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Astronomical & Nightscape Photography by Chris Cook Last Update: December 12, 2015 All the images in this site are © Copyright 1987-2015 by Chris Cook. Any use of these images without the prior written consent or knowledge of the author is strictly prohibited. Contact Chris for more information. Current Weather on Cape Cod Dream big - Wall to Watch - StumbleUpon Art & Design For his artwork Dream Big Peter Fecteau used 4.242 Rubik's Cubes to make a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. The Sad World Of The Misunderstood House Spider If there’s one arthropod with an unfortunately bad rap in the human world, it’s the common house spider. Generally reclusive and non-threatening to people, spiders eat all the creatures that annoy humans (mosquitoes, flies, and roaches) while occupying the empty crevices of human shelter. And yet their very presence makes the average person go after these benevolent creatures with a fury.

Runt Of The Web - StumbleUpon Oh Dwight, you are the best thing to happen to the US version of The Office. The wry second-in-command at the Scranton office of Dunder Mifflin is famous for his obscure knowledge and comically literal interpretation of… well… everything. And so the Dwight Schrute Knows Best meme or simply, the Dwight Schrute meme was born: Enjoy the Dwight Schrute meme? Check out Part 2: The Return Of The Schrute Meme and Schrute Facts.

Why Teachers Drink Disclaimer: I have no regard whatsoever for my grammar in this post. Do not attack my grammar as opposed to my comment because as a former debater that will just piss me off and make you look stupid. Firstly, I’d like to say that some of the people are right, youth now seem not to give two shits about education and yes the education system in the US have drastically dropped in efficiency. But let’s be real, this isn’t anything new, there is a general culture of anti-intellectualism in our country among ALL US citizens, not just the youth.

Concept Racing Car Design GreenGT Twenty-4 GreenGT is one of the radically eco-friendly auto companies from Switzerland. It recently released its latest new concept named Twenty-4. It is a magnificent all electric car designed by 5 students from the CCi du Valenciennois in France. The outstanding prototype is made of carbon fiber chassis as well as a fiber glass body, and is expected to take part in 24 hour Le Mans race in France scheduled in 2011 though it is still under construction. The GreenGT Twenty-4 engineers have revealed the first performance figures of the car. The electric race car is powered by two 100 kilowatts 2-phase synchronous motors, and the motors of the GreenGT Twenty-4 are coupled with a proprietary gearbox and differential. Incredible Wildlife Photography Wildlife — By Stephanie on January 11, 2010 at 10:58 am Canada goose protects her young Ever have one of those moments when you think to yourself, “Boy, I wish I had my camera?!” Well, you can enjoy the good fortune of the photographers who were not empty handed when they shot these amazing animal pictures.

True Story - HAVE A RELAX In the previous article we spoke about the deal between McGraw-Hill and Engrade from Engrade’s perspective. Now let’s dig into the McGraw-Hill bit of the story. What’s Engrade and what does it do? When Hold took up Engrade full-time in 2010, he turned it into an enterprise education platform, and began selling it to schools. Engrade was quickly bundled with enterprise-grade tools like attendance, discipline and parent-teacher conference/meeting tracking, score messaging, standardized test score analysis, parent email, SMS alerts, report card printing, admin-level reporting and so on. The key factor here is that Engrade’s team built an API that permitted schools to integrate their current platforms and software into Engrade and looked to aggregate all data in one platform.

Wonderfully Creepy Sculptures Carved From Bananas Apr 13, 2011 / Category : Art / 2 Comments I love bananas and I also love art, but Japanese artist Suu, managed to combine those two things by making great banana carvings. Can you sculpt something creepy on a fruit or vegetable of your choice? Hit the jump for several more of the mushy goodness, including a zombie and Davy Jones! 35 Funny Marvel Disney Mashups Artwork Disney has recently announced to acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion by the end of the year. Both companies have approved the transaction, leaving some details remained to confirm. The moment I heard the news, hit discussions had been drawn off by Marvel fans, and Disney fans. Artists also expressed their feelings on the news. Mickey Mouse is swinging around in Spider Man costume, and Spider Man sighing with Mickey Mouse ears. Just like what these illustrations present, some are celebrating the acquisition, some are quite worried that their beloved Marvel characters may change and lose their charm.

BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 (2011) : Irina Werning - Photographer - StumbleUpon Now its time for KOREA, TAIWAN AND TOKYO. If you live here and want to participate in my project, email me amazing old pictures to : backtothefuturepics@gmail.com Riff Raff 1976 & 2011 London Andy 1967 & 2011 Los Angeles Johanes 1994 & 2011 Hamburg Maarje 1990 & 2011 Amsterdam

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