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35 Powerful Photos That Each Tell A Story

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:12:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "We express sincere appreciation of the hard work of all photojournalists who are working for humanity, sometimes risking their life for the sake of their duties and responsibilities. This article is a tribute to all of them and their accomplishments and works."

Clip Source: www.noupe.com

A picture is worth a thousand words that is the motto of photojournalist, a photojournalist attempts to produce straight, truthful and realistic photography of a particular subject, most frequently pictures of people.

Photojournalists are doing really a great job over the world for humanity, they are working for peace, for human rights, for raising humanity problems and issues, for pointing out the people living below the bottom line of poverty, for raising awareness about educational and child labor issues and much more… Our today’s post is about Inspirational Documentary and Photojournalism Photos. In this post we showcase 35 powerful, touching and emotional photos that do not just display state of affairs, but also tell a story.

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. At all times, we have many thousands of people seeing through our eyes and expecting to see the truth. Most people immediately understand an image.”

Tags: photojournalism, documentary photos

A REAL AWWW MOMENT CAUSING PHOTO

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:43:40 GMT

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The Truth About Work

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:01:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The sad truth, that is.

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World's Smallest Orchid Discovered (By Accident)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:55:32 GMT

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Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

World's Smallest Orchid Discovered (By Accident)

The world's smallest known orchid (pictured)—just over 2 millimeters (0.08 inch) across and nearly see-through—has been discovered nestled in the roots of another flower in Ecuador, scientists announced this week.

Lou Jost, an ecologist with the EcoMinga plant-conservation foundation, has studied the plants of the South American country's mountainous forests for 15 years.

Earlier this year he'd collected an orchid of a larger species to study in his greenhouse. "Several months later I saw this tiny plant," he said.

Ecuador's mountains are havens of biodiversity, where plants on one mountain may be entirely different from those on a neighboring peak.

In the region where the tiny orchid was found, Jost also recently discovered 28 new orchids in the Teagueia genus, a group previously thought to contain only 6 species. Ecuador as a whole is home to 4,000 known orchid species—a thousand of them discovered in the past 12 years alone.

Tags: orchids, botany, ecuador

pic of the day

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:59:29 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thesun.co.uk

TWO bald eagles are caught on camera having a spectacular mid-air fight above the Alaskan mountains.

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Oh No! Not again!

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:45:25 GMT

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Tags: ------------, image, today

Remembrance day conman named and shamed

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:21:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

A Remembrance Day conman who angered veterans by marching in a parade with an impossible array of medals was named and shamed today.

Roger Day strode alongside 600 genuine war heroes wearing a beige SAS beret and a dazzling selection of 21 military medals and badges.

Thousands of well-wishers - including the recently bereaved families of servicemen killed in Afghanistan - clapped and cheered as he marched past.

Roger Day on parade and, right, at home today. He denied he'd been confronted at the parade and said afterwards he'd then gone drinking with his 'ex-SAS buddies'

But organisers became suspicious when they noticed he had medals from campaigns including World War I and II, Korea, the Falklands, awards for both officers and privates and even a foreign medal.

His striking collection of medals even included the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross.

No single servicemen could have been awarded all the medals, and they were wrongly displayed, said experts.

Horrible Conditions of Existence (22 pics)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:35:52 GMT

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Clip Source: izismile.com

Horrible Conditions of Existence (22 pics)

This landfill is located in one of the poorest areas of Phnom Penh city, Cambodia.
It became a home for about two thousand people who simply have nowhere to go.
And the most awful thing, is that children have to start their life journey in this disgusting mess…(and there are about 600 children there).

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NY State Senator: No to Marriage Equality, Yes to Slashing Girlfriend's Face

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:00:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Hiram Monserrate, a New York state senator who was one of eight Democrats to vote “no” on the marriage equality bill that failed today.

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Hiram Monserrate, a New York state senator who was one of eight Democrats to vote “no” on the marriage equality bill that failed today.

while Mr. Monserrate is projecting his “moral values” onto the rest of us, it’s worth pointing out that those morals include slashing his girlfriend’s face with a broken beer bottle, which required 20 to 40 stitches to close. That was before he violently dragged her, while she was bleeding, through the lobby of their building to take her to the ER.

