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Fundamental Misunderstanding
Jim Culleny is the Poetry Editor of 3 Quarks Daily. Did regular radio commentary for about 10 years and some for NPR on All Things Considered. Played and sang his way from rockabilly to jazz in numberless band permutations over a period too long to believe. Came to poetry through songwriting. Has had work published in…
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Oscar-nominated Leviathan
Leviathan, the new film by Andrey Zvyagintsev, is about political corruption in northern Russia. But unlike many other political films, it is not a thriller. Instead, it is a film that takes a philosophical, almost contemplative attitude, toward social decay and political corruption. The film tells the story of a working class couple whose house,…
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Couples Switch Outfits
Hana Pesut is a Canadian photographer. She loves taking pictures of people and their outfits. She’s well known for her book switchheroo which consists of photos in which couples trade their clothes. Along with the depiction of humorously dressed couples, she was able to pin point the fact that many of the women look fine in their partner’s ensemble, while…
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Tears Are Different
Scientifically, tears are divided into three different types, based on their origin. Both tears of grief and joy are psychic tears, triggered by extreme emotions, whether positive or negative. Basal tears are released continuously in tiny quantities (on average, 0.75 to 1.1 grams over a 24-hour period) to keep the cornea lubricated. Reflex tears are secreted in response…
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Stoicism is Against Positive Thinking
By keeping the very worst that can happen in our heads constantly, the Stoics tell us, we immunise ourselves from the dangers of too much so-called ‘positive thinking’, a product of the mind that believes a realistic accounting of the world can lead only to despair. Only by envisioning the bad can we truly appreciate…
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Master Böyükağa
In this video the two generations of Iranian classical music Böyükağa and young singer Omeed Mazhari collaborate and create a transcendental musical moment. Böyükağa, the self learned master who couldn’t stand the pattern of ordinary life grew dissatisfied and lonely much like the Japanese Haiku poet of 17 century Basho. He is not with us…
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Family Chaos
As any parent knows, raising a family isn’t always a walk in the park. Lifestyle photographer Danielle Guenther captures this sentiment in Best Case Scenario, a hilarious series that presents some of the messy, chaotic moments of parenting in a comical light. Guenther, who regularly visits different households to take more traditional family portraits, began…
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Hypereducated Poor
Much political rhetoric these days is devoted to the importance of broadening access to college—and there is plenty of evidence that it’s still better financially to have a degree than not—but in the postcrash world of 2014, a good education may not keep you from hovering near the poverty line. The number of people with…
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Language of the Future
That’s what indigenous languages tend to be like in one way or another. Languages “grow” in complexity the way that people pick up habits and cars pick up rust. One minute the way you mark a verb in the future tense is to use will: I will buy it. The next minute, an idiom kicks…
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Iranian Band of Three Vagabonds "Velshodegan"
Velshodegan plays Iranian traditional music, a band of the three Musketeers that act like Don Quixote. They play the traditional musical scales but instead of the poetry associated with the Iranian classic music, their songs have no sadness ,no spiritual quests and no heartbroken lovers. They are singing sarcastic street slang that defies the norms. https://www.facebook.com/Velshodegan?pnref=story Mehran Fallahi singer, songwriter and Tar player, Behzad Hassanzadeh…
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Only Survived Record of Virginia Woolf's Voice
Virginia Woolf in this priceless souvenirs leaves us her fascinating thought process while talking about talks the importance of the words in English language. Words that have feeling and intention in them. Words that deny all sorts of boundaries, classes and expectations. Words that keep changing their meanings all the time.
