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An excerpt from the 1958 Disneyland TV Show episode entitled Magic Highway USA. In this last part of the show, an exploration into possible future Transportation technologies is made. It’s hard to believe how little we’ve accomplished on this front since 1958, and how limited the scope for imagining such future technologies has become. Witness an artifact from a time where the future was greeted with optimism. Note the striking animation style here, achieved with fairly limited animation and spectacular layouts.
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We typically think of terrorism as a political act.
But sometimes it’s very personal. It wasn’t a government or a guerrilla insurgency that threw acid on this woman’s face in Pakistan. It was a young man whom she had rejected for marriage. As the United States ponders what to do in Afghanistan — and for that matter, in Pakistan — it is wise to understand both the political and the personal, that the very ignorance and illiteracy and misogyny that create the climate for these acid attacks can and does bleed over into the political realm. Nicholas Kristof, the New York Times op-ed columnist who traveled to Pakistan last year to write about acid attacks, put it this way in an essay at the time: “I’ve been investigating such acid attacks, which are commonly used to terrorize and subjugate women and girls in a swath of Asia from Afghanistan through Cambodia (men are almost never attacked with acid). Because women usually don’t matter in this part of the world, their attackers are rarely prosecuted and acid sales are usually not controlled. It’s a kind of terrorism that becomes accepted as part of the background noise in the region. …
Drawing Every Person In New York.
How To Be A Successful T-Shirt Designer.
126 Crosby Street New York, NY 10012
I know I’ve written about the Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe before, but because today is World AIDS Day, I’m going to write about it again. For the last two and a half years, I have worked in the HIV/AIDS community in a professional capacity. By experiencing the medical and social needs of men, women, and children affected by this pandemic, it has become very clear that it will take the help of the entire world to end this. However, there is ALWAYS someone just around the corner in need of a little help, too. Housing Works is a fantastic organization with whom I’ve worked pretty closely and while I may be a tad bit biased, they’ve got a great bookstore. How can I say no to a place that hosts spelling bees, comedy shows, basement sales, and even (as I saw one time) wedding receptions? Book donations are always welcome and proceeds from sales go to the fight against HIV and homelessness. So when you’re in New York City, stop by and take a look around, if not for yourself but for someone else.
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Modern Design’s Influence on one of the World’s Oldest Team Sports
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