Puerto Rico voted to join the union. Does r/design have any ideas for 51-star flags? : Design. Totally Bizarre Experimental Video Explores Slit Scanning. TQyPc.png (958×752) What each state does best: I love how they chose "most suicides per year" as Alaska's 'best' characteristic. Chittagong Shipbreaking Yards in Bangladesh [1600x1067] : boatporn. An overlap comparison between the lower 48's population density, and the 2008 presidential election outcome. [GIF][933x720] : MapPorn.
How An Upstart Company In Detroit Is Building An American Heritage Brand. Having your brand name become part of the common lexicon is a marketing coup of the highest order.
How Nate Silver Won the 2012 Presidential Election - Dorie Clark. By Dorie Clark | 1:25 AM November 7, 2012 As President Obama and Mitt Romney can tell you, it’s getting harder every day to win public attention — thus, the billions they spent on this year’s presidential campaign.
Overall, the election of 2012 has shown that we’re at a liminal moment in how ideas and brands spread — and the winners have to thread the needle between the declining (but still powerful) broadcast era and the nimble, fragmented ways of digital communication. In the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama won media glory for his effective use of social media. But in this election cycle, the person who best leveraged all communication platforms — both online and off — wasn’t even a candidate.
My vote goes to Nate Silver, creator of the New York Times blog FiveThirtyEight. Silver, who has written for the Times since 2010, has become ubiquitous in recent months. Obama's Diverse Base of Support - Interactive Feature. I never thought I would ever say this to my kids, But in-light of recent news. : AdviceAnimals. Puerto Rico ousts governor, backs US statehood. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Ricans have supported U.S. statehood in a vote that jubilant members of the pro-statehood party say is the strongest sign yet that the Caribbean island territory is on the road to losing its second-class status.
But Tuesday's vote comes with an asterisk and an imposing political reality: The island remains bitterly divided over its relationship to the United States and many question the validity of this week's referendum. Nearly a half million voters chose to leave a portion of the ballot blank. And voters also ousted the pro-statehood governor, eliminating one of the main advocates for a cause that would need the approval of the U.S. Congress. "Statehood won a victory without precedent but it's an artificial victory," said Angel Israel Rivera Ortiz, a political science professor at the University of Puerto Rico. Detroit proposal to decriminalize marijuana winning in late returns. Final US Presidential Third Party Debate (Gary Johnson & Jill Stein) Hosts third party debate #2: Tackling the issues the mainstream ignores.
Jungling: Is it more efficient to kill the biggest creep first or smallest creeps? : DotA2. Pundit Scorecard: Checking pundits’ predictions against the actual results of the presidential election. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images With the election over and the final results mostly tallied, there’s little left to guess about: Barack Obama has won with 332 electoral votes (assuming his lead holds in Florida), 62 beyond the 270 needed to win.
The 2012 presidential election has come to a close, and voters can finally, at long last, think about something else. Titanium Backup just became 1000% more useful! : Android. 5 statewide ballot proposals crushed; emergency manager proposal too close to call. TIL that animals licking their wounds can actually help in healing. Most animals have growth factors such EGF (a growth factor used in wound healing and regenerative medicine) that is secreted into their saliva : todayilearned. TIL The more educated a woman is, the more likely she is to drink heavily and report drinking problems. : todayilearned. XpScs.jpg (1600×1067) I like how Facebook & Twitter feeds are displayed on Comedy Central's sites - on icon hover instead of inline somewhere. Way less intrusive to the main design! : web_design. NrvuV.jpg (1200×1600) ♔♛♔ CHIΣҒ KΣΣҒ - LΩ∇Σ SΩSΔ [ ♲ TRILLШΔ∇Σ RΣMIX ♲] ♔♛♔ by TRILLWAVE.
Create, read, update and delete. Another variation of CRUD is BREAD, an acronym for "Browse, Read, Edit, Add, Delete".
DRULAB is also a variation, where "L" stands for Locking the access to the data (Delete, Read, Update, Lock, Add, Browse). This concept is mostly used in context with data protection concepts. Database applications[edit] The acronym CRUD refers to all of the major functions that are implemented in relational database applications. Each letter in the acronym can map to a standard SQL statement, HTTP method or DDS operation: Although a relational database provides a common persistence layer in software applications, numerous other persistence layers exist. User interface[edit] Create or add new entriesRead, retrieve, search, or view existing entriesUpdate or edit existing entriesDelete/deactivate existing entries Without at least these four operations, the software cannot be considered complete.
