Places
Video: Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
Based on a true story set in Maine. Wilhelm Reich 24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, along with being a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud. It was shortly after he arrived in New York in 1939 that Reich first said he had discovered a biological…
Read MoreIDEXX CIO Ken Grady on Nontraditional Career Paths
Ken Grady has always been an animal lover. You can find him traveling across the country to visit farmers and their cows and chickens, or with veterinarians and the puppies, cats, guinea pigs, and all sorts of beloved pets in their care. But while his work involves caring for animals of all shapes and sizes, Grady…
Read MoreVisualizations of Data about Maine
Through advanced data analytics and visualization, DataUSA tells stories about: places in America—towns, cities and states; occupations, from teachers to welders to web developers; industries — where they are thriving, where they are declining and their interconnectedness to each other; and education and skills, from where is the best place to live if you’re a…
Read MoreVideo: Africa From The Sky
Even if you’ve been fortunate enough to visit Cameroon, you’ve probably never seen it like this before. William Thielicke, a Ph.D. student in biomimetics, built an MM6 Hexacopter (yes, that has six rotors) and attached a video camera to it, and the results are absolutely stunning. Fly down Cameroon’s coast and up its rivers, above…
Read MoreForbes names Portland one of America’s best cities for young professionals
With the unemployment rate stuck above 9%, recent college graduates are facing fierce competition for white-collar work: More than 2 million college-educated workers 25 and older are unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But prospects are much brighter in some cities than others…A few northeast metropolises cracked the top 15: hedge fund heavy Fairfield…
Read MorePortland Principal Promotes Collaborative Culture
The genius of this school is not in a program, it’s not in the laptops, it’s in the learning. It’s in teachers designing learning that they know will work for kids … and they have the space and the time and the autonomy to do it.
Read MoreIf you love your town, prosperity follows
“If you sometimes stop and wonder why you donate to your local school’s annual fundraiser, help plant trees on your town’s main drag or offer free hot cocoa at every street fair, the answer is because you’re either very generous or you know what’s good for your local economy. “New research suggests when people ‘love’…
Read MoreWith Twitter blocked, Chinese Micro-blogging Thrives
China’s 420-million web users have seized on micro-blogging as a new avenue for mass expression in a tightly-controlled information landscape…. Last year … China’s censors added Twitter to their list of blocked foreign services amid government accusations that social media were used to fan deadly ethnic unrest in northwestern China in July 2009. But several…
Read MoreThe New York Times spends 36 hours in Portland
The New York Times has added Portland to its travel guide to Maine. “In recent years, this city on the coast of Maine has welcomed a wave of locavore restaurants, urban farms and galleries that feature local artists. Abandoned brick warehouses are being repurposed as eco-friendly boutiques. In the main square, a 19th-century building has…
Read MoreThe legend of Hua Mulan
Hua Mulan is a heroine who joined an all-male army, described in a Chinese poem known as the Ballad of Mulan. The poem was first written in the Musical Records of Old and New from the 6th century … Over time, the story of Hua Mulan rose in popularity as a folk tale among the…
Read MoreRustic Romance
The real Maine has been a magnet for tourists for almost as long as it has been a state, and this, paradoxically, may be why it has retained a feeling of authenticity that other parts of northern New England have lost. The leisure industry did not displace other forms of economic activity so much as…
Read MoreIn Portland’s Munjoy Hill, Do as the Mainers Do (washingtonpost.com)
“Portland’s Munjoy Hill neighborhood has become a hot spot in Maine’s biggest city … The vibrant, eclectic neighborhood … has no Starbucks but at least four independent coffeehouses, echoing the “Shop Local: Keep Portland Independent” stickers in many of the city’s shop and restaurant windows.” In Portland’s Munjoy Hill, Do as the Mainers Do (washingtonpost.com)
Read MoreWho’s Your City? by Richard Florida
Finding the right place is as important as—if not more important than— finding the right job or partner because it not only influences those choices but also determines how easy or hard it will be to correct mistakes made along the way. Still, few of us actually look at a place that way. Perhaps it’s…
Read MoreWorking to link the cities and towns of the Lower Merrimack Valley!
The Coastal Trails Coalition (CTC) is a non-profit organization advocating for the Coastal Trails Network linking the communities of Amesbury, Newbury, Newburyport and Salisbury.
Read MoreVideo: Richard Thompson – Banish Misfortune
Beautiful, baleful Scottish tune played by Richard Thompson. YouTube – Richard Thompson – Banish Misfortune – Videowest 81
Read MoreIsland Man spends a night on 162 Scottish islands
Andy Strangeway, 42, a painter and decorator from Yorkshire, has completed his quest to sleep on every Scottish island with an area of over 40 hectares. The quest, which began on the island of Barra, took four years and was completed on September 3, after Strangeway spent the night on the uninhabited island of Soay in the St. Kilda…
Read MoreYouTube – “Cathance and a Compromise”
“7 minute documentary describing the birth of the Cathance River Education Alliance (CREA). CREA is dedicated to environmental educational.” YouTube – “Cathance and a Compromise”
Read MoreBrunswick-Topsham Land Trust: Preserves: Cathance River Nature Preserve
“The 230-acre Cathance River Nature Preserve, accessed from the Highland Green development, is a cooperative effort among BTLT, Highland Green, and the Cathance River Education Alliance (CREA).” Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust: Preserves: Cathance River Nature Preserve
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