July 4, 2011 at 5:00 pm
COPS IN CANADA Photograph by CARLOS OSORIO / TORONTO STAR A police officer is spotted performing crowd control at this year’s annual Pride Parade in Toronto, Canada. It takes place during the last week of June and has been an annual event since 1981. Pride Week celebrates Canada’s diverse sexual and gender…
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July 4, 2011 at 9:05 am
Artwork and Photography by SKOUNT Born in Almagro, Spain and currently working out of Amsterdam, street artist Skount has showcased his incredible work on walls around the world. A prolific graffiti artist in Barcelona, he moved from Spain in 2009. While often collaborating with other graffiti and street artists, Skount’s work is much more…
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July 3, 2011 at 5:00 pm
KRAKATOA ERUPTION FROM AFAR Photograph by MARCO FULLE Photographer’s Description: A volcano on Krakatoa is still erupting. Perhaps most famous for the powerfully explosive eruption in 1883 that killed tens of thousands of people, ash from a violent eruption might also have temporarily altered Earth’s climate as long as 1500 years ago.…
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July 2, 2011 at 5:00 pm
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July 2, 2011 at 11:11 am
COMIC BY GUY DIMET @ deviantART
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July 1, 2011 at 9:05 am
Welcome to the Friday Shirk Report where you will find the 20 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL key whilst clicking a link with your mouse Stay…
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June 30, 2011 at 5:00 pm
COLDPLAY @ GLASTONBURY MAIN STAGE 2011 Photograph by MATT CARDY / GETTY IMAGES Fricken Lasers fill the sky above the audience as Coldplay performs on the main Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, on June 25, 2011. via The Atlantic’s In Focus with Alan Taylor – Glastonbury 2011 …
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June 30, 2011 at 9:05 am
Photograph by TERRY GOSS The Great White Shark is one of nature’s greatest and most feared predators. Though not the ‘ferocious man-eater’ they are depicted to be in the blockbuster film Jaws, the great white shark is an intimidating creature with awesome power and speed. Enjoy the 20 incredible photographs below along with some…
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June 29, 2011 at 5:00 pm
CAMEL CARAVAN AT AN OASIS Photograph by GEORGE STEINMETZ / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Knee-deep wading is bliss for camels in Chad’s Archeï, a canyon whose trapped waters hold a zoological surprise. Fertilized by beasts’ droppings, algae are eaten by fish that are preyed upon by an isolated group of crocodiles. National Geographic…
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June 29, 2011 at 9:05 am
ST-HILAIRE TRAIN DISASTER – JUNE 29, 1864 The St-Hilaire train disaster was a railroad disaster that occurred on June 29, 1864 near the present day town of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. A Grand Trunk train carrying between 354 and 475 passengers, many of them German and Polish immigrants, were travelling from Quebec City…
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