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Nixon Park

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The bowly cement patch, you can see from Google Earth, in Nixon Park in Auckland, is every kid daily Skatepark. Went there, shot some action... Check it out! >>>

Skin Works

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Skin Works is a series of fine-art black-and-white prints by Rokma. While your summer might look pink, you can feel black and white. Shades of grey smoothly attract. Not surviving alone in... >>>

Naturals

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Naturals is a new work By Rokma shot in Thailand some time ago. Some say there is God guiding children. Surely they do express this ice cream moment beautifully... >>>

Art is a selfie background

Art is a selfie background

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Art, formerly considered an high end cultural extravaganza, is now entering a new perception phase. Forget the eye opening art-critic comment, the interview with author, the art piece... >>>

A nomadic Life

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As an old tradition, Khampas from all over the Tibetan Plateau come to celebrate The Litang Horse Festival every August in Litang County, Sichuan province, China. >>>

Paradise Garbage

Paradise Garbage

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In Bali, as tourism grown more and more every year, the trash at the Suwung Waste Disposal Area is a mountain of rubbish that dominates the landscape. 30 Hectares site, with some hills... >>>

Burning trash

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I had always thought that's just the poor people who clean their yard by burning the rubbish, but I had to change my mind. I spoke recently with a rich kid from an high status family in... >>>

Understanding emotions

Understanding emotions

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So what are emotions, really? Well, strap on your seat belt, because emotions are guesses. They are guesses that your brain constructs in the moment where billions of brain cells are... >>>

Gili Day

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Gili means island. Near Lombok, in East Indonesia, there are 3 small islands on the Wallace Line channel, called Gilis in short. No car nor motorbikes. Diving and Snorkelling Wonders and... >>>

Hallucinating all the time

Hallucinating all the time

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'We're all hallucinating all the time, including right now. It's just that when we agree about our hallucinations, we call that reality.' According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, when we... >>>

Don’t believe in beliefs

Don’t believe in beliefs

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When mystery presents itself people want answers. And when there are none, they cling to beliefs. As the function of a belief is to provide simple answers to the deepest of questions,... >>>

Perception deceives us

Perception deceives us

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Our perception deceives us. We awake in the morning feeling still, as we look out the window to see a tiny looking sun rising in the sky. We walk outside and the ground looks flat. And as... >>>

Treasures of Meaning

Treasures of Meaning

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The concept of meaning starts with emptiness. It is like an empty bowl. You may fill an empty bowl with whatever you may wish – whether it be rice, fruit or soup – and yet it is impartial... >>>

Women, flowers and dances

Women, flowers and dances

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An head full of flowers carefully prepared in the shape of an headdress. Once a year the young girls of the village carry it for a whole afternoon performing a slow dance. >>>

Old and happy

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Why is it that many old people in western societies look all but happy? Has it to do with separation and loneliness? Is it the price to pay for what they call progress? Has it to do with... >>>

Economics for everyone

Economics for everyone

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Illustrated here by Andrew Park, Ha-Joon Chang explains why every single person can and should get their head around basic economics. He pulls back the curtain on the often mystifying... >>>

There is a beginning

There is a beginning

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Zhuang Zhou, often written Chuang Tzu, known for Zhuangzi was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BC. He is credited with writing the Zhuangzi book, which... >>>

Numbeo: Numbers for all

Numbeo: Numbers for all

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Numbeo is the world's largest database providing current and timely information on world living conditions. >>>

Snaking into Milano China

Snaking into Milano China

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2013 Snake year celebration parade is being held in Milano Chinatown. Clean winter sky, a warm shy sun to celebrate cultural identity with ease. >>>

what on earth did I just witness?

what on earth did I just witness?

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Chinese animation artist Ray Lei, 26-year-old, has already hit International Animation Festival shows few times with his interesting multimedia works. >>>

Best of La Linea

Best of La Linea

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La Linea is an Italian animated series created by the Italian cartoonist Osvaldo Cavandoli. What strikes about Osvaldo's style is simplicity, minimalism, body language. Less was more... >>>

The Mah Song

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Marionettes of Spirits, The Mah Song. On an early morning in October, a crowd of men and women from Phuket's Thai-Chinese community gather in silence at the temple. >>>

Thailand's Sex Tourism

Thailand's Sex Tourism

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During the Vietnam war, American Soldiers would come to Thailand for R&R. Since then, Thailand has become known throughout the world as a premier destination for sex tourism. >>>

A Shaman, His Family and his First Alaia Surfboard

A Shaman, His Family and his First Alaia Surfboard

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The Mentawai people are an indigenous tribe of hunters who live deep in the jungle of Siberut Island, off the coast of western Sumatra. They live in isolation by choice, rejecting... >>>

Nigerian sunday

Nigerian sunday

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A West African community gathers at Sunday for a energetic gospel session. The goal is to build unity, faith and happiness in every man and woman. >>>

Unity in Diversity

Unity in Diversity

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Indonesia's experience in pushing harmony and acceptance of differences lays his roots in the Pancasila principles. >>>

Sumba's Kodi

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For 350 years, the Dutch colonised the vast archipelago of Indonesia but never even managed to set up an administrative post on the island of Sumba. >>>