2014年8月27日 星期三

2014-08-28 U.S. Spotlight


World's Oldest Wine Cellar Fueled Palatial Parties  Discovery News
With no muscles in our fingers or toes, how come humans are able to climb every mountain? Or, climb some of them anyway! Read More » · Adventure Activities · Adventure Travel · Adventure Trip Guide · Extreme Sports · National Parks · Outdoor Activities ...


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  National Geographic   
Iceland's Seabird Colonies Are Vanishing, With "Massive" Chick Deaths  National Geographic
Iceland is home to the world's largest Atlantic puffin colony, but the birds' breeding has been a "total failure" since 2005. Photograph by Frans Lanting, National Geographic. Cheryl Katz. for Environmental Health News. Published August 27, 2014. FLATEY ...


   


7 Lessons for Nonprofit Organizations From the Startup World  Entrepreneur (blog)
Philanthropy is a surprisingly complex world. There is just as much competition, red tape and politics as in finance or the startup world. Other complexities exist between the old guard of philanthropy and the new, disruptive groups of young people in social ...


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  New York Times   
The End of Liberal Zionism  New York Times
LONDON — Liberal Zionists are at a crossroads. The original tradition of combining Zionism and liberalism — which meant ending the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, supporting a Palestinian state as well as a Jewish state with a permanent Jewish ...


   


What Lies Beneath Stonehenge?  Smithsonian
We walked the Avenue, the ancient route along which the stones were first dragged from the River Avon. For centuries, this was the formal path to the great henge, but now the only hint of its existence was an indentation or two in the tall grass. It was a fine ...


   

  National Geographic   
World's Largest Dam Removal Unleashes US River After Century of Electric ...  National Geographic
As Washington State's Elwha River runs free, a habitat for fish and wildlife is restored. In this photo taken June 3, 2014, the Elwha River flows into the Strait. The Elwha River flows into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, carrying sediment once trapped behind dams.

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  New York Times   
Why We're Not Driving the Friendly Skies  New York Times
A number of us can thank a cartoon character from the future, George Jetson, for instilling our longing. Students of aviation history might look for inspiration to the Autoplane prototype built in 1917 by the flight pioneer Glenn Curtiss. And tens of millions of ...


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White privilege: An insidious virus that's eating America from within  Salon
In one of the most famous passages of the New Testament, the apostle Paul writes to the Christians of Corinth, employing a complicated series of metaphors on the theme of transformation: from childhood to adulthood, from ignorance to knowledge, from ...


   


Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Put Pressure on Putin  TIME
With evidence of Russian military activity in Ukraine piling up, how long can Moscow deny its involvement in the ongoing conflict? The frantic appeal to the Russian President came on Wednesday from a cramped and cluttered office in the city of Kostroma, ...


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The Look Of Funny: How The Onion's Art Department Works  Co.Design
The absurd scenes and photos that look like bad stock art? They're all designed from scratch. An Onion article titled “New Law Enforcement Robot Can Wield Excessive Force Of 5 Human Officers” includes a remarkable bit of artwork, which you can see ...


   

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