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I’m pretty sure this has been on my blog like 12 different times but I will never not reblog this

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The Strongest Anti-Racism Ads Of The Last 20 Years

1. 1996 Benetton
2. 1996 UK
3. 1999 campaign via the UK by the Commission for Racial Equality
4. 2001 For the National Congress Of American Indians
5. 2002 Via the UK for the National Assembly Against Racism
6. 2002 Via the UK
7. 2002 National Union of Students
8. 2003 Red Cross of Finland
9. 2004 campaign via the UK
10. 2007 A More Perfect Union via the USA

WOW

anothermindpalace:

Nose crinkle! :)

[collegehumor]

Though the world of comic book superheroes requires a suspension of disbelief, there are still rules even superheroes need to follow! Things just can't happen when they don't make sense! At least that's what comic book legend Stan Lee thinks. And if he thinks like that, we should listen. Here he explains why he really hates Superman. And it goes beyond Superman being boring.

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Ted | Age: 24 | Height: 9" | Belongs To: Helen Lyons

Much Loved started as a very simple idea: to photograph some "loved to bits" teddy bears for an exhibition in my studio, which happily has a gallery space.

I got the idea from watching my son, Calum. I was struck by how attached he was to his Peter Rabbit, the way he squeezed it with delight when he was excited, the way he buried his nose in it while sucking his thumb, and how he just had to sleep with Peter every night. I vaguely remembered having similar childhood feelings about my own Panda.

The photographer I admire the most is Irving Penn. His portrait work, from the 1940s and 1950s especially, made me want to become a photographer. With his still-life work, I loved the alchemy of his Street Material series, how he could take pieces of trash and cigarette butts off the street, photograph them, and turn them into works of art. The idea of making an everyday object, something so familiar that it's invisible, become visible again appealed to me.

So, I put the call out for people to bring in their much-loved teddies -- the more loved, unwashed, and falling apart the better -- to be photographed. I expected it to be mostly children, but it soon became apparent that the idea appealed very much to adults, and that many of them were still very attached to their teddies. It was as though they had been keeping a long-held secret and could finally tell someone what their teddies really meant to them.

Their strength of feeling took me by surprise. While waiting, they would tell some usually funny story about their teddy (how they had nearly lost it at some stage was a common theme), or would speak emotionally about what it meant to them. So the stories and memories became integral to the photographs, adding significance to them and bringing them to life.

Peter Rabbit | Age: 10 | Height: 16" | Belongs To: Calum Nixon

Teddy Moore | Age: 43 | Height: 14" | Belongs To: Daragh O' Shea

Ear Open | Age: 32 | Height: 10" | Belongs To: Maeve Whelan

Panda | Age: 50 | Height: 16" | Belongs To: Mark Nixon

Gerry the Giraffe | Age: 10 | Height: 23" | Belongs To: Sophie Farrell

Bugs | Age: 46 | Height: 9" | Belongs To: Conor Owens/Sarah Owens

Teddy | Age: 22+ | Height: 18" | Belongs To: Rowan Atkinson

Thorium Concept Car - Image Courtesy www.greenpacks.com

Maggie has shared a couple (here, here) articles on Thorium as a super-fuel. This sounds like a fantastic implementation!

Via IndustryTap:

Laser Power Systems (LPS) from Connecticut, USA, is developing a new method of automotive propulsion with one of the most dense materials known in nature: thorium. Because thorium is so dense it has the potential to produce tremendous amounts of heat. The company has been experimenting with small bits of thorium, creating a laser that heats water, produces steam and powers a mini turbine.

Current models of the engine weigh 500 pounds, easily fitting into the engine area of a conventionally-designed vehicle. According to CEO Charles Stevens, just one gram of the substance yields more energy than 7,396 gallons (28,000 L) of gasoline and 8 grams would power the typical car for a century.

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thegoodlannister:

My sister got me a Thor bobblehead.

This is what I did with it.

since I’m a serious grown adult, I have a reply for you

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I AM CRYING

legitimately crying

My Yoda bobble-head has something to say…

it got better

IT GOT SO MUCH BETTER

THISSSSSSSSS

tastefullyoffensive:

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