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Friday cute overload. — tanya
They’re Valais Blacknose Sheep from Switzerland.
The Mine Kafon — invented by Massoud Hassani — is a cheap, wind-blown landmine clearance device made primarily from bamboo, plastic and iron. (Photo: Massoud Hassani)
As a child, Hassani’s playground was a field full of landmines. “When we were kids,” he explained, “we used to make these wind-powered toys and play with them on this desert full of explosives, and they’d get stuck out there.”
Those toys were the inspiration for his Mine Kafons. More.
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What does daily life look like in Afghanistan? It’s something we rarely see despite more than a decade of U.S. military involvement.
Headlines of war and political crises usually occupy the news out of Afghanistan.
But beyond all that, ordinary life goes on.
See more of NPR Staff Photographer, David Gilkey’s, photos of Kabul at The Picture Show: A Glimpse Of Daily Life In Afghanistan
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- Questioning allows innovators to challenge the status quo and consider new possibilities;
- Observing helps innovators detect small details — in the activities of customers, suppliers and other companies — that suggest new ways of doing things;
- Networking permits innovators to gain radically different perspectives from individuals with diverse backgrounds;
- Experimenting prompts innovators to relentlessly try out new experiences, take things apart and test new ideas;
- Associational thinking — drawing connections among questions, problems or ideas from unrelated fields — is triggered by questioning, observing, networking and experimenting and is the catalyst for creative ideas.
Canada to Introduce Glow-in-the-Dark Quarter
“When Canada introduced polymer bills last year to replace their paper ones, we thought – cool! Then just a few weeks ago, the Canadian government announced it was doing away with pennies as a cost-cutting measure, and we thought – seems drastic, but ok! Now they’ve announced that a new quarter to be released next week will glow in the dark. Alright – Canada’s completely lost it.”
It glows in the dark AND it has a dinosaur on it. I think it’s possible that the Royal Canadian Mint is being run by an 11-year-old boy. And, you know what? I think we should hire one for the United States Mint too, because that quarter is awesome.
Oh, Canada!
(via poptech)
