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Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day

May. 15, 2012


In 1988, Nicholas Winton’s wife revealed to the BBC his long-kept secret: He’d saved 669 children from the Nazis at the dawn of World War II through his organization of the Czech Kindertransport. (This clip is from a BBC program that honored the “British Schindler” by inviting some 80 of the children he saved to surprise him in the audience.) In all, more than 5,000 people owe their lives to Winton.

In the more than two decades since the media got wind of his humanitarian exploits, Winton has been knighted, had a minor planet named after him, been commemorated by two statues — one each in Prague and London — and been the subject of three films and a play.

Winton still wears a ring given to him by some of the children he saved. It is inscribed with a line from the Talmud, the book of Jewish law: “Save one life, save the world.” He celebrates his 103rd birthday this week.

[reddit]

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    Marriage Proposal of the Day

    May. 15, 2012


    American University grad Sarah Cooper got a lot more than her diploma when she walked across the stage this past weekend — Sam Miller, a fellow grad and her boyfriend since freshman year, was waiting with a ring. The best part? The couple had promised their families they’d wait to get engaged until they’d earned their degrees.

    [thanks, eden!]

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    PSA of the Day

    May. 15, 2012


    According to the Best Friends Animal Society, more than 80 percent of pet owners support spaying or neutering their furry friends. But apparently, pet owners can’t seem to remember exactly when their animals should be sterilized (at 4 months old).

    Enter the Fix at Four campaign, a series of clever PSAs that aims to reduce the number of accidental pets, and the best of which makes it seem as if a freaked-out father is trying to keep a bunch of horny neighborhood boys from impregnating his tween-age daughter.

    “We purposely made them lighter,” says Bill Oakley, of TM Advertising, which helped design the spots. “When I see those Sarah McLachlan commercials, I turn them off. I can’t even watch them.”

    [adweek]

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    Movie Trailer of the Day

    May. 15, 2012


    Former bank robbery getaway driver Dax Shepard is living the good life in witness protection with fiancé Kristen Bell. Then his old pal Bradley Cooper — and the feds — come knocking, and suddenly, all bets are off. Also starring Tom Arnold and Kristen Chenoweth. Out August 24.

    [theaggregate]

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    Lunchtime Links

    May. 15, 2012

    - Lunchtime Links


    Today on The Daily What Geek: NASA will begin training astronauts to land on an asteroid

    Elsewhere on the Internets:

    • Spiked: The Beastie Boys’ online listening, by 2,000 percent, in the wake of Adam Yauch’s death
    • Honored: Ellen DeGeneres, with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
    • Investigated: What schoolkids really eat for lunch
    • Freaky: New research shows there’s a 29 percent chance you’ve sleepwalked
    • Waning: Johnny Depp’s star power in Hollywood
    • Removed: Tim Pawlenty, from Mitt Romney’s short list of VP candidates
    • Endorsed: Gay marriage, by Jay-Z

    Lunchtime Leisure: Break Entry (via)
    Lunchtime List: The 20 Greatest Coffee Table Books Of All Time

    [image: pleated-jeans]

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    Life-Altering Undergarment of the Day

    May. 15, 2012

    - Life-Altering Undergarment of the Day


    With a smart-yet-simple solution to the dreaded cameltoe, an inventor named Shannon just might have positioned herself to take over the lucrative underwear industry — her new Camelflage panty promises to “smooth out women’s Labia Majora all over the world!!”

    It all started one day in yoga class:

    Cute tight little yoga pants, front row, right by the big mirrors for the whole class to check out my yoga poses, and something else… the dreaded… “cameltoe.” That’s where the idea for Camelflage was conceived. I looked at department stores, online for a solution for this problem. There was nothing. There were blogs and YouTube videos posted of women complaining about the same problem “cameltoe,” and how embarrassing it was for them. They were needing a solution too. So, I designed a patent pending women’s panty that has a built in flexible, breathable, insert to smooth out her “Labia Majora” AKA “cameltoe.” Covering the insert is a Sportek wicking fabric that pulls moisture away from your body and keeps you dry.

    Available in thongs or briefs.

    [laughingsquid]

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    Quote of the Day

    May. 15, 2012

    - Quote of the Day


    Political critic, education anarchist, and father of modern linguistics Noam Chomsky has released a pamphlet of analysis of the global Occupy movement and advice on how to protest intelligently:

    I’m just old enough to remember the Great Depression. After the first few years, by the mid-1930s — although the situation was objectively much harsher than it is today — nevertheless, the spirit was quite different. There was a sense that ‘we’re gonna get out of it,’ even among unemployed people, including a lot of my relatives, a sense that ‘it will get better.’ …

    It’s quite different now. For many people in the United States, there’s a kind of pervasive sense of hopelessness, sometimes despair. I think it’s quite new in American history. And it has an objective basis.

    [explore]

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    Repentant Douchebag of the Day

    May. 15, 2012


    After retreating to Montana and avoiding the spotlight for two years, John Mayer surfaced this week on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where he admitted to being a giant douche in 2010 interviews with Rolling Stone and Playboy.

    It sort of rocketed me into adulthood… it was a violent crash into being an adult.

    Incidentally, Mayer’s latest album, Born and Raised, drops May 22.

    [crushable]

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    In Case You Missed It of the Day

    May. 15, 2012


    President Obama talked gay marriage with the ladies of The View this morning, and though he declined to say whether he would publicly fight federal laws that limit the rights of gay and lesbian couples, he told co-host Barbara Walters “we don’t think the Defense of Marriage Act is constitutional.”

    Congress is clearly on notice that I think it’s a bad idea. This is going to be a big contrast in the campaign because you’ve got Governor [Mitt] Romney saying we should actually have a constitutional amendment installing the notion that you can’t have same-sex marriages.

    In a lighter moment, co-host Joy Behar asked Obama whether he knew about “the controversial sex book” Fifty Shades of Grey, which is topping best-seller lists across the country. The president admitted he did not know, but promised, “I’ll ask Michelle when I get home.”

    [towleroad]

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    Ingenious Invention of the Day

    May. 15, 2012

    - Ingenious Invention of the Day


    Introducing Spork Chops, the $3.99 answer to our pork-fried-rice-eating prayers. Also, the cumbersome Chopsticks Aid just wasn’t cutting shoveling it.

    [greenhead]

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