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Clímaco preocupado por el medio ambiente

2016-02-08T09:01:00.000-08:00

Dry Cracking Riverbed

"Clímaco Niño se despierta temprano con el sonido del televisor que funge de despertador, ese antipático artefacto que obliga a dejar la cómoda tibieza de la cama para enfrentar la temperatura polar con la que amanece la ciudad últimamente. Aunque no apaga el televisor, Clímaco prende la radio para informarse, indignarse junto al periodista de turno y lamentar los incendios forestales que anuncia la radio por todo el país."

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Can You Think Yourself Into a Different Person?

2015-11-17T17:30:00.000-08:00

The Thinker by Rodin. Photo by Xomiele

"For years she had tried to be the perfect wife and mother but now, divorced, with two sons, having gone through another break-up and in despair about her future, she felt as if she’d failed at it all, and she was tired of it. On 6 June 2007 Debbie Hampton, of Greensboro, North Carolina, took an overdose of more than 90 pills – a combination of ten different prescription drugs, some of which she’d stolen from a neighbour’s bedside cabinet. That afternoon, she’d written a note on her computer: “I’ve screwed up this life so bad that there is no place here for me and nothing I can contribute.” Then, in tears, she went upstairs, sat on her bed, swallowed her pills with some cheap Shiraz and put on a Dido CD to listen to as she died. As she lay down, she felt triumphant."

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10 Creepy Houses In Arizona That Could Be Haunted

2015-10-04T11:50:00.000-07:00

The Lindemann House aka Grandma's House

"Decay draws people in. There seems to be something enticing about being witness to something that nature reclaims, no matter how slow, and imagining the life that once inhabited it. On the flip side, however, there’s also the potential danger of the building collapsing mid-exploration or even a spooky encounter. That’s probably why people are so intrigued and driven to visit abandoned buildings at the risk of a trespassing charge.
If you would rather look than enter one of these old, creepy places, check out our list of houses that look like they could be haunted. Hopefully, it can also start getting you in the Halloween mood."

The house mentioned in this article is The Lindemann House aka Grandma's House. An historic spot in Southside Flagstaff, Arizona. There is an effort underway to save and restore the property.

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The Question Concerning Genocide

2015-08-10T11:17:00.000-07:00

Stop Native Genocide. End All Borders.

"Cultural genocide — that’s what a Canadian commission ruled that country’s former practice of forcibly removing First Nations children from their family homes.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada spent six years investigating Canada’s residential schools for native children. In the late 19th into the 20th century, Canadian officials would take First Nations children from their homes and send them to boarding schools meant to help them assimilate into white Canadian culture.
Over the course of their history, the schools saw 150-thousand children of native background walk through their doors. At the boarding schools students were stripped of their native culture; many also were subjected to various kinds of abuse. Native families and communities are still working to come to terms with the legacy of forcible removal."

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Pays-Bas : la traque aux trafiquants de livres sur Google Play a commencé

2015-07-30T11:22:00.000-07:00

Skull and Crossbones by Xomiele

"La fondation BREIN (Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland), association commerciale représentant les intérêts des ayants droit, principalement des secteurs musicaux et cinématographiques, a dressé un bilan à la mi-2015. Elle annonce ainsi la fermeture des accès à quelque 128 sites de partage illégal, des injonctions contre des diffuseurs de livres numériques, dont une via Facebook, ainsi que le début d'une chasse aux contrefacteurs sur Google Play Books."

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Do Dogs React to Being Laughed At?

2015-01-27T18:18:00.000-08:00

Dog with a Sad Face

Marley had jumped up on our bed, as he is allowed to do, but the rule is that he has to get down if he is asked to do so. On this particular night, he seemed exhausted and eager to go to bed. Once ensconced in his favorite spot, he avoided eye contact with all of us. Wherever our faces were, he was looking the other way. I proposed the idea that perhaps he was trying to avoid being told to get down off the bed, in an “If I can’t see you, you can’t see me” kind of way. This was pure guesswork, but the rest of my family thought it was funny because it really seemed to fit.

