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The Community Justice Project in Lamoille County Vermont is a program that integrates at-risk youth, specifically kids who "have a parent who is, or has been, incarcerated" into their communities through individual mentorship, classes in healthy living, and outdoor activities.A year-long study by UVM's Vermont Research Partnership has shown the program to be successful, not only in keeping kids

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If you haven't seen The UFO House in Sanjhih Taiwan (pictured below) check out Opinion Road for The 15 Strangest Buildings of the World.Image by David Hsu

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Bennington College Launches First-of-Its-Kind Online AnthologyBENNINGTON, VT - Bennington College has launched an anthology of premier poetry, fiction, and nonfiction selected from more than 40 American undergraduate literary journals, among them publications from Boston College, Brown, UCLA, the University of Chicago, Harvard, Princeton, Oberlin, Rice, Stanford, and Tulane. It is the first

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"The same men who would go on to govern the new South Africa..."

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Richard Nash discusses his radical thinking on books and publishing in the 21st century -- or Publishing 3.0 -- reframing our understanding of the relationship between writer and reader in his presentation at the BNC Technology Forum on March 25, 2010 Calculated Risk: Adventures in Book Publishing, in which he riffs on controlling demand vs. supply, the genius of Oprah and the value of "mindshare

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This new feature for Adobe Photoshop not only helps you clean up your photos, but has reached a new level of intelligence with its "content-aware fill." Check out this cool demo.

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Puma is saving 8500 tons of paper 1 million liters of water and more...

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This is Dean Potter. I believe Rimmer7 put its best with his comment "Even if he fell his landing would be cushioned by his gigantic testicles.

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Yesterday, while driving home from an amazing training at Double Edge Theatre, I saw what I thought to be a very old book in the middle of the road, its pages fluttering in the wind. Then I thought: No, it has to be a bird, already dead or still dying. The pages weren't pages, but feathers. Suddenly the image took on a whole new meaning. After the training, I recalled the vivid murals lead actor

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Chris Barton makes a good case against cheap stock images in a recent post on his blog Fair Trade Photographer "Why would a reputable company do this to themselves?" These are hilarious examples of branding-gone-wrong by companies trying to save a buck on their corporate image. It's not just a matter of "losing face" but business as well.

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American folk/indie band Port O'Brien's official video for "Stuck On A Boat" directed by Joey IzzoPort O'Brien - Stuck On A Boat from joeyizzo on Vimeo.

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From Lee Gerlach's translation available at Poets.org:You realize that in silences / things yield and almost betray / their ultimate secrets. / At times, one half expects / to discover an error in Nature, / the still point of reality, / the missing link that will not hold, / the thread we cannot untangle / in order to get at the truth.If Montale's Collected Poems (Translated by Jonathan Galassi

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PURE BLONDE 'Dove Love' Clemenger BBDO, MelbourneTribeca Film Festival, Ogilvy & Mather

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This is the new music you've been searching for. Holy Fuck.

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Check out Defunct, "a literary repository for the ages." With Arthur Ganson's Thinking Chair (2002) on the cover, the online biannual magazine's first issue offers a selection of "Mementos from the Trash Bin of History," quietly amusing stories that ask, "What's nostalgia got to do with it?" Volume I includes Sven Birkerts' review of The Rake, Dinty W. Moore's musings on the quickly vanishing

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This one hit the spot today. Annie Clark of Saint Vincent and Angus Andrew of Liars collaborate with Beck at his Record Club, a project which sets out to record an album a day with the intention "only to play the music and document what happens."Record Club: INXS "New Sensation" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo

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Check out this music video from Iranian poet, writer and songwriter Shahin Najafi. For a full translation of the lyrics, please click through to the YouTube page.From the day I opened my eyes, there was the war. In fathers hand there was a gun instead of a pen. The answer to each of my questions was a rock. Let me tell the story for once. You and I both know the pain and the roots. Let me think I

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Is it ironic that sculptor Anish Kapoor's blood-red Olympic Tower has been described as "an oil rig twisting on itself"? Watch this video from the Telegraph and learn more about the $29 million dollar project funded by steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.

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Ra Ra Riot's "Ghost Under Rocks" (2009)

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The Salvation of Anarchy: Double Edge Theatre's "The Disappearance" "Only a freed imagination offers the possibility to act upon our dreams and create a fulfilling and just reality." - Stacy Klein, Director, Double Edge Theatre This past weekend I had the pleasure of visiting Double Edge Theatre's Farm in Ashfield, MA, a center with several performance spaces (including 100 acres of New

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Learn more about Design Week, Vancouver, Canada April 26-30

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nthWORD featured author David Henry Sterry uncovers the Pope's recent move to ameliorate public unease over the recent pedophile abuse cover up within the church by striking a deal for a television series: Priests Gone Wild.Sterry reports: "The Pope is totally stoked," alleged one of his closest confidants, resplendently decked out in a purple ermine-trimmed robe glittering with Papal bling, "

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nthWORD featured artist Miss Aniela tells Blurberati about her success as both a photographer and publicist. "Publicity is important for everything. Some people moan that photographers with the best PR skills do better than those with more talent -- but that's the case with everything and every profession. It's what you do with your skills and talent that counts, and how much you get it out

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In a follow up to our previous post, here is the greatest salesperson in the world challenge from Ogilvy. Dig in.

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OgilvyOne Worldwide is sponsoring a contest to find the world's greatest salesperson, not by going door to door, but via a branded YouTube channel. No experience is necessary. The rules are as follows: Your pitch must be in English, and the product you must sell is a red brick.From yesterday's NYT's article by Stuart Elliott:"If you can sell a red brick, maybe you can sell anything," said Mat

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