August 2011
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“Park Min Young and Lee Min Ho are dating. For real, how’s that for my City...”
– curious? even GF and JB are gushing. Here’s the scoop.
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Street View goes to the Amazon →
whatdougsees:
With Google Street View, you can do amazing things such as hike around Stonehenge or even ski down Whistler’s slopes—all without leaving home. Soon, you’ll be able to float down the Amazon and Rio Negro Rivers of northwest Brazil and experience some of the most remote and biodiverse areas in the world.
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“You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether...”
– Warren Beatty
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“A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That...”
– Emily Dickinson
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“Once again, Lord, Please hold my hand, help me find the right path. Where you’d...”
– my prayer, 22 August 2008. it seems to be my prayer still.
“Me, myself at Sarah’s moment,”
– me,on drinking alone.
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“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it....”
– —Howard Thurman
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BAM! The UN affirms the human right to blaspheme. →
bigmouthbigideas:
…Late last month, the UN issued a new statement on the extent of freedom of speech under international law. It says that laws restricting blasphemy as such are incompatible with universal human rights standards.
…Laws against blasphemy or “religious insult” (found throughout the world, including half of all Council of Europe member states) are inherently discriminatory...
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United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library:... →
un-library:
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (9 August) was first pronounced by the General Assembly in December 1994 (A/RES/48/163), to be celebrated every year during the first International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (1995 – 2004). In 2004, the Assembly…
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“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via lilmaj132)
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Javabeans and Girlfriday on Lee Min Ho in LA →
CELEBRITY NEWSLee Min-ho heads for Los Angelesby javabeans | August 8, 2011 | 358 Comments
javabeans: Hey, have you heard Lee Min-ho is on his way to your neck of the woods?
girlfriday: *drops everything, gives jb full attention*
javabeans: Uh, so, Lee Min-ho is on his way to your neck of the woods. He just hopped on a plane a few hours ago.
girlfriday: OMG, did I finally get through to the...
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“I fucking hate the idea of normal. Normal is all that’s bad about living. All...”
– Robert Smith (via loveyourchaos)
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous... →
“On this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, UN Women urges renewed commitment to advance the status of indigenous peoples worldwide, including indigenous women, through meaningful engagement in decision-making, efforts to end gender-based violence and improving women’s economic standing. Only then can we move towards sustainable development and ensure real impact on the...
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“My point is that feminists are not biological determinists. Feminists are the...”
– ‘Feminists are Sexist’ - Features - The F-Word (via periodp00ps)
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Presidential Proclamation--Suspension of Entry as... →
”Any alien who planned, ordered, assisted, aided and abetted, committed or otherwise participated in, including through command responsibility, widespread or systematic violence against any civilian population based in whole or in part on race; color; descent; sex; disability; membership in an indigenous group; language; religion; political opinion; national origin; ethnicity; membership in...