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Six More Ways You Can Tell You're a Travel Junkie

2014-11-09T14:28:00.000-08:00

Argentina Travel

Do you feel most at home when you’re in a strange city with people you’ve hardly met? Would you rather wander an unknown street in an unknown town hunting for a restaurant than sit down at your kitchen table? Do you sometimes feel confused and disoriented by your whereabouts when you wake up in your own bed?

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Ordinary Moments

2014-10-29T00:50:00.000-07:00

Commute Work, Commute, Sleep... Photograph by Xomiele

"Commute, work, commute, sleep. Life can seem very ordinary sometimes. But if you live a life centred on the gospel, every moment of every day and every situation in those moments has the potential to be a holy moment. Monday morning at work or Thursday night at the gym have the potential to be gospel moments that need us to be ready because even seemingly little things can have huge ramifications."

Good roads come from good government

2014-08-05T02:34:00.000-07:00

Good roads come from good government. Photo by Xomiele.

Route 66, America’s “mother road,” was built in large part by the federal government. This includes funding going back to the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 and the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921. In the 1930s, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt put thousands of unemployed young men to work completing Route 66. Likewise, America’s Interstate Highway System was constructed pursuant to the 1956 National Interstate and Defense Highways Act envisioned and signed by Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower. All of this federal highway construction has brought about tremendous benefits for Americans, from commercial to recreational, and it could not have been done without politicians from all sides participating in Good Government for patriotic reasons.

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Unstoppable Tide of Child Migrants to the US

2014-07-27T10:13:00.000-07:00

Unstoppable Tide of Child Migrants to the US. Photo by Xomiele.

In the first five months of 2014 more than 47,000 unaccompanied minors were detained whilst trying to enter the US illegally. The influx has posed a political as well as humanitarian problem for Obama administration. Eager to score political points, Republicans claim that the current crisis is the result of the Obama administration’s lax policy migration, and particularly the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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United States-Mexico Zombie Border Issues

2014-07-25T09:37:00.000-07:00

United States-Mexico Zombie Border Issues

Murrieta, CA – Protestors have lined the back roads outside a secluded dilapidated home bordering a favorite campsite close to Mexico. A “concerned citizen,” weeks earlier, notified local Pinal County Sheriff Richard Grimes, who quickly called a press conference. Sheriff Grimes stated, “There have been numerous reports of zombies along and around the Mexican border, most likely trying to get into America.”

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And now let this be on your conscience…add it to the tab

2014-06-11T10:45:00.000-07:00

And now let this be on your conscience…add it to the tab. Photo by Xomiele.

Slaves forced to work for no pay for years at a time under threat of extreme violence are being used in Asia in the production of seafood sold by major US, British and other European retailers, the Guardian can reveal. A six-month investigation has established that large numbers of men bought and sold like animals and held against their will on fishing boats off Thailand are integral to the production of prawns (commonly called shrimp in the US) sold in leading supermarkets around the world, including the top four global retailers: Walmart, Carrefour, Costco and Tesco.

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Wherever You Are – Be All There

2014-06-04T00:14:00.000-07:00

You Can Never Text Me Your Love. Photograph by Xomiele

"Our family has been out to dinner before and observed people sitting at the same table for dinner and not communicating with each other. All heads are down as everyone texts someone else who isn’t there. As a culture we seem to be having a love affair with our devises only offering the tops of our heads to the people we are actually with. This phenomenon isn’t limited to texting and social media. Anytime we’re not engaged with the people we’re with for any reason, we’re not all there. I believe it’s killing our relationships and our social skills. Being all there is critical to healthy relationships at work and home..."

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Phoenix Artist Lisa Albinger: 100 Creatives

2014-06-02T01:07:00.000-07:00

Phoenix Artist Lisa Albinger: 100 Creatives. Photo by Xomiele.

Forget going international, Lisa Albinger's going intergalactic. Well, sort of. The artist's work combines collage and painting, and you might've recently spotted it at R. Pela Contemporary Art or Mesa Contemporary Arts. But on Friday, June 6, 20 of her pieces will be presented inside Dorrance Planetarium at Arizona Science Center. Albinger's works will be animated and projected on the dome ceiling of the planetarium as part of the event, "Art 360." The free First Friday must-see will be presented as part of the Science Center's Adult's Night Out and also will include a few of Albinger's paintings on display.

