2013年6月29日 星期六

24 Jaw-Dropping Photos Of The Construction Of The Empire State Building (24張令人心驚膽跳的建築工程照片 )

 
 
美國在經濟大蕭條時,當時正在進行全世界最高的紐約帝國大廈建築工程。
工程拖延了一年多的時間。
這些照片,是由紐約公共圖書館所提供。
 
Built during the Great Depression, the project took a little more than a year. The dangerous nature of constructing what was then the world’s tallest building can be seen in these photos from the New York Public Library’s collection.
 
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10 Signs You’re Having Your Quarter-Life Crisis ( 10 個跡象:顯示妳/你正面臨1/4 生命的危機 )



1. You’ve been daydreaming about doing something crazy.

You've been daydreaming about doing something crazy.
You don’t know what you want, and you’re either stuck in a job you hate
or still figuring out what you want to do with your life.
Should you move to Europe?
Join the Peace Corps? The military? Go to grad school?
Sell your belongings and take up residence in an ashram?
 Suddenly, all of these are sounding better than treading water where you are.
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2. …but you feel paralyzed by indecision.

...but you feel paralyzed by indecision.
Though you might have freedom to go or do anything,
you’d almost prefer the problems of a midlife crisis — i.e.,
 too much predictability or instability — to the weird flux of your twenties.
You’re scared that if you pick something,
 it won’t bring you that fulfillment you’re looking for —
and then you’ll be right back where you started.
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3. You feel increasingly nostalgic for your high school

and college days.

You feel increasingly nostalgic for your high school and college days.
Remember when life was simple? You feel stuck between your childhood
 and your adulthood, and you long for a time
when your hardest decision was what to wear to prom.
 (At least, that’s the way your brain is filtering your teen years now,
 thanks to those ever-rosy nostalgia glasses.)

4. The idea of making a budget terrifies you.

10 Signs You're Having Your Quarter-Life Crisis
Not thinking about how much you’re spending on Chipotle and
gin and tonics might not be smart,
but avoiding your money issues definitely eases the existential pain a bit.
 (At least until your Visa bill arrives in your inbox.)
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5. You’re starting to think of your dating life differently.

You're starting to think of your dating life differently.
Maybe you’re not quite ready to take ALL hookups off the table,
but if you’re single, you might be feeling increasingly unfulfilled
by dates or encounters that lead to nothing.
 If you’re in a relationship, you might be questioning
 if you really want to be with this person long-term —
and maybe even debating whether it’s too late to find someone else.
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6. You have a sudden, intense fear of failure.

10 Signs You're Having Your Quarter-Life Crisis
You’re already a little far from college, where one can take new classes,
 switch majors, and try new things with relative impunity.
Now you’re panicked that failing at one thing means
you’ll continue failing and fuck up your life in some irretrievable way.
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7. You’re bored with your friends.

10 Signs You're Having Your Quarter-Life Crisis
Going out clubbing seems less and less appealing,
and you feel increasingly alienated from your college buddies and
the activities you used to do back in school.
You no longer feel shame about spending a night in by yourself;
 in fact, you might even start to prefer it.

8. You constantly compare yourself to your friends

who are your age…

You constantly compare yourself to your friends who are your age...
Everyone’s married already! AHHHH
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9. …or your parents when THEY were your age.

...or your parents when THEY were your age.
They had kids (you) already! They had a house! WTF.
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10. You feel like your twenties aren’t turning out

how you expected they would.

You feel like your twenties aren't turning out how you expected they would.
This might be the biggest sign of all that you’re starting
to contemplate your quarter-life milestone:
You can’t stop thinking about how this isn’t exactly
where you pictured you’d be at 23, 25, or 30.
Maybe you don’t have a significant other.
Maybe you’re not exactly in your dream job.
Sure, you were never a “white-picket fence” person,
but you thought you’d at least have SOME of your shit together by now.
Instead, you have papajohns.com bookmarked on your browser
and a halfhearted OkCupid habit.
 
Sooo… now what? If you feel like you’re in the throes
of your own quarter-life crisis,
here are a few practical tips drawn from Alexandra Robbins’ book,
Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis:
Advice from Twentysomethings Who Have Been There and Survived:
Remember that life isn’t a race.
Remember that life isn't a race.
Few of the decisions you make at 26 will make or break your entire life.
Try not to feel pigeonholed into keeping a career you hate
or a relationship that’s gone stale because you’re “already on this path”
 and you feel like breaking up or quitting will “set you behind” on the track.
 Life’s too short to toil away at something
that isn’t making you happy in the long term;
decide what’s worth giving up.
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11.  Muster up the courage to redefine yourself.

