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Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:06:05 -0500

photojojo: Found film is so fascinating. This batch possibly...

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:12:05 -0500

Found film is so fascinating. This batch possibly came from the ’50s.

cameracrack:

I have four rolls of 35mm black and white film. I guess they were taken by a high school student back in the 1950’s maybe.

There are mostly photos of a football game, it looks like it may have been a home coming game and kids hanging out together.

There are also some great photos of cars and some very subtle advertisements. The negatives are really scratched up but they still look really good.

I haven’t gotten around to scanning all the negatives but here are a few good ones.

Thats actually really good considering the time period they were taken in

mothernaturenetwork: Winds from stellar-mass black hole clocked...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:15:06 -0500

mothernaturenetwork:

Winds from stellar-mass black hole clocked at 20 million mph
The event is ‘the cosmic equivalent of winds from a Category 5 hurricane’ and is blowing in many directions at once.

"You have embarked on a long train ride in Africa. The train is in bad shape, the ride is bumpy and..."

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:16:49 -0500

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You have embarked on a long train ride in Africa. The train is in bad shape, the ride is bumpy and breakdowns frequent. You wonder when you will arrive at destination or if you ever will. But after a tortuous first half of the trip, the train is starting to gain speed. There are still a number of unnecessary stops but the destination is now in sight and passengers are becoming upbeat. Just as the train is about to enter the station you are overtaken by three trains, which had been accelerating even faster.

This train could be Kenya in East Africa’s race to Middle Income. The country remains the richest in East Africa and with almost US$ 800 income per capita is the closest to meeting the international Middle Income threshold of US$ 1000. But its EAC partners Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania are catching up fast.

Kenya could be the first EAC country to reach Middle Income status by 2020, but only if it achieves its potential of about 6 percent uninterrupted economic growth. However, if Kenya’s economy only grows at 3.7 percent (the average of the last decade), the train will likely be overtaken by Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda in the next ten years. Middle income status would still be possible, but only by 2037.

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- The East African ride to Middle Income | End Poverty (via prepaidafrica)

No offense to whoever took this, but I dont see why this has so...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:16:08 -0500

No offense to whoever took this, but I dont see why this has so many notes…Its a coffee cup on a table? The focus isn’t even that clear, their is no color differentiation between the lid and the door, I mean sure you can see the black and brown, but everything is interfused into one conglomeration.

It’s really sad how this is considered...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:12:38 -0500

It’s really sad how this is considered “Funny”. Some people are born with that extra toe and they can’t help it. My best friend being one of those people. That one extra toe tends to be his biggest insecurity, and here you guys are making fun of it? Sick…everyone in this world… just plain old sick.

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:54:48 -0500

elgin-marbles: Portrait of Juana Inés de la Cruz at age...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:53:56 -0500

elgin-marbles:

Portrait of Juana Inés de la Cruz at age 15

Juana Inés de la Cruz de Asuaje y Ramirez was born in San Miguel Nepantla, near Mexico City. She was the illegitimate child of a Spanish Captain, Pedro Manuel de Asuaje, and a Criollo woman, Isabel Ramirez. Her illegitimacy was due to her mother’s refusal to marry.

She learned how to read and write at the age of three. By age five, she could do accounts, and at age eight she composed a poem on the Eucharist. By adolescence, she had mastered Greek logic, and at age thirteen she was teaching Latin to young children. She also learned the Aztec language of Nahuatl, and wrote some short poems in that language.

In 1664, at age sixteen, Juana was sent to live in Mexico City. She asked her mother’s permission to disguise herself as a male student so that she could enter the university. Not being allowed to do this, she continued her studies privately. She came under the tutelage of the Vicereine Leonor Carreto, wife of Viceroy Antonio Sebastián de Toledo. The viceroy, wishing to test her learning and intelligence (she being then seventeen years old), invited several theologians, jurists, philosophers, and poets to a meeting, during which she had to answer, unprepared, many questions, and explain several difficult points on various scientific and literary subjects. The manner in which she acquitted herself astonished all present, and greatly increased her reputation. Her literary accomplishments soon made her famous throughout New Spain.

She was much admired in the vice-royal court, and declined several proposals of marriage, for in the spirit of her mother, she refused to marry. In 1667, she entered the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites of St. Joseph as a postulant. In 1669, she entered the Convent of the Order of St. Jérôme.

In Juana’s time, the convent was often seen as the only refuge in which a female could properly attend to the education of her mind, spirit, body and soul. It was Juana’s only refuge from marriage. Nonetheless, she wrote literature centered on freedom. In her poem Redondillas, she defends a woman’s right to be respected as a human being. Therein, she also criticizes the sexism of the society of her time, poking fun at and revealing the hypocrisy of men who publicly condemn prostitutes, yet privately pay women to perform on them what they have just said is an abomination to God. Sor Juana asks the sharp question in this age-old matter of the purity/whoredom split found in base male mentality: “Who sins more, she who sins for pay? Or he who pays for sin?” For these works, she is regarded as one of the first feminists.

Foolish men who wrongly accuse women, Without seeing that you are the cause of what you fault them for; You want with unthinking presumption to find in the woman you seek… Either love women for what you force them to be, or fashion them according to what you want them to be.

