Rainy days makes me want to wrap myself up in a blanket and nap all day. But I can’t.
Rainy days makes me want to wrap myself up in a blanket and nap all day. But I can’t.
At Zimmerman Trial: Screams for help
At Zimmerman Trial: Screams for help:It is one of the most haunting mysteries in the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman saga. Who is screaming for help in those chilling 911 calls placed by frightened neighbors reporting a fight that was stopped by a bullet.
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If the howls are Zimmerman's, it would support his claim of self defense. If they're Martin's it would significantly weaken Zimmerman's assertion that he felt his life was in jeopardy when he shot the unarmed death.
…audio forensic expert Tom Owen, who has over 50 years of experience, was called by the state today and testified via video conferencing that he did not believe the screams came from Zimmerman.
Serious stuff, but sorry… "unarmed death"…
newsreelz: Do not take our land for your dam: Stunning...
So I’m leaving for Scotland and Ireland in a few weeks and I’ve been considering a new...
So I’m leaving for Scotland and Ireland in a few weeks and I’ve been considering a new lens for my camera. I currently only have the 18-55mm, but I’ve been looking into one that could shoot like further away. Clearly, I’m no professional. So I’ve been looking at the EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS II, but after reading some of the feedback, the real issue or question I have is, is it worth it?
I mean, it says it terrible when it’s cloudy, I most likely need to use a tripod, and it’s not even clear shots to begin with. Tripod thing during this trip probably won’t happen. Or ever happen. Then again, it’s like 300$. Do-able being that I probably won’t be spending 1000$ for a huge professional lens. Is the 55-250mm lens as bad as the reviews it’s getting?
Students for a Free Tibet - UK: Short rant
Students for a Free Tibet - UK: Short rant:The messages we receive from some "supporters" are really infuriating sometimes! They go along the lines of - "Tashi Delek/Namaste, We are supporting Tibet and promoting Tibetan culture/language/… by selling i.e. some kind of product, that we of course charge lots of money for which we will be keeping for ourselves. Could you please advertise for us? Peace and love [a non Tibetan person]. Needless to say we will not respond to these requests.
(That's not to say that most of our supporters are great and we really appreciate you!)
Exclusive: Leader of Anonymous Steubenville Op on Being Raided by the FBI
Exclusive: Leader of Anonymous Steubenville Op on Being Raided by the FBI:He believes that the FBI investigation was motivated by local officials in Steubenville. "They want to make an example of me, saying, 'You don't fucking come after us. Don't question us."
If convicted of hacking-related crimes, Lostutter could face up to 10 years behind bars—far more than the one- and two-year sentences doled out to the Steubenville rapists. Defending himself could end up costing a fortune—he's soliciting donations here. Still, he thinks getting involved was worth it. "I'd do it again," he says.
Well, isn't that a kick in the nuts.
Guess we should all be rapers rather than be the person who stands up for the victims because cops can't do their jobs, eh?
Perfect message to send out btw.
I applaud you FBI for doing your job. Really.
Edit: I feel like the orange juice I just drank might be coming back up. I'm sickened by this.
Funny stuff. Couple months ago, no one cared that the government was going after the...
Funny stuff. Couple months ago, no one cared that the government was going after the “hacktivists” or online activists. After they went after the media, now you see that stuff everywhere. Everywhere. lol. Hahaha. I’m just gonna sit over here and enjoy the show. I brought popcorn.
ellieandgrant: Travelling on buses in Laos is an endurance...
Travelling on buses in Laos is an endurance sport! They are obsessed with karaoke and think that every person on the bus wants the bad music blasting. For some reason stopping so every passenger can do their grocery shopping on route is also ok. We've never seen so many marrows on a bus. We just want to keep going!
If you wanted to go at your own pace, shoulda just hired a personal driver. They're not that expensive. I think I shuttled my whole family for an 8hr drive to a city for like 40$ (most of it was for gas, smaller car=smaller pay, we hired a van) And we threw in extra because we lived lol
No loud music/people, no people getting sick, no stopping every 10mins. Hey, we want to stop to take pics here? No problem.
Then again, I didn't start doing this until I had kids. I wasn't about to deal with miserable travel conditions with miserable kids on top of it. Screw. That. lol
Why do people travel half way across the world to do the same exact same thing they do when...