Backbone.js. Backbone.js is a JavaScript library with a RESTful JSON interface and is based on the model–view–presenter (MVP) application design paradigm.
Backbone is known for being lightweight, as its only dependency is on one JavaScript library,[2] Underscore.js. It is designed for developing single-page web applications,[3] and for keeping various parts of web applications (e.g. multiple clients and the server) synchronized.[4] Backbone was created by Jeremy Ashkenas, who is also known for CoffeeScript.[5] Use[edit] The following web applications are built with Backbone.js: References[edit] Pandora Radio. Pandora Internet Radio (also known as Pandora Radio or simply Pandora) is a music streaming and automated music recommendation service that serves as "custodian" of the Music Genome Project.
The service, operated by Pandora Media, Inc., is only available in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. The service plays musical selections of a certain genre based on the user's artist selection. The user then provides positive or negative feedback for songs chosen by the service, which are taken into account when Pandora selects future songs. Using the button role - Accessibility. Description This technique demonstrates how to use the button role.
This role should be used for clickable elements that trigger an response when activated by the user. On its own, role="button can make any element (e.g. <p>, <span> or <div>) appears as a button control to a screen reader. Additionally, this role can be used in combination with the aria-pressed attribute in order to create toggle buttons. Best Stand up Comedy from Jim Norton at AVN Awards 2007. Website is currently unreachable.
Robert Webb. Richie Hawtin: DE9 Fragments.4, Watergate 10 Year (Berlin, August 25, 2012) by RichieHawtin. Backbone.js. Some Musings on Sex Robots and Companions : Futurology. Cannabis Use May Cause Temporary Cognitive Breakdown. By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M.
Grohol, Psy.D. on November 5, 2012 A provocative new study by Norwegian researchers suggests cannabis use causes a temporary cognitive breakdown in non-psychotic individuals. Investigators believe this alteration in brain activity can lead to long-term psychosis. In the study, researchers found a different brain activity pattern in schizophrenia patients with previous cannabis use than in schizophrenic patients without prior cannabis use. Should Science Majors Pay Less for College Than Art Majors? : Foodforthought. So this Anonymous protest is currently happening outside parliament in London. Make Your Own Organic Buckwheat Hull Mattresses. Guest Post by Lynne Cimino When you are living small, the ability to customize items in your home is key to making it all work.
Alternative sleeping surfaces, part 2: If you want a real Japanese futon, you'll need this tool, too. In the quest for good sleep, last year I saved up for a real Japanese futon. The real deal is thinner and fluffier than the ridiculously dense slabs that most Americans think of as futons, and I could only find one workshop in all of New York City that makes them the traditional way. In Japan futons are traditionally meant to be folded up each morning and placed in a closet, freeing up useable square footage in a space-tight country; thick American futons are impossible to fold at all. How Much Sleep Do You Need? Sleep Cycles, Stages, & Lack of Sleep. The power of sleep Many of us try to sleep as little as possible. There are so many things that seem more interesting or important than getting a few more hours of sleep, but just as exercise and nutrition are essential for optimal health and happiness, so is sleep.
The quality of your sleep directly affects the quality of your waking life, including your mental sharpness, productivity, emotional balance, creativity, physical vitality, and even your weight. Pedal-powered washer could make a big difference in developing nations. In the developed world, we forget that there was once a time when washday meant “day” rather than “toss it in the machine and come back in 20 minutes.” In many parts of the world without access to electricity and clean water, that time is still now.
Design students Alex Cabunoc and Ji A You of the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles visited the the slums of Cerro Verde, Peru. Forss - Characteristics. Suspect in stabbing of US student can't recall events after taking drug, lawyer says. By Praxilla Trabattoni, NBC News Updated at 4:15 a.m. ET on Nov. 5: ROME -- The suspect in the stabbing of a 19-year-old American student in the Italian capital Rome says he has no recollection of the events, officials said Saturday. Reid Schepis, 20, told a judge Saturday that he didn't even want to go clubbing Halloween night before the Thursday morning stabbing, his lawyer told NBC News. The victim, New Jersey-born Fabio Malpeso, is "doing much better and is awake and has already spoken to his parents and sibling," Police Chief Lorenzo Suraci told NBC News.
