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The Two-Way
10:45 am
Fri April 27, 2012

Blind Activist Flees House Arrest In China

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Blind activist Chen Guangcheng with his wife and son outside their home in northeast China's Shandong province in 2005.
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World Cafe
10:42 am
Fri April 27, 2012

World Party's Karl Wallinger On World Cafe

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Karl Wallinger has just released a new box set titled Arkeology.
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Originally published on Fri April 27, 2012 3:29 pm

Karl Wallinger is best known as the brains behind the Britpop band World Party. A Welsh singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Wallinger displayed an early obsession with all things folk and pop. After experience directing The Rocky Horror Show on stage and working in music publishing, he played keyboards for the Scottish folk-rock band The Waterboys.

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Monkey See
10:20 am
Fri April 27, 2012

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Veep' Talk And Spoilery 'Cabin In The Woods' Chatter

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This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, the old gang is back together to tackle a new comedy, just like the guest panel did last week: Last week, it was Girls; this week, it's the less fussed over Veep, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. We'll talk about how we responded to her performance, the writing (from the guys behind the great In The Loop), and the depiction of politics.

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Movie Reviews
10:20 am
Fri April 27, 2012

'Bernie': Death Becomes Her, He Decided

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Bernie Tiede (Jack Black), a sweet undertaker's assistant beloved by his small East Texas community, befriends a prickly and controlling widow (Shirley MacLaine). Her generosity comes with so many strings that he soon finds his almost inexhaustible kindness stretched to the limit.
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Originally published on Fri April 27, 2012 5:07 pm

If there is a dream team in modern American comedies, it might just be Richard Linklater and Jack Black. The two haven't worked together since 2003's The School of Rock — a film that bore all the hallmarks of successful collaboration — and since then Black, aside from a passable turn in King Kong, has been confined mainly to guest spots on television comedies and voice work in big-screen animation.

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The Picture Show
10:10 am
Fri April 27, 2012

'Dragon Blood' And Other Awesome Trees For Arbor Day

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There's another "tree of life." This one is a mesquite tree located in Bahrain.
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Who doesn't love baobabs? They're just awesome. This one is lit up in South Africa, 2011.
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More baobabs, these in Madagascar, because they really are the coolest. The "Avenue of the Baobabs" was designated as a protected zone in 2007.
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The Yemeni island of Socotra is historically famous for its unique and spectacular vegetation; botanists rank the flora of Socotra among the 10 most endangered island flora in the world. The dragon blood tree is unique to the island.
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One of the most iconic features of the ruins of Ta Phrom in Angkor, Cambodia, is the trees growing through the structures.
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Redwood trees, like the General Grant giant sequoia, native to California's Sierra Nevada, are the world's largest by volume — reaching heights of more than 300 feet. The oldest known giant sequoia based on its ring count is 3,500 years old.
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Some redwoods in California are large enough to drive through. That's neat.
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Don't forget the little trees. The Japanese art of bonsai, using miniature trees grown in containers, has equivalents in other cultures. Here, two women look at bonsai trees in Sri Lanka.
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Of course we have to acknowledge the Major Oak of Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest, near Edwinstowe, England.
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Eucalyptus trees, 'cause, duh: koalas.
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Axel Erlandson was a Swedish-American farmer known for his "Tree Circus," in which he grafted and shaped trees into unusual shapes.
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The ancient bristlecone pine trees are thought to be the oldest in the world. The Methuselah in California, more than 4,800 years old, is considered the oldest, named after the Biblical figure with the longest lifespan.
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The sacred fig at the Maha Bodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, India, is believed to be the tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment.
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The Tule tree is a Montezuma cypress in Oaxaca, Mexico. It has the stoutest trunk of any tree in the world and is on the UNESCO tentative list of World Heritage Sites. According to UNESCO, "the ancient indigenous population considered this tree as sacred," which is why it's also nicknamed the "tree of life."
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 9:50 am

Buddha reached enlightenment under a tree. Cinnamon comes from trees — as do apples and latex and frankincense, not to mention the oxygen we breathe. As Shel Silverstein reminds us, they're just about the most selfless things.

But still, Arbor Day never seems to get much love. (I mean, think about how nuts we go for other holidays.)

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