“These are irrational demands,” said Wall Street.
“I know, right?” said conservatives.
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Whoa — An image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope offers a unique take on of the North America Nebula, a vast region of interstellar gas and dust thus named because, when seen through an ordinary telescope, its shape resembles the North American continent. In this infrared view from Spitzer, however, the dark clouds of dust and gas that carve out the continental shape are made transparent — providing a view of, in a very real sense, previously hidden worlds.
(see more — The Week’s Best Photos)
Viking Ship Sculpture in Reykjavik. Finally getting to my Iceland photos!
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We Should All Be So Amazing of the Day: Sensei Keiko Fukuda, the last surviving student of Judo founder Kanō Jigorō, has officially been promoted to the rank of 10th dan — the highest black-belt degree in her sport — becoming the first woman to reach the rank, and only the sixteenth person to achieve it since the martial art was founded in 1882.
Oh, and did I mention Fukuda is 98 years old?
“All my life,” Fukuda, who started practicing judo in 1935, said, “this has been my dream.”
Fukuda is no stranger to breaking barriers. In 1972, following a letter campaign to reverse the longstanding rule prohibiting women from rising above 5th dan (which kept her at the same level for nearly two decades), she became the first woman promoted to 6th dan.
And she’s not done yet: Fukuda continues to teach judo three times a week at a women’s dojo in Noe Valley.
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We Should All Be So Amazing of the Day: Sensei Keiko Fukuda, the last surviving student of Judo founder Kanō Jigorō, has officially been promoted to the rank of 10th dan — the highest black-belt degree in her sport — becoming the first woman to reach the rank, and only the sixteenth person to achieve it since the martial art was founded in 1882.
Oh, and did I mention Fukuda is 98 years old?
“All my life,” Fukuda, who started practicing judo in 1935, said, “this has been my dream.”
Fukuda is no stranger to breaking barriers. In 1972, following a letter campaign to reverse the longstanding rule prohibiting women from rising above 5th dan (which kept her at the same level for nearly two decades), she became the first woman promoted to 6th dan.
And she’s not done yet: Fukuda continues to teach judo three times a week at a women’s dojo in Noe Valley.
American politics.
(Photo of two prairie dogs mid-scrap near the South Platte River in Littleton, Colorado by Kurt Bowman / Rex Features via the Telegraph)
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It’s so weird to be able to scroll over the image and ee the devastation. What a tragedy.
Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After Tsunami - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
