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How unequal we are: Top five facts about the top one percent

1. The top 1 percent of Americans owns 40 percent of the nation’s wealth

2. The top 1 percent of Americans take home 24 percent of national income

3. The top 1 percent of Americans own half of the country’s stocks, bonds, and mutual funds

4. The top 1 percent of Americans have only 5 percent of the nation’s personal debt

5. The top 1 percent are taking in more of the nation’s income than at any other time since the 1920s

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Re-Format has completed the conversion of former hop kilns into twelve contemporary, spacious modern apartments, in Sotherington Lane, Hampshire. The modern conversion enjoys the spectacular countryside setting near Selborne in Hampshire and benefits from innovative interior design and layout that respects the particular vernacular of the historic building to create distinct contemporary homes.

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Global Warming: Scientists vs. Climate Skeptics (Infographic)

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We Long to Escape (12 Photos)
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Via: MyModernMet

Fashion photographer Jacques Olivar seems to understand the plight of the modern man. Never quite content with where we are and always longing for something better, we seek to escape our troubled lives. With beautiful pops of color and models that look like they could be Milla Jovovich’s alien sisters, Oliver creates intriguing stories that are only enhanced by the strong styling. In fact, you’re often left wondering if you’re looking at a still shot of a movie, where the hero or heroine is caught in between worlds, carefully contemplating a life changing choice.

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Jacques Olivar 

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From The Desk of Homer J. Simpson
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A Matter of Taste

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Via: Beautiful Life

What will happen if you combine footwear or accessories with food? It will be not only stylish, but tasty collection. And if you can not imagine how it will look like, then you simply haven’t seen works of photographer Fulvio Bonavia. In 2008 Fulvio published his book “A Matter of Taste” with the conceptual photos on the theme “Food as Fashion”. The most improbable that all the tasty accessories of Fulvio Bonavia – are real! Author by his own hands made models from food for each shot. Unfortunately, all his creations were too short-lived. But it was nice to know that the items captured in photos are the work of human hands, not of the ubiquitous Photoshop. The idea of the author is : “If you do not want to eat it – wear it!” Pictures excite taste buds and sense of style.

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