ddn't wtch MC's rmk f Th Prsnr whn t rd lst Nvmbr, bt ws dlghtd t s tht ll 17 psds f th rgnl 1967-1968 Brtsh srs r stll vwbl n fll fr fr n th MC st. f JG Bllrd wrt TV srs, 'd mgn t wld hv bn smthng lk Th Prsnr. Fr ths wh rn't hp t t yt, th shw s trppy psychlgcl drm bt frmr spy hld cptv n mystrs rsrt-lk prsn. Th Prsnr vd plyr (MC, plgs f nn-S vwrs r sht t)

Mrry sz, " rcntly lnchd pdcst t th K-bsd hrmnc wbst www.hrpsrgry.cm. Th psd hr ftrs fv yng plyrs gd 14-18 (wth n 22-yr-ld t mss p r vrg) wh r plyng WY bynd thr yrs... nd n sm css, pshng hrmnc-plyng nt drk scry plcs whr t ws nvr mnt t g. Th pdcst s lttl rggd bt th plyng s grt. thght t prtnnt t snd ths thrgh ftr Rgr Dltry's shbby hrp sl t lst nght's Spr Bwl shw. ny n f ths kds cld dstry Rgr Dltry wth sngl fg-hrn lk blst frm thr nstrmnt. ll h'd lv bhnd s smkng pr f hsh ppps."

Dmn skppy: ths kds r hnkn' nd smkn'.

Hrmnc Pdcst: Th Kds r lrght

MP3 lnk

(Thnks, Mrry!)

ln sz, " Jpns cmpny s prdcng grmphns wth ntrl tchs sch s bmb ndls."

Th plyr s prdcd by wrld-clss hbbyst spplr Gkkn, nd th qlty shws. Ths grmphn spprts ll rcrd szs, ftrs spd nd tn djstmnt, nd vn lts y rcrd msc! N fl frmts t wrry bt, n bttrs t rplc, nd th wrm, nstlgc snd f nlg - ths jst mght b th prfct msc plyr.

Gkkn Prmm Grmphn (Thnks, ln!)

Mrgnblðð, clnd's ldst nwsppr nd mst-vstd wbst (nw c-dtd by th frmr prm mnstr nd hd f th cntrl bnk) hs jst nnncd n nt "dp lnkng" plcy syng tht clndrs rn't llwd t lnk t ndvdl pgs n th st, nly th frnt dr. Whch s t sy, th ppl f clnd cn n lngr tlk bt ny nws nln nlss t hppns t stll b n th frnt pg f th nwsppr. h, thr's th cmmtmnt t pblc srvc tht mks jrnlsm s crtcl t fr scty! (Thnks, Hll!)

hpstrppps.tmblr.cm (v @tkymng)

Mnt vrst my b th tllst mntn n rth, bt tht's nly f y'r msrng frm s lvl. Thnks t th crvtr f th plnt, Mnt Chmbrz n cdr s th hghst f y'r msrng frm th cntr f th rth. n fct, by ths systm, vrst cms n ffth. (V Chrs Psc-Prngr)

Th Nv lbn Stmpnk xhbtn tks plc Mrch 12-14 n mryvll, C. rgnzrs prms "th bst lmnts f trdtnl scnc fctn nd fntsy cnvntns, [cmbnd] wth th pssn, ngnty, nd hnds-n wrkshps f Mkr vnts, n stm-pwrd, n-Vctrn sttng tht spns th 1830s thrgh th rly 1910s, frm th cltrd slns f gslt Lndn t th rggd cst f Sn Frncsc." Sr snds fn. 'm dlghtd t s nmbr f flks w'v cvrd n Bng Bng bfr, ncldng Jn Srrgrt, Kmrc Smyth, nd Th Nvrws Hl Crw n th "kntcs" prtn f th vnt.

[ mg: Nvrws Hl, pht by Rdtm. ]

Prvsly:

Stndrd vccn njctns, dn wth 1-n.-lng ndl, rn't s ffctv n bs ptnts. nstd, thy nd lngr ndl t gt th sm lvl f mmn rspns. Rsrchrs rn't sr why, bt t's pssbl tht ft prvnts shrtr ndls frm dlvrng th vccn drctly nt mscl, whr t hs bttr ccss t mmn clls.(V vn rnsky.)

