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| Dry Cracking Riverbed |
Continue Reading on Dardos al Coco"Clímaco Niño se despierta temprano con el sonido del televisor que funge de despertador, ese antipático artefacto que obliga a dejar la cómoda tibieza de la cama para enfrentar la temperatura polar con la que amanece la ciudad últimamente. Aunque no apaga el televisor, Clímaco prende la radio para informarse, indignarse junto al periodista de turno y lamentar los incendios forestales que anuncia la radio por todo el país."
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| The Thinker by Rodin. Photo by Xomiele |
"For years she had tried to be the perfect wife and mother but now, divorced, with two sons, having gone through another break-up and in despair about her future, she felt as if she’d failed at it all, and she was tired of it. On 6 June 2007 Debbie Hampton, of Greensboro, North Carolina, took an overdose of more than 90 pills – a combination of ten different prescription drugs, some of which she’d stolen from a neighbour’s bedside cabinet. That afternoon, she’d written a note on her computer: “I’ve screwed up this life so bad that there is no place here for me and nothing I can contribute.” Then, in tears, she went upstairs, sat on her bed, swallowed her pills with some cheap Shiraz and put on a Dido CD to listen to as she died. As she lay down, she felt triumphant."Continue Reading on Gizmodo
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| The Lindemann House aka Grandma's House |
"Decay draws people in. There seems to be something enticing about being witness to something that nature reclaims, no matter how slow, and imagining the life that once inhabited it. On the flip side, however, there’s also the potential danger of the building collapsing mid-exploration or even a spooky encounter. That’s probably why people are so intrigued and driven to visit abandoned buildings at the risk of a trespassing charge.The house mentioned in this article is The Lindemann House aka Grandma's House. An historic spot in Southside Flagstaff, Arizona. There is an effort underway to save and restore the property.
If you would rather look than enter one of these old, creepy places, check out our list of houses that look like they could be haunted. Hopefully, it can also start getting you in the Halloween mood."
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"Cultural genocide — that’s what a Canadian commission ruled that country’s former practice of forcibly removing First Nations children from their family homes.Continue Reading on Framing the Global
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada spent six years investigating Canada’s residential schools for native children. In the late 19th into the 20th century, Canadian officials would take First Nations children from their homes and send them to boarding schools meant to help them assimilate into white Canadian culture.
Over the course of their history, the schools saw 150-thousand children of native background walk through their doors. At the boarding schools students were stripped of their native culture; many also were subjected to various kinds of abuse. Native families and communities are still working to come to terms with the legacy of forcible removal."
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| Skull and Crossbones by Xomiele |
"La fondation BREIN (Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland), association commerciale représentant les intérêts des ayants droit, principalement des secteurs musicaux et cinématographiques, a dressé un bilan à la mi-2015. Elle annonce ainsi la fermeture des accès à quelque 128 sites de partage illégal, des injonctions contre des diffuseurs de livres numériques, dont une via Facebook, ainsi que le début d'une chasse aux contrefacteurs sur Google Play Books."Continue Reading on ActuaLitté
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| Dog with a Sad Face |
Marley had jumped up on our bed, as he is allowed to do, but the rule is that he has to get down if he is asked to do so. On this particular night, he seemed exhausted and eager to go to bed. Once ensconced in his favorite spot, he avoided eye contact with all of us. Wherever our faces were, he was looking the other way. I proposed the idea that perhaps he was trying to avoid being told to get down off the bed, in an “If I can’t see you, you can’t see me” kind of way. This was pure guesswork, but the rest of my family thought it was funny because it really seemed to fit.Continue Reading on The Bark
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| Argentina Travel |
Do you feel most at home when you’re in a strange city with people you’ve hardly met? Would you rather wander an unknown street in an unknown town hunting for a restaurant than sit down at your kitchen table? Do you sometimes feel confused and disoriented by your whereabouts when you wake up in your own bed?Continue Reading on Eat Well, Travel Always
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| Commute Work, Commute, Sleep... Photograph by Xomiele |
"Commute, work, commute, sleep. Life can seem very ordinary sometimes. But if you live a life centred on the gospel, every moment of every day and every situation in those moments has the potential to be a holy moment. Monday morning at work or Thursday night at the gym have the potential to be gospel moments that need us to be ready because even seemingly little things can have huge ramifications."
