get the feeling that others do not think I belong....it might be me.....but I don't think so.Jul 18 2013: Mary, interesting experience.
I, generally, don't feel discrimination from anyone. I don't know why. I know people who feel that others discriminate against them because of the accent. I hear from many people that they think Russian accent is cool and some people at my work have fun imitating it (sounding more like Italians than Russians). But I don't feel discrimination. May be, I just don't notice. In Western Ukraine, there is a lot of nationalism and negative sentiments towards Russians who were perceived as occupants by locals since 1939, when Stalin annexed Western Ukraine. But I never felt any hostility from anyone. It could be because I speak Ukrainian without an accent. And by my last name and my nose, I could as well pass as a Polish or a Jew.
Re: "I personally feel at home everywhere I go.....because wherever I go....there I am."
Yes. This is the attitude I try to adopt myself. Being unhappy about what and where I am... makes me unhappy. I see a lot of people adopting this attitude. Some time ago, there were popular bumper stickers saying "I'd rather be fishing/golfing/dancing/scuba diving/etc. now". These days, I see a few stickers imitating those, but saying "I'd rather be here now"
I also saw a sticker showing a straight face :-| instead of a smiley saying "Have a day". I liked that idea. "Have a nice day" implies that my day is not nice enough. It also makes me think "Is my day nice?" and I often have to conclude that it's not or, rather, I prefer not to even think about it. For this reason, I never know what to answer to the cliche American greeting "How is it going?". I usually answer "It's going - that's what matters" or "Slowly" or "It's more important, where it is going" or "I don't know - I haven't opened my email yet" or something similar.
Jul 20 2013: Hi Arkady....sorry for delay in response.
You know, as I read my comment again, I realized, that perhaps discrimination is not a very appropriate word......I think a lot of it is just my perception.
I have never felt hostility, it's more of a feeling like they feel I am not one of them.
It is hard to explain.
And, yes, it is interesting how we can fall into routinely asking questions, not really caring what the answer will be.
In Spanish often people ask "como andas?" "how do you get along".....I usually reply..."with my feet".......and the other person will laugh....but they do not come back and ask anything further. Just asking how you are doing out of formality, and obligation.
I think sometimes the shallowness in face to face conversations is a worldwide epidemic.....I personally enjoy delving into conversations with anyone, anytime.
Yesterday I spoke to a woman from Haiti, who speaks French criole, she was so kind, we enjoyed a short but meaningful conversation.
Today, I spoke to an Indian woman with her kids. She is from Gujarat state.
Really pleasant lady.
The TED community allows us to be exposed to so many cultures and trains of thought, it is very unique. An intellectual, social playground for those of us who enjoy interacting with our fellow Earthlings, if you will. :DJul 18 2013: Yes, my father with his prominent accent was frequently asked where he was from, which should, perhaps, have been obvious from the accent.
He always replied "Los Angeles," fully knowing that was not what people were asking.
cyn eden
Jul 17 2013: I tried to answer this and ended up deleting it all because in truth I am an American first and foremost. My background is just a hodgepodge of European mixology that contributed the DNA to who I am. However my upbringing in an ethnically diverse community had as much influence if not more on who I would become.
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I have lived all over the U.S. and discovered each and every state has a culture of it's own. I am grateful for my life experience because I think it gives me a much better understanding of our country and enables me to be far more tolerant and/or compassionate toward my fellow citizens.
So where am I from? Here. Right here. If we speak you will hear undertones of accents from places I have lived. People tend to hear the accent they are familiar with, so when they ask me where I am from, they are actually telling me where they are from. They are seeking common ground.
We all have something that makes us like those we meet. If we spent more time looking at those things we have in common, and less time trying to define ourselves, and others, as different, we might be better able to work together toward goals that would benefit our communities and our country as a whole. The more we focus on our individual uniqueness, the more divided we become, the less we are able to accomplish and the more negative energy we seem to be expelling into the world around us.
Jul 20 2013: I will have to disagree about the more we focus on our individual uniqueness, the more divided we become, ect...
It is two different things here. Excepting differences is key.
