Monthly Archives: December 2020

A Pair of Vibrant, Color-Blocked Murals by Lakwena Transform Two Basketball Courts in Arkansas

Tucked into the verdant landscape of Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, are two dramatically altered basketball courts primed for play. Commissioned by the women-led curators of Justkids (previously) and OZ Art, the public project was conceived by … Continue reading

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The Vibe Of Guadeloupe

Photographer Marie-Pierre Lambelin is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay.  From the project ‘Le Battement d’aile du papillon’.   I got bewitched by the the butterfly’s flapping wing, In the shade of the dormant volcano of … Continue reading

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Julian Barbour on “The Janus Point: A New Theory of Time” | Closer To Truth Chats

Physicist Julian Barbour discusses his newest book, “The Janus Point: A New Theory of Time.” In it, Barbour makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time — and shapes the destiny of the universe. … Continue reading

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Search Before Google

It’s pretty easy to take the search engine Google for granted today, but twenty years ago, there was no such thing. In fact, for well over a decade before Google, search engines were crawling, indexing and searching.

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Natural Elements Emerge from Vintage Garments in Trompe L’oeil Sculptures by Artist Ron Isaacs

Left: “Up and Up” (2019), acrylic on birch plywood construction, 43 × 14 × 4 1/2 inches. Right: “Aviary” (2019), acrylic on birch plywood construction, 42 1/2 × 23 × 4 inches. All images © Ron Isaacs Vintage clothing and … Continue reading

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Trillions of Questions, No Easy Answers: A (home) movie about how Google Search works

Like any typical home movie, this one started in a dusty basement with boxes of old footage. Some conversations in 2019, a field trip to a data center, and an unexpected stop at a hardware store later, it came together … Continue reading

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The teen who came to Spain’s Canary Islands on top of a tanker’s rudder: ‘After the seventh day, we lost hope’ | El País

The 14-year-old from Nigeria shares with EL PAÍS his first-hand account of his 15-day odyssey from Lagos to the archipelago MARÍA MARTÍN 16 DEC 2020 – 08:30 CET After a dinner of vegetables and cookies, Prince, a 14-year-old from Nigeria … Continue reading

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Aliza Nisenbaum – Exhibition at Tate Liverpool | Tate

Aliza Nisenbaum (b.1977, Mexico) is a New York based painter best known for her bright, large-scale portraits of community groups. Inspired by the dedication of Liverpool’s key workers, the artist has created a series of new paintings of NHS staff … Continue reading

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Temperaments – What you need to know

For the footnotes and other extra information see the following link: https://www.earlymusicsources.com/you… 0:00:19 – INTRODUCTION 0:00:46 – WHAT IS A TEMPERAMENT and WHAT IS EQUAL TEMPERAMENT 0:04:55 – PYTHAGOREAN TUNING 0:08:52 – MEANTONE TEMPERAMENTS 0:13:56 – IRREGULAR TEMPERAMENTS / “WELL-TEMPERED … Continue reading

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