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"Are more and more people in the western world dropping off the radar and becoming the invisible poor or is the opposite happening? We recently heard that an astounding 46 million Americans are officially below the poverty line (That's $23,050/year for a family of four according to the official sources). That number really caught our eye and as such we decided to do a little more digging to help put some more facts and figures around it. Above is a nice visualization of the results we came up with." Via Seth Dixon 
Ivan Koh's curator insight,
February 3, 7:37 AM
This is my insight using See-Think-Wonder. 
Brandon Lee's curator insight,
February 4, 10:36 AM
The insight of this article merely showed that more and more people does not really have a good financial health, which also has translated into people wer e "invisible poor" especially those living in the western world. Comparison had been made on its poverty line between USA and UK statistics. In my opinion, managing a country's budget its not an easy task, this is because a country need competitive global presence and to boost the economy. People need to produce more and more services outside its own country. I have often thought that a country's population does have an impact on a country's economic growth. Delete the scoop?
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The claimed prediction by the ancient Mayas of the end of the world, as popularised in the film '2012', gets a sceptical assessment from the scientific community. Delete the scoop?
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Were the giant statues on Easter Island actually "walked" to their final resting spots? Researchers have unveiled a new theory that may redefine the historical understanding of how natives on Easter Island transported the iconic moai statues. Delete the scoop?
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The Iceman Photo Scan is an innovative project which records the complete photographic documentation of the body of the Iceman mummy. Via russeltarr Delete the scoop?
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Ancient structures uncovered in Turkey and thought to be the world’s oldest temples may not have been strictly religious buildings after all, according to an article in the October issue of Current Anthropology. Via Scott Scanlon 
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November 18, 2012 6:16 PM
The link refers to a a 'forbidden ' site, unless you are logged in. You don't have permission to access /2011/10/archaeologist-argues-worlds-oldest-temples-were-not-temples-at-all/ on this server.
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The idea that women and children should be helped off a sinking ship first died with the Titanic. Delete the scoop?
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A team of scientists announced the discovery of a 3.4 million-year-old partial foot from Ethiopia which does not belong to Lucy's species, Australopithecus (Lucy lived among close cousins http://t.co/vk5OguO5 - now... Via Todd Southcombe Delete the scoop?
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Researchers have found that long-term meditators have larger amounts of gyrification ("folding" of the cortex, which may allow the brain to process information faster) then non-meditators.
I usually like to focus on the proven benefits of meditation that might be realized within a relatively short time frame, however this recently publicized study has such significant implications for the long term that it caught my eye.
Imagine -- over the 20 years of my meditation practice, my cortex has folded much more often than that of non-meditators. I love picturing all those folds -- and I'm looking forward to developing many more. . .
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From time to time, people in charge of large internet-based projects request the help of the general public to assist in their work. Think S... Delete the scoop?
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What happened to Amelia Earhart? Genghis Khan? History provides us with lessons, but also with puzzles that have yet to be solved. Here are seven of them. Delete the scoop?
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One scientists investigation of the Yonaguni Pyramid, Japan's 'Atlantis'... Delete the scoop?
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"new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education, which can make it hard to keep up with the newest and most useful tools even for the most tech-savvy teachers. Here, we’ve compiled a list of some of the tech tools," Via tom jackson Delete the scoop?
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1. Does this "virtual classroom" mean a mock-up classroom, not a regular one, just for testing? What do you think is the meaning of "virtual" here? 2. Delete the scoop?
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Knights in the Middle Ages were not the brutal and merciless killing machines depicted on film. New research draws a different picture of the medieval military elite. Via Seth Dixon 
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Apparently cinema has got nothing to do with historical reality.
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August 21, 2012 1:31 PM
... "or the writers give in to the appeal of lucrative fictional, or they have no real historical interest!"
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Information about the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and what you can do to save it.
So many of our student passively accept what they read on the internet as truth, especially if the website looks professional. Since we are trying to help foster critical-thinking skills, we can present this website as though it were factual and encourage our students to analyze, critique and evaluate the 'information' presented. Personally, I wish I lived in a world where the Tree Octopus was safe to freely climb in the old-growth forests. Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
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If All of Earth's Water was put into Single Sphere, from the USGS Water Science School...
"This picture shows the size of a sphere that would contain all of Earth's water in comparison to the size of the Earth. The blue sphere sitting on the United States, reaching from about Salt Lake City, Utah to Topeka, Kansas, has a diameter of about 860 miles (about 1,385 kilometers) , with a volume of about 332,500,000 cubic miles (1,386,000,000 cubic kilometers). The sphere includes all the water in the oceans, seas, ice caps, lakes and rivers as well as groundwater, atmospheric water, and even the water in you, your dog, and your tomato plant."
The sphere does not include the potential water that some scientists believe may be trapped in the mantle (and thus not accessible on the surface). For more about water that is not on or near the surface, see: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0307_0307_waterworld.html Via Seth Dixon 
Gary Robertson's comment,
May 7, 2012 9:36 PM
Water is also tied up in hydrated minerals in the rocks of the earth's crust. While not "free" it is still significant and is occasionally freed through subduction and volcanic activity. Furthermore, the earth's mantle may contain even more water than the rest combined! So, maybe the Single Sphere should be larger by more than the cube root of 2, or about 1,083 miles in diameter. See mantle water data at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0307_0307_waterworld.html
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Archaeological zone 9UN367 at Track Rock Gap, near Georgia’s highest mountain, Brasstown Bald, is a half mile (800 m) square and rises 700 feet (213 m) in... Via Scott Scanlon 
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Do you know about Katipsoi Zunontee. He is an old Mayan
descent who claims that the world will not end. It is not just a misinterpretation.I'm still not know if the story is true. http://www.renatoxavier.com/katipsoi-zunontee Delete the scoop?
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Hidden Inca Videos -Amazing Ancient Drawbridge At Machu Picchu -... Delete the scoop?
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Unearthed at an Egyptian temple, the figure is likely of Egypt's King Ptolemy IV—suggesting a link to Cleopatra's tomb, dig leaders say. Via Todd Southcombe Delete the scoop?
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Guess what lies buried in the most rumored tomb in history. Delete the scoop?
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During World War II, Nazis destroyed art works that were not what they considered Germanic enough and plundered many great art works. Some of these have never been recovered and may have been casualties of war. Delete the scoop?
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Where did Jack The Ripper Go When He Stopped Killing In London? Did he come to America And Continue His Crimes In New York City The Ripper In America Delete the scoop?
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Captain David Williams spent thirty+ years researching the Mary Celeste. He was the first person to solve the mystery of why her crew jumped overboard. Delete the scoop?
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