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Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:48:00 -0500

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Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:46:32 -0500

Exactly why I hate the concept of love. If a boy truly loved me,...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:44:07 -0500

Exactly why I hate the concept of love. If a boy truly loved me, he wouldn’t have to prove it by a ring, but society says thats the only way to show true love. I’d much rather have someone surprise me with me my favorite flavor of ice cream every once in a while instead of having a pointless rock on my finger. Love is so materialistic, I hate it.

upperstory: Austrian National Library

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:35:28 -0500

upperstory:

Austrian National Library

unknownskywalker: JWST Deployment This graphic shows how the...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:34:12 -0500

unknownskywalker:

JWST Deployment

This graphic shows how the James Webb Space Telescope will deploy after launch. There is also a video animation of deployment on YouTube: youtu.be/vpVz3UrSsE4.

Download Original Image: 2550×7902px - JPG, 2.70 MB

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Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:32:57 -0500

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Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:54:38 -0500

After deleting my old tumblr I saved a couple of blogs I’d like to follow again, but to all my...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:33:45 -0500

After deleting my old tumblr I saved a couple of blogs I’d like to follow again, but to all my new blogs and followers to come I decided to make a post dedicated to ~~who I am~~ to who I think I am… I’m just one out of the millions of students in this world. I have one and only desire, a desire for success. Personally, I carry many insecurities but never do I let it show. The second people find out your weakness, they take advantage of it, I don’t blame them…Humans are programmed that way. I have a strong passion for environmental, political and religious issues. In terms of the environment, I’m that crazy chic who ALWAYS recycles paper.Yes, I’ve been labeled crazy for wanting to recycle, I’ve been labeled crazy for a large number of things, but nothing ever bothered me as much as being labeled crazy for recycling. The earth is dying and people everywhere are just watching it die, but when a puppy wails in pain they immediatly take action. The metaphor there was not intended to say that animals shouldn’t be taken care of, but rather to explain how Humans take advantage of the Earth’s silence… In terms of politics, I’m a rebel. I don’t understand why we give power to those who crave it. Doesn’t it scare you? The fact that someone out there desires power… Why do they want such overpowering authority? It’s possible to make a difference without any power. Leaders like Gandhi , MLK, Susan B Anthony, Mother Theresa were able to do it. And as for religion, I have a strong, yet unsure opinion. I don’t believe in god, though by religion I’m Hindu. I can debate the existence of god himself for hours( feel free to try me) but the thing is, I argue both sides. God is one of the mysteries I’ll never understand. Maybe he’s just a form of respite… I mean afterall thats all everyone does right…ask and ask for more with the hopes that he will give it to them?..The human race itself disgusts me, so I decided to take myself out of it. I don’t consider myself human, but rather a functioning unit of life. My motives are never clear to anyone but myself. You might find me rather freakish, eccentric, bizarre and maybe even a little psychotic, but I refuse to conform to society or anyone’s needs so think as you will.

photojojo: Korean photographer Ho-Yeol Ryu made this digital...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:07:45 -0500

photojojo:

Korean photographer Ho-Yeol Ryu made this digital multiple exposure of planes taking off at Hannover, an airport in Germany.

It’s one of those project ideas that takes a lot of time but pays off in the end.

Multiple Exposure of Planes Taking Off

jangojips: fuckyeah-nerdery: Saw this picture on imgur and...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:07:21 -0500

jangojips:

fuckyeah-nerdery:

Saw this picture on imgur and just had to post it here, because this is without a doubt, one of the most badass women alive. Meet Katrina Hodge, a corporal in the British Army and Miss England 2009. According to Wikipedia, she enlisted back in 2004 after her brother challenged her to and earned the nickname “Combat Barbie” after showing up at her assigned unit wearing false eyelashes, kitten heels (whatever those are) and carrying a pink suitcase. In 2005 her unit, the Royal Anglian Regiment, was deployed to Iraq, where she saved the lives of her comrades from a prisoner by wrestling not one, but two rifles from him and then knocking his ass out with her bare hands.

With her bare hands.

Then in 2009, she decided to compete in the Miss England competition to destroy stereotypes about women in the military. She didn’t win (she placed runner-up), but still became Miss England after the woman who did got into a fight and gave up the crown. While Miss England, Hodge convinced the people running the competition to ditch the bikini contest, because she felt that it was more important to be a role model than looking good in a bikini.

In 2010, she handed over the crown and returned to military service, being deployed to Afghanistan.

This woman is both a BAMF and a HBIC. Damn.

Further proof that femininity doesn’t mean delicate, fragile, or weak.
“Girly” is not the opposite of tough, nor is it exclusive.
Beauty, Brawn, Brains, and Brave. I like this.

Is it just me or does love disgust anyone else? Just the mere fact that someone “loves...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:01:11 -0500

Is it just me or does love disgust anyone else? Just the mere fact that someone “loves me” makes me cringe. Maybe it’s not love itself, but rather everything that’s associated with it; the responsibility, the guilt, the lack of freedom, the expectations. You see love never comes alone, it tags along all these unnecessary restraints. I hate letting people down, yet I cant ever seem to love anyone back… Why? I myself am unsure to be honest. I lack the ability to reciprocate such emotions. Maybe one day it will change…perhaps when I meet the right guy, but as of now, love scares me. I don’t consider myself extra-ordinary, why should anyone else? I’ve seen people love too much and I’ve seen people fake love…Why can’t I do neither?

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Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:52:03 -0500