Th whl mrcn fd systm, frm frm t frk, ccnts fr bt 10% f th nrgy w s n ths cntry. f tht, th lrgst sngl prtn, 32%, s th nrgy nvlvd n hshld fd strg nd ckng.

Pt t nthr wy: f w rdcd grcltrl nrgy s by 5%, ntnwd, w'd sv bt 20 trlln Brtsh Thrml nts f nrgy yr. Thm's n smll ptts.

Bt f jst 5% f mrcn hshlds gt mr ffcnt rfrgrtr, w'd sv 54 trlln BT.

Cntxt: 'm spndng tdy nd tmrrw t cnfrnc n nrgy ffcncy n grcltr, pt n by th mrcn Cncl fr n nrgy ffcnt cnmy. Ths stts cm frm prsnttn by Mrtn Hllr, rsrchr wth th nvrsty f Mchgn's Cntr fr Sstnbl Systms.

Vd Lnk. snr t yr lvst! (v Dngrs Mnds, thnks, Tr McGnly)

I wrote an rtcl n th Fbrry ss f PpSc bt vsl crtx nrscntsts wh r fgrng t hw t rd r thghts.

Th wnr f th Hrt ttck Grll n rzn, whch ffrs "qdrpl bypss brgr," s sng th wnr f th Hrt Stpprs Sprts Grll n Flrd. Bth bsnsss r "hrt-ttck/mdcl-thmd," wth "sxy nrs wtrsss." Bth srv bscnly lrg stckd hmbrgrs, nd sd dshs f smlr ntrtnl cntnt. t th Hrt ttck Grll, thr's scl vr n th crnr, nd f y wgh mr thn 350 pnds y t fr fr. Mr: Phnx Nw Tms, WSJ lw blg, WSJ Hlth blg.

Th fd nd th cncpt my b rplsv t mny (k scrw t, by "mny" mn "m"), bt wht gts m th mst s th Sd Sxy Nrs wtrss, t fr rght n th 'shppd mg bv, pht crtsy f th Flrd BC fflt TV sttn WPBF. Sxy nrs, why y s sd?

ncdntlly, WPBF-TV (=stnds fr "Wst Plm Bch Flrd") s prtty rckn'. s pblsh ths blg pst, thr tp hdln s "ldrly Mn ccdntlly Shts Slf tsd Gn Str: 80-Yr-ld rlftd T Hsptl."

(v Vgg Grll, whch s ttlly wsm.)

The FB wnts SPs t kp tbs n whch wbsts srs vst, nd rtn ths lgs fr tw yrs. FB Drctr Rbrt Mllr wnts prvdrs t str cstmrs' "rgn nd dstntn nfrmtn" t hlp n chld prn nd thr flny nvstgtns, sd br ttrny t rcnt fdrl tsk frc mtng.

Frd frm th lctrnc Frntr Fndtn sz, "Pl Swtng, n f th smrtst nlysts cvrng Hllywd's cllsn wth th ntrnt, ds grt jb rmndng s f th rl rsns bhnd th rcnt spt f lyffs t Sny Pctrs. 'Httng th snz bttn whn th lrm gs ff dsn't mn tht wht hppns n th mntm s bynd yr cntrl. t mns y'r slp.'"

Th shft n cnsmr bhvr twrd rntl? Tht ws fnctn f whlsl prcng nd th cnsmrs' prcptn f vl, whch r ntrly ndr th stds' cntrl. f 40,000 sprmrkts n mrc wr sllng nw rls DVDs fr $8.99 by th chckt cntr, hw mny cnsmrs d y thnk wld b lnng p t th Rdbx ksk n th prkng lt? Hw mny sprmrkts d y thnk wld lt Rdbx n th prmss?

Dn't blv m? Thn hw s t th stds wr prvsly bl t ltr cnsmr bhvr frm rntl t prchs whn thy ntrdcd th (cmprtvly) lw-prcd DVD t rplc th hgh-prcd VHS csstt?

lrm blls cm t lt fr Sny Pctrs (Thnks, Frd!)

Jns Hlprn s pblshr f Drnk f th Wk nd Chnnls Drctr t Fdrtd Md.

Sn Frncsc's fmd scnc msm, Th xplrtrm, rcntly trnsfrmd nt gnt ccktl lb fr n vnng fndrsr. Th Scnc f Ccktls ftrd ntrctv xhbts nd prsnttns dmnstrtng th physcs, chmstry nd blgy f ccktls nd drnkng.