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We Run But Still Can’t Catch Up
The key is that a society undergoing acceleration gets caught in a feedback loop it cannot escape, whereby acceleration in production, circulation, and distribution (in Rosa’s terms, “technical acceleration”) drives social change. The institutions of society no longer guarantee stable life paths. If in classical modernity people could imagine their lives in intergenerational terms — say, the…
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Street Ballet
Little Shao is what Paris based photographer, Thinh Souvannarath, likes to be called. He is a Ballet and Hip-Hop photographer, art director, and filmmaker. http://www.culturainquieta.com/en/fotografia/item/3290-ballet-on-the-street.html
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Rent a Tiny Country or Village for a Night
For a cool $70,000 a night (for a minimum of two nights), you can hire the tiny country of Liechtenstein, which measures around 61.7 square miles and has just 35,000 inhabitants. According to the profile on Airbnb, Liechtenstein can accommodate between 450 and 900 people, has 500+ bedrooms and 500+ bathrooms. The cancellation policy is…
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Myth of Overpopulation
Today the reality is that the world is experiencing falling birth rates and rising life expectancy. Rapidly rising populations are a threat in the poorest countries, while low fertility is a threat to developed nations . The world population is getting much older: by 2050 the number of people over the age of 65 will…
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Iranian Doors
The amount of beauty and art that resides in the Middle East is extraordinary. From natural beauties to Islamic Art, the Middle East is the kind of place that fascinates you with every little detail. Wherever you go in the Middle East, you will come across beautiful details in the most random of objects. Doors…
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When Photos Become History
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Amoral Cartoonists
How a cartoonist’s brain works should be a serious topic in psychology and behaviorism. Just imagine the combination of all the maladies of an eccentric person from narcissism to insecure introvert to passive aggressiveness and the list goes on. The result is a jam-packed creative irony with big strokes of intentional mischievousness. The final result…
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An Abstract Architect's Return to Build the Simple Houses
The 7 minutes documentary is about Lloyd Kahn an architect and writer of many books on different forms of buildings. Even though he is 80 years old but his energy, in all aspects of life, is still intact. His new and final endeavor is back to basics of building the simple houses. In this short…
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10 Reasons to be Happy For Our Planet
Global life expectancy has increased from 53 to 69 years since 1960 More women are involved in running the world 79% of people in the developing world now access to a mobile phone, vital for communication in the absence of landlines Though it mightseem hard to believe, the long term trend is of fewer people dying in armed…
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Positive Thinking is Negative
Why doesn’t positive thinking work the way you might assume? As my colleagues and I have discovered, dreaming about the future calms you down, measurably reducing systolic blood pressure, but it also can drain you of the energy you need to take action in pursuit of your goals. In a 2011 study published in the…
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Checking My Back? Fine, Check Your Prostate Cancer Too
To raise awareness for prostate cancer, women wearing hidden cameras remind men to get themselves checked out too. Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men. If detected early, prostate cancer is nearly 100% survivable. For more information on prostate cancer: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/ The Volunteers “Behind” the Prostate Cancer Awareness Video: Natalia…
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Persian Pianist
Arshid Azarine’s music is a fusion of Jazz, and Eastern-Afro Melodies, combined with his Persian background. He has collaborated with Persian artists, inside and outside Iran. And he has a single in works, featuring Sussan Deyhim. http://world.idolweb.fr/ohrwurm-records/arshid-azarine/persian-sketches-for-piano/3760191120150.html https://www.facebook.com/ArshidAzarine
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400 Unrecognised Countries
Motivations for the creation of micronations include theoretical experimentation, political protest, artistic expression, personal entertainment and the conduct of criminal activity. Micronations can also exist in various forms, including in the physical world (on land, at sea and in outer space), online, in the minds of their creators, or some combination of these. Some micronations…
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Around the World With no Backpack
The story chronicles the 21-day, ultra-minimal trip to Europe taken by Austin-based freelance writer Clara Bensen (ClaraBensen.com) and her date Jeff, whom she had recently met on OkCupid. Despite being in a relationship for less time than most of us go without getting a haircut, the two embarked — at Jeff’s suggestion — on a…
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Daily Dose of Iran
Iran has appeared in numerous headlines around the world in recent months, usually attached to stories about military exercises and other saber-rattlings, economic sanctions, a suspected nuclear program, and varied political struggles. Iran is a country of more than 75 million people with a diverse history stretching back many thousands of years. Iran is also…
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A Surrealist Cartonist
Gürbüz Doğan EKŞİOĞLU is drawing cartoons since 1977 and holds a total of 64 awards of 23 of which are international. The Turkish cartoonist had participated in numerous national and international collective displays. He has drawn many cartoons and illustrations for various newspaper and magazines like The Forbes, The Atlantic, The New York Times as…
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Manitas de Plata Plays and Salvador Dali Paints
On the occasion of 92 years of Manitas de Plata, the site manitasdeplata.fr offers you an exceptional and very rare video for the first time. At this oaccasion, Manitas de Plata offered later a unique spectacle to Salvador Dali, who painted a rider on his horse during a second private concert.