Can you tell me what this negative energy kicker or expelling thing is? I hear this term here and there. I just don't understand. I just get the image of Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka movie. Is this right? I don't know, it's very broad and open for interpretation. Maybe this is the image you are displaying in my mind at the moment? Oh, I hope not. This world does not need ANYMORE Veruca Salt(s) both male and female versions of that character.Aug 11 2013: Born in Seoul, grew up in Paris, while my heart resides in Norway. Also, I am preparing to study in US. That's what I got just from the first 15 years of my life: I wonder where I am going to be from when I'm an adult
Aug 14 2013: Hello Hong Min:) It's great in that I meet my country man in TED conversation. You have experienced a lot of countries so you maybe have a certain preference which is kind of standard of your own life. I was born in Seoul too, now preparing to studying in China. No experiences do harm people. The more challenges we face, the more patience we get. Cheer up for both us:-o !
Maria Khan
Aug 5 2013: I have always dreaded the "Where are you from" question because I don't always know how to answer.
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In person, it might not be a bad thing as I express "Half Pakistani, Half Kuwaiti, Part British, Part Indian and grew up in California since I was 3 but born in Pakistan" and usually it'll lead to an interesting conversation. It's nice to be able to explore and discuss the different places we all resonate with one way or another.
On paper (for the census, college applications, internships, jobs, etc.), I absolutely hate this question for a few reasons.
1) I am multiracial so I can't simply choose one location without feeling uncomfortable.
2) Even if I am allowed to display my multiracial background, it doesn't do justice to who I am or what that means.
3) I don't believe that where you come from should define where you're headed.
Something I enjoy doing on questions that ask your ethnic background and leave an other option is check off the other option and write in "human." At the end of the day, I am loving hearing about everyone's cultural backgrounds and their stories but we all really do share the commonality of being human and that I think is beautiful.
Simona Rich
Aug 1 2013: Great question. Yes, I too sometimes find it hard to answer this question. I consider myself a global citizen. I was born in Lithuania, lived in the UK for five years, lived in Nepal for some time and now live in India my second year.
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Although I was born in Lithuania, India is the country that feels closer to my heart. That however, doesn't mean that I consider myself Indian in any way!
I think when people are particularly proud of their country of birth or residence, it puts limitations on them. They themselves may start viewing others through their cultural lens. Others, on the other hand, might view the patriots as extreme or "different" from them.
Mandy Fisher
Jul 31 2013: I am a mutt.
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But aren't we all?
When does the line stop? The territories of Europe, South America, Africa and everywhere else were not always what they were 100, 200, or 500 years ago.
Technically, I am African, and so are you.
Jul 31 2013: For you dear Mandy Fisher.......Enjoy!!
Mandy Fisher
Jul 31 2013: Thanks love!Jul 31 2013: Thanks and regardsJul 31 2013: I'm half Hungarian half Mexican, living Sweden. I've lived in 4 other countries, and I take a piece of each place with me every time I move. When I want to give a short, quick answer, I simply say that I'm from Mexico because I was born there, but makes me feel a bit wrong inside (or like I'm hiding something). Thinking about my identity has been a bit troubling and confusing sometimes, but I generally feel very lucky that I've had the opportunity to travel and learn new things; I am who I am because of it! :-)Jul 31 2013: I'm from a small town in Alberta, Canada. However, I moved to the States when I was five and grew up all over the USA (including Utah, North Dakota, Arizona, New Mexico, Kentucky, Illinois, Florida, and currently Texas) and am now a US citizen married to a Colombian. I love my parents' hometown (I can't even really call it my own because I wasn't even born there) because people whom I've never met will stop on the streets and say, "Oh, you must be so and so's daughter." And due to economic stagnation in the farming industry, there's no new construction so it doesn't even look different every few years when I get back. And I'm glad about that. It gave me a sense of stability as a child. There are definitely some places I don't culturally identify with (I hate the South) and some I do (the Intermountain West is my home culture I would say), but even the physical landscape has a huge impact on me. I never truly feel at home without mountains nearby. And I do think "Where are you from?" IS a relevent question, because at least for me, it is so much of my identity and roots.
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However, the greatest sense of home I have is with my family. I've never lived where my parents currently live, but getting together with them and my husband and kids and siblings and their spouses and nieces and nephews and eating good food, now, that IS home.
The other thing that helps me feel at home wherever I am is my church (LDS or Mormon). Anywhere I am, my church is the same and that does give me a wonderful sense of belonging whether I've just moved to a new city here in the US or if I'm down in Bogotá with my husband's family. Here in Houston, there are many women in my congregation that have lived all over the world (oil jobs) and they've shared the same sentiment with me. Also, it is extremely comforting to know that even if you're in China, Indonesia, Kazakistan, or Nigeria, etc you have an automatic support system and people you can connect with through our religious culture.Jul 31 2013: ...I am becoming a complete human...these pieced are coming together and developing a beautiful picture of unity and oneness...there are more similarities, less differences...stages may differ from ones position...
