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Agrarian roots? Think again. Debunking the myth of summer vacation’s origins | PBS NewsHour
Where did the concept of summer vacation originate? Despite a long-standing myth linking a summer break to the nation’s “agrarian past,” historians offer a different explanation. Continue reading → Source: www.pbs.org
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The Back Road (Jungian Psychology in Everyday Life Series) | Dr. Jeff Howlin
Source: www.santacruzpsychologist.com When we talk about going on a road trip and taking back roads, we are generally hoping to see the details of a land and people or region. We hope to find a good surprise. Maybe we also hope that the feeling of the passage of time will…
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What will the future be like? – Future Dimensions – Aeon Film
What will the future be like? Welcome to a world of existential threats, philosophers and clever robots Source: aeon.co
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Cauldron of Changes | Birth of Taliesin
An essay by Mara Freeman on Birth of Taliesin and the cauldron of the Celtic goddess, Ceridwen. Published in PARABOLA magazine. Source: www.chalicecentre.net Origin of Merlin
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Episode 562: A Mall Divided
A California mall straddles the border between two cities — and the minimum wage is higher on one side of the mall. Source: www.npr.org
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Parasitic Plant Strangleweed Injects Host With Thousands Of Its Own Expressed Genes – Neomatica
Virginia Tech professor and Fralin Life Institute affiliate Jim Westwood has made a discovery about plant-to-plant communication: enormous amounts of genetic messages in the form of mRNA transcripts are transmitted from the parasitic plant Cuscuta (known more commonly as dodder and strangleweed) to its hosts. Using Illumina next generation sequencing…
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The Comic Book Industry Is On Fire, And It’s About More Than Just The Movies
We pick the comics that will blow your mind. Source: www.businessinsider.com As much as the movies and technology are helping the industry, however, even more credit should go to comic book creators. Most comics are simply better these days — and that’s my personal opinion, but it’s also a popular one. Comics…
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Diversity and the Dark Knight
Batman may be a straight white rich guy, but many of the key people in his life are anything but. Source: www.advocate.com I’ve been reading the eight or so New 52 titles associated with Batman. And it is impressive to see how much diversity is at work in the story…
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The Gates Foundation Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizarre Inequality Theory
In a graphic, interactive investigation by Adam Bessie and Dan Carino, take a look under the hood of The Gates Foundation’s multimillion dollar public relations machine designed to turn you into an education reformer. Source: www.truth-out.org
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Solar power with a view: Transparent luminescent solar concentrators
Researchers have developed a new type of solar concentrator that when placed over a window creates solar energy while allowing people to actually see through the window. It is called a transparent luminescent solar concentrator and can be used on buildings, cell phones and any other device that has a…
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The Twilight of Antonin Scalia
The conservative hero’s fiery 2012 dissent on same-sex marriage could be his most influential opinion—but not in the way he intended. Source: m.theatlantic.com
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The Thing Employers Look For When Hiring Recent Graduates
…isn’t something that can be done on campus. It’s an internship. Source: m.theatlantic.com
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The Cult of Richard Dawkins
Certainly from a conservative source in Britain, but it has some interesting information that can be fact checked if you so like: …the Richard Dawkins website offers followers the chance to join the ‘Reason Circle’, which, like Dante’s Hell, is arranged in concentric circles. For $85 a month, you get…
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Ressentiment on Aug 17
Ressentiment Feeling again the “cause” of frustration but the cause has no real effect feeling again only my imagination brings about this personal defect getting stuck in futures now/here superseded beyond where I’m butchered forward falling, impeded being stuck in the past now/here subsumed beneath where I’m cast backward leaning,…
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The LGBTQ Christian
As many rightly can assume, I am an existential philosopher whose religious notions lean more toward the Dào these days. However, I do live in Texas, USA, and many of my good brothers and sisters still walk their path as Christians. I would never counsel these folks to abandon their faith. As…
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Open access to the universe
A team of scientists generated a giant cosmic simulation—and now they’re giving it away. Source: www.symmetrymagazine.org Visualize, behold, consider.
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John Oliver won’t be your therapist
The “Last Week Tonight” host isn’t interested in offering a balm for tough times. He wants you to pay attention VIDEO Source: www.salon.com Indeed. Without catering to advertisers, Oliver need only speak truth and let the message get through without evoking shallow sentiments or false outrage. Kudos!
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Inside the Dark, Lucrative World of Consumer Debt Collection
In the murky world of unpaid bills, a banker and an ex-con can make a fortune — if they don’t run into too many crooks. Source: www.nytimes.com
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