Muster up the courage to redefine yourself.
Adulthood means finding your identity. In high school and college,
your identity is mostly drawn up for you like a paint by number:
your grades, your major, your career plans, your extracurricular activities.
 But post-college, your identity is an empty moleskine,
and your job is to ascertain who you are and to fucking fill that book up.
You might end up with scribbled-out pages and plots that go woefully unresolved,
 but as Robbins says:
“At some point in your life, you are going to have to confront yourself.
You might as well do it now.”

12.  Loosen your expectations, and find comfort

in the fact that you’re not alone.

10 Signs You're Having Your Quarter-Life Crisis
Even your friends who slipped right from college into seemed wedded bliss
and cushy jobs are feeling the same pangs of uneasiness that you might be feeling.
Surround yourself with people who make you feel safe and to
whom you feel you can open up in a truly cathartic way.
Personally, finding people I can share my struggles
 with has helped me immensely in my twenties;
there’s absolutely nothing more valuable than a friend to
whom you can say, “Hey, my life is shitty right now,”
and hear back, “Me too. Let’s talk about it.”
 
It’s also the right time to finally let go of your expectations of
 what adulthood should be.
It doesn’t matter if your parents married at 22
or if your friend is running a successful start-up;
 putting too much stress on preconceived ideas of
what adulthood will be is a surefire way to tank all of your optimism and hopes.
Life is too fucking short to daydream it away wishing you had someone else’s.
Source: weheartit.com
 
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15 Classic Children’s Books That Have Been Banned In America (15本 在美國被禁的經典童書 )

這些全球歡迎,甚至都有十幾個語言版本,且在各國都是長銷的熱賣童書。
爲何偏偏會在美國本土被禁呢?
 
看看美國政府在童書的把關上,是嚴格還是吹毛求疵?
或者,這些被禁的原因,可以明顯看到美國各界對童書都有把關審核的義務和權利
 

1. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Handford

When: 1987
Why: The book was banned and then reprinted because
 it originally showcased a topless beachgoer
 (not like anyone could find her if they tried, though).
 
被禁原因:因爲原創作内,涉及了海灘遊客的上空畫面。
Where's Waldo? by Martin Handford

2. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

When: 1988
Why: Everyone’s favorite childhood book was banned
from a public library in Colorado because it was considered “sexist.”
 It was also challenged by several schools because it “criminalized the foresting agency.”
 
被禁原因:涉及“性別歧視 ”,同時有些學校認爲本書有
 “將森林工程單位定罪” 之嫌疑。
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

3. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

When: 2006
Why: Talking animals are somehow considered an “insult to god,”
resulting in this book’s banning throughout random parts of the United States.
Several institutions in Turkey and the UK have also banned the book,
 claiming that the character of Piglet is offensive to Muslims.
Other institutions claim that the book revolves around Nazism.
 
被禁原因:美國某些州認爲書中那會説話的動物,有褻瀆上帝之嫌。
而在土耳其,英國也認爲此書中的角色Piglet 對回教徒不敬。
其他,則有些研究單位宣稱本書圍繞著納粹討論。
Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne
Image by Leon Neal / Getty Images
 

4. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

When: 1999
Why: The book was banned from an elementary School
 in Texas because it included the word “ass.”
 
被禁原因:美國德州的一個小學,認爲書中用了“屁” ( 有負面的意思)
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
 

5. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

When: 1983
Why: The book was banned from several schools for being
 “a bad example for children.” It was also challenged for teaching
 “children to lie, spy, talk back, and curse.”
 
被禁原因:美國一些學校認爲本書“對兒童是壞的示範”。
同時,教導孩子“説謊,間諜偵防,回嘴和下詛咒”
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
 

6. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank

When: 2010
Why: Forget anti-semitism; the 50th Anniversary “Definitive Edition’”
was instead banned by a Virginia school because of
 its “sexual content and homosexual themes.”
Additionally, the book was previously banned by several schools
 in the United States because it was “too depressing.”
 Most recently, in May of 2013, a Michigan mom tried to get the book banned
due to its “pornographic tendencies.”
 