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Dazzling Images of Iranian Mosques Interiors
(CNN) — It’s a side of Iran the rest of the world doesn’t normally get to see — the kaleidoscopically brilliant interiors of the country’s intricately designed mosques. With beautiful mosaics and stained glass framed by powerful architecture, the buildings are astounding. Their fine detail has been captured in a series of breathtaking photographs by…
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Narcissistic Personality Quiz
click on the link below Narcissistic Personality Quiz Narcissism in personality trait generally conceived of as excessive self love. In Greek mythology Narcissus was a man who fell in love with his reflection in a pool of water. The test consists of forty pairs of statements. For each pair you should select the one that…
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An Iranian Dark Blues Song
“A Plagued Garden” is a sad song about a land that has been neglected and deteriorated by war. A song that carries away Abdi Behravanfar every time he sings Iranian folk music of south intertwined with the elements of dark Blues and Jazz…
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Consumer Culture in Iran
Thomas Cristofoletti photographs challenges the global perception of what is really happening in Iran. He was able to picture a consumer society by all means. It seems that the whole nation craze for life style that the T.V commercials’ portraying all around the western world. In his artistic statement of Iranian project mentioned the fact…
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Iranians Are losing Interest in the Mosque
By law, all public buildings in Iran must have prayer rooms. But travelling around the country you will find few shoes at prayer time outside these rooms in bus stations, office buildings and shopping centres. “We nap in ours after lunch,” says an office manager. Calls to prayer have become rare, too. Officials have silenced…
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An Engagement Ring Blooming Like a Flower
Marriage proposals can be scary, even if you know that the other person will say yes. How and where you’ll ask is always a factor, as well as where to hide the ring. After all, it’d be tragic if it were discovered beforehand. A slimline engagement ring box called Clifton solves this potential problem. Designed…
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NFL Players Say No to Domestic Violence
Nearly two dozen men of the NFL use their voices voices, their commitment, and, perhaps most significantly, a new and deeply stirring expression of their formidable power to say NO MORE to domestic violence and sexual assault.
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Birds Migration from Netherlands to Africa
Based on real data (latitude, longitude and height) from the University of Amsterdam the animation initially shows the tracks of 12 birds, but then concentrates on a pair – male and female, as they migrate south in Autumn 2010 from the Veluwe forest in the Netherlands to warmer weather on the African coast (Liberia, Ghana…
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We Waste Half of the World Food
Food waste or food loss is food that is discarded or cannot be used. The causes of food waste or loss are numerous, and occur at the stages of production, processing, retailing and consumption. As of 2013, half of all food is wasted worldwide, according to the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME).Loss and wastage…
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An Entrepreneur Society
The modern world is in love with entrepreneurship. Starting your own business holds the same sort of prestigious position as, in previous ages, making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem or spearing multiple enemies in battle. However, what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur remains maddeningly elusive. Governments and public bodies do their best to encourage…
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Golnar Singing Free Jazz in Persian
Golnar Shahyar started her first musical training by playing piano at the age of 11. At 16 she moved with her family to Canada. A few years later she chose Vienna to pursue her dream of becoming a musician. She was a student of jazz singing in University for music and performing arts in Vienna. …
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Google’s Camel View of Desert
It’s given us robot cars and internet-enabled glasses — but when it came to creating a “Street View” of a desert, Google hit on a low-tech solution. It hired a camel. The beast has become the first animal to carry Google’s Trekker camera, which is typically hoisted by humans to capture 360-degree images of destinations…
