“It’s not easy finding faces,” Jody Smith says. “They normally find you first!” Jody is the creator of the Flickr group Faces in Places, a quirky and creative collection of photos capturing human like faces in everyday objects.
Jody spotted faces in places for years, but it was a decade ago during a year of traveling that he began photographing the faces he found. “At the time, Flickr was new, and I signed up to share my travel photos with friends and family back home,” Jody says. “Amongst the mix, I also added my face photos, and then suddenly people I didn’t even know started to contact me saying they found faces in things, too.”
Inspired by the feedback from other face-finders, he decided to start a Flickr group so others could pool their images together, and soon, people from all around the world were submitting their face photos. “The interesting thing about the group is that there’s a massive range of skills,” Jody says. There are people who are professional photographers, then there are also people who just snap away on their camera phones.”
Anyone can join the group and submit to the project, as long as they follow one guideline. “The only rule that we have is that it has be a naturally-occurring face,” Jody says. “Arranging two apples and a banana on a plate just won’t do.”
When the project grew in popularity, Jody turned Faces in Places into a blog and then a book, compiling approximately 250 photos from 100 photographers across the globe. Whenever Jody walks into a bookstore these days, he’s amused to see where the book is featured – it’s been placed on every shelf from children’s areas to fine art sections. “I think that’s great,” Jody says. “It just shows it’s for everyone.”
Because Faces in Places has always been a collaborative, feel-good project, Jody thought proceeds from the book should go to charity. The book benefits Hope for Children, which works to improve the lives of orphaned, poor, and exploited children in developing countries and the UK.
They have a 15 year old in custody. I don't think an adult would do something like this but I think a juvenile would. Their mind isn't developed enough to shake off whatever is bothering him.
I've been think all day what it must have been like for firefighters and police to go in and save as many dogs as they could.
It was a fluke that I found this article in my area. I hope somebody from the UK will use this thread or even start a new one for updates on what happens to the 15 year old or if they have a different firebug.
You're very welcome. I saw the story about these dogs on the news. It was an actual video of them jumping in the water while the camera was underwater.
If you have an interest in seeing it again and you have a Kindle you can buy the pictures for three dollars from Amazon. I bought it and sent it to my daughter.
Every alcoholic says.....I can stop drinking anytime I want to. I'm just have one. Half an hour later it's another "one". Then they get behind the wheel of a car...
Pedro, my husband was an alcoholic. I know as much about the disease as anyone who drinks. He literally drank himself to death but before he did that he lost his wife and child, his drivers license and his job.
Only you can make the decision to stop drinking. But it will help to surround yourself with people at AA meetings who you have something in common with. They won't degrade you.
Get the movie "Bill W" and you'll learn a lot about yourself.
After reading some of his threads I presume his drinking is about trying to escape from what's going on in his life. He's not alone living like that. If that's the case, I hope he gets his life back before his little girl loses her daddy.
Not sure if that's the proper course to take on this.
What if a dog bit him and now he holds a grudge against all dogs.
Maybe with therapy he could become a productive adult
I'm not familiar with the prison system in the UK. In the US we have detention centers for juveniles. Since he's only 15 years old I doubt he would get a serious judgment or even be put away for a long time.
But I wouldn't set him on fire and I do love dogs.
What would possess a 15 year old boy to do this. If he did it and is treated as a juvenile he'll be out of detention in a few years and back in society to create more murdering.
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN updated 7:54 AM EDT, Fri September 12, 2014
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Donations are pouring in after a fire at a charity dogs' home killed 43 dogs
Emergency responders and volunteers from the home saved some 150 dogs
Police: A 15-year-old boy is being questioned on suspicion of arson
Response by public is "absolutely overwhelming," says police officer
(CNN) -- A suspected arson attack on a dogs' home in the northern English city of Manchester has killed 43 dogs, shocking a nation known within Europe for its devotion to pets.
Within hours of the fire breaking out Thursday evening at Manchester Dogs Home, donations began to flood in.
As of noon local time (7 a.m. E.T.) Friday, the total given by big-hearted dog lovers in more than 57,000 bite-size chunks stood at more than 561,000 pounds (more than $900,000) -- and rising by the minute.
The appeal fund set up by the local paper, the Manchester Evening News, in aid of the Manchester and Cheshire Dogs Homes charity had originally set a target of just £5,000 (about $8,100).
Even as the fire raged, police and firefighters had to urge members of the public not to endanger themselves by trying to help.
They were encouraged instead to take donations of pet food and blankets to a nearby police station.
Emergency responders and volunteers from the home managed to rescue some 150 dogs from the blaze.
Police and fire investigators are now probing the cause of the fire.
Greater Manchester Police said a 15-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of arson remained in police custody Friday for questioning.
Detective Inspector Neil Jones said the public response to the tragedy had been "absolutely overwhelming."
"One hundred and fifty dogs rescued. Thousands of pounds donated. Thank you Greater Manchester," Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said on Twitter.
The Manchester and Cheshire Dogs Homes charity, established in 1893 to help stray dogs roaming the streets of Manchester, now covers a wider area of northwest England and cares for more than 7,000 dogs each year. More than nine in 10 are found a home, the charity says.
I was working for my husband in 1977 in a railroad station. I not only smelled smoke but saw it in the attic of this 90 year old wooden building.
He ran outside to see what was happening and I called the fire department. In no time at all the building was engulfed in fire. We were never able to work in this historical building again and had to resort to other means.
I inhaled a lot of smoke and saw flames coming out of a building that we took for granted would always be there. Years later it was demolished, the tracks were taken up, the engines were sold and now a shopping center stands were the railroad that my father, husband, father-in-law and I worked at.
Sloppy clothes is a turnoff for me especially for the first meeting when you want to make a good impression. This is one time when I think it's okay to judge a book by it's cover.
Back in the 70's when the diet first came out it was called The Atkins diet. I ate high fat/protein and barely any carbs. My ketones were dangerously low and I would up in the hospital because I was bleeding profusely.
Before Dr. Atkins died he restructured the guidelines to the diet so that people wouldn't eat too much fat.
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That's usually the way it goes. I hope someone from the UK will do an UPDATE thread on this
It's Monte "little" Glat lady. 
RE: alcohol
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