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ilovecharts: How you would like to spend your holidays vs. how...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:18:17 -0500

How you would like to spend your holidays vs. how your boss would like it to be spent.

-tomyassistant

Ugh.

therealmckoy: Nutriarts is an art and cook collective. Cooks...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:50:53 -0400

Nutriarts is an art and cook collective. Cooks work with artists to visualize and bring to life in art form their most favorite culinary creations. Exhibition of Nutriart works Tribeca August 11th.

Nutriarts will also be hosting a silent auction for the Jamie Oliver Foundation: an educational charity whose mission is to educate and keep cooking skills alive.

Drinks and lovely foods will be served.

Brought to you by Mealku Cooperative and The Real McKoy Creative
www.mealku.com
www.therealmckoy.com

ilovecharts: What Your Style Of Eggs Says About You This chart...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:47:31 -0400

ilovecharts:

What Your Style Of Eggs Says About You

This chart is entirely too true. For the record I prefer hard boiled eggs or omelets.

matchbooknu: The book: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor...

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 02:14:12 -0400

matchbooknu:

The book: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The first sentence: “At the beginning of July, during an extremely hot spell, towards evening, a young man left the closet he rented from tenants in S—-y Lane, walked out onto the street, and slowly, if indecisively, headed for K—-n Bridge.”

The cover designer: Peter Mendelsund

The bathing suit: Trinity Swimsuit by Chromat. $235.

ryangoslinguist

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:53:03 -0400

ryangoslinguist:

tumblr.com

All I can utter right now are voiceless glottal fricatives.

D.U.M.B.O.

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:43:04 -0400

D.U.M.B.O.

Tree of Heaven

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:37:49 -0400

Tree of Heaven

Sea Turtle

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:26:39 -0400

Sea Turtle

Photo

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:14:28 -0400

Photo

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:37:29 -0400

Beach Chic

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:29:34 -0400

Beach Chic

climateadaptation: kateoplis: Vintage National Park...

Sat, 26 May 2012 18:01:13 -0400

climateadaptation:

kateoplis:

Vintage National Park Posters

They’re for sale, here.

wallacegardens: stilllifequickheart: Henri...

Sat, 26 May 2012 16:33:38 -0400

wallacegardens:

stilllifequickheart:

Henri Fantin-Latour

Nasturtiums

1880

mrmoneda: Last February, the most famous Panamanian in the...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:40:45 -0400

mrmoneda:

Last February, the most famous Panamanian in the world went for a routine medical check-up. The authorities used a decoy, and General Noriega, the country’s former military governor, was spirited back to his luxury detention centre, safe from prying eyes and a hungry press. Nonetheless, acres of news print around the world were lavished on the event, while a far more urgent unravelling Panamanian story dropped under the radar.

Panama’s largest indigenous group, the Ngabe, had decided to take a stand against the unlawful encroachment of their homeland. Since the time of the conquistadors, the Ngabe have been pushed to the margins of the country - forced to live on the land that no one else wanted. Twenty years ago the Panamanian government finally ceded what was considered a useless tract of land to them. The Ngabe had in fact lived there for centuries, so by rights it has always been theirs.

But now this land, rich in mineral deposits and rivers, is considered priceless. And Ricardo Martinelli, Panama’s authoritarian president who is a close friend of former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, wants it back.

His plan is to open the Ngabe heartland to foreign mining companies and push hydroelectric power projects onto an unwilling population. The problem is that the Ngabe have nowhere else to go. So the scene was set for a dramatic showdown, which started when the Ngabe closed the Pan-American Highway in Chiriquí province in the west of the country - bringing Panama to a standstill.

Their demand: an audience with the president. Martinelli’s response was extraordinary for this relatively peaceful country with a constitution that forbids the formation of an army. The police, who human rights observers say have become increasingly militarised since Martinelli became president three years ago, launched a vicious crackdown, cutting communications with the outside world, and allegedly shooting innocent bystanders as well as peaceful protesters.

Harrowing reports surfaced of rapes and the mistreatment of detainees, as scores of Ngabe men, women and children were arrested. At least two people were killed and many more were injured. The crackdown lasted for three days and proved so unpopular with Panamanians, that Martinelli was forced into negotiations with the Ngabe.

— Panama: Village of the damned

At around 4min 50sec into the video a woman named Belinda Yimenez breaks down the stance of the Ngabe beautifully succinct. These people aren’t even really against anything that the government is trying to do. All they want is for the government to do those things without taking and/or destroying everything these people are or have.

I don’t think they’re asking for very much.

Also, in addition to the police having “become increasingly militarised since Martinelli became president three years ago,” please note that they’ve been corrupt FOREVER. When I was about 14 and the police showed up around a neighborhood function goin’ down in my fam’s area [Chilibre!] I was warned not to speak to any of them; and if they forced me to, I was to speak to them only in Spanish and pretend I wasn’t American. Hearing that fucking idiot say he believed the police acted responsibly makes feel something so wretched I cannot describe it.

Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, PANAMA. Same story, different time.

Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:41:04 -0400

Nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus

Herald Square - 34th St

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:07:00 -0400

Herald Square - 34th St

Today I had all three of these single seats to myself (for...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:53:50 -0500

Today I had all three of these single seats to myself (for once!). Can you imagine how small the riders were if little ol’ me barely fit? @NYCTransitMuseum

Runway inspired nails

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:49:09 -0500

Runway inspired nails

Foodgasm Three dishes over four nights: mussels before and...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:04:28 -0500

Foodgasm
Three dishes over four nights: mussels before and after, spinach-stuffed shells, Alsatian sauerkraut. Up next: spaetzle, chèvre-stuffed peppers.

lesleykat: but did you eat it? Starring the coffee shop down...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:42:46 -0500

lesleykat:

but did you eat it?

Starring the coffee shop down the block (Bedford Hill)! Yes, I ate it.