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mehreenkasana: Medea Benjamin of Code Pink being “escorted” out...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:22:26 -0500

Medea Benjamin of Code Pink being “escorted” out as she bravely questioned President Obama on drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen as well as Guantanamo Bay. Full speech here.

Looks like our Nobel Peace Prize winning harbinger of hope and justice and what not couldn’t handle actual freedom of speech. In other news, grass is green.

welzenis: Jan Willem van Welzenis Untitled,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:20:47 -0500

welzenis:

Jan Willem van Welzenis

Untitled, 2013

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Birth of Seasons

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:16:27 -0500

milomacabre:

A poor wrestled soul
Points to run,
And the others sprint
Away for newer colors.
The fall will begin,
And the night will turn
Into wine.

Wet creature, born
Around the insects
Lathered in filth,
Gaze upon the birth,
The piercing sun.

Children born, their eyes
Seeing the light.
A dream in reverse.
Birth and death. -MILO

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:59:13 -0500

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:58:54 -0500

c-ntr-st: I’ve recently created a Facebook page, go visit if...

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:58:21 -0500

c-ntr-st:

I’ve recently created a Facebook page, go visit if you’d like to follow me over there as well.

"Too little of you and my goodness, far too much of everyone else."

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:37:15 -0500

“Too little of you
and my goodness, far too much
of everyone else.”

- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson

timhallinan: Acrylic on Paper

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:34:10 -0500

timhallinan:

Acrylic on Paper

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:25:32 -0500

6 Women Scientists Who Were Snubbed Due to Sexism

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:24:00 -0500

6 Women Scientists Who Were Snubbed Due to Sexism:

These six scientists were snubbed for awards or robbed of credit for discoveries … because they were women.

"Wasn’t it better if they kept this desire to see each other hidden within them, and never actually..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:21:02 -0500

“Wasn’t it better if they kept this desire to see each other hidden within them, and never actually got together? That way, there would always be hope in their hearts. That hope would be a small, yet vital flame that warmed them to their core-a tiny flame to cup one’s hands around and protect from the wind, a flame that the violent winds of reality might easily extinguish.”

- 1Q84, Haruki Murakami

the color of low self esteem

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:19:55 -0500

miguu:

what i never
learned
from my mother
was that
just because someone desires you
does
not mean they value you.
desire is the kind of thing that
eats you
and
leaves you starving.

hetart: intermedial artwork by Christian Hetzel -...

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:15:39 -0500

hetart:

intermedial artwork by Christian Hetzel - www.hetart.com

"Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that growth is happening...."

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:15:11 -0500

“Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel depressed. It would never occur to us, unless we stumbled on a book or a person who explained to us, that we in fact in the process of change, of actually becoming larger, spiritually, than we were before. Whenever we grow, we tend to feel it, as a young seed must feel the weight and inertia of the earth as it seeks to break out of its shell on its way to becoming a plant. Often the feeling is anything but pleasant. But what is most unpleasant is the not knowing what is happening[…]Those long periods when something inside ourselves seems to be waiting, holding its breath, unsure about what the next step should be, eventually become the periods we wait for, for it is in those periods that we realize that we are being prepared for the next phase of our life and that, in all probability, a new level of the personality is about to be revealed.”

- Alice Walker, with a quote for every classroom wall.

"Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:13:00 -0500

“Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.”

- Dream Hampton

hetart: paperwork by Christian Hetzel - www.hetart.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:11:56 -0500

hetart:

paperwork by Christian Hetzel - www.hetart.com

hetart: paperwork by Christian Hetzel - www.hetart.com

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:11:37 -0500

hetart:

paperwork by Christian Hetzel - www.hetart.com

womenwhokickass: Shakuntala Devi: Why she kicks ass She is a...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:08 -0500

womenwhokickass:

Shakuntala Devi: Why she kicks ass

She is a mathematician.

She is known as a ‘human computer’ and a ‘calculating prodigy’ for her extraordinary talent of solving complex mathematical calculations very quickly.

She competed with a computer to see who give the cube root of 188138517 faster, she won (1977).

At university of USA she was asked to give the 23rd root of 9167486769200391580986609275853801624831066801443086224071265164279346570408670965932792057674808067900227830163549248523803357453169351119035965775473400756818688305620821016129132845564895780158806771, which she answered in 50 seconds; It took a UNIVAC 1108 computer a full one minute to confirm that she was right after it was fed with 13000 instructions.

She demonstrated the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers (7,686,369,774,870 x 2,465,099,745,779) picked at random by the Computer Department of Imperial College, London. She answered the question correctly in 28 seconds. This event is mentioned on page 26 of the 1995 Guinness Book of Records.

In 2006 she released a book called In the Wonderland of Numbers with Orient Paperbacks which talks about a girl Neha and her fascination for numbers. She has also previously released 9 other books (including Puzzles to Puzzle You, Figuring: The Joy of Numbers andSuper Memory: It Can Be Yours)

Dominique Zinkpé (Benin)

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:11:05 -0500

Dominique Zinkpé (Benin)

Dominique Zinkpé (Benin)

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:11:00 -0500

Dominique Zinkpé (Benin)