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“Do you have anything to declare?” Here are 15 things banned in certain countries

2014-06-01T15:14:00.000-07:00

“Do you have anything to declare?” Here are 15 things banned in certain countries

"Does your country have everything you need? If it doesn’t, usually the internet can provide for you. But in some specific cases, there are certain products or contraband that just aren’t allowed in a particular country. Here’s a list of 15 things that are currently not allowed, or weren’t allowed at some point! It doesn’t seem that out of place that some things are banned in certain countries. Governments are free to ban whatever they feel is necessary to protect their citizens. If the citizens don’t like it, that’s what elections and revolutions are for! If any of the following banned items are your passion, just be happy you don’t live in the following countries!"

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Poll: Would You Pay for a Super-Premium Music Service?

2014-03-19T23:49:00.000-07:00

Gas Pump. Photograph by Xomiele

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry released its annual global recorded music revenue report this week. Unlike the previous report, this one saw a decline in overall recorded music revenue by 3.9 percent, to $15 billion — mostly due to shrinking revenues in Japan that we totally saw coming. Over a billion of that was due to the growth of on-demand music subscription services such as Deezer, Google Play All Access, Muve, Rdio, Rhapsody, and Spotify. Some people still mistakenly believe these services to be “cannibalizing” digital and physical sales, which is silly, because that is exactly what they are supposed to do. If artists, labels, publishers, and songwriters were paid every time someone played a song on a computer or smartphone, the recorded music industry would be bigger than ever.

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Arizona Legislature’s 10 Worst Bills of the 2010s

2014-02-25T22:31:00.000-08:00

Among progressive circles near and far, Arizona is widely considered a laughing stock for many of the regressive bills drafted– and sometimes passed– by its Republican-controlled legislature. But to those negatively affected by many of these measures, they are no laughing matter. Last week, both houses of the state legislature approved SB 1062, the so-called “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” which aims to “restore” the right of Arizona business owners to refuse service to anyone whose beliefs, appearance, lifestyle choices, association or even genetics (think LGBT) don’t jibe with their particular religious beliefs, however odious, discriminatory or mythical those may be.

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More of the Same

2014-02-23T22:07:00.000-08:00

"This past January, House Republicans announced what they call a “step by step process to common sense Immigration Reform,” the sum of which regurgitates the same old enforcement and punitive-based framework that we’ve seen for nearly a year. It calls for more border militarization, more criminalization of immigrants, biometric tracking systems, and harsher penalties for those they deem in violation. The Republicans in the House have put forward a scheme completely in line with previous prescriptions, such as the Safe Act, proposed by the House Judiciary Committee in June, and the Senate Bill that was passed in April 2013."

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As cinzas

2014-02-15T22:48:00.000-08:00

“Está morto”, disseram todos, um por vez, olhando para mim. Imediatamente tomaram os primeiros preparativos. Telefonaram para a funerária, fizeram as primeiras ligações para amigos e familiares distantes. Ninguém chorava. Havia alguma comoção (não quero ser injusto), mas nenhuma demonstração de surpresa. Era como se reagissem ao anúncio da morte como maratonistas ao tiro de largada: começaram a mover-se adiante, sem pressa, mas com método. Dois ou três foram até o quarto, pegar terno e gravata, já pensando no velório, nos convidados. Vai ficar bem bonito, ouvi alguém dizendo lá de dentro, o som abafado pela distância.

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Is Snow Made from Wastewater Safe for Skiers?

2014-01-28T10:45:00.000-08:00

No Shit Snow by Xomiele on Flickr.

Is Snow Made from Wastewater Safe for Skiers?

