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Article of the day for May 8, 2016

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Article of the day is Music for a Time of War. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Picture of the day for May 8, 2016

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Picture of the day on May 8, 2016: Exterior view of the church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador. The Roman Catholic temple, completed in the 16th century, is the largest architectural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America. Construction took 150 years, and the church exhibits a mixture of different architecture styles.

Article of the day for May 8, 2016

The Article of the day for May 8, 2016 is Music for a Time of War . Music for a Time of War is a 2011 Oregon Symphony concert recording of four compositions: Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question (1906), John Adams' The Wound-Dresser (1989), Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem (1940) and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 4 (1935). The program was performed on May 7 and May 8 under the artistic direction of Carlos Kalmar at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (pictured) in Portland, Oregon, and again on May 12 at Carnegie Hall. A concert album, the orchestra's first in eight years, was released five months later on CD by Dutch record label PentaTone Classics. The live performances and album received favorable reviews; the recording debuted at number 31 on Billboard's Classical Albums chart, and made several lists of the best classical recordings of 2011. The album earned two nominations from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the 2013 Gr...

Picture of the day for May 8, 2016

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Exterior view of the church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador. The Roman Catholic temple, completed in the 16th century, is the largest architectural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America. Construction took 150 years, and the church exhibits a mixture of different architecture styles..

quail: Word of the day for May 8, 2016

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Word of the day is quail : (intransitive) To waste away; to fade, wither. (transitive, now rare) To frighten, daunt (someone). (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted, fearful.

quail: Word of the day for May 8, 2016

quail , v : (intransitive) To waste away; to fade, wither. (transitive, now rare) To frighten, daunt (someone). (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted, fearful.

Some Beautiful, Insane Person Built A Near-Perfect Batmobile

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Some Beautiful, Insane Person Built A Near-Perfect Batmobile

The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies

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The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies For years Donald Heathfield, Tracey Foley and their two children lived the American dream. Then an FBI raid revealed the truth: they were agents of Putin’s Russia. Their sons tell their story.

The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies

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The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies

Some Beautiful, Insane Person Built A Near-Perfect Batmobile

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Some Beautiful, Insane Person Built A Near-Perfect Batmobile Made from a chassis of a Lamborghini Gallardo and a lot of custom carbon fiber body panels, Team Galag's Batmobile is the real deal. What's even better is you could possible see it, in person, while it competes in the Gumball 3000 rally between Dublin and Bucharest. May 7, 2016 at 03:42PM

Allrecipes reveals the enormous gap between foodie culture and what Americans actually cook.

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Allrecipes reveals the enormous gap between foodie culture and what Americans actually cook. The nation’s most popular recipe site reveals the enormous gap between foodie culture and what people actually cook.

Allrecipes reveals the enormous gap between foodie culture and what Americans actually cook.

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Allrecipes reveals the enormous gap between foodie culture and what Americans actually cook.