Author: Daniela

  • Student Takes Rare Photos of Red Sprites

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    Becky Oskin’s piece in livescience explains how this stunning image of the elusive red lightning called sprites was taken: Sprites last less than a second as they dance on the tops of thunderstorms. Many viewers say the clusters of charged particles look like jellyfish — big, red balls with tendrils that reach down into theclouds. But red sprites take many…

  • Wednesday’s Poem

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    Neil Hilborn – “OCD” (Rustbelt 2013)

  • The Worst Chemical Weapon Attack In Decades?

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    Originally posted on The Dish: by Chas Danner https://twitter.com/Brown_Moses/status/370118321477136384 https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/370216269804367872 https://twitter.com/disgraceofgod/status/370100818076131329 https://twitter.com/AFP/status/370221181158166528 https://twitter.com/lizobagy/status/370209257569804288 Syrian rebel groups claim that hundreds have been killed in what may have been a chemical weapon attack by Assad on the suburbs east of Damascus. The attack may be the beginning of a larger offensive by regime forces. David Kenner gives…

  • Your Characters Shouldn’t Be Lonely

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    Originally posted on The Dish: by Matt Sitman That’s Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk’s writing advice. He advocates avoiding “thought” verbs in your prose, such as “Thinks, Knows, Understands, Realizes, Believes, Wants, Remembers, Imagines, Desires, and a hundred others you love to use”: One of the most-common mistakes that beginning writers make is leaving their…

  • Chileans Protest Against the “Monsanto Law”

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    RT News provides video footage of protests in Chile against GMO’s and the “The Monsanto Law.” Thousands of Chileans have rallied against a bill dubbed the “Monsanto law” that would let multinationals patent GMO seeds. Activists say it will not only compromise food sovereignty in Chile, but will also harm consumer health. Mass protests were…

  • WordPress Family Award

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    A big thank you to richarddankerswrites  for nominating me for “The WordPress Family Award”. I strive to provide content that is informative and interesting.  It is such a boost to have it acknowledged by the WordPress Community.

  • Fishey Fleet Coast-to-Coast Tour Ends at Seattle HempFest

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    Yesterday, the Fishy Fleet coast-to-coast tour ended at the 22nd annual Seattle HempFest. East coast driver Shannon Spectra, wrote a song about GMOs on the 10 day trip. In this video, she sings, hoop dances and reads the Yes On 522 Dr Bronner’s label that will be available in stores nationwide next month. Fishy Tomato: A genetically modified tomato, or…

  • Sephardic Folklore – the Spanish Romancero

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    Dr. Samuel Armistead, who passed away this year, considered his scholarly work on the Spanish Romancero to be his crowning achievement.  The Romancero is a tradition of stories and ballads handed down in Sephardic folklore.  Dr. Armistead’s website Folk Literature of the Sephardic Jews provides a wealth of information on the oral literature of Sephardic Jews…

  • Stephen Mauldin

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    Originally posted on Critique Collective: Today’s interview is with Stephen Mauldin, a painter and instructor living in Oregon with great interest in creating new painting techniques to express content he has developed for over forty years. Mauldin holds an MFA with a concentration in painting and printmaking from the University of Idaho as well as…

  • America Exporting Poisons to Rest of World

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    Reposted from Salon.com: After eating a school lunch that was made with cooking oil tainted with the toxic pesticide monocrotophos, 23 Indian children were recently killed. While the media has highlighted the widespread use of highly hazardous chemicals in India and subsequent health effects, what’s largely unreported is the role that the United States has played — and continues…