被禁原因美國維吉尼亞州的一個學校,認爲書中涉及了
 ”性的內容和同性戀主題“ 。
而更早之前,有許多學校認爲本書”太令人沮喪“。
2013年5月份,密西根州的一些母親認爲本書含有 ”色情傾向“。
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
 

7. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

When: 1996
Why: The book was banned from several classrooms in Pennsylvania
on accounts of “profanity, disrespect for adults,
 and an elaborate fantasy world that might lead to confusion.
” The book has also been banned by other schools for
 its use of the phrases “Oh Lord” and “Lord.”
 
被禁原因:美國賓州一些學校的班級,認爲本書 ”猥褻,對成人不敬”。
同時對幻想過度詳細描繪,可能導致錯覺。
另外有一些學校則認爲,
書中使用了”噢,天啊!“ 和“主啊” 的詞句,並不適當。
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
 

8. Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

When: 2006
Why: Similar to Winnie-the-Pooh, this book was banned in Kansas
because talking animals are considered an “insult to god.”
 
被禁原因:如同“小熊維尼”的原因,
堪薩斯州人 認爲會説話的動物是“對上帝的褻瀆”。
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
 

9. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

When: 1900
Why: Apparently there are references to sexual fantasies
and masturbation in this book,
 resulting in its ban from classrooms in New Hampshire.
Since this original banning, the book has been challenged
by thousands of other institutions,
most famously in the 1960s in fear that it would promote drug use to children.
 
被禁原因:美國新漢普夏的一些學校班級,認爲書中涉及了性幻想和自慰。
曾有上千多個機構對此書提出挑戰,最有名的案例,
是發生在1960年代時候,當時大家擔憂本書會推動兒童使用禁藥。
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
 

10. Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

When: 1963
Why: The book was primarily banned in most southern states immediately
following its publication, and it has since been challenged
due to the fact that it promotes “witchcraft and supernatural events.”
 
被禁原因:本書一出版,旋即遭到美國南邊各州的反對,
因爲書中明文介紹 “ 巫術和超自然事件”。
 
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
 
 

11. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

When: 1989
Why: A California school district banned the book
and claimed that it “criminalized the foresting industry”
and would thus persuade children against logging.
 
被禁原因:一個加州學區 認爲本書有 ”將森林業定罪“ ,
並可能説服兒童反對砍伐樹木的工作。
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
 

12. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

When: “Until as recently as 1991”
Why: Remember that time when Sam I Am tried to seduce his friend?
Me neither. But the book was banned in California on accounts
 of “homosexual seduction.” It was also banned in China for
 “early Marxism” from 1965 until Dr. Seuss’ death in 1991.
 
被禁原因:加州基於本書有“同性戀的誘惑” 内容。
而中國大陸於1965年始,因" 早期馬克思主義 " 的原因禁止出版本書,
直到作者Dr. Seuss1991年去世,本書才得以解禁。
 
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
 

13. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

When: 1988
Why: A Colorado library banned the book because it embraced a
“poor philosophy of life.” Additionally, since its publication in 1964,
the book was under fire for comparing the Oompa Loompas to Africans.
The characters’ descriptions were later changed in an edited version in 1988.
 
被禁原因:科羅拉多州的一個圖書館,因本書擁抱支持 “貧困的人生哲學”。
另外,1964年出版時,這本書是比較奧帕柏人和非洲人。
書中角色的説明,在1988年的出版版本中作了改變。
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
 

14. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

When: 1928
Why: All public libraries in Chicago banned the book because of
its “ungodly” influence “for depicting women in strong leadership roles.” In 1957,
the Detroit Public Library banned the book for having “no value for children of today.”
 
被禁原因:芝加哥所有公立圖書館,
認爲這本書,對描繪女性居於領導地位有其“邪惡”的影響。
1957年,底特律的公共圖書館,以本書” 對現今兒童,沒有任何價值“ 為由禁止它。
 

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

 
Source: webcitation.org  /  via: blog.firstbook.org
 

15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?

by Bill Martin, Jr.

When: 2010
Why: The Texas State Board of Education briefly banned this picture book
after confusing its author, Bill Martin, Jr., with philosopher Bill Martin,
author of ‘Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation.’
 
被禁原因:德州的州教育委員會簡明扼要地指出,
本圖畫書的作者Bill Martin Jr. 與“道德的馬克思主義 ”
哲學家作者Bill Martin,會令人產生困惑。
 
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
 
 

BONUS: The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

When: 2010
Why: The 10th edition was banned in several classrooms
in California because it included the definition for “oral sex.”
 
被禁原因:本書第10版,在加州許多教室被禁止,
因本書含有” 口交“的定義。
BONUS: The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Via: npr.org
 
 
 資料來源:   http://bannedbooks.world.edu