graffiti in the heart of chernobyl
The artists who created these works are as mysterious as the area itself, leaving behind stencils of small children as ghostly reminders of the vibrant life that once existed here …
Following the meltdown of Chernobyl’s main nuclear reactor and its ultimate explosion, the surrounding area and its city was evacuated. What was once a star example of modern Soviet design and community, transformed in a matter of days into a ghost town. Fearing the spread of radioactive contamination, most of the local population left their belongings behind, creating a time capsule of soviet life from Saturday April 26th, 1986.
via visualnews
more on the promise and failure of nuclear power here
history of nuclear power here
jazz-vintage-classichollywood:
Frank Sinatra - One for my Baby (And One More for the Road)
(Source: jazz-vintage-classichollywood)
凤凰 (phoenix) (2013)
from chengdu (!!) based animation studio magic animation studio.
LOOKS SO COOL.
a new paper, shows that the lifting of much discrimination in the United States since 1960 has had a large effect on economic growth:
In 1960, 94 percent of doctors were white men, as were 96 percent of lawyers and 86 percent of managers. By 2008, these numbers had fallen to 63, 61, and 57 percent, respectively. Given that innate talent for these professions is unlikely to differ between men and women or between blacks and whites, the allocation of talent in 1960 suggests that a substantial pool of innately talented black men, black women, and white women were not pursuing their comparative advantage. This paper estimates the contribution to U.S. economic growth from the changing occupational allocation of white women, black men, and black women between 1960 and 2008. We find that the contribution is significant: 17 to 20 percent of growth over this period might be explained simply by the improved allocation of talent within the United States.
