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Year In Review: The 11 Best Short Films of 2011
Over the course of the year, curating the Short Film of the Day feature has given me a deep and affecting appreciation of the art form. Before, I hadn’t given much thought to the little bastards, but the truth is that they are incredibly versatile and representative of the boundaries that film can break. They can be jokes told well or human dramas driven home. They can be a perfect bite or demand to be expanded into a full meal. They can feel classic or break out into the long, strange realm of experimentation.Great Resume Designs that Catch Attention-and Got People Hired
When applying for a job, you have no choice but to do your best to outshine competition. Even before winning an interview, your qualifications (or in some instance, your character) are already judged by the resume you’ve submitted.
Places to see at least once in life
They say there are places in this world that anyone should see them at least once in life. Although we want each of you to go see them live, and we offer in the form of photos below. If I had to redo the path for real, the steps you would wear in Norway in Greece, Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, China and Bora Bora. Whether it will attract the ocean or dream of green forests and endless, fascinating places of the world is waiting to delight. And who knows how many are still undiscovered?
Artist Takes Every Drug Known to Man, Draws Self Portraits After Each Use
This is all kinds of cool, and everything your mother told you not to do. Bryan Lewis Saunders is an artist from Washington D.C., not just any artist though. Saunders prefers to take a more unconventional approach to his artwork. Arguably his most interesting project, entitled DRUGS is described as follows:
by Mark Nichol Adjectives — descriptive words that modify nouns — often come under fire for their cluttering quality, but often it’s quality, not quantity, that is the issue. Plenty of tired adjectives are available to spoil a good sentence, but when you find just the right word for the job, enrichment ensues. Practice precision when you select words. Here’s a list of adjectives:
100 Exquisite Adjectives
Warning : Clicking through to see the top 20 most watched TEDTalks is akin to finding a new show on Netflix. It will kill your day. If you must (and you really do) see the top 20 talks in TED six-year history, clear your calendar, shut off your email, go to the bathroom and open your mind. You’re about to learn something.
TED Reveals Top 20 Most-Watched Talks, Sir Ken Robinson Tops The List
Fashion Inspiration: Little Mix “Wings” Photo Credit As if we all couldn’t get enough of One Direction , there’s more where they came from: Yet another British pop band has surfaced in the states.
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10 Instant Emotional Fitness Tools
When things get out of control and you momentarily lose your emotional balance, there are any number of little things you can do to regain it.
Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering the king, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother. The play vividly portrays both true and feigned madness – from overwhelming grief to seething rage – and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>
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Edit Edited by Brigitta M., Ben Rubenstein, Steven Richard, Nicole Willson and 46 othersLive a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Marcus Aurelius submitted by Kidd
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What started out as a joke, somehow became my most popular project after I posted a fake Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flavor featuring Ron Swanson on my personal blog. Since then, I've been commissioned by several websites to design faux Ice Creams including: Buzzfeed.com, NYmag.com, and Tauntr.com. At one point, Ben and Jerry's corporate felt the need to release an official statement making it clear that "All of the Bacon & Eggs You Have" was in fact, not a real flavor. <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>
Pop Culture Ice Creams
When Chanel reopened her design house following World War II, she faced the task of reinterpreting and updating her signature design elements for the post-War era.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Dress, Evening
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