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lapitiedangereuse:

This was Marlene Dietrich’s first trip to America, just shortly after the Berlin premiere of “The Blue Angel”. Joseph von Sternberg had invited her to Hollywood where he would transform her into the svelte, glamorous film star she later became.

Watch The Blue Angel (1930).

CraigGoodwin2 has added a photo to the pool:

Mom appears to be tired from taking care of this big family of burrowing owls.

neil.rolph has added a photo to the pool:

Barn Owl. I was graced with the wise ones presence briefly this evening. I only had an hour out.

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Tyto Alba

neil.rolph has added a photo to the pool:

Barn Owl. I never grow tired of these delightful raptors.

discardingimages:

birching

Froissart’s Chronicles, Bruges ca. 1470-1475.

Paris, BnF, Français 2644, fol. 142r

BUTTS

Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA Tue, Aug 5, 2014 07:00 PM Details: Boris, Subrosa, The Atlas Moth, Subrosa Union Please Note: This event is ages 18 and over with valid ID.

After all our years of searching we have found the National Treasure.

68,00 USD

Vintage 1970s pale blue plaid wool jacket and skirt set. Jacket has feminine shape and flap pockets, skirt is a-line in shape and fully lined.

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fits like: medium

shoulder: 16"
bust: 34-36"
waist: 32" & under
sleeve: 23"
jacket length:

skirt waist: 28"
skirt length: 28"
hip: 40"

brand/maker: Pendleton
condition: excellent

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World leaders, American tourists and even a few remaining World War II veterans descend on Normandy, France, today for the 70th anniversary of 
D-Day, the Allied invasion of Europe that marked the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany.

Pop the cork on a bottle of Norman farmhouse cider to honor the occasion.

It’s one of the world’s great culinary specialties and a staple of this rural, haunting region of northwestern France. It’s what GIs swigged from dusty bottles in those old photos of World War II.

109pm:

Chlorociboria aeuruginascens 1000 Steps Trail, Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Late Autumn, May 2014
Taken on 60mm Macro, Canon 600D

Cronos (1993)

In 1904, while Robert H. Goddard was a student at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, his professor of creative writing asked his class to write a theme on the subject of what travel might be like in 1950. Goddard imagined what it might be like to travel in a mag lev train that shot at high speed through an airless tunnel.

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It's only May, and already America has seen 288 cases of measles. That's the highest number of reported cases since the disease was officially eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, and the highest number reported in the first five months of a year since 1994. Why the resurgence? Unvaccinated U.S. residents.

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Critics say spikes treat homeless 'like pigeons' as residents fear short ground spikes at doorway are to deter rough sleepers

Metal studs have been installed outside a block of flats in central London to deter rough sleepers.

The installation of the studs outside the flats on Southwark Bridge Road provoked widespread condemnation on Twitter with users claiming homeless people were being treated like vermin because similar metal spikes are used to deter pigeons.

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Isabella reporting,

Blog readers know by now that Loretta and I have serious fascinations with automatons of the past - those gorgeously crafted wind-ups of precious metals and amazing ingenuity. We've shown you a silver swan, eye-rolling elephants, a harpsichord player that belonged to Marie-Antoinette, and even a wriggling, jewel-studded caterpillar. The automaton shown here was not only a beautiful object, but also provided dining table entertainment for its aristocratic owners. Think of it as an automated, gilded hybrid of spin-the-bottle and a drinking game.

This automaton features a golden Diana, goddess of the hunt, riding a stag. Made of cast and chased silver, partially gilded and painted with translucent lacquers, the piece was created in the early 17th c. by the German goldsmith Joachim Fries, and is called a "trinkspiel," or drinking game. Currently in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, it's a rare survivor with a fascinating story that was recently described here on the web site of WBUR, Boston's public radio station. There are many more pictures on the site as well, plus directions for playing that drinking game. Cheers!

Thanks to Andrea Shea, Arts & Culture reporter for WBUR, for sharing this story & video with us via Twitter.

Above: Diana and Stag Automaton, marked by Joachim Fries, c. 1610-1620. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA Mon, Jun 16, 2014 07:00 PM Please Note: This event is ages 18 and over with valid ID. As Part Of The Fenway Recording Sessions Presents

Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA Sun, Jul 20, 2014 07:00 PM Details: Camera Obscura, Laura Cantrell Please Note: This event is ages 18 and over with valid ID.

For the record, @wyeoak delivered the only extra-base hit in @DurhamBulls' @mergerecords night game yesterday: pic.twitter.com/I47aLnl1iL

In response to Ruth Graham’s article at Slate, “Against YA“, but REALLY in response to the sudden eruption of hand-wringing defenses of why it’s okay to read Young Adult books. 1.  I am in a bookstore and I see a book in the Young Adult section that I think about buying. Another customer looks at me […]

Coca-Cola was one of the three official beverage sponsors with a Getraenkedienst (beverage service) at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Athletic competition was a Nazi ideal and the Coca-Cola GmbH cashed in heavily on this infatuation by becoming one of the biggest sponsors of sports events, most notably the annual Deutschlandrundfahrt (National Bycicle Championships) and the Soccer Cup.

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Getrank (One People, One Nation, One Drink) Olympic Games in Berlin 1936

Coca-Cola ad Third Reich 1935

Coca-Cola ads Nazi Germany 1939

Coca-Cola Nazi Germany 1938

Coca-Cola ad Third Reich 1936

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angelclark:

Historic Black and White Pictures Restored in Color

1. Women Delivering Ice, 1918

2. Times Square, 1947

3. Portrait Used to Design the Penny. President Lincoln Meets General McClellan – Antietam, Maryland ca September 1862

4. Marilyn Monroe, 1957

5. Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the evening paper bearing news of Titanic’s sinking the night before. (April 16, 1912)

6. Easter Eggs for Hitler, c 1944-1945

7. Sergeant George Camblair practicing with a gas mask in a smokescreen – Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1942

8. Helen Keller meeting Charlie Chaplin in 1919

9. Painting WWII Propaganda Posters, Port Washington, New York – 8 July 1942

10. Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge ca 1935

See the rest here: http://noarmycanstopanidea.com/20-historic-black-and-white-pictures-restored-in-color/

Unsettling but great

heresaimee:

sunfell:

whoaoh:

thegirlwiththethornonherside:

aaaaaaawwwwww

THIS IS THE BEST FUCKING POST EVER

These two…

their friendship makes me so happy

goldstarprivilege:

muchymozzarella:

afunnyfeminist:

ghastderp:

i love sir patrick stewart more with each passing day.

See, guys. This is how you do it. Notice the words “Not all men are like that” are never spoken.

He knows men are like that

his father was like that to his mother

he has experienced the pain firsthand, of what it’s like when men are like that

and he never wants men to be like that again and he fights tooth and nail against the men who are still like that

And moreover, he acknowledges his privilege [as an older white male who is famous/well known] and uses it to speak up. He knows what he is, and he never has to say he’s not like those men he fights against—he never says it, his actions speak loud enough for everyone else to see it. 

Sir Patrick Stewart, everyone.

princesspenumbra:

"Queen of Kings" Editorial - Moustache Magazine