If try you see the water of ocean from source, it can't be ocean but as a together it is...and this is happening in global society only...from a river, pond or a well, we are becoming oceans...oceans of relations, empathy...
...as a mature I have developed with age, I never say this is my childhood, this is my youth but this is I am...so why should I take my different pieces as different only...why stained???
...this question would be a challenge till I bind myself in boundaries...boundaries of any type...religion, geography, language or anything else...
Manish Kumar Aggarwal
The Mindfood ChefJul 30 2013: I am half Jamaican and half African-American. My father's father is a french ex-pat. My mother's father is a Cherokee Native American. Though I'm from many places and have family all over the world, I most identify with being from New York CIty. Having a puzzle piece identity is not uncommon here. Instead of being asked, "what are you?" or having people assume my heritage isn't complex because of the color of my skin, I can say, "I was born and raised in Brooklyn," and open up a conversation about who I am, rather than place my identity in a box.
Rachel Logie
Jul 30 2013: I think people think that "where are you from" is something that doesn't generally change during our lives, but for me it has. I was born in Canada, and then lived in Egypt, India, the Netherlands, and San Francisco, before finally settling in Colorado during middle school. Before middle school, when people asked me where I was from ,I would say Canada- I was born there, and a Canadian citizen. But my family moved to Egypt when I was only a few months old, which meant I had absolutely no memories of Canada at all! If you had asked me any questions about it, like who is the prime minister, or fill out a map of the provinces, I couldn't have answered you. Now when people ask me where I'm from, I say I'm American and I'm from Colorado. I can answer any question about Colorado haha. I feel like the Colorado culture got into my blood, even if I didn't live here when I was young.
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Jul 30 2013: I am a TCK (third-culture kid) who has worked with TCK teens in international schools and raised two more. I was born in the US and raised in Australia, where my parents worked with Aboriginal people. Home was a difficult question because I desperately wanted when I was young to be considered Australian, but wasn't. Then when I moved back to the US at 16 I had such a horrible time that I rejected that culture.
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My mother says, "Home is where you hang your toothbrush." There is some truth to this, I think. In my adult life since university, I spent 6 years living in the US, 10 years in France, and now 9 years in Belgium. I like living here--I know I am a foreigner, and I am comfortable with that identity. My accent is considered "charming." Any crazy thing I do is written off as the eccentricities of an "étrangere." But I can still love and appreciate the culture I live in, and have even been able to see the good in both my American and Australian cultural background.
The important thing, as Pico Iyer suggests, is finding rest within yourself and a personal identity. For me, that has been found in a religious context, as well as relationships with and service to others.
My son has written a song about the TCK experience in the title track of his cd, "Third Culture Kid." You can hear it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GdH8zaQlx0
Paul Moseley
Jul 28 2013: I sometimes point to where I was a few seconds previous and smile.
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The way in which "where are you from?" is predominately interpreted has within it an assumption that is means geographically and by extension, I can perceive, if not actually understand, the cultural, social-political landscape that has informed a least a part of your life. It is very similar to the question "what do you do?", meaning your career, as this gives many a sense that they can ascribe qualities and indeed value, from what you do in terms of employment or lack there of.
Other quips to challenge the conventional assumption as it relates to the question of "where are you from?" can include pointing to your head/heart (this is from where my sense of truest self resonates), say "my mother" to donate your biological place of "from", or indeed point up...we have all seen "The Most Astounding Fact."
With Genuine Interest,
PaulJul 26 2013: I don't have such complexities, yet found your discussion bit funny and interesting
Daniel Hires
Jul 24 2013: I guess I'm a third-culture kid, but add to that that I was internationally adopted.
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I was born in (South) Korea, and after having been rescued from the streets, I was adopted by a German mother and an American father to Germany when I was 3 months old. I oscillated between Germany and the US, throughout my childhood, finished high-school in Germany, did my undergrad in the US. While I understand both cultures, I don't feel at home in either of the cultures constructed on the larger nation-state-level; I feel at home in various subcultures that exist far off from the 'mainstream' culture. I really hope that the growing amount of cross-cultural people will draw attention to the silliness of the nation state concept.