Why do people travel half way across the world to do the same exact same thing they do when they’re home? I always took traveling as a way to engage my mind and experience things I’ve never seen or done before, but I guess different people, different priorities.
random thought #32090876
For those who have been disillusioned as much as Ellen Sturtz in regards to LGBT rights, understand...
For those who have been disillusioned as much as Ellen Sturtz in regards to LGBT rights, understand that Obama has done more for the LGBT community than any other presidents in history. You must also understand that this is a fight, and he cannot simply just bully his way around these issues and make them happen on his own. The executive order, if signed, could be overturned once his term ends. Would it not be prudent to want something more permanent?
Here is a list of things Obama has done for the LGBT community.
Certainly, more can be done, but you must be realistic and see that it will not all be accomplished during Obama’s term.
1. Signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which expanded existing United States federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability — the first positive federal LGBT legislation in the nation’s history
2. Repealed Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell
3. Signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act
4. Reversed US refusal to sign the UN Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
5. Reversed US refusal to sign the UN Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
6. Extended benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees in 2009 and, further, in 2010
7. Lifted the HIV Entry Ban
8. Issued diplomatic passports, and provided other benefits, to the partners of same-sex foreign service employees
9. Committed to ensuring that federal housing programs are open to all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity
10. Conceived a National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders — the nation’s first ever — funded by a three-year HHS grant to SAG
11. Banned job discrimination based on gender identity throughout the Federal government (the nation’s largest employer)
12. Eliminated the discriminatory Census Bureau policy that kept our relationships from being counted, encouraging couples who consider themselves married to file that way, even if their state of residence does not yet permit legal marriage
Instructed HHS to require any hospital receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds (virtually all hospitals) to allow LGBT visitation rights
13. Required all grant applicants seeking HUD funding to comply with state and local anti-discrimination laws that protect LGBT individuals
14. Adopted transgender recommendations on the issuance of gender-appropriate passports that will ease barriers to safe travel and that will provide government-issued ID that avoids involuntary “outing” in situations requiring ID, like hiring, where a gender-appropriate driver’s license or birth certificate is not available
15. Extended domestic violence protections to LGBT victims
16. Extended the Family and Medical Leave Act to cover employees taking unpaid leave to care for the children of same-sex partners
17. Issued guidance to assist tenants denied housing on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity and banned LGBT discrimination in all HUD-assisting housing and HUD-assisted loans
18. Issued a National HIV/AIDS Strategy praised as “long-overdue” by the Task Force, Lambda and others
19. Issued guidance to 15,000 local departments of education and 5,000 colleges to support educators in combating bullying
20. Cut back authority to discharge under Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell from hundreds of generals to just 6 civilian appointees, effectively ending discharges while working toward a permanent end to the policy.
21. Led the fight that reversed a 2010 UN vote removing sexual orientation from the list of things people should not be killed for
22. Launched the first-ever national study of discrimination against members of the LGBT community in the rental and sale of housing
23. Determined that Section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional
24. Determined that LGBT discrimination should be subject to a standard of “heightened scrutiny”
25. Stopped defending DOMA, leading to “dramatic changes across the country and the federal government in the way that lawyers and judges see legal challenges brought by LGBT people - and, slowly but surely, in the way that LGBT people are able to live their lives”
26. Filed an unprecedented brief detailing the history of discrimination faced by gay, lesbian and bisexual people in America, including by the federal government itself — the single most persuasive legal argument ever advanced by the United States government in support of equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people
27. Vacated a court order that would have deported a gay American’s Venezuelan partner
28. Begun recognizing joint bankruptcy petitions filed by same-sex married couples
29. Endorsed the Respect for Marriage Act
30. Reduced the deportation threat faced by bi-national LGBT couples
31. Authorized military chaplains to perform same-sex weddings on or off military bases
32. Upped the nation’s commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS at home and abroad
33. Launched a muscular, game-changing campaign for global LGBT equality, highlighted by the Secretary of State in a half-hour address to the United Nations
34. Extended the gender-based employment discrimination protections of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to transgender employees
35. Added an LGBT representative to the diversity program at each of the nations 120 federal prisons
36. Restored full military severance to discharged LGBT service members
socialismartnature: via a friend: Amazing video of disabled...
Chills, goosebumps and on the verge of tears. Shut up! Don't judge me!
