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Follow the story of how big money bought our democracy, children's-book style, courtesy of Rootstrikers and us. 
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What happens to a community with no "digital shadow" on the web?
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A new study finds that urban minds don't pay as much attention to their surroundings unless they're highly engaging.
nancercize's curator insight,
May 31, 2013 10:03 AM
This helps explain why we are exhausted at the end of the day, and why a walk in the park is so refreshing. We need to make sure city folk have parks nearby.
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The philosophy which we know as humanism grew in popularity during the Renaissance. This new radical thinking that studying classical texts was the best way to learn and to teach was quick to catch on in some areas.
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The internet is in a fury over Beyonce's alleged lip syncing at Obama's inauguration. Trace explains how the psychology of the superfan contributes to the
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Edward said on Culture and imperialism: http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=3442235942259420708 Edward Said Lecture The Myth of 'The Clash of Civilization...
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Edward said on Culture and imperialism: http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=3442235942259420708 Edward Said Lecture The Myth of 'The Clash of Civilization...
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BRITAIN’S state pension system is generally agreed to be a mess—at once too complex and too mean. The basic pension replaces just 37% of the median retiree’s... Via Janet Espinosa
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ON JANUARY 18th the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that the number of working-age Chinese shrank last year by a total of 3.45m. In the slow-moving... Via Janet Espinosa
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Explore the history of the home through the ages - looking in-depth at the living room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.
Clairelouise's insight:
"If Walls could Talk"
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Using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test the Guardian has tracked the reading level of every state of the union
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Notice the dips with the advent of radio and then television.
Tony Hall's curator insight,
February 5, 2013 12:09 AM
This is great fun! A little tricky at first though:) 
John Nieuwendyk's curator insight,
December 17, 2014 5:45 PM
This mercator puzzle was especially interesting. It illustrated how various countries look on a mercator map compared to other maps. 
Alex Smiga's curator insight,
September 7, 2015 4:45 PM
Cool activity / puzzle that plays with projection and shows you a comparative view of the "true" size of countries compared to others
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Every 12 years, the Kumbh Mela, a centuries-old Hindu pilgrimage, temporarily transforms an empty floodplain in India into one of the biggest cities in the world.
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An advertising campaign designed to illustrate the drawbacks of living in the U.K. is being planned to deter an expected surge of immigrants, according to reports
Joseph Thacker 's curator insight,
March 29, 2014 5:22 PM
It appears the U.K. is designing this campaign due to the fact they are struggling financially and they cannot afford to give benefits to some of the immigrants coming into the U.K., as immigrants are entering at a high rate. When the Olympics games were hosted in London, the weather was beautiful and the sun was shining almost everyday, (which is rare in the U.K.) That made the U.K. even more attractive to foreigners and potential immigrants. This advertising campaign is displaying the drawbacks of living in the U.K., such as the rainy weather and constant grey skies. 
Flaviu Fesnic's curator insight,
September 17, 2014 6:02 AM
UKIP launched an aggressive campaign against Romanians and Bulgarians by the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 which completely turned out to be a trick to gain some more votes.Not only this chauvinistic campaign showed a misleading message but it stirred an unjustified feeling of hatred toward Romanians&Bulgarians.Latest figures showed an influx of mostly high qualified persons , in fact !
Flaviu Fesnic's comment,
September 17, 2014 6:14 AM
so, there was no influx but misleading UKIP politics... visit Cultural Geography on Facebook !
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An inundation of sea foam blanketed Australia's Sunshine Coast over the weekend after high winds whipped up the fluffy brew from the ocean and deposited it on land. ->
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Edward said on Culture and imperialism: http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=3442235942259420708 Edward Said Lecture The Myth of 'The Clash of Civilization...
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Edward said on Culture and imperialism: http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=3442235942259420708 Edward Said Lecture The Myth of 'The Clash of Civilization...
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Russia and Oil: A Likely Source of Future StabilityForbesRussia's addiction to oil and natural gas is not, contrary to the implications of many stories in the media, a recent development. Via CatherineFitzpatrick, Matt Beiriger
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To Promote Literacy, McDonald’s Replaces Happy Meal Toys With Books - DesignTAXI.com (RT @InsideJPD: To Promote Literacy, McDonald’s Replaces Happy Meal Toys With Books http://t.co/UNKmDL3N #children...
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Propaganda Critic: Propaganda analysis site inspired by the pioneer working of the IPA
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This is why children should understand where they live in relation to other streets in their neighborhood!
Very interesting and true. When I learned to drive in the city that I was born and raised in, you would have thought that I had never been there. I would always get lost, but my neighborhood, I knew that place like the back of my hand simply from riding my bike and walking everywhere as a kid.
This comic strip would be funnier if it weren't so true. Studies have shown that children who are driven everywhere do not have as fully developed mental maps as children who walk through their neighborhoods or ride their bikes. For some lesson plans on mental maps, click here.