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Brenda Ann Kenneally's documentary work about women in the once booming industrial city of Troy, NY, can be explored on her site. She followed seven different women over a five year period, experiencing their struggles and attempts to overcome the generational poverty that has overtaken a large percent of Troy's female headed families. She says: “As a journalist and activist I have dedicated my life to exploring the how and why of class inequity in America. I am concerned with the internalized social messages that will live on for generations after our economic and social policies catch up with the reality of living on the bottom rung of America's upwardly mobile society.”  Here is a collection of pics in 3D of the State Finals of the Miss Bikini USA 2008 competition. 3D add a little something very pleasant to the pictures, but it’s even more pleasant if the pics are about hot girls in bikini!! You may be wondering how to take the most of the pics if you don’t have 3D glasses, well, there is a technique called Free-Viewing that you can try. Follow the schemes (below) or read more explanations here if you want to.  Note: You can enlarge the pictures by clicking on them, it’s even better! 24 pics of hot girls in bikini are waiting for you inside the post, so even if the 3D stuff is not working for you, you can still watch the selection, because the girls are hot no matter what ;)  Ian Fisher, a young American soldier, has been followed by reporters and a photographer for 27 months (June 2007 to September 2009). His family, his friends and the US Army allowed them to take photos and write about his life as a soldier, from the recruitment to his return from combat. This is an interesting photo journey.  Click here to read the rest of the story I love bacon, I eat it rarely though. And it was quite a news for me to learn that in the U.S. there is canned bacon in case of war. It can be stored up to 10 years! I wonder if it really tastes good…  A selection of rather unusual photos that illustrate how people lived in the USA in the seventies.  During the Cold War, when the probability of nuclear missiles launching was very high, many Americans were building personal bomb shelters to wait out the catastrophe. Here are photos of some of them.  The Cardboard Tube Fighting League (CTFL) is a global organization that hosts cardboard tube based events in USA. The CTFL hosts tournaments and battles where cardboard tube fighters go head-to-head in an attempt to break their opponents’ tube without breaking their own. The events also focus on cardboard costumes and theatrics. These events are often held at public parks throughout the summer, are open to everyone ages 5 and up, and emphasize fun over competition. Cardboard tubes are provided and all events are free for participants. Judging by the pics, it’s a lot of fun!!!  The famous 48-year-old Susan Boyle, Britain’s Got Talent 2009 favourite, made the cover of American Harper’s Bazaar magazine for August 2009. I must say they made a great makeover for the photo shoot and she looks good in her shinny dress. Judge by yourself looking at the pics after the jump.  This post is the continuation of another similar post faces of rural poverty. This series of pictures is mainly concentrated on a 17 years old girl named Autumn (all names have been changed) living in extreme poverty and searching for love and understanding. That’s where the series name Love Me comes from. Brief facts: she’s still in 9th grade as she missed lots of classes and has not enough passing grades. At the age of 13, one of her relatives tried to rape her but her family doesn’t believe her. Her neighbour who once grabbed her breasts, which left bruises, became her boyfriend one week later. This post made me even sadder than the previous one (( I hope she’s going to get out of this hellhole one day…  Donna de Cesare is a famous photographer from New York. Her works appeared in big publications like The New York Times magazine, Life, DoubleTake, Aperture, Mother Jones and some exhibitions all around the world. Her reportage about the spread of US gang culture to Central America has won national and international awards. Recognized as an expert on issues of youth identity and gang violence, De Cesare has worked as a consultant to UNICEF. Well, her resume is quite big so I will stop here. The strength of her works is that she tells the story of youth involved in gangs without stereotyping them and her photos speak by themselves. You will see interesting photos she took for her projects inside the post.  The ‘TP paper on the home prank’ is quite a common prank but I’ve never seen one that big. “It must have taken hundreds of rolls”, said Meredith Summer who was driving along Maplefield Road (Pleasant Ridge, Michigan) when she saw this “redecorated home”. Apparently, this house is often a victim of such pranks. Good luck to the owner to clean all the mess up.  Guess what the woman on the first picture is doing?  I love these photos. It’s so damn interesting to see how lived our ancestors ;) Edit: Many of you wrote that these pics were not from 1960's. I didn't find these same photos anywhere else other than the source where it was noted "60's." But we changed the title though. If you have more information, let us know. Thanks.  Mortadella - is a kind of large sausage. Normally, its weight can reach 200 kg, but there are some of them that could reach a ton! It is an Italian specialty, made of finely hashed/ground heat-cured pork sausage which incorporates at least 15% small cubes of pork fat and the slices go up to 30 centimeters in diameter when it is served ;)  It is a collection of art called Weiner Art. A grocery store worker invented this art to promote the store products. And the store sales grew strongly because children just love it. Take a look, perhaps you would also surprise someone with an elephant made of a weiner ))  Well, look at the pictures, compare, and express your opinion in your comments. Let's start with American high-school graduates:  Why eating sausages and spaghettis seperately in the normal way when you can make that! It’s pretty simple, as a matter of fact I already tried once and it was not bad at all. You can put spaghettis in every direction tje way you like it )) Voila, it’s something simple that you can do for your children or little sisters and brothers, they should love it. You will see after the jump how to prepare this funny meal.  That’s how one of the Dutch supermarkets looks. Its shelves are empty. No, no, it has nothing to do with the crisis. Last weekend, there was an electric blackout when the store was closed and all the fridges were out. When the employees came at work on Monday, well, you can imagine that the product were fit for the trashcan. More after the jump.  The owners of the Sears Tower, the tallest skyscraper in the United States (Chicago), inaugurated last week four glass box viewing platforms. These balconies are suspended 1,353 feet (412 meters) in the air on the 103rd floor. They are 10ft high and 10ft wide and can hold 5 tons with their 1.5 inch thick glasses. Really impressive and definitively something to try...  Heather Grierson, 49, is the park director of the Kisma Wildlife Preserve in Mt Desert, Maine, USA. She loves animals and as the mother of Tica (the baby gibbon) proved unable to care for her baby, Heather is taking care for Tica 24/24 for 13 weeks.  Busan or Pusan is the largest port city in South Korea. Above you will see the pictures from one of its popular beaches – Haeundae Beach.  What a waste. It’s a shame to abandon all of that…  “Miss Asia USA Pageant is the premiere Cultural Pageant participated in by Asian women in the United States, who trace their ancestry to the 58 countries considered part of the Asian continent.” I know that tastes are different, but I don’t know what some girls are doing there…  County Jail is one of America's oldest prisons. It was built in 1837. Now it is abandoned. I propose you to plunge into the atmosphere of this prison..  Snake sausages, ladies and gentlemen    STOP! DON’T LEAVE .It's only one of the pages of our big site. There are still a lot of funny and interesting pictures and videos in the archive. Don’t miss it. Take a look.
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