Per·ma·nent
adj.
1. not temporary; existing or intended to exist for an indefinite period.
2. not expected to change for an indefinite time.
~Tem·po·rar·y
adj
1. not permanent; provisional temporary accommodation.
2. lasting only a short time; transitory temporary relief from pain.
Oh yeaaaaaah. Good job, B.
President Obama Becomes the First American President to Back Same-Sex Marriage
“I’ve just concluded, for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” Obama said in an interview with ABC News.
Obama, who had previously backed strong protections for gay and lesbian couples, said his position had evolved partly after talking to his two daughters Malia and Sasha who had some friends who had same-sex parents.
“It wouldn’t dawn on them that somehow their friends’ parents would be treated differently. It doesn’t make sense to them and frankly, that’s the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective,” Obama said in the interview.
Richard Avedon and Fred Astaire
George Harrison with (left to right) A Nikon F, A Kodak Retina IIS and his Rolleiflex.
Took an age to find out what the range finder in the middle was.
Kavkaz by Thomas Dworzak
Ariel Schalit captured this image of Ultra-Orthodox boys dressed for the Purim holiday in Tel Aviv, Israel. Schalit is an AP staffer based in Isreal.
Eastern Timorese children run as water hits a seawall at Dili Beach on the tiny nation’s north coast. Reuters photographer Beawiharta, who made this image, often updates his blog page on the Reuters’ Website, you can keep up to date with his shooting adventures here.
I knew I was smarter than most people, I just didn’t understand why!
People who learn many languages may have different brains from the rest of us.
For some people, genes may prime the brain to be good at language learning, according to some new research. And studies are just starting to pinpoint a few brain regions that are extra-large or extra-efficient in people who excel at languages.
For others, though, it’s more a matter of being determined and motivated enough to put in the hours and hard work necessary to learn new ways of communicating.
“Kids do well in what they like,” said Michael Paradis, a neurolinguist at McGill University in Montreal, who compared language learning to piano, sports or anything else that requires discipline. “Kids who love math do well in math. He loves languages and is doing well in languages.”
“This is just an extreme case of a general principle,” he added. “If you practice and have a great deal of motivation for a particular domain, you’re going to be able to improve in that domain beyond normal limits.”
Dylan photo session with Don Hunstein in 1961 for his first LP cover released March 9, 1962
On the fiftieth anniversary of Bob Dylan’s first album release—and in honor of a new exhibition put together by the Grammy Museum and Cité de la Musique, featuring the work of both Don Hunstein and Daniel Kramer—photographer Daniel Kramer talks to LightBox about working with Dylan at an early and pivotal point in the troubadour’s musical career. See more here.