Because he was only found guilty of misdemeanor assault, he was able to keep his senate seat. Because he was able to keep his senate seat, he was able to vote against marriage equality today.

You can call Mr. Monserrate’s district office at (718) 205-3881, and his Albany office at (518) 455-2529. Tell him that your moral values embrace equality and deplore violence.

And when it’s re-election time, throw a few dollars toward Jose Peralta. I know I will.

Tags: news, u.s., new york, marriage equality, gay, monserrate

Denmark rife with CO2 fraud

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:39:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: No, really ?? If money is at stake, people will lie about carbon credits ??

Clip Source: www.cphpost.dk

Denmark is the centre of a comprehensive tax scam involving CO2 quotas, in which the cheats exploit a so-called ‘VAT carrousel’, reports Ekstra Bladet newspaper.

Police and authorities in several European countries are investigating scams worth billions of kroner, which all originate in the Danish quota register. The CO2 quotas are traded in other EU countries.

Denmark’s quota register, which the Energy Agency within the Climate and Energy Ministry administers, is the largest in the world in terms of personal quota registrations. It is much easier to register here than in other countries, where it can take up to three months to be approved.

One of the cases, which stems from the Danish register, involves fraud of more than 8 billion kroner. This case, in which nine people have been arrested, is being investigated in England.

The market for CO2 trade has exploded in recent years and is worth an estimated 675 billion kroner globally.

Tags: climate change, climate, fraud, hoax, outrage, science

Merciful NY store owner gets thank you note.

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:51:33 GMT

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Clip Source: www.bostonherald.com

Merciful NY store owner gets thank you note

SHIRLEY, N.Y. — A Long Island convenience store owner who showed mercy to a would-be robber says he’s received an apology note and $50 in the mail.

The unsigned note said it was from the man who tried to rob Mohammad Sohail. It said the would-be robber has a new job, a new child, and is staying out of trouble.

Sohail is saving the $50 for charity.

The bat-wielding man tearfully told Sohail in May that he was trying to feed his family. The rifle-toting businessman gave him $40 and bread, and made him promise never to rob again.

The man disappeared when Sohail went to get milk for the family.

A House is not a Home Without a Pet.

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:06:26 GMT

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Clip Source: amolife.com

A House is not a Home Without a Pet.

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17 Things Worth Knowing About Your Cat [INFOGRAPHIC]

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:01:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Cats also have the ability to stick their paws in your face at 6am when they get hungry.

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house that can rotate to follow the sun

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:29:22 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

A couple in Australia have built a house that can rotate to follow the sun.

Luke and Debbie Everingham's home, in Wingham, New South Wales, can turn full circle thanks to a turntable upon which it is built.

The rooms of the octagonal building are designed to let in more light than average, and thanks to the property's unique shape, are also more spacious than usual.

All the rooms are attached to a central core of plumbings and electrical fittings around which the house can turn.

The mechanism is powered by two small electric engines no larger than that of a washing machine, and is controlled using a touch-screen panel in the living area.

The couple, who spent £400,000 designing and building the house, told how the idea was born when their neighbours were discussing their own new-build.

They had commented that if they could start again they would orientate the house 15 degrees to the north, to which Mrs Everingham replied: 'Wouldn't it be handy to have a house that could move?'

Sun Tsunami

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:32:19 GMT

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Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

November 19, 2009--Solar tsunamis are real, say astronomers who caught the first three-dimensional pictures of a giant wave rippling across the sun. Solar physicists first saw evidence for such waves in satellite pictures of the sun taken in 1996 (pictured), but many doubted that anything of the suggested scale could really exist.

Now the twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have captured an unprecedented view of a solar tsunami triggered by a sunspot explosion in February. The massive wave rose more than 62,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) high, raced outward at 560,000 miles (901,000 kilometers) an hour, and packed as much energy as 2,400 megatons of TNT.