Mike Daisey. David Swanson. David Swanson in 2012. Electoral College (United States) Cartogram representation of the Electoral College vote for the 2012 election, with each square representing one electoral vote. The United States Electoral College is the institution that officially elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years. The President and Vice President are not elected directly by the voters. Final Third-Party candidate debate on November 5. Top rated videos. USA. America On Air — RT On air. On air. RT. RT. In Ohio, Polls Show Benefit of Auto Rescue to Obama. Election Forecasts - FiveThirtyEight Blog - NYTimes.com. US Presidential Election 2012. Cold fusion. Diagram of an open-type calorimeter used at the New Hydrogen Energy Institute in Japan Cold fusion is a hypothetical type of nuclear reaction that would occur at, or near, room temperature, compared with temperatures in the millions of degrees that are required for "hot" fusion.
It was proposed to explain reports of anomalously high energy generation under certain specific laboratory conditions. Prediction market. People who buy low and sell high are rewarded for improving the market prediction, while those who buy high and sell low are punished for degrading the market prediction. Evidence so far suggests that prediction markets are at least as accurate as other institutions predicting the same events with a similar pool of participants.[1] History[edit] Reference class forecasting. Taw's blog. Tomorrow is the most important election in history of the future. Tomorrow's elections will answer the most important question about our future overlords - prediction market (Intrade) vs experts' statistical models (Nate Silver) : Futurology. So I saw a post from RetiredPornstar about things ladies can do for a guy to give him the pornstar experience. Ladies, what are some more subtle/non-obvious things we men can do to make you go crazy? : sex.
The Young Gun Meets the Living Legend. Joel Meyerowitz was part of a group of pioneering photographers that revolutionized the art world 50 years ago by taking color pictures at a time when everyone thought serious photos had to be in black and white. Third-Party Debate Live on RT America. Invention: Multiple-Choice “Windowed Slider” UI. I saw a lovely “Show HN” submission [ on Hacker News from someone who passionately put together a really nice jquery slider plugin. RetiredPornStar comments on I want to be one of those girlfriends who blows her man's mind in the bedroom...give me your best advice! Learn Web Design, Web Development & More. The best way to learn creative and technical skills. Don’t Fear the Internet. 04 Nov 16:52 MVC Is Everywhere. Digital Authenticity - On the Grid.
What things surprised you the first time you "interacted" with the body of the opposite sex? NSFW : AskReddit. My husband's sex change. Hospital Games online doctor games. Arm Surgery 2 game. Star Citizen by Cloud Imperium Games Corporation. Crane Building Itself. Learn css layout. If I was trying to heat a room using a dozen candles, would it be better to group them all together in the center of the room, or evenly throughout the room? : askscience. Richie Hawtin Goes Beyond EDM with New CNTRL Tour. Supersonic Flight, Sonic Booms. Don Frye vs Yoshihiro Takayama PRIDE HL (SHOCK-07) by zozeplaya.
Man grows 1 Million Pounds of Food on 3 Acres : videos. 21-year-old dies after one drop of new synthetic drug at Voodoo Fest. HTML5 Boilerplate: The web's most popular front-end template. Interview with Paul Irish - Treehouse Friends. Showtek - Raver (Foreign Investment Trap Remix) How to build smarter roads. (xpost /r/pics) : Futurology. Wazoheat comments on Seeing as how Jupiter is a gas giant, what would happen if we would step foot on it? Would we keep falling to the centre?
Norway Sky Bridge : pics. WBc2a.jpg (553×738) Portrait of an ENTP. Starwars episode 7 is disney. Get over it. 18 Signs You’re Doing Better Than You Think. Council of doom: official full-length trailer. ELI5 Unions. I've always thought they're worthless and counter productive, all the people I know in unions are constantly out of work), but upon further reflection I realize I don't really understand the pros and cons. Why are they good/bad? : explainlike. Google Nexus 4 review.