February 2012
55 posts
10 tags
Shark Fin Sales Could Soon Be Banned in New York →
New York legislators introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban the sale, trading, distribution and possession of shark fins in the state by as early as 2013. Similar laws have been passed in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington; Florida, Illinois, Maryland and Virginia have pending legislation.
73 million sharks — which are an endangered species — are killed annually to satisfy demand...
3 tags
4 tags
Behind the Google Goggles, Virtual Reality →
Google is expected to start selling eyeglasses that will project information, entertainment and, this being a Google product, advertisements onto the lenses. The glasses are not being designed to be worn constantly — although Google engineers expect some users will wear them a lot — but will be more like smartphones, used when needed, with the lenses serving as a kind of see-through computer...
2 tags
5 tags
7 worst international aid ideas →
Maybe their hearts were in the right place. Maybe not. Either way, these are solid contenders for the title of “worst attempts at helping others since colonialism.”
1. One million t-shirts for Africa
2. TOMS Buy-One-Give-One
…dumping shoes in places where people might otherwise be employed to make them.
3. Machine gun preacher
Problems with Sam Childers, the machine gun preacher, are...
4 tags
3 tags
“Even if you don’t know what you want, buy something,
to be part of the...”
– Rumi ♥
4 tags
Educate Girls: Change the World →
3 tags
Anonymous asked: im thinking about joining the peace corps any advice?
3 tags
4 tags
10 tags
5 tags
2 tags
2 tags
4 tags
5 tags
5 tags
Death Toll Soars in Prison Fire in Honduras →
no way can this just be an accident. no way. not in a country with such incredible impunity.
-
A fire at a prison in central Honduras killed more than 300 people, according to local news reports, the latest disaster in a penal system known for overcrowding and violence.
In 2003, a riot in a Honduran prison left 68 dead, 51 of them shot, stabbed, beaten or burned to death by police, soldiers...
7 tags
Arizona bill takes aim at airbrushed women in ads →
finally some crazy arizona legislation that i can get behind…
-
Women have wrinkles, pores and curves. And there’s a movement across the world to make sure advertisers can no longer pretend otherwise.
House Bill 2793, proposed by Rep. Katie Hobbs, D-Phoenix, would require advertisers who alter or enhance a photo to put a disclaimer on that ad alerting customers that...
2 tags
3 tags
“Passion will make you crazy, but is there any other way to live?”
– Howard Hughes
2 tags
Grammys 2012: Dave Grohl takes a dig at modern... →
Earlier, Foo Fighters won the Grammy for rock performance. With Skrillex nominated this year, there’s been a lot of talk about the Grammys embracing electronic music. Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl, however, seemed to sneer at those who rely on technology. ”It’s not about what goes on in a computer,” Grohl said, discussing how the band recorded its latest album in a garage....
16 tags
2 tags
3 tags
An Animated Ad With a Plot Line and a Moral →
Chipotle’s first national commercial presents its food philosophy in a short film.
4 tags
Beyond Pelvic Politics →
If we have to choose between bishops’ sensibilities and women’s health, our national priority must be the female half of our population.
4 tags
4 tags
5 tags
For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture... →
“Believe me, I am not a confused person. I know who I am, but I don’t necessarily fit the categories well,” said Erica Lubliner, a medical school graduate of Mexican and Jewish heritage.
1 tag
Don't gain the world and lose your soul, Wisdom is...
5 tags
landofthelions:
“Foreign aid is taking money from poor people in a rich country and giving it to rich people in a poor country”
—Ron Paul
So true, especially in Afghanistan.
5 tags
5 tags
“What Counts
____________
What Counts is not the color of your skin
But the...”
Video: Watch Stephen Colbert's Defense of Planned... →
During the fight over the federal budget, Republican Senator Jon Kyl stated that over 90% of the services performed by Planned Parenthood were abortions.
4 tags
4 tags
3 tags
3 tags
Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe... →
Four Seasons Hotel - Bora Bora
Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia
Restaurant near Sanyou Cave above the Chang Jiang river, Hubei , China.
3 tags
4 tags
K'Naan: Mitt Romney Did Not Have Permission To Use... →
Rapper K’Naan is upset that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney used his song “Wavin’ Flag” during his Florida primary victory speech.
In a statement Wednesday, K’naan says Romney’s campaign didn’t seek approval to use the song and that he would not have granted permission if it had.
The Somali-born, Canadian-based rapper says he would...
3 tags
4 tags
“The way to know life, is to love many things.”
– Van Gogh
3 tags
1 tag
4 tags
2 tags
Think Again: Microfinance →
Small loans probably won’t lift people out of poverty or empower women. But that doesn’t mean they’re useless.
I think microcredit is about giving people an opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty. Sometimes they can, sometimes they can’t. No international development strategy is enough on its own, but at least microfinance allows people to have credit they normally...
2 tags
“Good morning, floor! Thank you for keeping [me] from falling through Earth into...”
– dieselsweeties.com