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“Rainbow Gatherings are temporary intentional communities, typically held in outdoor settings, and espousing and practicing ideals of peace, love, harmony, freedom and community, as a consciously expressed alternative to mainstream popular culture, consumerism, capitalism and mass media”. – Wikipedia. Photo: Rainbow Gathering Quebec 2012. (Photo by Benoit Paillé)

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25 Jan 2013 09:20:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Jobsintown.de: Life's Too Short for the Wrong Job

Jobisintown.de is a German online recruitment website. They have made these amazing advertisements with the slogan “Life’s too short for the wrong job”. Over the years they have come up with several other print adverts that have the same idea of real person operating the machine.

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29 Jan 2013 12:21:00,post received 0 comments

Touching The 2013 Sony World Photography Awards

“A huge wasp measuring 2.5 inches in length, visiting the banana tree in my front yard”. (Photo and comment by John Matzick, USA/2013 Sony World Photography Awards via The Atlantic)

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07 Feb 2013 14:23:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Google Takes Street View Tech Into the Grand Canyon

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. -- Google and its street-view cameras already have taken users to narrow cobblestone alleys in Spain using a tricycle, inside the Smithsonian with a push cart and to British Columbia's snow-covered slopes by snowmobile.

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11 Feb 2013 09:10:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire England

Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped reservoir, the lowest of three in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. The River Ashop flows into the reservoir from the west; the River Derwent flows south, initially through Howden Reservoir, then Derwent Reservoir, and finally through Ladybower Reservoir.

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28 Feb 2013 11:20:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Geese vs Wall

This building in North Yorkshire, England is situated on the migration routes of wild geese. In cloudy weather, the gray color of the wall blends into the color of the sky with the result that many birds fly beak first into the side of the building. The owner contacted the authorities of the city for assistance and they have appealed to the public for artists who have a good concept for the wall’s design.

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04 Mar 2013 11:42:00,post received 0 comments

Sad Roman Sakovich's by Portraits Before and After Drug Abuse

The above portrait is part of London-based photographer Roman Sakovich's project, “Half”, which highlights the drastic physical effects of substance abuse. Sakovich has created split images that simultaneously portray an individual prior to and post addiction, leaving the viewer with a stark visualization of the damaging effects of drug use on our bodies.

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10 Mar 2013 11:19:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Israel Escapes Locust Plague

A menacing swarm of locusts that entered southern Israel earlier this week has been largely smitten, according to the Israeli government and local reports. But some of the insects' ilk may be back later this week. (Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz)

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11 Mar 2013 11:40:00,post received 0 comments