Test delivery.
Test delivery.
Archaeological News: Robert the Bruce Battle of Bannockburn letter discovered
Archaeological News: Robert the Bruce Battle of Bannockburn letter discovered:
A copy of an unknown Robert the Bruce letter from the build-up to the Battle of Bannockburn has been discovered.
The letter, sent in 1310, asks English King Edward II to stop persecuting the Scots.
It shows Robert asserting his God-given authority as king of the Scots and addressing Edward as his equal.
The script, thought to have been transcribed from the original, was discovered by chance by a professor of Scottish history at Glasgow University.
Bruce's Scottish troops defeated the English army at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
The new letter was found in a document which dates from about the turn of the 16th Century and has presented historians with fresh information about a pivotal time in the wars of Scottish independence. Read more.
'Hairdo archaeologist' solves old mystery
'Hairdo archaeologist' solves old mystery:Janet Stephens earns a living trimming, straightening and dyeing the hair of customers seeking the latest look.
But the stylist from the US city of Baltimore is more interested in the hairdos of the past.
Stephens is a hairstyle archaeologist who specialises in recreating how women in ancient Rome and Greece wore their hair.
She spoke to the BBC about a museum visit that marked the start of a long journey of discovery on which she solved a historical mystery and had her work published in an academic journal.
See the link for video.
I've followed this story for a while. She's finally made it to an academic journal. That's so cool.
Pan-gan jouh: the bridge to the underworld, a ritual bridge for...
Pan-gan jouh: the bridge to the underworld, a ritual bridge for the spirits of the dead to cross over into the wold of the dead where will be judged and from which they will be unable to return.
A deceased soul (wuonh) passes from the world of the living to the world of the dead by going across a bridge. The bridge is level, but not anchored on the far side, so when the deceased walk across, it suddenly tilts to drop the deceased into the underworld from where he cannot return. The bridge then returns to level to receive the next soul.
Before stepping onto the bridge, the departed must pass the guard at the crossing point (Baav-bouc fin-saeng, or the Keeper of the Ritual) who checks his books to see if it is really time for the person to enter the world of the dead.
Ninh mbuo oix zuqc jiex morc morc, jiex youh caeng, jiex pan-gan juoh.
O, they who must pass the grinding grindstone, pass the cauldron of boiling oil, and pass the bridge that goes to the underworld.
AUSTIN, TX—Local resident Ted Cho has two separate groups of friends, one of which only has Asians...
AUSTIN, TX—Local resident Ted Cho has two separate groups of friends, one of which only has Asians in it, the 25-year-old software developer's non-Asian friends reported Tuesday. "He has the group of friends I'm in—mostly people he knows from work or college—but then he has this whole other set of just Asian friends we've never hung out with for some reason," said coworker Bruce Hollis, 26, noting that Cho is frequently seen in Facebook photos having dinner or drinks with four or five Asian people their age whom Hollis never sees in person. "Sometimes when we invite him out he already has plans with his Asian friends, and we'll suggest he bring them along. He'll say, 'Yeah, maybe we can meet up later,' but somehow it never happens." Hollis added that the one time he bumped into Cho with his Asian friends they were all speaking English, so he really doesn't see what the big deal is.
I saw this commercial a couple weeks ago? It features an...
I saw this commercial a couple weeks ago? It features an inter-racial couple with a bi-racial daughter. And just wow. Nailed it. Great job, Cheerios.
This is following a clothing ad which featured a same-sex couple with their families.
Don't forget the Kindle commercial that showed a gay couple.
Much love guys :)
"I'm going to be real honest with you—the Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote."
""I'm going to be real honest with you—the Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote.""-
Tea Party leader Ken Emanuelson,
(via theamericanprospect)
Also why is this font so huge D:
freeselfdefense: Rape Escape Easy and very effective Requires...
- Easy and very effective
- Requires nothing but your body
- Includes attack
UNPO: Tibet: China Dams Tibet
UNPO: Tibet: China Dams Tibet:China is set to restart construction on a series of dams in Tibet, which were stopped in 2004 due to environmental concerns. More specifically damming on the Nu River is set to resume under the new Chinese leadership. This will cause widespread environmental damage in addition to the displacement of Tibetan nomads living in the area.
All I can say for now is WATCH THIS SPACE
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