Video of the Day: Sounds of Bhutan
Electronic musician Christopher Nicholas “Nick” Bertke, also known as Pogo, does it yet again – mixing up another beautiful track using sounds collected from all around Bhutan. See, or rather, hear for yourself!
What most people don’t know about yearbooks
At the end of every school year, you receive your yearbook. It is full of memories, funny photos, and pictures of your crushes. Before school ends you fill it with friends’ signatures and it is something you treasure for the rest of your life once you take it home. What most people don’t stop to…
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Art of the Day: Eggs in Action
These are too good. Taste-wise and art-wise. By nocturnalMoTH on deviantART. I applaud this guy’s creativity. Definitely go check out his art.
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Baked goods are just the beginning of Youth Week fun
Youth Week Calgary 2012 is drawing nearer and nearer (less than six weeks left, people!), and the prizes keep flowing in. The latest is 50 coupons for 50% off at the Buttercream Bake Shoppe!
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10 extraordinary ways to use an ordinary textbook
Your textbook has too much potential to just sit in a corner and gather dust (you’ve got your print dictionary for that). There’s so much you can do with it… here’s just a few of the many extraordinary ways to use an ordinary textbook.
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Introducing The Plume
http://www.plumemagazine.com/ Founded by Shad Valley alumni Vipasha Shaikh and Lucy Liu, The Plume is an online literary, arts, news and commentary magazine dedicated to publishing the best work from the international under-25 demographic. First launched in January 2011 in Toronto, Canada, with a signature bent on synthesizing the world, Plume is a mix of arts, culture and…
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Poem of the Day: Please Hear What I’m Not Saying.
You are YOU. Don’t forget that. Here is a poem that shows you to reveal your mask. Show everyone who you truly are. There will always be someone in this world willing to accept you.
Details2012 ConocoPhillips Youth of Distinction Award nominees
We (at Youth Central) received an astounding 267 nominations for the ConocoPhillips Youth of Distinction Awards this year, more than doubling last year’s number!
DetailsCalgary high school basketball playoffs recap
The final leg of the basketball season for all high schools in Calgary wrapped up last week. If you hadn’t guessed, I play Junior Varsity ball at Western Canada, so I’ll give you a quick summation of how it went down in the Division I playoffs. (: So basically, all teams are eligible for a…
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WISEST summer research program
Looking for a productive and fun way to spend summer this year? The University of Alberta offers its W.I.S.E.S.T. (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and Technology) Summer Research program. This program exposes Grade 11 students to first-hand research experience at the University of Alberta as paid research assistants, and although the title of the program fails to mention…
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The issue we should be focusing on: Stopping the explotation of child soldiers
Kony 2012 has the whole world in a flurry- going viral with over 1.2 million hits in two days, trending on Twitter and filling status updates on Facebook.
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Have your say about Calgary Transit
Calgary Transit is asking all Calgarians what they think of CT’s service, which includes everything from the location of the future lines to fare prices. The RouteAhead public consultation project will be asking Calgarians what they think of transit over the next 10 months. The first stage of the consultation will be gathering feedback from…
DetailsVideo of the Day: Thinking outside the box, a new sort of instruction manual
Bit of a waste of paper, but still a great novelty idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XtZKVnTVSNc
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Joseph Kony, Invisible Children and gullible minds
Joseph Kony is a relatively unknown name unless you’re among those who follow news that ended… six years ago. Perhaps breaking “olds” would be the more suitable name for the entire #StopKony/#Kony2012 campaign.
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The Kony 2012 controversy: my opinion
For those who are not aware, recently a documentary on Youtube has gone viral accumulating over 11.5 million views in only 2 DAYS! It is a video that aims to bring awareness of the Invisible Children Inc.’s campaign in Uganda called “Kony 2012.” If you have not watched this video, I would highly recommend taking the…
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