We see nearly 5000 ads a day or more seems like a lot but consider for a moment every single ad from labels on the back of a car or bus to bicycle to the supermarket. Obviously and hopefully people don't go shopping everyday but look around at work school every place you look it is hard to not see ads. Ads have become a sort of graffiti damaging the natural beauty of the earth. What would life be like a 1000 years ago or even a hundred years ago.

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What American accent do you have? Your Result: North Central   "North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.
The West
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Boston
The Inland North
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I was listening to CBC radio today and heard this interestiong interview with jazz violinist and film maker Robert Thompson. What caught my attention was Yunnan, China. The talk was about his new film "4 generations" and because it is so short I rather not tell the story. Beautiful photography and great music.

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