Prsnttn tpcs rngd frm "c nd Thrmdynmcs n Ccktls" t "ntmy f Hngvr". ls stdd th ffcts f vdk n gmmy brs. mg bv rght.

Rcps nd vds ftr th jmp.

n ddtn, Sn Frncsc's tp mxlgsts wr strtgclly plcd rnd th msm srvng p n mzng rry f ccktls. Hvn's Dg, lmbc, 83 Prf, nd 15 Rml wr ll rprsntd.

rk dkns frm Hvn's Dg xplnd tht cldnss nd dltn f ccktl s hvly dpndnt n th typ f c, shkng tm nd vssl sd. Bsclly, t's ll n th wrst.

lmbc's Dnl Hytt pnd r mnds whn thnkng bt nfsns. Th tm ncssry t stp ngrdnts vry wdly. Mst f s dn't wst gd bz, s f t s lrdy ntrstng, t my nt nd t b nfsd.

Th crwd ws ls trtd t bttrs cntst. W wr skd t vt bsd n bst s f bttrs n ccktl. t's hrd jb, bt smn hs t d t.

Th ht f th vnng ws th ld Cbn Ccktl rtd wth ntrs xd nt fm nd frzn wth lqd ntrgn, whch ws mxd p by Dg Wllms f Lqd lchmy. nstd f drnkng ths ccktl, t s bst tn wth spn. Ths ntrs nfsd nd frzn ld Cbn Ccktl ws lght, crspy nd bzy.

ld Cbn

1 z. Cchc

½ z. Frsh lm jc

½ z. Smpl syrp

Sprklng wn

Frsh Mnt

Mddl mnt wth lm jc nd smpl sgr. dd c nd rm. Shk nd strn nt Cllns glss vr c r strght p n ccktl glss. Tp wth sprklng wn.

Wtch th vd fr mr n th mlclr mxlgy vrsn f ths clssc ccktl.

Rcp crtsy Sgtb Cchc

Th xhbts ncldd tst tst sng yr dffrnt snss. Try tstng wth yr ns plggd, t mks hg dffrnc. Pctrd t th tp s th bzy prgrssn f vdk skd gmmy brs.

Thy ttlly ls t s thy sk p th vdk.

W ttndd dmnstrtn n lyrng drnks, bt my fvrt dmnstrtn ws rc Mllr's Br Trcks. Mmbr f th xplrtrm's Tchr nsttt nd thr f "Whl Y'r Wtng fr th Fd t Cm" shwd s hw t wn sm fr drnks t th br. Thr s gd scnc bhnd ll br trcks. H sd tw sht glsss t dmnstrt srfc tnsn. Wtch th vd t s th trck.

Ths nxt trck tlzs 2 frks, crk, tthpck, ccktl glss, lghtr nd bt f physcs. Mstr ths nd fr drnks my b cmng yr wy.







Bck t th ccktls, my nght ws cmplt ftr tryng Jcqs Bzdnht's Blck pl. Ths ccktl s n mzng cmbntn f Rpsd Tql, Gnnss, prt, gv nctr nd bttrs. My nt snd gd n ppr, bt tsty n xctn.

Th nght t th xplrtrm xpsd th cmplxty f mxlgy nd vrythng tht gs n bhnd tht pr-dnnr Mnhttn. t’s mr thn jst bz, bttrs nd c.

Vrzn Wrlss s sd t b fltrng HTTP trffc t/frm brds.4chn.rg (ll mg brds). Frm stts.4chn.rg: "ftr n hr nd hlf n th phn, w'v rcvd cnfrmtn frm Vrzn's Ntwrk Rpr Br (NRB) tht w r 'xplctly blckd."

Plnnng t vrthrw th S gvrnmnt? f ys, nd y lv n Sth Crln, y mst py fv-dllr sbvrsv rgstrtn f. (V Th gttr)

Skp Jms plys "Crw Jn" n 1967. (ftr wtchng ths vd, hd t g bck nd wtch n f my fvrt YTb vds vr, "nfltbl tb mn dncs t Crm's 'Gld.'") (V Tnslmn)

"First let me debunk a couple of myths, starting with the principle that 'anything is better than nothing'. Trust me, it's nt. Rlvng sffrng shld b gdd slly by nd nd nt wht ppl hv t dnt." Clr Drhm t Rd Crss Blg, n why csh s bttr thn yr jnky, tttrd ld yg mt.

Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, recently suggested that the feds should "cognitively infiltrate" conspiracy theorist hang-outs and anti-government groups online. Over at Huffington Post, former BB guestblogger rthr Gldwg, thr f th fntstc bk Clts, Cnsprcs, nd Scrt Scts, lys t why th gvrnmnt "shldn't rsrt t scrt gnts nd bght-nd-pd-fr clqs nd shlls nd rngrs t prmt ts ds." Frm HffP:

Snstn's prpsl ws nt ssd ndr th spcs f th gvrnmnt, bt n n cdmc ppr. C-thrd wth Hrvrd Lw Schl Prfssr drn Vrml nd pblshd n Th Jrnl f Pltcl Phlsphy n 2008 (t cn b dwnldd s PDF fl hr), "Cnsprcy Thry" srvys th xstng schlrshp n th rgns nd chrctrstcs f cnsprcy thrs nd cntmplts whthr r nt gvrnmnts shld try t ntrlz thm. n gnrl, t tks scl scncs pprch, rgng tht cnsprcy thrs r nthr lgtmt pltcl ds nr symptms f psychlgcl dsrdr, bt r rthr th nvtbl dstrtns f clsd-ff, slf-rnfrcng blf systms. sng gvrnmnt gnts t njct "cgntv dvrsty" nt ths cmmnts, t sggsts, jst mght prvd th bdy pltc wth n ntdt t th thght cntgns thy nspr.

"Css Snstn's Thght Plc"

Thanks for sharing this wndrfl Sprbwl pht, Shlly!

Vd bv: Nt Blnch, frm Spy Flms, drctd by rv Mnkn. Thr's "mkng f" vd hr.

Joshua Tabor, a 27-year-old Army sergeant who served in Iraq for 15 months, was restricted to his Washington state military base after being accused of wtrbrdng hs 4-yr-ld dghtr bcs sh rfsd t rct hr BCs. (v ndrw Sllvn)

Bst SNL skt snc Blck Flg ws stll tgthr. Dv Grhl? Mr lk Dv LL. Vd t Hl, nd ltrnt lnk whch my r my nt wrk fr nn-S vwrs. r myb ths n. Srry, rgn-blckng scks. ltrnts wlcm n cmmnts. (thnks, Sn Bnnr)

This is the first time I thought a Q&A about IM, press events, and World of Warcraft was really romantic: read Geeksugar's pre-V-day ntrvw wth tch jrnlsts Ryn Blck nd Vrnc Blmnt.

Researchers have used brain scans to communicate with individuals in total vegetative states. Scientists at the University of Cambridge asked "yes" or "no" questions of the patients which they answered by imaging one of two different activities: playing tennis, or just moving around their house. Depending on what they were thinking, different regions of their brains lit up. From New Scientist:

" thnk w cn b prtty cnfdnt tht h s ntrly cnscs," sys wn. "H hs t ndrstnd nstrctns, cmprhnd spch, rmmbr wht tnns s nd hw y d t. S mny f hs cgntv fclts hv t hv bn ntct."

Tht smn cn b cpbl f ll ths whl pprng cmpltly nwr cnfnds xstng mdcl dfntns f cnscsnss, Lrys sys. "W dn't knw wht t cll ths; h jst dsn't ft dfntn."

Dctrs trdtnlly bs ths dgnss n hw smn bhvs: f fr xmpl, whthr r nt thy cn glnc n dffrnt drctns n rspns t qstns. Th nw rslts shw tht y dn't nd bhvrl ndctns t dntfy wrnss nd vn dgr f cgntv prfcncy. ll y nd t d s tp nt brn ctvty drctly.

Th wrk "chngs vrythng", sys Nchls Schff, nrlgst t Wll Crnll Mdcl Cllg n Nw Yrk, wh s crryng t smlr wrk n ptnts wth cnscsnss dsrdrs. "Knwng tht smn cld prsst n stt lk ths nd nt shw vdnc f th fct tht thy cn nswr ys/n qstns shld b xtrmly dstrbng t r clncl prctc."

n f th mst dffclt qstns y mght wnt t sk smn s whthr thy wnt t crry n lvng. Bt s wn nd Lrys pnt t, th scntfc, lgl nd thcl chllngs fr dctrs skng sch qstns r frmdbl. "n prly prctcl trms, ys, t s pssbl," sys wn. "Bt t s bggr stp thn n mght mmdtly thnk."