I currently live in Berlin, which is so different from the Germany I grew up in and which I thoroughly enjoy for that reason. I don't think I've ever felt so 'at home' in any place. However, I do have this restlessness that makes it difficult to stay in a place for a longer time. As weird as it might sound, I revel in culture shock, it actually makes me feel at home a bit. So I am moving very soon again: I am moving to Korea in one month. Partly to experience the culture I was born into (but never experienced), and partly to trace my biological origins. After that, who knows where life will take me?
All I know is that I can feel very comfortable very quickly, wherever I am in the world, and I'm pretty grateful for that. I think this is way more helpful in life than being able to call a geographic location 'home'.
Paul Lillebo
Jul 23 2013: I've changed "permanent" address about 35 times so far, so I figure I'm from the last place I left.
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Michelle B
Jul 23 2013: This is a question I've been asked since as far back as I can remember because I have links to several countries but don't actually come from any one of them definably.
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As a youngster my school mates would tell me, it's where your parents are from or where you were born or the passport you hold. But none of the answers matched their impression of me.
Let me explain; my birthplace is somewhere I lived only for the first 2 years of my life and I have no family remaining there, no roots except religion ancestry. I grew up in a neutral country to which there was no ancestral connectedonly myself and my immediate family. Looking different enough from the locals I was asked with regularity, where I was from...originally. Then eventually as an adult I moved to my parents country of origin where we have roots and a long history. My accent marks me out as someone different but it feels a lot like home.
(For reference; born in Israel, moved to England and live now in New York)
I ultimately consider myself a Londoner who belongs in the States because as Pico Iyer says, where you come from is the place where you become you and for me this is London.Jul 23 2013: As a child born in Newark NJ durning WWII I had a difficult time with the question of my origin. We are Jews and although my grandparents were born in Poland, they were denied their Polish passports. My parents were born in Germany but were never allowed to be citizens. I always answered " I am an American belonging to the "melting pot" in which all are treated well and equally. I remained in New Jersey until my mother died, now I live in New York and in sunny Arizona. This summer I traveled to follow my grandparents' journey during the Holocaust and I find I am very comfortable in Frankfurt, the city of my parents' birth, but I love New York best.Jul 23 2013: Pico Iyer was lucid as usual .
I would like to raise some concerns around some possible losses of cultural values.And when that happens both the global citizen and his/her host country are not enriched culturally from the transplantation.
Basically one sense of home is within oneself.Where one feels safe,accommodated, validated and accepted to pursue one's cultural values,one's investment or business acumen,one's technical expertise.
We are all familiar with the third culture community and with the growing sub populations of residents/citizens of a given country who are foreign born. If a foreign- born or naturalized citizen/national of a given country happens to have originated from an economically/ culturally dominant culture[ let us designate these countries as A ] ,chances are high that he/she may preserve those aspects of his/her originating culture and hence enrich the cultural diversity of his/her host adopted country.If the same person was to have originated from a country that is of less dominant economically /culturally[ designated as B ] ,the opposite may be true .Hence there may ensue a loss of some aspects of that culture swallowed or diluted by the mainstream.
I am in no way advocating that we stop global citizens from B from venturing out and or global citizens from A doing so ,similarly.My purpose is to raise awareness that conscious efforts be followed to make sure desirable/ exotic cultural values/practices be maintained and showcased to flourish into the fabric of host culture. For instance; It would be travesty if the Buddhist philosophy of harmonious living was to be sanctioned in communities that profess Islam or Christianity. We have regrettably already lost so many cultures in the developing world when the European or Arab colonizers ventured out into the New World We are also loosing more due to rampant " modernization'' and urbanization all over the world.
Hopefully; we will learn from history !!!
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Jul 23 2013: No you are not.
You are in fact a regenerating organism. That with age just can't regenerate fast enough.
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Jul 24 2013: I am not telling you what you are, I am telling you what you're not.
