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Travelling to the dark side

Seeded on Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:17 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)

From New York's ground zero to the Killing Fields of Cambodia, tourists are flocking to sites of suffering - and even into war zones. Laszlo Buhasz explores our desire to pay tribute and look death in the face...

travel, death, brutality, tourism, remembrance-day, veterans-day, killing-fields, dark-tourism, concentration-camps, nazis

World's First 100 % USDA Certified Organic Bar Celebrates Opening Night

Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 10:12 PM EST (TreeHugger)

Seeded by Aine MacDermot

GustOrganic, an all-organic restaurant in New York is now also home to the world's first all-organic bar. Using entirely organic spirits—beers, cocktails, wine, and liquor, GustOrganic is the first bar to be certified organic by the USDA.

health, gustorganic, restaurants, bars, new-york, alcohol, usda-certified-organic, greenvine, health-food, food

Top 5 Networking Sites for the Mega Rich

Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 3:31 PM EST (impactlab.com)

Seeded by Aine MacDermot

Ever wondered where do millionaires and billionaires of the world network? Many of them may be patronising Facebook and Orkuts of the world, but many others have `exclusive social networks' that are open strictly by invitation.

technology, social-networks, social-networking, wealthy, exclusivity, asmallworld, diamond-lounge, luxuryratings, squa-re, quintessentially

PARODY - W's Last Night as President

Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 3:11 PM EST (YouTube)

Seeded by Aine MacDermot

Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos - As Tall As Cliffs

politics, parody, humor, comedy, music, videos, margot-and-the-nuclear-so-and-sos, as-tall-as-cliffs, george-w-bush

1960s Radicals Predict Rebirth of Social Activism

Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 1:10 PM EST (The New York Times)

Seeded by Aine MacDermot

Nothing is more non-nonconformist than a nearly two-hour panel discussion. But times have indeed changed, and the three former political radicals who gathered for one on Saturday in Manhattan did not seem to mind.

politics, activism, the-60s, manhattan, tom-hayden, bernadine-dohm, jamal-joseph, sds, chicago-seven, weather-underground

Marquette, Michigan remembers 'Anatomy of a Murder'

Seeded on Sat Nov 8, 2008 9:39 PM EST (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Seeded by Aine MacDermot

The stately and handsome Marquette County Courthouse, with its commanding view of the city and its great lake, was the setting for two famous trials in the last century.

arts, michigan, marquette, local-news, anatomy-of-a-murder, books, movies, film, john-voelker, robert-traver

Neil Gaiman Hosts Reading of Sandman's Political Bits

Seeded on Sat Nov 8, 2008 1:12 AM EST (Wired News)

Seeded by Aine MacDermot

Neil Gaiman's epic comics series The Sandman is waking to a momentous 20th anniversary.

politics, neil-gaiman, sandman, new-york-city, comic-book-legal-defense-fund, fundraisers, oral-reading, charles-brownstein, freedom-of-expression, comicbooks

Tricked-Out Inflatable House Provides "Instant Survival"

Seeded on Sat Nov 8, 2008 12:04 AM EST (Wired News)

Seeded by Aine MacDermot

In tough circumstances, sometimes all you need is hope, but other times you need a blow-up survival shelter featuring a bed, a couch, freeze-dried food, a 50-gallon water bladder, a first-aid kit, a radio and a cookstove.

technology, housing, survival, shelter, life-cube, inflatable-world, design, architecture, disaster-preparedness, disaster-control

Going Green Off The Grid

Tue Nov 4, 2008 7:05 PM EST

By Emilyk (Clipped by Aine MacDermot)

What better way to save the world than to start in your own back yard? That's what Doug Rempel is doing – one SIP at a time. Doug is currently building an entirely energy efficient home next to Lillooet Lake, in Pemberton, B.C.

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