gigglingbean:

This Ad Has a Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See

In an effort to provide abused children with a safe way to reach out for help, a Spanish organization called the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation, or ANAR for short, created an ad that displays a different message for adults and children at the same time.

The secret behind the ad’s wizardry is a lenticular top layer, which shows different images at varying angles. So when an adult—or anyone taller than four feet, five inches—looks at it they only see the image of a sad child and the message: “sometimes, child abuse is only visible to the child suffering it.” But when a child looks at the ad, they see bruises on the boy’s face and a different message: “if somebody hurts you, phone us and we’ll help you” alongside the foundation’s phone number.

The ad is designed to empower kids, particularly if their abuser happens to be standing right next to them. And while this is a great and worthwhile use of lenticular images, how long will it be before toy companies start doing to the same thing to hawk their products directly at kids? 

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teachingliteracy:

idreaminwords

“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” -William Shakespeare

imagineyouricon:

imagine your icon pulling up their blanket and accidentally punching themself in the face

I think a fall into Tartarus was a good enough punch

percyjacksonandnarnia:

devianart

l-leovaldez:

[art] He could almost hear Nemesis laughing. I told you we could do business, Leo Valdez.
He had opened the fortune cookie. He’d gotten the access code for the sphere and saved Frank and Hazel. But the sacrifice had been Percy and Annabeth. Leo was sure of it.
“It’s my fault,” he said miserably.
The others stared at him. Only Hazel seemed to understand. She’d been with him at the Great Salt Lake.
“No,” she insisted. “No, this is Gaea’s fault. It had nothing to do with you.”
Leo wanted to believe that, but he couldn’t. They’d started this voyage with Leo messing up, firing on New Rome. They’d ended in old Rome with Leo breaking a cookie and paying a price much worse than an eye.

lillyeverland:

loki-cat:

ok mini tony is my new favorite character

They are connected

raptorix:

bonesmakenoise:

theweepingtimelord:

Lembas Bread (Lord of the Rings “authentic” Elvish bread)

Ingredients: 

 2 ½ cups of flour
1 tablespoon of baking powder
¼ teaspoon of salt
½ cup of butter
1/3 cup of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
½ teaspoon honey
2/3 cup of heavy whipping cream
½ teaspoon of vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425F. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Add the butter and mix with a well till fine granules (easiest way is with an electric mixer). Then add the sugar and cinnamon, and mix them thoroughly.

Finally add the cream, honey, and vanilla and stir them in with a fork until a nice, thick dough forms.

Roll the dough out about 1/2 in thickness. Cut out 3-inch squares and transfer the dough to a cookie sheet.Criss-cross each square from corner-to-corner with a knife, lightly (not cutting through the dough).

Bake for about 12 minutes or more (depending on the thickness of the bread) until it is set and lightly golden.

***Let cool completely before eating, this bread tastes better room temperature and dry. Also for more flavor you can add more cinnamon or other spices***

as someone who has baked these A LOT

They are REALLY GOOD

and I am reblogging this because I KEEP LOSING MY RECIPE 

rebloggin’ cuz I wanna make these in a late night baking experiment.

Throughout the books, we often ask why Hermione was put in Gryffindor when she’s smarter than so many Ravenclaws, and so advanced in her learning. But when we get to book seven, I think that’s where we really see Hermione’s best moments of fortitude. I think her bravest moment was after Malfoy Manor, when she took Polyjuice Potion to turn into Bellatrix. Think about what had just happened to her. She’d been tortured by this woman, to the point where Ron could hear her screams in the cellar. She’d gone through this traumatic ordeal, and she’s just a kid. Emma Watson doesn’t look like a very young girl, but Hermione was seventeen, and seventeen years of age is so young. When I was twelve, I didn’t think all that much of how terrible it must have been because to me, seventeen was all grown up.  To make it worse, she not only had to deal with the horror of the situation at such an impressionable age, but she had to transform herself into the very monster that violated her. But she kept her head level and braved through the stress and fear. Hermione is truly a Gryffindor.

credit belongs to burdge