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My daughter asked me to find certain photographs for her recently. As I went though hundreds of photos (not the digital kind either!) in this large tea chest, that belonged my Mother, it was quite apparent that the numerous family …

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I have become somewhat obsessed with making lentil soup lately. My neighbor Bonnie passed along a bulb of fennel and a bunch of green onions from her CSA box, so I developed this soup from them. It's the perfect soup for using up vegetables in the fridge or from your farmstand or CSA box. I'm [...]

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A puzzle by H.A. Thurston, from the April 1947 issue of Eureka, the journal of recreational mathematics published at Cambridge University:

Five people make the following statements:–

(1) Either (a) 3’s statement is false and 4’s is true or (b) 2’s and 5’s are both false.

(2) Either 4’s statement is fal

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ΟΙ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΕΣ  Λένε ότι η Τέχνη ενώνει τους ανθρώπους, εγώ θα...

I was recently on an NPR panel on “Capitalism” with a pair of self-identified socialists – Kristen Ghodsee and Vivek Chibber.  The hosts asked us a wide range of questions, including several of the form: “What would you say to a person with problem X?”  For example, they played a statement from some

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বিনয় ইসলামের পরিচয়তামীম রায়হান

ঘরে বাইরে সর্বত্র আজ বিনয় ও মানসিক উদারতার যে অভাব তৈরী হচ্ছে, এর আড়ালে হারিয়ে যাচ্ছে আমাদের মানবিকতার পূর্ণ বিকাশ। আমরা অনেক কিছু হতে শিখছি, কিন্তু মানুষ হওয়ার দীক্ষা নেইনি আজও। মদীনার নবী মুহাম্মাদ সা. ছাড়া আর কে পেরেছে নিজেকে বিলিয়ে মানুষকে ভালবাসা শেখাত Read more of this blog post »

Spotify lanzó en Argentina esta semana un programa gratuito destinado a comunidades vulnerables, para crear un espacio de capacitación para futuros podcasters.

El programa, llamado Sound Up, está dirigido a jóvenes de 18 a 24 años, y busca “amplificar las voces de nuevos talentos de ciudades, pueblos

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jeantownsend:

…is, unfortunately, still pretty miserable – I work long and stressful hours for an organization that is falling apart, but I’m stuck with it because my partner and I need the health insurance (and I’m not really employable in any other job that comes with health insurance). Work

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La enorme cantidad de trozos de telas que desechaba el taller de confección en que trabajaba, llevó a la venezolana Fabiola Tovar a crear su marca de lencería de autor desde la reutlilización textil, Fab Lingerie , en Caracas en 2016. Esos cortes no sólo se transformaron en su materia prima, Read more of this blog post »

2020 BOOKS READLa soledad de los números primos, Paolo Giordano, 2008 ★★✫ I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings,  Maya Angelou, 1969 ★★★★ Meditaciones , Marco Aurelio, 180 ★★★★★ Follow Me to Ground,  Sue Rainsford, 2018 ★★★ The Unconsoled,  Ishiguro, 1995 ★★★★★When the Emperor Was Divine, Julie Ots Read more of this blog post »

Just a quick note. Today is my day over at Mad Genius Club and I’m writing more about the going wide journey. What I didn’t say is that as I move away from being Amazon-exclusive, I’m realizing how much I took for granted when it comes to promotion, prep, etc. Honestly, even though this change has b

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On this day our choice is Paul Mouchet’s “Call of Titan” (https://amzn.to/3t84Eip). Call of Titan is the best choice we can think of at the moment, an exhilarating work of fiction, and so when it comes to amazing titles in all the realms of speculative fiction, we’re sure this one belongs on top of Read more of this blog post »

 I've been hired on a super interesting and fun project, but I can't say a lot about it for now. Except that it's a TV series, and that it takes place in the stunningly beautiful Faroe Islands. I'll keep you updated when the news breaks.
 

 

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The aftermath of a car accident is a confusing scene. You are hoping to find out not only what damage has been done to your automobile, but additionally what injuries you and your passengers may have sustained. If you live within the 39 “fault” states, you also need assistance determining who the re

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“Asegúrense de que su fe sea solamente en Dios, y no duden, porque una persona que duda tiene la lealtad dividida y es tan inestable como una ola del mar que el viento arrastra y empuja de un lado a otro. Esas personas no deberían esperar nada del Señor; su lealtad está dividida entre Dios y el m

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Season Content Notes (incomplete): violence, anti-nonhuman bigotry The security team hit the doors and spread throughout the building. It looked choreographed because it was. The team had spent hundreds of hours drilling in a virtual mock-up of the World Government Building.1 As she stepped out of h

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Although, technically, terrible candy could also be “peerless,” because no other candy sinks to its level of mediocrity — like those “Good-n-Plenty” candies I got as a kid.  

People say I think too much.

Anyway, we can safely mock the name because the Peerless Candy Company here in Roanoke is long gon

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¿Ya os habéis leído mi novela El Tiempo del Príncipe Pálido ? Os dejo con una cita de ella. ¿Qué os parece? ¿Os llama?
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Here in Israel it's like watching an exciting high wire act! Can they keep from falling? Half the country hopes for a fall and the other half wants the amazing balancing act to succeed. * * * Please support Dry Bones by donating through PayPal or by using your Credit Card.
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If your only job today was to love as deeply and as much as possible, what would you focus on? If you chose to love every bit of every detail making up your experience right now, what tension or internal resistance would you let go of?

You can practice deliberately bringing the energy of love into

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I love writing. I also love that GOD gave me the opportunity to write. Sometimes I take my gift for granted. I do not sleep (insomnia, etc…LOL), therefore I am constantly forced to write and think. I should not use the term “forced”….More like…I am led to write. My goal in life is to inspire others

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Is entrepreneurship different for women entrepreneurs? Is there bias against women entrepreneurs? Is the increasing presence of women investors changing the venture capital industry? At 1Mby1M, we’ve...

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A predator fish on a foray/
Inspired a New York Times storay:/
“When an eel climbs a ramp/
To eat squid from a clamp”,/
The headline declared, “that’s a moray”.///

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During the Regency, Skittles was not the name of a fruity candy, but a popular lawn bowling game. Read here to learn the rules. Would you play this at one of your summer get togethers?

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Before all those fun summertime gatherings, it’s always a good idea to take stock of any outdoor furniture that may need repairing or restoring. Whenever I get the [&hellip...

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The house where I currently live has a lot of trees around it, as well as a property that is quite overgrown behind it. That property is basically bushland, so there’s plenty of wildlife around, especially since there’s a stormwater drain there that always seems to have water in it. It might not be

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