Photographer Jeremy Cowart learned about their story while in Rwanda this summer. Each of Cowart’s photos shows a pair of people: one a victim, the other an oppressor in the Rwanda genocide, a mass killing of members of the Tutsi tribe led by members of the Hutu tribe. The subjects of the photos have since made peace and are shown displaying powerful messages. One says, “Truth restores trust.” Others include “Forgiveness releases fear” and “We restored our humanity.”
“My favorite moment with every photo is seeing the moment when they laugh and you can tell these people really have reconciled,” Cowart said. “It's not a front. There is true friendship that has been rebuilt after genocide.”
Cowart traveled to Rwanda with filmmaker Laura Waters Hinson after being inspired by her documentary “As We Forgive.” He wanted to photograph the reconciliation that has taken place with the help of the As We Forgive Rwanda Initiative. Within each frame, one person directly hurt the other, either by killing members of his family or stealing his property. Each victim has expressed forgiveness, and many have befriended the men who tore their lives apart.
“In America, we can't even forgive someone if they take our parking spot,” Cowart said. But these individuals have forgiven the people who ripped away some of the most precious things in life – family, security, innocence.
Cowart said he was personally affected by their willingness to forgive. Through these images, he hopes to tell their stories of conquering fears and embracing forgiveness.
– Elizabeth Johnson, CNN
Innocent, left, killed Gasperd's brother during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Now they stand together, reconciled, where the murder took place, holding hands. "Love is a weapon to destroy evil" is written across their arms.
LOVE HEALS
Friendship built after genocide in Rwanda.
Via: CNN
EVERYTHING.
I saw dead people... And I ate them...
Male lion Tyson receives dental treatment at a veterinary clinic in Medellin, Colombia
Dang, that Lion looks tore up. LOL
via:Telegraph
When writing the story of your life
Don't let anyone else hold the pen.
What the hell is inside the McRib?
The popular McDonald's sandwich is back. Find out what's inside — if you dare
McDonalds' McRib and its cult-like following are back. Thank goodness the "disconcerting" sandwich is only returning for a limited time only, says Meredith Melnick at TIME. Because if you knew about all the unpronounceable ingredients packed into the McRib, you might think twice about wolfing down the sauce-drenched pork concoction. Think you can stomach what's inside? Read on ----
How many ingredients are there?
At face value, the sandwich contains just pork, onions, and pickle slices slathered in barbecue sauce and laid out on a bun. But the truth is, there are roughly 70 ingredients. The bun alone contains 34, says TIME's Melnick. In addition to chemicals like ammonium sulfate and polysorbate 80, the most egregious may be azodicarbonamide — "a flour-bleaching agent most commonly used in the manufactur[ing] of foamed plastics like gym mats and the soles of shoes." According to McDonald's own ingredient list, the bun also includes calcium sulfate and ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, among other chemicals.
Ooof. What's the meat made of?
Pig innards and plenty of salt. Typically, "restructured meat product" includes pig bits like tripe, heart, and scalded stomach, says Whet Moser at Chicago Magazine, citing a 1995 article by Robert Mandigo, a professor at the University of Nebraska. These parts are cooked and blended with salt and water to extract salt-soluble proteins, which act as a "glue" that helps bind the reshaped meat together.
Is it really that bad for you?
Well, it's certainly not good for you. Though "slightly trimmer than the Big Mac," which contains 540 calories and 29 grams of fat, says Christina Rexrode at USA Today, the McRib, first introduced in 1982, still packs in 500 calories and 26 grams of fat. And despite its name, one thing you won't find inside a McRib is bones. The absence of any detectable "rib" is what gives the unnutritious mush its "quirky sense of humor," says Marta Fearon, McDonald's U.S. marketing director.
Sources: Yahoo News, Chicago Magazine, McDonald's, TIME, USA Today
Want: Sugar Cube Skulls
I been drinking coffee like everyday. I saw this and I totally gotta have it....for my gothic, creepy horror self. I mean, look at that big skull cube. That packs more sugar then your average sugar cube. That is just another reason I gotta buy these "Molded Skull Sugar Cubes" Win!
Scottish Kilt Bar Stool
The drunk guys with skirts need some comfort when they drink their beers.
New Boy Scouts Beard Campaign??
Full-grown beards are not just for pubescent youth, college students or hipsters anymore.
A new print ad by The Boy Scouts of America features young boys grinning behind the puffy facial hair in an effort to show them 'one with the wild.'
The au naturale campaign for the organization's 11 to 17-year-old boys appears to fall in sync with their website's pitch of members 'diving into the rugged world of outdoor adventure, relying on teamwork and character to accomplish what everyone else thinks is impossible.'
Source: Daily Mail
Be one with the wild': Boy Scouts grow beards for rugged new campaign.
IT'S PHOENIX
joNES
bITCH!
DAY OF THE DEAD SUSHI
Flick Week
It's that time of the week friends. I collected some amazing photos over the weekend and now want to share it with you. Halloween rocked as always. Anyway, hope you enjoy. Don't mind sharing with all of your friends. Send them to my blog!
CAPPUCCINO
ARTE
I've been seeing more and more of this popping up and it's always fun to look at. I found these all from one source, Dola dola has an account over at Flickr. Seems like this person is practicing. In her photos she has a few more like one with Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Keep em' coming. Enjoy.
Via: Dola Dola
Apple Store
Apple users and customers paying their final respects to Steve Jobs at the San Francisco Apple Store. This pretty much happened all over the country. Amazing how one man can change the world. Photo was taken at 10:06pm on October 5th, 2011
Via: Patrick Gibson
San Francisco
Remembering Steve Jobs
Light Bulb
Fish Bowl
These are tough times. It's hard finding work and maintaining pets is diffcult when money is low.
Well, good ideas always involve light bulbs! In this case, it's a proven fact. Check out this fish bowl made from an old light bulb. Next time someone says it's expensive to own a pet, show em' your gold fishes new habitat.
This look, simplistic in cut, yet exquisite in silver-embroidered detail, radiates the ethereal beauty of an angel as depicted in traditional Catholic imagery. The model's head is bound with bandages, a move which at once references McQueen's legendary Spring/Summer 2001 Asylum collection whilst also nodding towards the head coverings donned by modest women in Northern European medieval and Renaissance portraiture, such as Johannes Vermeer's 1665 masterpiece, Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Via: Bohemea
Alexander the Great
Occupy Oakland
OAKLAND, California — Thousands of Wall Street protesters shut down Oakland, Calif., port operations Wednesday evening after a day of picketing banks and marching throughout the city's downtown.
Via: MSN
Peewee
Peeshee
"Women are necessary evils."