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Jul 25 2013: Actually I'm not, next you play, grab a book on grammar, sentence construction, it helps if you know the rules of the game.Jul 21 2013: I am from New York City, but I have lived in Paris, Los Angeles and now, in the Himalaya mountains of India northeast of Delhi. My father was an artist, from a working class Irish Catholic family, who grew up in The Bronx. My mother was from an immigrant Eastern European Jewish family. She was a social worker and helped my father in his textile design business. She grew up in Brooklyn. After my parents' died, I met and married a man from South India, Tamil Nadu. He grew up in Bombay and after we married 21 years ago, we lived in Manhattan for over 15 years. We moved to India four years ago and are working there. I travel between the US and India, having not quite decided where home is anymore. We sold our apartment in New York City and live in a rented house in the mountains. We travel extensively and often "couch surf" as a way to meet people and see how they live in each country we visit. This summer, my husband traveled to Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria and the Ukraine. He stayed with families everywhere and we have a whole new set of friends to go back and visit together.
wayne uejio
Jul 20 2013: Both of my parents familys came from Hiroshima and I was born and raised in Hawaii. I have lived in many places on the mainland for the last 50 years.
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Jul 23 2013: yes
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Jul 19 2013: I just ask " Where are your people from?" What makes me laugh is when other kiwi's ask me whether or not I'm from nz. Sometimes I might answer "A bit of Pom, A bit of Irish, Some Scots and a bloody Kangaroo but mostly Maori.Jul 19 2013: Hi Kate!
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I love this question!
And I love all the answers. Especially the first one, and even the reply that said it's not a good question. The beauty of this simple question is the variety of answers. It's an affirmation that "where" doesn't matter. It should be asked every time a large group of people get together.
I am a German-welsh-french-american-indian, tree hugging-music loving-pacifist-feminist-atheist-econutJul 18 2013: It sounds like a simple question but there's so many aspects you can refer to in answering it, just like the talk described.
You can think personally where you were born, which for me would be The Netherlands. You can think of your parents and deduce some percentages from there, which would still make me 100% Dutch. But I am not living there anymore, I live in Australia. So my answer depends on where I am too: if I'm asked where I'm from here, in Australia, I would say The Netherlands, but if I were in countries which are not Australia or The Netherlands, I'm from Australia.
Your feeling of 'home' takes time to form, too. I lived for 3.5 years in Taiwan, but after only half a year I felt so good there, that was my home. I've been living in Australia for 2.5 years now, but it took a much longer time for me to make this feel 'home'. And maybe there are places which will never make you feel at home, thus when asked you completely skip that location and go back to your origins.
How about going back further in your heritage? When they see my name, they don't associate that with The Netherlands, so they also ask 'where are you from', and in that sense I can't answer that. Yes, a very long time ago the name was in Germany, but before that, was it Czech or Polish?
Thus, even though the question 'where are you from' relates to a location, time is involved and it might even result in a different answer than 'where do you live'.
Qamar Riaz
Jul 17 2013: My stained glass finds its tones of colors from the dust of celestial homelands and shades of organic melts of internal struggle. I belong to a universe which some says resulted from a bang and rest always confuse it with religion. My glass is aged with the organic cycle of a planet which is renewable. I am wearing the cap of a region on this planet, which is known to you as South Asia. I evolved in the basin of great river Indus, an ancient valley of my ancestors. I am having a passport of a nation state which is 66 years old on the global map. Yes i am a human of 21st century who is living in a society where 7 million kids are out of school, (some bitter patches in my glass).
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I am in search of my north and trying to peel off all those layers which have shaded my glass. i believe my glass is pure as light and it reflects originality when enlightened.
I always ask myself who am i at first place? A Pakistani who is shy to seek its reason of existence or a human being ready to escape the gravity of this planet. I am confused and inhaling the air of divide in every walk of life. I am struggling to show you my original glass which is same as yours.
Paul Lillebo
Jul 17 2013: In 1790, the new United States, recently British colonies, was about 4/5 British (if you only count citizens - that is, don't count the slaves). But in the cities, new European immigrants were arriving from countries where they were used to a single culture. Their reaction on reaching the "new world" was often astonishment: The historian William Petersen quotes a late-18th century French immigrant's letter home: an American is "a European ... whose grand-father was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons now have four wives of different nations." ("Who's What: 1790-1980." The Wilson Quarterly. Summer, 1985, p.97).
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The movement toward multiculturalism in the U.S. came slowly and painfully. Every new group was at first met with skepticism or outright hatred and violence. Even now, ethnic or religious cultural groups often keep to themselves and voice low opinions of other groups, though this fortunately does not often result in violence.
In Europe we're seeing a trend toward cultural separation and hardening opposition to multiculturalism. Nineteen new or changed countries have arisen in Europe just in the last 25 years, all but one of them because a cultural group (nation) has wanted to separate from other cultural groups. North Africa and the Middle East show many examples of the modern cultural separatism. So those who think that the future is one of cultures happily living together are likely to be disappointed.