"The Arizona Supreme Court has greenlighted a lawsuit that the Hopi Tribe brought against the city of Flagstaff, Ariz. for selling wastewater to a local ski resort to make fake snow. In a procedural victory, the tribe has won the right to proceed with its lawsuit challenging Flagstaff’s 2002 decision to sell reclaimed wastewater to the Arizona Snowbowl ski area, on claims that the wastewater snow creates a “public nuisance.” The Arizona Court of Appeals last April had overturned a trial judge’s dismissal of the case in 2011. The city then asked the supreme court to review the appeals court ruling, but the petition was denied on Jan. 7."

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Óyeme Voz: U.S. Latin@ & Immigrant Communities Re-Sound Citizenship and Belonging

2014-01-13T21:01:00.000-08:00

Arizona SB 1070 Protest, May 2010 by xomiele

Óyeme Voz: U.S. Latin@ & Immigrant Communities Re-Sound Citizenship and Belonging

"Citizenship is (mis)understood as a privilege that guarantees protection by the nation-state. The current nation-state’s dominant discourse of national security creates draconian federal, state, and local legislation that belie immigrants’ differences. Rising anti-immigrant rhetoric attempts to homogenize both Latinas/os and immigrants as criminals. In other words, such discourse is used to justify the nation-state as the reference point for recognizing a legitimate community. The Department of Homeland Security’s agenda deems who may be tolerable and who is deportable, even if you are a U.S. citizen. Distinguishing, for example, between exceptional students who “deserve to be here” and those who do not, creates a hierarchy of immigrants. Consequently, public discourse over the worthiness of recognition and belonging creates limitations that categorize immigrants in restrictive ways. Similarly, attacks on bilingual education and ethnic studies attempt to displace Latinos as foreign and “alien” within US territories."

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A thin blue line: how Facebook deals with controversial content

2014-01-05T21:28:00.000-08:00

A surveillance camera, downtown Flagstaff. By xomiele.

A thin blue line: how Facebook deals with controversial content

"Stories of Facebook allowing beheading videos but removing breastfeeding images, and then reversing the decision to allow graphic violence after public uproar, has led many to question how Facebook should treat controversial content. Australian users, for example, were enraged by Facebook’s initial refusal to take down an Aboriginal Memes page last year, although Facebook also later reversed that decision and removed the racist page."

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Oklahoma Saw Three Mass Shootings in 2013

2013-12-30T23:03:00.000-08:00

"As the new year approaches, the media is looking back on 2013, highlighting the news and culture stories that made headlines. Gawker, however, looked back at “The Year in Mass Shootings,” highlighting the horrible events that represent “a fraction of all U.S. victims of gun violence.” The term “mass shooting” is widely debated and has no set definition or criteria. According to the FBI, a “mass murder” is considered a single incident in which the perpetrator kills at least four people, not including him/herself, with no distinct period of time between the murders. Mother Jones classifies a “mass shooting” with the following criteria..."

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Universidades Americanas verificam sua nota e seu Facebook

2013-11-15T19:25:00.000-08:00

Under Surveillance by xomiele, on Flickr

Universidades Americanas verificam sua nota e seu Facebook

"A Kaplan - http://press.kaptest.com/ -, uma empresa do grupo que edita o jornal Washington Post (EUA), realizou uma pesquisa com 381 universidades americanas e constatou que 31% delas consultam as páginas das redes sociais dos candidatos durante o processo de admissão.
Alguns já foram reprovados, como conta a repórter Natasha Singer em uma reportagem no NYTimes ("They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets"), publicada em 09/11/2013.
E no Brasil?"

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Dogs And Fire Hydrants: 25 Stunning Photos

2013-11-11T01:56:00.000-08:00

Dogs And Fire Hydrants: 25 Stunning Photos. Photo by Xomiele

Dogs and fire hydrants are an age-old coupling. They go together like peanut butter and jelly. After all, what dog doesn’t stop by a fire hydrant to either mark his territory or sniff to discover who has been there? It is not just a local city phenomenon either. Countless photos have documented dogs’ love for fire hydrants all over the country, that give us an opportunity to witness the various, surprisingly beautiful, fire hydrants from city to city. Dog-lovers know what fire hydrants mean to our pups, although perhaps not as much as the dogs in the photos tell us.

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