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‘Blatantly unconstitutional’ conviction of North Carolina reporters slammed by ‘free press’ advocates – Raw Story – Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism

Press freedom and civil liberties defenders on Friday condemned what legal experts called the unconstitutional conviction of two Asheville, North Carolina, journalists for violating a public park curfew while covering the police eviction of unhoused people on Christmas night 2021. An Asheville jury …
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♫ The Wanderer ♫ (Redux)

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Fasten your seatbelts folks, for tonight we’re taking the time machine … (Yes, I’m cheating, I played this one back in 2020, but pretend you don’t notice, okay?)back-to-the-futureNo no no … not THAT time machine!!!  This time machine …

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Now, where was I … oh yeah … turn the dials back to 1961.  I was ten years old, but I remember this one … still catch myself singing it every now and then.

This song was written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion, aka Dion Francis DiMucci.  Maresca had co-written Dion’s previous number-one hit, Runaround Sue, but originally intended The Wanderer to be recorded by another group, Nino and the Ebb Tides. They passed on it in favor of another Maresca song, so Dion was given it as the B-side of his follow-up single, The Majestic. 

According to Dion …

At its roots, it’s more than…

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My Wordless Wednesday is Filled with Words

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Speechless perhaps, wordless, nope! Sometimes I say there are no words to describe this moment or emotion, you just become absorbed in the essence of the impact. And at times, as the old adage says, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Still, words penetrate the pores of our senses and define something so ethereal and breathtaking that makes us gasp with the thrill of a simple “WOW!” Words manage to flow in unimaginable waves of definitions that fill the heart with curiosity and wonder. Words are always a part of our language, whether we express them or not, they are there. Cheers to a Wordful Wednesday!

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How to Bake Ancient Roman Bread from 79 AD: A Video Introduction | Open Culture

In 1930 a loaf of bread dating to AD 79 (the year Vesuvius claimed two prosperous Roman towns) was excavated from the site of a bakery in Herculaneum.

Eighty-three years later, the British Museum invited London chef Giorgio Locatelli, above, to take a stab at creating an edible facsimile for its Pompeii Live exhibition.

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