My own cultural background is Norwegian and American; the first by birth and rearing, the second by choice. Both have been valuable: I can appreciate the greater order in the more socialized country, and I do appreciate the lesser degree of order in the U.S., where I don't have to report to the police when I move.
Don Anderson
Jul 17 2013: I have been struggling to put the pieces of my stain glass into order, and have made some nice progress thinks to the TED community. http://www.ted.com/conversations/19199/i_need_help_with_a_dilemma_wh.html
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I'm 100% pure Mid-West American, and for me that means I embrace all cultures and not only just my European mutt heritage. So although I have not called many places home, I see myself as a stain glass window. And will be seeking to find new pieces for the rest of life.
To me home is not a place, but instead a state my mind.
Nadav Tropp
Jul 17 2013: I'm Israeli (in of itself a troublesome issue to raise in some circles).
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My parents are both also Israeli, but I can trace my origins to seven different countries going only three generations back. I've spent three years living in the united states as a child, which further complicates things.
I usually just answer that I'm from Israel unless anyone presses the issue however.
Its not that I'm ashamed, its just that its not worth the hassle.
Jul 18 2013: So nice to meet you Nadav.
I do not think that I have ever spoken to an Israeli person here on TED before.
Welcome!!Jul 17 2013: Is hanging a hat still definitive? Whilst most of my 'pieces' are areas of the UK, there's as much cultural diversity between Wales, Yorkshire and Devon as there is between neighbouring countries on the Continent. National borders are lines on a map, and I have more in common with cousins in South Africa, or in New Zealand, than some people who share my street.
Where am I from? Probalby the answer I like is The Internet - a country of swirling ideas with infinite room for immigration where you are who you choose to be, and you can unfriend anyone who chooses to be antithetical.
Proud to be a mongrel!
Penny Harris
Jul 17 2013: I am an army brat...
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The answer is long and somewhat complicated, but I have it down to a quick spiel that tends to make people laugh. I have spent years hearing (when going to visit my parents) "Oh, you are going home". No, not really, I have never lived in the house they live in, I have never lived in the the last 2 houses they have owned, or the last 5 they have lived in. It is only a minor coincidence that I HAVE previously lived in the city they currently live in - although, truly, in a suburb of that city...
So, there are many answers: where I was born, where I currently live, where my heart is, where my parents are, where my family is from... I am a citizen of the WORLD.Jul 17 2013: Kate, The question where are you from ... are you from around here ... all has a foundation. So the question I associate with is what are they really asking. Are you asking because I have a accent? My skin color? My attitude? Do you want directions? Local attractions?
If the eyes narrow .. jaw clenches .. etc ... he ain't from the chamber of commerce welcoming committee.
I am reminded of the New Yorker in Arkansas joke ... The NY man says you hicks could never make it in the big city just not smart enough ... the country boy said your probably right and dunked a used milk bottle in the mineral water and charged him 20 dollars.
One considered the other a country bumpkin ... the other thought he was a pompous fool. In this case the where are you from made no difference. The attitude immediately separated them. We have become more divided than ever before in my life time. The media has ensured that if you are not for me you are against me. The days when I could not like you because you are a horrible person are gone .... now if I don't like you I am a racist // bigot /// sexist /// anti gay /// or some other brand.
Labeling is in .... to bad.
Remember ... a stranger is just a friend you ain't met yet.
I wish you well. Bob.
Nia Ashley
Jul 17 2013: I am half Jamaican and half African-American. My father's father is a french ex-pat. My mother's father is a Cherokee Native American. Though I'm from many places and have family all over the world, I most identify with being from New York CIty. Having a puzzle piece identity is not uncommon here. Instead of being asked, "what are you?" or having people assume my heritage isn't complex because of the color of my skin, I can say, "I was born and raised in Brooklyn," and open up a conversation about who I am, rather than place my identity in a box.
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Jul 17 2013: I rather like Feyisayo's answer, Kate, his stained glass is more ideological. Why exactly does it matter what our ethnic components are, we didn't choose those, what seems important is who we are inside, what we've made of ourselves.
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Jul 17 2013: That is what the question is asking. What parts of you, whether they are the parts you were born into, raised with, or sought out on your own, are most important to you? What makes up who you are? It doesn't have to be ethnic, but it can be. What's your stained-glass self?
