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A legend and a great role model. Happy International Woman’s Day!

John Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders, Albert Ayler

from Becoming One by Thom Haig

"Bambi" (1942)

SimCity designer Stone Librande, on the problem of homelessness in the upcoming SimCity. (via nyugamecenter)

Artworks by Markus Lovadina

No speaking! New “Silent Theme Restaurant” opens in China How do you order a meal if the waitstaff can neither speak nor hear? Customers at this silent restaurant must learn to speak the way they do, by using their hands. The newly opened “Silent Theme Restaurant” in Changchun, China’s Jilin Province employs mostly deaf and mute wait staff. Customers can “talk” to waiters and waitresses by writing on a pad or by learning some basic sign language gestures. The restaurant has 15 servers; all of them are deaf and mute people, according to a report by xwh.cn. “This is the first time that I experienced the silent service. It’s quite good,” said a diner Ms. Dong. She said communication was fine and the servers were hospitable, according to the report. It’s not the country’s first restaurant to hire deaf and mute waitstaff. Several other cities in China have also opened similar restaurants that allow people to learn sign language, and more importantly to provide job opportunities for the disabled.

Advice from my high school science teacher, Mr. Miller (via zackisontumblr)

Ken Price