"Gvng th 'ncnscs' vc"

mm sys:

BrdBx s physcl brd bx tht trns n Phn r Pd Tch nt  nstng-bx cck lrm clck. Tchng th clck fc rvls th ntrr f th brdbx, whlst th lrm gntly wkns y wth th sndnd sght f th nstng brds.

Th BrdBx pp s fr nd s n th pp Str, whlst Brdbxs r fr sl.

BrdBx lrm Clck

n Jnry 28, 1986 rtrd ptmtrst nmd Jck Mss cptrd th Chllngr Spc Shttl dsstr n hs Btmx cmcrdr. H nvr shwd t t nyn, bt tld hs pstr, Mrc Wssls, bt t shrtly bfr h dd frm cncr n Dcmbr. Wssls, wh s ls th xctv drctr f th Spc xplrtn rchv, fnd th tp nd ddd t t th rchv.

t s blvd t b th nly mtr flm n xstnc f th wrld's wrst spc dsstr, rcrdd n n r bfr mbl phn cmrs, whn vn hm cmcrdrs wr rr.

... "t tk whl t fnd smn wth n ld Btmx vd plyr, [sd Wssls] thn hd t wtch fr hrs f gmshws nd stcms frm th 1980s, bt whn fnd th Chllngr flm my rctn ws tht ppl rlly hv t s ths."

Chllngr spc shttl dsstr mtr vd dscvrd ftr 24 yrs

Ths sgn, spttd by Jms Fllws f th tlntc n th Mrn dstrct f Sn Frncsc, rmnds m f tht scn n Cllss whr lc Slvrstn dnts hr sks t th Psm Bch Dsstr.

(v @1bbchn)

(CC mg: "Dstrbtng srpls cmmdts, Jhns, rz.," 1940, Lbrry f Cngrss)

Frmr BB gstblggr Mrn Grbs, xc drctr f nsttt fr th Ftr, cnsdrs hw smll grps/rgnztns cn chv scl nd d gd by shrng rsrcs. ssntlly vry prsn (nd vry cmpny) hs srpls f smthng tht thr ppl wnt/nd:

Nt vryn hs lrg hs t trd r lrg sm f mny t dnt bt lk rnd y -- w hv xcss f stff, tlnt, ds, nfrmtn--n r hms , n r cmmnts, nd n r rgnztns. W r vr-prdcng nd ndr-tlzng rsrcs ll vr th plc. Wtnss th rcnt xmpl f clthng rtlrs lk H&M dlbrtly mtltng nd tssng nsld clths n th trsh. Mny xprts n rtl cncd tht th prctc s nt ncmmn--fr sm nfthmbl "cnmc" rsn t mks mr sns t dstry clths thn t rls thm nt lcl cmmnty. Th sttn s vn wrs whn t cms t fd. W vr-prdc nd wst lt f t. ccrdng t th SD, jst vr qrtr f mrc's fd -- bt 25.9 mlln tns -- gts thrwn nt th grbg cn vry yr. nvrsty f rzn stmts tht th nmbr s clsr t 50 prcnt. Th cntry's sprmrkts, rstrnts nd cnvnnc strs ln thrw t 27 mlln tns btwn thm vry yr (rprsntng $30 blln f wstd fd). Ths s why th .N. Wrld Fd Prgrm sys th ttl fd srpls f th .S. ln cld stsfy "vry mpty stmch" n frc. Hw bt mpty stmchs n r wn cmmnts?

Th lst gs n n n. W hv srpls f spc--mny cmmrcl bldngs, schls, crprt nd gvrnmnt spcs r ndrtlzd, whl mny smll rgnztns nd ndvdls r strgglng t fnd spcs fr thr wrk. W ls hv xcss f tlnt--mscns, rtsts, dsgnrs, dctd nmplyd ppl, yng nd ld--ndng dncs, vns t wrk n, r cntrbt ds t.

Crwdsrcng bndnc r "Scrw' m, Lt's D Ths rslvs"