Jul 17 2013: I don't know, Nia, she does really emphasize ethnic type stuff in the explanation of her question. And I think slightly overemphasizes the importance of countries and regions. I mean talking about people who are from India, but grew up in the United Kingdom and United States, but whose heart belongs to Japan, you know, it's not talking so much about the inner person, it makes it seem like the principal aspect of a person is where they physically were or what country they like the most. Those things do matter, but a person is a lot more than those things, too.
Jul 17 2013: I think she just wants to know what makes up our mosaic, without implying that the "ethnic type stuff" is anyhow more important than "who we are inside" and "what we've made of ourselves."Jul 17 2013: I concur with what she emphasizes and overemphasizes. I don't think it's that people are answering the question wrong, but its the wrong question or needs to be unasked and re-asked in a different way. I think other things matter in where your from than are intended by the question as it stands.
I responded in more depth above.Jul 17 2013: I couldn't agree more. I responded to Feyisayo and then read your comment and saw you said pretty much the same thing. To your notion of what matters is who we are inside and what we've made of ourselves, I would what has influenced us (perhaps for better or worse).
As John Donne wrote:
"No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee."
Jul 18 2013: Yes, I agree with your other comment, she needs to show why it matters "where you're from." I don't believe she does that in the explanation of the question as it now stands. Technically I should watch the TED talk, but a lot of times when people host these conversations and include a link to a TED talk, I don't want to watch the TED talk, I just want to talk to the person hosting the conversation.
Jul 18 2013: I can dig that. You don't want to the interference. It's like joining a table of people at an outside cafe all discussing the lecture they just came from. It isn't necessary or even preferable that you went to the same lecture, just for you to be able to contribute. Thanks for replying.Aug 16 2013: i am made of parts: south african/austrian/slavic/english/welsh/scottish...and more bits....
Ive lived 20 years south africa, 10 in ireland, 3 in new zealand and two in australia many smaller bits in other places....currently in greece then SA then the caribbean...then im buying a boat and really going to start travelling :)...in other words a mix......
Of course i struggle with the question, where are ya from? .... i say south africa, and i hear back: ya cant be, you are white...ish! i say europe, and im told: you cant be, you wernt born here....i say NZ, but in an irish accent hmmmm
Personally i think of all of these places as home....first i am human,and i can call anywhere on this planet home :)
I live by this story:
My mother is from Austria and she was travelling through africa towards south africa....now south africa in the 70's had a very odd (for want of a better way of saying) take on the race issue...
she crossed over to SA from namibia at this lonely dusty borderpost that was nothing more than a boom across the road and a fat old man sitting in his booth surrounded by his forms
Now this form had the usual questions, ie name, age, etc....and being the place and time it was it had the question: RACE: ________
So my mother, the pot-stirrer she is, filled in: HUMAN
Fat borderguard says: No madam, you must put in: WHITE
My mother has fairly-dark skin and after months travel was well tanned
But look! she says: i am BROWN, but besides this, thats not the question on the form! it asks for RACE, and i am HUMAN :)
So this little dialogue goes on for a while, backwards amd forwards, sweaty-borderguard frantically failing to get his point across.....and eventually caving in to LOGIC!
So for me its easy, if i get asked what race i am.....HUMAN, thats it, nothing less, nothing more :)Aug 15 2013: Ohhh what an interesting combination indeed!
Hmmmm let's see, I am a human living in my home town, planet earth. I am what I do every day and my life is happening at this particular moment.
Thank you for your interest in us!Aug 15 2013: I'm a gay born again Christian turned agnostic with a devout Christian family who grew up in Alabama but now lives in Brooklyn but desperately wants to live on a large organic/humane farm.Aug 14 2013: I have this problem almost every time I meet someone.
I'm half-Japanese, half-American (Swiss, Sicilian, German, French, Austrian .... etc. = mutt).
I was born in Boston, lived there for 4 weeks, lived in California for 2 years, Tokyo for 10, and Connecticut for 8. Went to college in Baltimore for 4.5 years while living in Connecticut, and moved to New York also during that time, 5 years ago. I now live in New York, but out of all of those places my heart resides in Connecticut.Aug 10 2013: Seems like the question 'where are you from' helps form other's basic identity.
We can't help being curious about where the person we're talking to is from, but at the same time we get bored with this lame, cliche—while expecting the follow-up questions would be about the place I am "from"
It'd great if a person doesn't define me based on his shallow knowledge on the place I'm from.
