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Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: Morgan Gruer Mixes Animation With Live Action — Filmotomy

The Maya Deren Short Film Innovation Prize — WINNER — Morgan Gruer – “for excellent, emotive hand-drawn animation with Reflections, and incorporating her vibrant talent to live action work including music videos”#FemmeFilmFest #directedbywomen pic.twitter.com/XkQO5QgJcU — Robin Write (@Filmotomy) September 16, … Continue reading

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Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Originally posted on A Stamp A Day:
Great Britain – Scott #904 (1980) The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened on September 15, 1830, connecting the major industrial city of Manchester with the nearest deep water port at the Port of Liverpool,…

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Dr Warwick Kerr, the “Man Who Created Killer Bees”, has died

Originally posted on Bad Beekeeping Blog:
It is with regret that we report that the humanitarian, geneticist, and scientist, Professor Warwick Kerr, passed away this morning, September 15, 2018. He was six days past his 96th birthday.  Dr Kerr, a…

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The political spectrum of Brazil: how the 2018 elections have revealed a country divided between two extremes

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Why we laugh

Did you know that you’re 30 times more likely to laugh if you’re with somebody else than if you’re alone? Cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott shares this and other surprising facts about laughter in this fast-paced, action-packed and, yes, hilarious dash … Continue reading

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Streetart Flash – My Dog Sighs @ Cheltenham, UK

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Whispering Rooms + Ellipsoid Ceilings

Originally posted on The Girl With an Erdos Number of ∞:
Apollonius of Perga (262-190 BC), “The Great Geometer” was a younger contemporary of Archimedes. His most notable works were published in his eight books, the “Conics”. Pythagoras — Socrates—Plato—Aristotle —–Euclid—Archimedes—Apollonius 500 BC…

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Salt Water

Originally posted on Stop To Kiss The Flowers:
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Street vendors in Manchester – Photo by Rob Laynton

Originally posted on Photo-art gallery:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Seemingly increasingly marginalized on the city streets for one reason or another, street vendors and stall holders some to be more controlled and…

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Celebrating The History Of Manchester’s First Superhero Dan Dare

Originally posted on The Comic Vault:
As a city, Manchester has some of the richest cultural history in the world. Industry and creativity are driving forces and it’s safe to say that I love the place I grew up in.…

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