Route 66, America’s “mother road,” was built in large part by the federal government. This includes funding going back to the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 and the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921. In the 1930s, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt put thousands of unemployed young men to work completing Route 66. Likewise, America’s Interstate Highway System was constructed pursuant to the 1956 National Interstate and Defense Highways Act envisioned and signed by Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower. All of this federal highway construction has brought about tremendous benefits for Americans, from commercial to recreational, and it could not have been done without politicians from all sides participating in Good Government for patriotic reasons.Continue Reading on Messaging Matters
In the first five months of 2014 more than 47,000 unaccompanied minors were detained whilst trying to enter the US illegally. The influx has posed a political as well as humanitarian problem for Obama administration. Eager to score political points, Republicans claim that the current crisis is the result of the Obama administration’s lax policy migration, and particularly the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.Continue Reading on ViewsWeek
Murrieta, CA – Protestors have lined the back roads outside a secluded dilapidated home bordering a favorite campsite close to Mexico. A “concerned citizen,” weeks earlier, notified local Pinal County Sheriff Richard Grimes, who quickly called a press conference. Sheriff Grimes stated, “There have been numerous reports of zombies along and around the Mexican border, most likely trying to get into America.”Continue Reading on absrdComedy
Slaves forced to work for no pay for years at a time under threat of extreme violence are being used in Asia in the production of seafood sold by major US, British and other European retailers, the Guardian can reveal. A six-month investigation has established that large numbers of men bought and sold like animals and held against their will on fishing boats off Thailand are integral to the production of prawns (commonly called shrimp in the US) sold in leading supermarkets around the world, including the top four global retailers: Walmart, Carrefour, Costco and Tesco.Continue Reading on Firedoglake.
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| You Can Never Text Me Your Love. Photograph by Xomiele |
"Our family has been out to dinner before and observed people sitting at the same table for dinner and not communicating with each other. All heads are down as everyone texts someone else who isn’t there. As a culture we seem to be having a love affair with our devises only offering the tops of our heads to the people we are actually with. This phenomenon isn’t limited to texting and social media. Anytime we’re not engaged with the people we’re with for any reason, we’re not all there. I believe it’s killing our relationships and our social skills. Being all there is critical to healthy relationships at work and home..."Continue Reading on KSMLifeCoaching.com
Forget going international, Lisa Albinger's going intergalactic. Well, sort of. The artist's work combines collage and painting, and you might've recently spotted it at R. Pela Contemporary Art or Mesa Contemporary Arts. But on Friday, June 6, 20 of her pieces will be presented inside Dorrance Planetarium at Arizona Science Center. Albinger's works will be animated and projected on the dome ceiling of the planetarium as part of the event, "Art 360." The free First Friday must-see will be presented as part of the Science Center's Adult's Night Out and also will include a few of Albinger's paintings on display.Continue Reading on Phoenix New Times
"Does your country have everything you need? If it doesn’t, usually the internet can provide for you. But in some specific cases, there are certain products or contraband that just aren’t allowed in a particular country. Here’s a list of 15 things that are currently not allowed, or weren’t allowed at some point! It doesn’t seem that out of place that some things are banned in certain countries. Governments are free to ban whatever they feel is necessary to protect their citizens. If the citizens don’t like it, that’s what elections and revolutions are for! If any of the following banned items are your passion, just be happy you don’t live in the following countries!"Continue Reading on RocketNews24
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| Gas Pump. Photograph by Xomiele |
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry released its annual global recorded music revenue report this week. Unlike the previous report, this one saw a decline in overall recorded music revenue by 3.9 percent, to $15 billion — mostly due to shrinking revenues in Japan that we totally saw coming. Over a billion of that was due to the growth of on-demand music subscription services such as Deezer, Google Play All Access, Muve, Rdio, Rhapsody, and Spotify. Some people still mistakenly believe these services to be “cannibalizing” digital and physical sales, which is silly, because that is exactly what they are supposed to do. If artists, labels, publishers, and songwriters were paid every time someone played a song on a computer or smartphone, the recorded music industry would be bigger than ever.Continue Reading on Evolver.fm
