Punishing birdwatching songwriter ensures ‘Harperman’ a place in Canadian folk canon

The spitefulness of the Harper regime, in one anecdote: suspending a folksinger who tracks birds for a living at Environment Canada. Time for us all to lift our voices. By J. Baglow.
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How To Replace Your Training Program With A Real Learning Culture

Everyone hates all-day mandatory training. Here's how to encourage learning a different way.
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The Movies of My Youth

There were years when I went to the movies almost every day, around the time of my adolescence. Those were years in which cinema was my world. By Italo Calvino.
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New seabed discovery rivals Great Barrier Reef

An expedition to the sea floor off Australia's southern coast has revealed an underwater Eden, scientists say.
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Freed of London

A short documentary film by Jack Flynn and Nick David, shot at Freed of London ballet shoe factory in Hackney, London.
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What's Better for Afghanistan's Future: Buddha Tours or a Copper Mine?

A vast archaeological site sits atop one of the world's biggest untapped copper deposits. And Afghanistan must decide which resource will be a greater boon.
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Oasis - Wonderwall

Official music video for 'Wonderwall' single
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Are *you* ready for BABYMETAL?

Let's check. During videos, please sit on your hands and do not stop the music. Trust me on this, I have musical taste.
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Oops! Film Inadvertently Exposes Mining Conflict in San Gabriels

A short documentary film on recreational gold prospecting in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument neglects to mention that mining has been illegal there for decades.
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The Ghosts of Old London

To dispel my disappointment that I cannot rent that Room to Let in Old Aldgate, I find myself returning to scrutinize the collection of pictures taken by the Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London held in the archive at the Bishopsgate Institute. It gives me great pleasure to look closely and see the loaves of bread in the window and read the playbills on the wall in this photograph of a shop in Macclesfield St in 1883.
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This Stunning Mountain House in India Has Mies-Modern Vibes

Reinforced concrete is Sonar's structural—as well as aesthetic—workhorse, and he favored it for its similarity to the colors of the surrounding landscape. And, within the box, Sonar arranges an organic flow of domestic functions rather than creating rigid divisions in the 4,305-square-foot residence. However, the best part—and the reason why it's called Panorama House—are the full-height windows that frame uninterrupted views of the landscape, the changing seasons, and torrential Indian monsoons
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Watch: A 1-Minute Video Shows The Completion Of Gaudí's Sagrada Família

A new video imagines what the Barcelona's Sagrada Família will look like when it's finished in 2026.
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The Science Of Why You Should Spend Your Money On Experiences, Not Things

You don't have infinite money. Spend it on stuff that research says makes you happy.
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How Fishermen's Bragging Rights Gave Birth To Fine Art

In 19th-century Japan, fishermen found a foolproof way to record trophy catches. The method was known as gyotaku, or "fish rubbing," and allowed fishermen to print inked fish onto paper — creating a permanent record of their size. They used a nontoxic sumi-e ink, a black ink traditionally used in both writing and painting which could be easily washed off. Once the print was made, the fish was either released, if it was still alive, or sold at market.
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Living in: The world’s greatest walled cities

What’s it like to have a towering piece of history surrounding your backyard? We asked residents of five fortified towns across the globe.
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South Korea: Suicide Nation

People & Power investigates South Korea's disturbing rise in suicides, particularly among the elderly.
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14 fabulous loop hikes in America

Loop hikes are considered to be the pinnacle hiking experience. With fresh views at every step, none of your time or energy is wasted.
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‘We’ and ‘You’

Owen Bennett-Jones reviews “‘We Love Death as You Love Life’: Britain’s Suburban Terrorists” by Raffaello Pantucci.
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Manmade but No Human!

Jan Stel (Purmerend, the Netherlands) is a self-taught Fine Art Photographer and Photoshop artist. Always a creative person, Jan was a pioneering artist in his youth, spraying Graffiti murals in the suburbs of Amsterdam…
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Things I saw on my walk today

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This 1930s House In England Got A Contemporary Light-Filled Extension

OB Architecture have designed the renovation of a 1930s house in Winchester, England, that features a contemporary white kitchen, and a sunken dining room.
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Europe shouldn’t worry about migrants. It should worry about creeping fascism

The greatest threat to our “way of life” is not migration. It is that we will swallow the lie that some human lives matter less than others. By Laurie Penny. (August 14)
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A giant glob of deadly algae is floating off the West Coast

Here's everything you need to know about it.
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The Chinese super-rich are about to flood the US real-estate market

"Where they are buying will also be different. The investor will buy in higher-tier neighborhoods, such as New York or Los Angeles."
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3D Street Art Takes Over A Chinese Village

Village of Luoyuan commissions street artists to paint frescoes in order to attract tourists.
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Rare Photo Slides Capture Native Americans in Late 1800s

The son of a wealthy Pittsburgh carpetmaker, Walter McClintock became entranced by the American West after traveling there in 1895 to recover from a serious case of typhoid fever. In 1896, he traveled West again as a photographer for a federal commission investigating national forests. While there, he came into contact with the Blackfoot community.
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Choctaws helped starving Irish in 1847 – this act shaped tribal culture | Choctaw Nation

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Angophora subvelutina

Angophora is closely related to Corymbia and Eucalyptus, all three of which are referred to as eucalypts. The distinguishing characteristics of Angophora are opposite leaves and fruit with sharp ribs (as opposed to Eucalyptus' generally smooth fruit). Angophora fruit also lacks an operculum, or bud cap. The name Angophora is composed of the Greek words for goblet (angeion) and carry (phoreo), in reference to the cup-shaped fruit.
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Nine Films to Watch in September

A brutal Mexican cartel drama, Johnny Depp as a gangster and the first of the Oscar contenders.
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Are these England's most beautiful pubs?

