Inner Solace

thedailyfeed:

Welcome to Disaster City, where rescue workers train to save your life.

This 52-acre installation on the campus of Texas A&M University is the world’s largest — and perhaps only — fake, destroyed town built for the sole purpose of training workers who save lives after mass-casualty events. Funded jointly by the federal government and state of Texas, the facility was founded to improve the realism of disaster training after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. It’s now a full-blown campus of calamity, holding classes in fallen buildings, fields of rubble and even a derailed train.

 “It’s organized chaos,” said Anthony Gall, an Iowa first responder who last week attended the first international exercise held at the facility. “Everything from an earthquake to an explosive detonation … they’ve tried to engineer it here.”

disoriented:

mostexerent:

Take that THOU!

Okay, this is kind of awesome.

It really is. And was made more awesome when I accidentally misread flap-dragon and flax-wench and merged the two lines together to make flap-wench.

Take that you yeasty fen-sucked flap-wench[1].

[1] Ew.

(via Minimalist Fairy Tale Posters - My Modern Metropolis)

These are fabulous. But I got really stuck on this one.

I kept thinking “Heart… or is that courage? Lightbulb… brain? And hairy bum. I don’t get it.”

I blame one of the graphic designers who was doing up a poster for us.  He drew hairy bums as a poster concept. I vetoed that one. :/

I know what it is now. And yes it makes perfect sense. Much more than hairy bums.

disoriented:

524 - Here Be Bogans: Four Miniatures of Sydney Stereotypes | Strange Maps | Big Think

It’s funny trying to read the guy’s analysis of the map with his limited/lack of understanding of Sydney (and Australia in general) - which he clearly admits.

I’m not sure I agree with his definition of bogan though, “a bit rough around the edges” doesn’t quite describe it…

What he said.  And also, other similar subcultures cross-culturally relating to bogan may include (there’s some overlap even if they do have unique qualities of their own): chavs and rednecks. I think.

jessicatron:

businessoffashion:

Addressing Fashion’s Intellectual Property Conundrum

i find this so amusing.

The left one looks refined, with nice decorative touches on the buckle and the other brass accents. If it’s real leather, I’d give it a second glance, and maybe a fondle to see what the state of the pockets are in the interior.

The one on the right looks rough and comparatively unattractive.  It looks like it’s made of possibly waterproof plasticky material.  On the up-side, it might be easier to clean.  But I wouldn’t even take a step to have a closer look.

IMO, those are two different bags and I’m guessing the one on the left is the ‘original’.  There are some similarities, but it’s not like someone would mistake one for the other.

(via jessicatron)