Tuesday, May 6, 2014

And You Thought Last Winter Was Bad

How Cubicles Came To Be, The Volcano That Rewrote History, Your First Time Should Be Special, John Oliver Dismantles The Death Penalty, The Complete History Of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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DESK JOBS
How Cubicles Came To Be
newyorker.com
The arrangement that began in the nineteenth-century factory and lived on through the twentieth-century office may end soon.
BLOWING TAMBORA
The Volcano That Rewrote History
thedailybeast.com
If you think this winter was unseasonably long and cold, you're playing history's tiniest violin.
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Your First Time Should Be Special
squarespace.com
Never built a website before? Built so many you forgot the names of half of them? Well no matter your experience level, Squarespace can help you do it better, faster. Or slower, if that's how you like it.
THE DEATH PENALTY IS LIKE THE McRIB
John Oliver Dismantles The Death Penalty
digg.com
Can the death penalty be executed humanely? Should we even be implementing it at all? Why are we talking about this on a comedy show?
THE FULL SHELL
The Complete History Of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
mentalfloss.com
To make sure I got the scoop on everyone's favorite heroes in a half-shell, I went straight to the source — co-creator Peter Laird — who was kind enough to answer our burning questions about the franchise.
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THAT USED TO BE A VILLAGE
Image: An aerial view shows the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. Hundreds of people were killed in a horrific landslide and authorities are trying to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village. The families left their homes due to the threat of more landslides, Minister for Rural Rehabilitation Wais Ahmad Barmak said.
An aerial view shows the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Monday, May 5, 2014. Hundreds of people were killed in a horrific landslide and authorities are trying to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village. The families left their homes due to the threat of more landslides, Minister for Rural Rehabilitation Wais Ahmad Barmak said. Credit: AP Photo/Rahmat Gul
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