They may not have a historical pedigree stretching back centuries, but 20 pubs across England built between World War One and World War Two have just been deemed important enough to be granted listed status.
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29th August 1533 - Pizarro Executes Last Inca Emperor

Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro’s Spanish conquistadors. The execution of Atahuallpa, the last free reigning emperor, marked the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.
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Texas doctor's consent form for women seeking abortions

Redditor Mystharia terminated a pregnancy for medical reasons last week; her doctor gave her this consent form, mandated by -- and scathingly attacking -- the Texas legislature, which requires the doctor to enumerate an eye-wateringly detailed account of the foetal development before termination. Image has been deleted from imgur due to threats.
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TWA Boeing 707-331 - "Explosion Las Vegas" - 1972

On March 8th, 1972, a bomb exploded aboard TWA Boeing 707-331, N761TW, while sitting on the ramp at McCarran Airport, Las Vegas, NV.
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Is the drought killing California's giant sequoias?

The trees have lived for millenniums, through lightning strikes and blizzards, through fires, windstorms and severe drought, and no matter how beaten down they are, they endure, creating new crowns where old ones have broken and fallen. But today's environment could challenge this assumption, especially if temperatures continue to rise and snowpacks diminish further.
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Skin and Bones

Having succumbed to the forces of man or nature, an Arabian oryx leaves behind its skull and well-weathered horns. The “fascinating” remains were captured by Your Shot member Mario Cardenas in Al Gharbia, a region in the western United Arab Emirates. The camel and riders head in the direction of the annual camel festival in Madinat Zayed.
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Freight Shipping History (infographic)

   An Infographic Overview on The History of Freight Shipping.
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World War 2 Pictures in Color

Comprehensive collection of rare color photographs and images from World War II.
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China’s Hunt for Growth in the Countryside

Alibaba, the e-commerce giant, is turning to the immense interior in search of fresh profits. On a hot day in June, one spot in Tuguan is bustling. At the local convenience store, a dozen sun-tanned villagers are clustered around a new Lenovo computer and wall-mounted flatscreen Skyworth monitor, checking out the latest online deals on mobile phones, toothpaste, pesticide dispensers, and more, all for sale on Alibaba Group’s new rural e-commerce platform.
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A Tour of Lake Michigan, My Inland Sea

Chicago. Sand dunes. A ferry crossing. A voyage reveals striking topography, time-worn communities and the reassuring permanence of an unchanging lake amid it all.
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Kraftwerk on Cycling, 3D, 'Spiritual Connection' to Detroit

"We are very interested in the dynamics and the energy and the movement," says co-founder Ralf Hütter
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After China’s fake Rolex - now there’s a fake Goldman Sachs

China has been accused of pirating movies, handbags, Rolexes -- even cars. Add Goldman Sachs to the list. Goldman Sachs (Shenzhen) Financial Leasing Co. has been operating in the city just across the border from Hong Kong using a nearly identical English and Chinese name as the New York-based financial institution, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. It claims on its website to be one of the city’s largest financial leasing firms.
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Capturing the Gulf Coast’s Culture as It Slips Into the Sea

"You can say New Orleans is 'back and vibrant and exciting,' but you have to qualify that and say that it’s also different."
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5 of San Luis Obispo County's Best Coastal Campgrounds

The open skies, the fog, the mountains, the wildlife -- everything seems bigger and more intense here, begging for exploration.
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European ‘Extreme Weather Belt’ Linked to Worst Drought Since 2003

Severe droughts that stretched across a central European band this summer are consistent with climate models for a warming continent, experts say.
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Journalist Suki Kim goes undercover teaching North Korea's elite students

Journalist Suki Kim talks about going undercover in North Korea and discovering a world bound in secrecy and lies.
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Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child

Music video by Rogue Traders performing Voodoo Child. From the album Here Come the Drums.
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13,000 fall into homelessness every month in L.A. County, report says

About 13,000 people on public assistance tumble into homelessness every month in Los Angeles County, according to a new study that experts say provides the clearest picture yet of extreme poverty in the region. Although many quickly find work or rely on family to get off the streets, the number experiencing "continuous, unremitting, chronic homelessness" continues to grow, even after 10,000 people were housed over the last three years, according to the report...
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Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.

The on-camera shooting of two Virginia reporters Wednesday morning seems bound to evoke, like so many shootings before it, some sort of national conversation about gun control. Which means there will likely be some of debate about whether it would even be possible for the US to limit its millions of privately held guns — by far a higher per capita gun ownership rate than any other country.
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Minimal Holiday House In Ibiza By Ramon Esteve

Designed by Spanish architecture firm Ramon Esteve Estudio, 'Na Xemena House' is a minimal holiday home located in Ibiza with panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea. Through simple geometric forms and bare white facades, the building was created to capture natural light and integrate harmoniously into the surrounding natural landscape of cliffs and sea. The house is also equipped with an infinity pool that is supposed to evoke a "sensation that you are bathing in the sea".
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The surprising benefits of feeling insignificant

In the grand scheme of things, you are a tiny blip on the Earth’s surface. And recognising that fact may make you a better person.
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