Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Happy 4th of July

Gregory Johnsen

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Like most of you, I’m off to enjoy a long-weekend. Posting will be sporadic.

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Map showing Copenhagen, Denmark’s projected 2080 climate as similar to Demigny, France today, with a red arrow connecting the two cities and climate details listed in pop-up boxes.

Strange Maps

Mapped: How hot your city will be in the 2080s

“Climate analog mapping” finds the place that is currently as warm as your city might be in 60 years.

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Not just the Western Front: “Ring of Fire” rediscovers WWI’s global story

Historians Alexandra Churchill and Nicolai Eberholst reexamine the pivotal conflict from a grassroots perspective.

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Business

The Katie Gatti Tassin interview: “Go the extra yard — not the extra mile”

The host of the Money with Katie Show has some priceless advice for women on how to approach pay-rise negotiations.

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5 of the strangest books ever written

Some books are remembered for their lyrical prose or engaging stories. Others are remembered for simply being weird.

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