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Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:40:10 -0500

jalopnikupdates: This Amazing Time Lapse Video Shows Sandy’s...

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:23:52 -0400

This Amazing Time Lapse Video Shows Sandy’s Assault On New York And The Moment The Lights Went Out

A camera on top of 2 Northside Piers shows New York before Sandy rolled in, its destructive approach, and the sudden loss of power as the storm surge flooded lower Manhattan.

This is the best angle and the longest exposure we’ve yet seen of Sandy’s full impact. The video was created by Silas Maniatis.

Hat tip to Luke Taylor

placemake (v.)

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:40:48 -0400

wordsurbanplannersmakeup:

: tto … to make a place?

alt: to engineer the public realm in a way that makes the designers hopeful of multiple awards

“Placemaking in rural Antarctica has been one of the most significant challenges of my professional career.”

How people looked up where to spend time this summer.

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:57:59 -0400

How people looked up where to spend time this summer.

Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:36:32 -0400

Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine:

This is ridiculous

Megan Amram: Ayn Randers

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:20:02 -0400

Megan Amram: Ayn Randers:

meganamram:

Dear Ayn,

I’m dating a man who I think I love, but I’m afraid he’s having an affair. He comes home late, he acts suspiciously, and he even has red lipstick on his collar. Should I confront him or just hope for the best?

- County Af-fair

Dear County,

Red lipstick? Your husband is a…

Lofoten – Arctic Circle Anomaly ~ Kuriositas

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:56:16 -0400

Lofoten – Arctic Circle Anomaly ~ Kuriositas

"The previous estimates were probably too conservative because they didn’t include the animals..."

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:06:51 -0400

““The previous estimates were probably too conservative because they didn’t include the animals that cats ate or left behind,” University of Georgia researcher Kerrie Anne Loyd says.
The cats brought home just under a quarter of what they killed, ate 30% and left 49% to rot where they died.
The carnage cuts across species. Lizards, snakes and frogs made up 41% of the animals killed, Loyd and fellow researcher Sonia Hernandez found. Mammals such as chipmunks and voles were 25%, insects and worms 20% and birds 12%. The researchers will present their findings this week at an Ecological Society of America conference in Portland, Ore.
Seeking a window into the hidden lives of cats, the researchers recruited 60 owners in the Athens, Ga., area. Each owner put a small video camera mounted on a break-away collar on the cat in the morning and let the cat out, then removed the camera and downloaded the footage each night. Each cat’s activities were recorded for seven to 10 days. The cats usually spent four to six hours outside every day.
The researchers worked with the National Geographic CritterCam team, which builds tiny mobile data gathering systems to study wild animal behavior. The cat cameras were the smallest they’ve made to date, National Geographic’s Greg Marshall says.”

- House cats kill more critters than thought – USATODAY.com

Zakir Hussain “The Speaking Hand” - part 1 (by...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:43:31 -0400

Zakir Hussain “The Speaking Hand” - part 1 (by gadd50)

This is really amazing

jtotheizzoe: You Only Land Once.

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:23:31 -0400

jtotheizzoe:

You Only Land Once.

"Though photo manipulation has become more common in the age of digital cameras and image editing..."

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:55:28 -0400

“Though photo manipulation has become more common in the age of digital cameras and image editing software, it actually dates back almost as far as the invention of photography. Gathered below is an overview of some of the more notable instances of photo manipulation in history. For recent years, an exhaustive inventory of every photo manipulation would be nearly impossible, so we focus here on the instances that have been most controversial or notorious, or ones that raise the most interesting ethical questions.”

- Photo Forensics Software | Fourandsix Technologies - Photo Tampering throughout History

NC Considers Making Sea Level Rise Illegal | Plugged In, Scientific American Blog Network

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:03:36 -0400

NC Considers Making Sea Level Rise Illegal | Plugged In, Scientific American Blog Network

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Mon, 28 May 2012 13:11:02 -0400

Final Exams

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:34:26 -0400

ilovecharts:

I wouldn’t necessarily agree with math, but I feel like that’s a subject where you get it or you don’t (at least it’s taught that way).

Sicker Than Your Average: Hipster Hip Hop Tracklist 4/20/12

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:44:01 -0400

Sicker Than Your Average: Hipster Hip Hop Tracklist 4/20/12:

ballmoderatelyhard:

http://8tracks.com/chexmix/hipster-hip-hop

It’s the Dean’s List - Dear Professor
Huey Mack - Fuck Me Baby
Olu - Big Bank Dank
Sidelines - E-Dubble
The Cave Boys - Lifes Good(Rugrat Song)
Kanye West - Gone
Kid Cudi - The Prayer
Chiddy Bang - Opposite of Adults
Chris Webby - I Need a Dollar
…

#cdnpoli: EXCLUSIVE: Pierre Poutine is...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:10:05 -0400

#cdnpoli: EXCLUSIVE: Pierre Poutine is...:

cdnpoliblog:

A lot of speculation has been going around about the identity of “Pierre Poutine”/”Pierre Jones” at what some might consider the heart of the Robocalls scandal; however, this is only one side, and certainly not the largest part of the overall investigation into wrongdoing by the Conservative Party…

n 1: On the Market

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:29:01 -0500

n 1: On the Market

"ughly one in a thousand trillion trillion. Yet the lambda viruses repeatedly acquired all four..."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:35:07 -0500

“ughly one in a thousand trillion trillion. Yet the lambda viruses repeatedly acquired all four mutations in a matter of weeks. “There’s this thinking that it all has to come together at once,” Dr. Lenski said. “But that’s just not how evolution works.” Paul Turner, an evolutionary biologist at Yale University who was not involved in the research, said, “I really love this paper.” He said such experiments might allow scientists to forecast evolution in viruses and bacteria, potentially helping to prepare for new diseases. “It gives us hope of making evolution more predictive,” Dr. Turner said. This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Correction: January 26, 2012 A previous version of this article misstated the probability that all four mutations for lambda viruses would arise at once. It is roughly one in a thousand trillion trillion, not one in a thousand billion billion.”

- Study Finds Virus to Be Fast Learner on Infecting - NYTimes.com

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Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:03:21 -0500

One teachers approach to preventing gender bullying in a classroom

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:41:54 -0500

togetherforjacksoncountykids:

“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel

Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said: “Allie, I’m not playing. It’s time for art. The rule is no hoods or hats in school.”

She looked up with tears in her eyes and I realized there was something wrong. Her classmates went into the art room and we moved to the art storage area so her classmates wouldn’t hear our conversation. I softened my tone and asked her if she’d like to tell me what was wrong.

“My ponytail,” she cried.

“Can I see?” I asked.

She nodded and pulled down her hood. Allie’s braids had come undone overnight and there hadn’t been time to redo them in the morning, so they had to be put back in a ponytail. It was high up on the back of her head like those of many girls in our class, but I could see that to Allie it just felt wrong. With Allie’s permission, I took the elastic out and re-braided her hair so it could hang down.

“How’s that?” I asked.

She smiled. “Good,” she said and skipped off to join her friends in art.

‘Why Do You Look Like a Boy?’

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