VIA “pulptastic.com”, author not specified Meet Mason Wartman Mason left his job at Wall Street as an equity researcher to start up Rosa’s Fresh Pizza — a pizza business named after his mother — in Philadelphia. Mason sells a slice of pizza for $1 in his restaurant His customer’s can pay it forward by buying a […]
VIA “realclearpolitics.com” by Alexus Simendinger Ted Kennedy is gone and Iowa’s Tom Harkin retired from the Senate last year, but in their absence, President Obama on Thursday plans to echo their advocacy for paid sick leave, championed by Democratic stalwarts in Congress and by organized labor over many decades. Previewing an element of his State […]
VIA “uproxx.com” by Vince Mancini If you watched the Golden Globes last night (and I won’t judge you if you did), you might have seen a wolf-bearded Matthew McConaughey used as a frequent cutaway, and later become the subject of a pretty sweet JK Simmons joke (host Amy Poehler: “Or, as Matthew McConaughey calls him, […]
VIA “themindunleashed.com” author not specified Someone had a clever thought.. To put a phone inside a guitar and record what happens. You’ve got to see how awesome it looks
VIA “Pulptastic.com” Author not specified 24 Must-See Diagrams That Will Make Eating Healthy Super Easy 1. For fruit-ophiles. Photos by Grace Hitchcock for PopSugar / Via popsugar.comSome diets require precision. Yes, even fruit portions. 2. For 5-minute dinners that are sure to be healthy. Women’s Health / Via womenshealthmag.comFor more information on what makes these […]
VIA “cnn.com” by Scott Bronstein, Drew Griffin More than 20 Syrian rebel commanders, including members of Christian opposition groups, have signed off on what they called a historic agreement to unite in the fight against ISIS and President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. The deal came out of a meeting Thursday in Turkey facilitated by staff from […]
VIA “iflscience.com” by Janet Fang A 2.5-million-year-old toolmaking technique may have influenced the evolution of human language and how we teach. The heavy reliance on stone tools by some of our oldest ancestors may have generated evolutionary pressure to develop more advanced ways of transmitting knowledge—such as a primitive proto-language. The findings, published in Nature […]
VIA “iflscience.com” by Lisa Winter Over 18,000 people were killed by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. The earthquake lasted six minutes, and had over 250 aftershocks. Amateur video obtained by an American tourist visiting a park when the earthquake struck shows how dynamic the ground can be. The […]
VIA “themindunleashed.com” VIA “huffingtonpost.com” by Alena Hall The Earth may not be flat nor is it the center of the universe, but that doesn’t mean old-world intellectuals got everything wrong. In fact, in recent years, modern science has validated a number of teachings and beliefs rooted in ancient wisdom that, up until now, had been trusted but […]
VIA “nytimes.com” by Dan Bilefsky PARIS — Immediately upon unveiling its new cover — a depiction of Muhammad — the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Tuesday reignited the debate pitting free speech against religious sensitivities that has embroiled Europe since 12 people were killed during an attack on its Paris offices by Muslim extremists […]
