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• The Promise and Tragedy of Ur

  

  There was a time when Western classicists and metaphysicians searched high and low for the primordial or original religion: Ur-monotheismus. The thinking was... Read more

  The 25 July 2011 by   Cris
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• the Anniversary of an Opera That Launched Legendary Tenor’s Career

  

  Today (July 24) in 1964 marks the premiere of composer Alberto Ginastera’s Don Rodrigo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Don Rodrigo, a three-act opera based on the... Read more

  The 24 July 2011 by   Galegirl
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• 3rd Annual World's Ugliest Buildings List

  

  image credit Virtual Tourist is a site where people can share travel advice and experiences. They announced their 3rd Annual World's Ugliest Buildings... Read more

  The 24 July 2011 by   Gerard
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• Read His Lips: No New Operas

  

  City Opera mutes VOX. Amid all the hullabaloo of this month's season announcement by the New York City Opera is the fact that the company appears to be... Read more

  The 23 July 2011 by   Superconductor
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• Nomad Magazine Issue 1 – Home

  

  It is exciting to present my first publication, a magazine called Nomad featuring stories and images from my on-going journey as a nomad photographer. The... Read more

  The 23 July 2011 by   Flemmingbo
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• Monk Bar Defences

  

  There's nothing like a friendly welcome - and York's Monk Bar offered nothing like a friendly welcome. Would-be intruders not only faced a stone gate complete... Read more

  The 22 July 2011 by   Carolineld
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• Hussein Chalayan Exhibition at Les Arts Decoratifsin Paris....

  

  Hussein Chalayan Exhibition at Les Arts Decoratifsin Paris. Very cool exhibition of the work from the designer known for Lady Gagas bubble dress and other... Read more

  The 22 July 2011 by   Lauramoodley
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• The Mysterian: Teilhard De Chardin

  

  The priest and paleontologist was present at the beginning, more or less. When the hoaxed Piltdown “fossils” were discovered in 1912 and the “Peking Man” (Homo... Read more

  The 22 July 2011 by   Cris
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• 17 Real Life Mysteries

  

  image credit There is a world of incredible mysteries around us, all of which are amazing. Science and history just add to wonder and weirdness of that world.... Read more

  The 22 July 2011 by   Gerard
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• Gambiologia, The Brazilian Art And Science Of Kludging

  

  image credit Gambiarra is the Brazilian practice of makeshifts, the art of resorting to quirky and smart improvisation in order to repair what doesn't work or... Read more

  The 22 July 2011 by   Gerard
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