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Met Museum’s Punk Exhibit Juxtaposes Anarchy With Esteem

THAT THE punk movement, nearly 40 years after it was born, will be feted at this year’s annual Met Ball, the gala that kicks off the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute exhibit, shows us just how far the onetime subculture has come. A style that began as the provenance of street kids will now […]

John Lubbock – the man who “invented” the Bank Holidays

The Right Honourable John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury MP FRS DCL LLD (30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was a banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. He was a banker and worked with his family’s company, but was also made significant contributions […]

ANGIE BOWIE FAN PAGE shared Catalyzing Change’s photo.

Catalyzing Change Cleopatra’s Kingdom, Alexandria, Egypt* (Found in 1998′) “Lost for 1,600 years, the royal quarters of Cleopatra were discovered off the shores of Alexandria. A team of marine archaeologists, led by Frenchman, Franck Goddi o, began excavating the ancient city in 1998. Mainstream historians believe the site was submerged by earthquakes and tidal waves, […]

Alien of the Deep

News Source :  http://news.nationalgeographic.com by James Owen Photograph courtesy Julius Nielsen, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Looking like a creature from the Alien movies, this nightmarish “longhead dreamer” anglefish (Chaenophryne longiceps) was until recently an alien species to Greenland water.