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Post by htmb on May 9, 2015 19:33:50 GMT
I could never, ever be a cave diver, but I found this view of Weeki Wachee Springs absolutely fascinating. Weeki Wachee Springs
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Post by Kimby on May 10, 2015 0:14:33 GMT
Not only could I never be a cave diver, I'm afraid to even look at the video!
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Post by htmb on May 10, 2015 0:18:10 GMT
I actually felt a little bit panicky, but wow! What am amazing world is just there beneath US19.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2015 3:43:35 GMT
I never expected all of that to be there. No wonder there are sinkholes!
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2015 18:16:12 GMT
A future criminal in the making!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 14, 2015 20:02:17 GMT
No wonder they used to deport children to prison colonies. Pure evil!
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Post by patricklondon on May 18, 2015 11:26:50 GMT
A future criminal in the making! My nephew says he has a video of his little daughter in a tantrum - and says he's saving it to show at her wedding..... My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by htmb on May 18, 2015 12:03:37 GMT
Oh, no! That would NOT be time to show the video. Wait until she has a child of her own, who will also throw temper tantrums. THEN show her.
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Post by Kimby on May 18, 2015 12:52:56 GMT
An Afghan teenager about to be forced into an arranged marriage - so her dowry money could be used to pay for her brother's wedding - wrote this rap. Her parents relented. "A Mighty Girl 18-year-old Sonita Alizadeh never expected her love of rap music to change her life. When the Afghan-born singer was 14 years old, she was devastated to learn that her parents were arranging a marriage for her. In response, she wrote and recorded a powerful song called “Brides for Sale.” Not only did it change her parents’ minds, but the attention her music video generated has led to new opportunities and given her the chance to speak out on behalf of girls forced into child marriages around the world. Sonita fled Afghanistan with her family to Tehran, Iran when she was eight years old. She discovered a non-profit organization that offered programs for undocumented Afghan kids; there she learned karate, photography, and had her first lessons in singing and rapping. Her lyrical ability quickly caught people’s attention, and she started working with an Iranian director who helped her polish her style and make her first music videos. She had high hopes for pursuing her interest in music until one day her mother told her: ‘You have to return to Afghanistan with me. There’s a man there who wants to marry you. Your brother’s engaged and we need your dowry money to pay for his wedding." Crushed by the prospect of being forced into a child marriage, Sonita poured her feelings into a new song, “Brides for Sale.” In the music video, she appears dressed as a bride with a bruised face and a barcode on her forehead. It begins: “Let me whisper, so no one hears that I speak of selling girls. My voice shouldn’t be heard since it’s against Sharia. Women must remain silent… this is our tradition.” She was worried what her parents would think of the video, but to her relief, they loved it and told her she didn’t have to marry. “It means so much to me that my family went against our tradition for me," Sonita said in an interview with PRI. "Now I’m somewhere that I never imagined I could be.” Sonita's music attracted such attention that she was offered a full scholarship to an arts academy in Utah and she recently held her first US concert in San Francisco. Although Sonita is thrilled by the opportunities she’s finding in the US, her heart remains back home with the millions of women she knows still live with discrimination, forced marriage, and worse. She told PRI, "I sometimes I think about the fact that I could have been a mother right now — with a few kids. It’s not a thought I like.” But she hopes that her music can make a difference for other girls and women like her: “Rap music lets you tell your story to other people. Rap music is a platform to share the words that are in my heart.” To watch a subtitled video of her song “Brides for Sale” on YouTube, visit bit.ly/1QVetXD -- you can read more about Sonita's story on PRI at bit.ly/1PFJlbSTo learn more about the crisis of child marriage worldwide, photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair's eight-year-long investigation into the practice has been turned into a 10-minute video call to action by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. To watch the video, "Too Young to Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides," which is not recommended for young viewers due to graphic content, visit bit.ly/J3YDfBTo learn more about the movement to end child marriage and how to get involved, visit Girls Not Brides, a global partnership of over 300 civil society organizations from around the world, at www.girlsnotbrides.org/For several books about Mighty Girls who fought against child marriages, check out "Homeless Bird" for ages 9 to 13 (http://www.amightygirl.com/homeless-bird), "The Lightning Dreamer" for ages 13 and up (http://www.amightygirl.com/the-lightning-dreamer), and "I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced" for ages 16 and up (http://www.amightygirl.com/i-am-nujood). For stories of both real-life and fictional girls and women confronting gender discrimination and prejudice in a multitude of forms, visit our "Gender Discrimination" section at www.amightygirl.com/books/social-issues/prejudice-discrimination?cat=69For a highly recommended book for older teens and adults that discusses how girls and women are fighting back against oppression and transforming their communities, check out: "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" at www.amightygirl.com/half-the-skyThere are also two films that explore the transformative potential and power of girls and women in developing countries - both for ages 13 and up: the documentary based on the “Half the Sky" book (http://www.amightygirl.com/half-the-sky-documentary) and “Girl Rising” (http://www.amightygirl.com/girl-rising)."
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2015 13:59:09 GMT
Impressive. But a scholarship for Utah? Maybe the marriage wouldn't be so bad.
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Post by htmb on May 29, 2015 11:31:41 GMT
From a local high school student.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2015 11:50:19 GMT
IMHO: overwritten, overacted, overwrought
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Post by htmb on May 29, 2015 11:58:40 GMT
Not an actress; just a kid attempting to express her feelings.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2015 14:04:31 GMT
I only had to watch 10 seconds to realise that this is performance poetry, or slam if you will. A genre all its own. That's why it is stylized and non-naturalistic.
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Post by htmb on May 29, 2015 14:17:04 GMT
You're spot on, of course, Lizzy.
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Post by htmb on Jul 15, 2015 17:05:24 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 15, 2015 18:02:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2015 18:23:20 GMT
I'm still wondering why the woman has no nipples.
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Post by htmb on Jul 15, 2015 18:33:52 GMT
Look closer. Pasties.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2015 18:46:30 GMT
Not allowed in the US, Patrick, I'll have to give it a try in Canada. It looks amazing!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2015 18:56:45 GMT
That would imply that she was not really nude. Why would someone pretend to be nude when they are not?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2015 18:24:55 GMT
I don't know whether to call this "What U.S. troops are really doing in Afghanistan" or " 'Don't ask, don't tell' is definitely finished."
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Post by patricklondon on Nov 10, 2015 8:03:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2015 6:34:31 GMT
Deer vs. dog.
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Post by htmb on Nov 22, 2015 23:53:04 GMT
A friend sent me this fascinating video showing mosaic tiles being handcrafted.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 23, 2015 1:01:24 GMT
Fascinating, but all I could think was, "There has to be an easier way!"
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Post by htmb on Dec 14, 2015 22:46:43 GMT
This one has apparently gone viral, but it's really dumb.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 15, 2015 2:44:48 GMT
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Post by htmb on Dec 15, 2015 3:22:22 GMT
Oh, yes!
I also remember the man and woman on the stairs of the Palais Garnier!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 15, 2015 4:12:39 GMT
Yep, and Kerouac has that whole thread on tourists on the Seine boat. I want to link to it, but Proboards Search has -- surprise -- let me down again.
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