Out of Thin Air

"Out of Thin Air By David Roberts For 75 years, mountaineering’s greatest mystery has lingered: Did the doomed George Mallory and Andrew Irvine reach the summit of Everest 29 years before the first confirmed ascent? The stunning discovery of Mallory’s body helps answer...

IMG Gurla Mandhata 2006 Expedition

"Back home safely Not a quick journey, but after driving 3 days across Tibet, bumping across the border in Zhangmu, catching up with the world and modern life in Kathmandu, and then flying some 8500 miles across the globe, we are all finally back home to spouses, friends, and...

13 Photographs That Changed the World.

Any picture can speak 1,000 words, but only a select few say something poignant enough to galvanize an entire society. The following photographs screamed so loudly that the entire world stopped to take notice.

Thousands pay respects to James Brown

Even in death, James Brown can move a crowd. Thousands of people danced and sang in the streets outside the Apollo Theater in a raucous celebration Thursday of the music legend's life as his body was displayed on the stage where he made his 1956 debut. Music thumped from...

The press vs. Google: Copyright cases to watch

An interesting article on an interesting copyright case to follow. Do the "snippets" that members of participatory news sites such as NowPublic, Newsvine, post violate the copyright terms of the news agencies?  Do snippets to personal blogs violate these terms? ...

Taking Actions/Treehugger

Some suggestions from the Treehugger online blog/e newsletter.USA focussed."Category: take action :: ::The Slate Green Challenge: Week 7 - Water December 8, 2006 9:30 AM - Brittany Jacobs, Seattle 061023_green_water.jpg Struggling with high energy bills? Your home water...

When Photographers Arrive, The Shooting Starts

"Mark Schneider, Editor of NowPublic.com is reporting a developing story of peaceful protests which are underway in Bagdhad, and have received little if any reporting from the Green Zone Media. In a series of photographs received from Citizen Journalist Woodkern, Schneider...

A Free-for-All on Science and Religion

"Maybe the pivotal moment came when Steven Weinberg, a Nobel laureate in physics, warned that “the world needs to wake up from its long nightmare of religious belief,” or when a Nobelist in chemistry, Sir Harold Kroto, called for the John Templeton Foundation to...

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Map Showing The Location Of The Detention Camps

They are not all shown on this map.

British SOE agents at Natzweiler

The camp was officially called Natzweiler-Struthof. It was better known to the locals as Natzwiller. This is the place where captured Resistance Fighters were sent.

What Happened Next? Crimes Allowed to Fade Away

I came across this while looking at the really gorgeous photographs of Manny Dominguez, Jr.  It is a little report he'd written about a search party that was sent out looking for a missing couple. The post is from September 2005. I always wonder what happened after...