How Living In A Library Gave One Man ‘The Thirst Of Learning’
When he was young, Ronald Clark lived in the library. Literally. Clark: You see, decades ago, custodians who worked in the New York Public Library often lived in the buildings...
Novelist Amy TanRevisitsThe Roots Of Her Writing Career
Growing up as a first-generation Chinese-American in Northern California, novelist Amy Tan found herself pulled by two different notions of fate. Her mother was guided by beliefs in curses and...
A City of the Future, Digital Dreamin Toronto
A city of the future, digital dream, has found its first home in Toronto. Sidewalk Labs LLC, the urban innovation unit of Page’s Alphabet Inc., and Waterfront Toronto plan to...
How small businesses can survive and thrive in disruptive times
Colour film, typewriters and videocassette recorders – those are just three cutting-edge products obliterated by disruptive technologies. Yet the march of disruption goes on, and the genius of successful small...
The World’s Natural Wonders – in Picture
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Oxford aims to cut air pollution with car ban in zero emissions zone
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Athena Parthenos
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James McBride Says Fiction Writing Allows Him More Freedom
We are marveled at your ability to reinvent yourself. You are an accomplished musician and a well-known writer. How do you manage to combine all that? McBride:Music helpswrite. The world...
Loving Vincent: How the world’s first fully-painted feature film took six years to make
If the word “unique” is overused, particularly when it comes to film journalism, it can genuinely be applied to Loving Vincent. But what makes Loving Vincent unique? Using 130 of Van Gogh’s paintings,...
Great Outdoor Activities in Colorado
Strawberry Park Hot Springs Strawberry Hot Springs in the Rockies mixes very hot natural spring water with ice-cold runoff from melted snow. There are a number of pools at different...
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Where Christmas opens its welcoming doors to a wonderful fairytale world
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Streams of higher tender love, mercy and light are abundantly pouring out into our hearts at Christmas
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Talking Business 2.0 Conference in Chisinau, Moldova
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Why does life send us challenges? How to overcome and benefit from difficulties?
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“We should be mindful of the future”: Ultimate Medical Academy in Tampa, FL
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2024 Real Deal South Florida Real Estate Forum in Miami, FL
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Are eclipses ordinary cosmic phenomena or mysterious signs sent to humanity by the divine Universe?
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Chicago Industrial Properties’ 21st annual Chicagoland Supply Chain, Distribution and Logistics Summit, Lombard, IL
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“The driving force throughout my career is to return to people through music that which was gifted to me”: Dr. Scott Woodard
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Moldova Business Forum II in Chisinau, Moldova
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Long Work days May Be Bad for Your Heart
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Should We Be Buying Iodized Salt?
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Euro zone business growth solid in July – PMI
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THE MARIINSKY BALLET OPENS ITS NEW SEASON WITH DON QUIXOTE, 24 JULY
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Time is running out for seniors to get a lifetime pass to US national parks for just $10
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The world’s best airline has been announced for 2017
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Researchers Discover How To Enhance Memories During Sleep… By Triggering Brain Waves
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Artist Hugo Wilson on Myths, Human Nature, and Why Painting Matters.
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Oxford University Is Older Than the Aztecs
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Specialized Foster Care Open House
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Spoiling my grandchildren might be bad for them, but I can’t help it
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Summer dainties: cherry semifreddo
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A genuine starin the classical music world: Dmitri Hvorostovsky
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Why it pays to grow herbs at home – even in winter
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I’m bored by my daughter, and she is distant and critical of me
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Unforgettable glorious Genoa
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The Internet should transition into clean energy
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KohKradan, Thailand
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Cleantech Open 2022 Global Forum in San Jose, Calif., USA
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“The driving force throughout my career is to return to people through music that which was gifted to me”: Dr. Scott Woodard