“Nowhere in Fiji Water’s glossy marketing materials will you find reference to the typhoid outbreaks that plague Fijians because of the island’s faulty water supplies; the corporate entities that Fiji Water has—despite the owners’ talk of financial transparency—set up in tax havens like the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg; or the fact that its signature bottle is made from Chinese plastic in a diesel-fueled plant and hauled thousands of miles to its ecoconscious consumers. And, of course, you won’t find mention of the military junta for which Fiji Water is a major source of global recognition and legitimacy. (Gilmour has described the square bottles as “little ambassadors” for the poverty-stricken nation.)”
CHIRPIN HARD
Château de Noisy, Celles, Houyet, Namur, Belgium (via missionabandoned)
Le Château de Noisy (also named Château Miranda) was built by the English architect Milner in 1866 as a summer home for the family of the Count of Liedekerke-Beaufort. The family stayed there until World War 2, when the castle was briefly occupied by the Nazi’s. In 1958, the NMBS (the Belgian railroad company) used it as a home to shelter the railroadmen’s children and wives.
Since 1991 the building is abandoned. The village of Celles tried several times to buy the castle and its ground but the family doesn’t want to take distance of the castle. The building has over 500 windows, which are almost all shattered along with several of the staircases inside. There is still a clock tower of 56 meters tall. The castle is popular amongst urban explorers.
A fart
Intestinal gas (red, lower left) being expelled from the body. The gas shows up as red because it has recently been at body temperature, which is warmer than the surroundings. Picture: THIERRY BERROD, MONA LISA PRODUCTION/ SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY. via telegraph uk
:D
“That Maj. Hasan tried to get a military discharge before the massacre is largely being erased — we’re supposed to keep focusing on the Muslim part.”
re-Redditing
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I’d recommend to anybody hosting a Thanksgiving Dinner to make one of these options. You never know what other peoples health habits may be and who knows, maybe you’ll realize that being Vegan or Vegetarian doesn’t mean that we only eat stale grass and nothing tastes good.
djh: Bivouacking via Mister Crew
!!! SO excited to see this. This is a page from Patagonia’s most recent catalog. I ripped it out and hung it on the fridge because I thought it was so amazing.
“The 515 chemicals women put on their bodies every day” at the Daily Mail
well i dont tan( cause im black…) but this is alot!
Watch this film.
“Indeed, it is a very good day. Dennis Dortch’s daring directorial debut ambitiously charts black sexuality through a set of six deliciously amusing, interconnected vignettes that unfold in a single day in Los Angeles. A hot-button, “don’t-let-them-know-you’re-watching” constellation of intimate moments, A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy seduces us with obsessively watchable performances that make it at once familiar, provocative, and fresh. ” Via rottentomatoes.com
(via nickholmes)
if this is how the second movie works, i’ll happily go see it not drunk.
bahhaa!
Appalling. I know it isn’t always possible, but if you can, seek out alternatives to these brands.