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Photographer Myoung Ho Lee on his “TREE” exhibit:
Trees are attractive objects in that they enable people to think philosophically and appreciate aesthetically. But too often, we don’t recognize the value of ordinary mundane objects around us. Seeing trees in a refreshing way or restoring the value of trees is to awaken all beings on [...]

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Ah!  Homesick.

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This is part of the reason that Mark Bittman rocks!

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On my way home this evening, I stopped to admire the shadowy prints on the sidewalk left by decomposing leaves. The spectacular autumn colors give way to nature’s afterimage: the shape of what is no longer there.

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In the little moments:
On Metro, where riders rarely exchange words or even glances, a silver-haired man in a yellow rain slicker and a woman with salt-and-pepper hair fell into easy conversation as they waited for an Orange Line train at McPherson Square.
“Oh, may I see the picture?” Elaine Reed of Arlington County asked the man [...]

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We celebrate, but we are not there yet.

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“She was one of those quiet heroes that we have all across America,” Mr. Obama said. “They’re not famous. Their names are not in the newspapers, but each and every day they work hard.
“They aren’t seeking the limelight. All they try to do is just do the right thing. In this crowd there are a [...]

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“Rosa Parks sat so that Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so that Obama could run. Obama’s running so that we all can fly.” — Jay-Z
“I think the situation is dire, I cannot think of a large issue where things are going right, and Senator [...]

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World polls favor Obama by more than 3 to 1.
The Economist features a dominance of blue on its global map.
Canadian comedians play a prank on the Republican ticket’s Sarah Palin, a “[mere] update of the Couric interviews.”
Expatriates are going the extra mile to vote.
Claude Robinson, columnist for the Jamaica Observer, views the election [...]

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The Internet has changed the dynamics of elections: User-created content flourishes on the web. Cyberwhisper campaigns are propagated by viral email messages. Volunteers with cell phones and laptops render robo-calls a dinner-interruption of the past. Obama’s primetime infomercial was possible because of a savvy online fundraising campaign that pulled in “632,000 first-time donors [...]

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