Davos, Quincy Jones, & What's Sexy
Quotes from Quincy Jones by Calvin Wu Chin twittering from the 2009 World Economic Forum at Davos:
“It takes 20yrs to change a culture.
The last 20 yrs we made dumb sexy. we made greed sexy.
Let's make dignity sexy, let's change the culture; let's do well and do good.”
A-men!!
(Twitter users, follow Calvin Wu Chin at http://twitter.com/calvinwuchin)
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Polar bears floating down the Thames
Poated on Inhabitat
Eden TV, a new UK-based natural history TV channel has recently begun broadcasting. To celebrate their launch, the network built a 16-foot-high sculpture of a mother polar bear and her cub stranded on an iceberg. Also meant to increase awareness about the plight of the polar bear and their dwindling habitat as a result of climate change, the sculpture was sent to float down the Thames river. The event took place on January 26th and started at Greenwich, South East London traveling to the Tower Bridge and then to the House of Parliament.
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The 1.5-ton sculpture was created by a team of 15 artists, who worked for 2 months to create the 20-feet by 20-feet sculpture. The mamma bear and her cub started their journey at 6:30 am and traveled for 7.5 miles to reach their destination, where they had their photos taken by the press. Eden will highlight the sculpture and the melting of the ice caps this week along with their Fragile Earth series.
Sir David Attenborough, a well-known broadcaster and wildlife conservationist, says: “The melting of the polar bears’ sea ice habitat is one of the most pressing environmental concerns of our time. I commend Eden for highlighting the issue; we need to do what we can to protect the world’s largest land carnivores from extinction.”
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Milky Way Over Mauna Kea
From Astronomy Picture of the Day
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.
3 There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.
4 Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
5 which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6 It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is hidden from its heat.
Psalm 19:1-6
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Video: The Longchang Apartments - Shanghaiist
Beautiful, haunting video by Dan Chung. Unfortunately, no subtitles for us wai guo ren (bu hui shuo pu tong hua).
Originally posted by Shanghaiist
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Menchies' Dark Chocolate & Vanilla Swirl
Menchies
Honolulu - Ward Warehouse
1050 Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
(808) 592-9292
Sun - Thurs: 11am-10pm
Fri - Sat: 11am-11pm
http://menchies.com/
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Things you can do with a sparkler and a digital camera
New Year’s Eve. You got sparklers, night, and a digital camera with long shutter. Here’s what you do.
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