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joi, 6 septembrie 2012

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Tina Leopard - Chinese Living Anime Doll
Vladimir Franz: The Most Tattooed Presidential Candidate
Smart Phones, Devoted Users [Infographic]
We Love Russia
Burning Man 2012 in Photos

Tina Leopard - Chinese Living Anime Doll

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:07 PM PDT

Tina Leopard is a Chinese blogger and model who earlier this year sparked controversy among Internet users after photos showing her extremely sharp chin and large anime-like eyes went viral on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter.

Vladimir Franz: The Most Tattooed Presidential Candidate

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:45 PM PDT

53-year-old Vladimir Franz is a Czech theatre and opera composer and painter. He is also a candidate in the 2013 Czech presidential election. 90% of his body is covered by tattoos.

Smart Phones, Devoted Users [Infographic]

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Smartphones are becoming an integral part of our lives, and not just for their capacity to make phone calls. Our smartphones have become our music players, our GPS systems, our photography studios, our link to breaking news, the way we entertain ourselves—truly they have become extensions of ourselves. Some might even say our smartphones define us, telling the world more about us than we even realize.

You probably have your own opinions about the different types of people who own an iPhone as opposed to a Samsung Galaxy or a BlackBerry. And what do you really think about someone when they pull out a flip phone?

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Via: Online Colleges

We Love Russia

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:34 PM PDT

There are some things you will only ever see in Russia – thankfully.

TwisterNederland is back with another crazy and hilarious compilation of outrageous sightings from the motherland.

Drunks, crashes, explosions, jellyfish, it's all here.

Check it out below.

Burning Man 2012 in Photos

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada, in the United States. The event is described by many participants as an experiment in community, art, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance.

Via: theatlantic

We the People: 3 Million Signatures Later

Your Daily Snapshot for
Thurs., September 6, 2012

We the People: 3 Million Signatures Later

Last year, the White House launched a new tool called We the People, offering a powerful and simple way to petition the Obama Administration to take action on a range of issues. If a petition gathers enough signatures, policy officials review it and publish an official response.

From the beginning, We the People's popularity exceeded our expectations. More than 600,000 signatures were received in the first 11 days and within two weeks, 81 petitions had reached the initial signature threshold of 5,000 signatures within 30 days. Raising the threshold to 25,0000 signatures within 30 days allowed us to balance our resources and focus on providing quality response and follow-up engagement. Even still, since October 3, 2011, we've had an additional 30 petitions cross the new threshold.

Check out key facts and figures about the We the People platform.