About this common question, "Where are you from"..
Gotta think it through at times, right?
Wonderful question, Kate! :)
Lisa Qin
Aug 10 2013: sometimes, it is only the peope who just wanna talk to you to start a converstation:)))Aug 10 2013: That's an excellent question. I daydream to the point of anterograde amnesia and have no idea where I am or where I came from or where I'm going. I feel like Guaguin everyday.Aug 9 2013: I'm from Poland (Europe) and I have never been abroad :).
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Aug 7 2013: its never WHERE you are its WHO youre with
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Aug 7 2013: Brooklyn jew genius biologist baby from the black sea
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that affects who they are in reality that is why most
are uncomfortable talking about this
Aug 10 2013: ???Aug 6 2013: Born in Indiana, grew up in southern California, northern California, southern California. Lived in North Carolina, Scotland, Texas, Alaska, and now Nevada. The world is huge, the world is small. There is much to see and to experience.Aug 5 2013: IN MY VIEW: We never belonged to a single country or culture or even family. We tend to associate ourselves with such out of comfort, compulsion or at many times to show obedience towards a force which we decide is bigger and better than us. The only place we really belong to is the time and space we occupy during our existence. We are from that time and space. The only thing we need to care about is how we justify our occupation of this time and space. Making our existence meaningful for us is the best thing we can do.Aug 5 2013: This has been a tough question over my lifetime. I was born in Oklahoma and raised in Ethiopia. My Mother is Comanche and My Father is American. My biggest problem with this question is for the longest time no one would believe this Comanche Boy could have possibly traveled to Africa. The question would more often then not lead to criticism or total disbelief. I was safer making up something.
Now that I am older and people tend to have a broader world view, being from Ethiopia is a great conversation started. As time passes I am able to enjoy answering "Where are you from?".Aug 4 2013: I moved to rural North Carolina, where everyone around me has accents. Of course I do not.
And I was constantly bombarded with, "You ain't from around here, are you?" and it was meant as a putdown. I quickly learned to say, "No, but i got here jst as quickly as I could." Talk about taking the sting away from their barbs!Aug 4 2013: This a hard question to answer for me since I am half Chinese and half German. I was born and raised in Michigan and taught great values from my parents. I moved to Huntington Beach, California 12 years ago. When people ask me where I am from, I hesitate to answer because Huntington Beach is in Orange County which has a certain stigma of snobby self center people.
I agree with what Simona Rich posted that when people are particularly proud of their country of birth or residence, it puts limitations on them. I myself am very proud to be an American, but I am very open minded and love to travel the world while meeting and talking to new people. Doing so has only expanded my mind and opened my eyes to different cultures.Aug 3 2013: He little knows of England who only England knows.


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What an end to the season! I had such a good time in Bali. The tournament director was joking with me and my team, that I enjoyed my last trip there - especially the beaches - a little too much, as I lost in the first round!
So I'm glad I put that right, and proved that I can play good tennis even in the most relaxing environments!
It definitely felt a little unusual, to be in such a beautiful place, full of resorts and people on holiday, while we were competing in an intense tournament. But it was the perfect combination and it brought out some of my best tennis.
When I arrived I was a little concerned about the court: the orange colour was cool, but I thought it was a little bit fast, and it felt so strange to play without the doubles lines. But I soon I came to love it. It was such fun to play on, and helped produce some great tennis. I didn't see much action aside from my matches, but everyone I spoke to said that the quality of tennis was very high. Definitely I felt that that was the case in my matches. The match against Date is one I will remember for a long time.
I will also remember the hospitality we received, and the incredible support of the crowd. During the warm-up on Saturday, against Date, they sang "Happy Birthday", and I couldn't stop laughing. Also, the on-court announcer James was a very funny guy, and he would make jokes when he introduced the players, so it was hard to concentrate during the warm-ups!
Against Kleybanova I felt really good on the court. My confidence is back and tennis is so much more fun when you are confident about your game. She has so much power, but I feel like I did a good job of neutralizing it. My serve helped me a lot all week.
So now I will have a short holiday, then begin training for next season. Melbourne can't come soon enough! My holiday will be short, but then I am someone who finds it hard to totally switch off: I am an active person and, call me crazy, I am looking forward to the hard physical work that I will do in this preparation period.
Thank you very much for all your special birthday wishes, including the video messages I received.