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8 Features of the Google Glasses (As They'll Really Be Used) 8 Features of the Google Glasses (As They'll Really Be Used) The simple image sharer. Star Wars fans? : FixedGearBicycle. Helloalicehello comments on Ladies of reddit, how do you start to get aroused by men: physically and mentally. Helloalicehello on what a woman feels when she get aroused : bestof.

Flowchart: How Long Would You Survive in a Horror Movie. The 5 Creepiest 'Progressive' Parenting Fads. Medical Videos - Orgasmic Childbirth Video- Childbirth Videos. 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) Produced and distributed by the U.S. studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was made almost entirely in England, using both the studio facilities of MGM's subsidiary "MGM British" (among the last movies to be shot there before its closure in 1970)[4] and those of Shepperton Studios, mostly because of the availability of much larger sound stages than in the United States.

2001: A Space Odyssey (film)

The film was also coproduced by Kubrick's own "Stanley Kubrick Productions". Kubrick, having already shot his previous two films in England, decided to settle there permanently during the filming of Space Odyssey. Though Space Odyssey was released in the United States over a month before its release in the United Kingdom, and Encyclopædia Britannica calls this an American film,[5] other sources refer to it as an American, British, or American-British production.[6]

SNL Banned Episode ~ Media Controlled Conspiracy Theory Rock ~ A Banned Segment from Saturday Night Live The 1998 Robert Smigel animated short film "Conspiracy Theory Rock", part of a March 1998 "TV Funhouse" segment, has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it originally appeared.

SNL Banned Episode ~ Media Controlled Conspiracy Theory Rock ~

Michaels' claimed the edit was done because it "wasn't funny". The film is a scathing critique of corporate media ownership, including NBC's ownership by General Electric/Westinghouse. Joe Bodolai ---SNL Writer Who Committed Suicide (?) Was a Strong Critic of Israel and Fan of What Really. Barefoot Contessa. Barefoot Contessa is an American cooking show that premiered November 30, 2002 on Food Network.

Barefoot Contessa

Hosted by celebrity chef Ina Garten, each episode features Garten assembling dishes of varying complexity. Though her specialty is French cuisine, she occasionally prepares American, Asian, British and Italian foods. Her show also gives tips on decorating and entertaining. Ina Garten. FDA: Proscar and Propecia To Receive New Warning Labels. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added new warnings on Wednesday to finasteride, the drug used to treat male pattern baldness and enlarged prostate, citing sexual side effects that continue to occur even after patients stop the treatment.

FDA: Proscar and Propecia To Receive New Warning Labels

The changes apply to the anti-baldness drug Propecia and the prostate medication Proscar, which both contain finasteride and are marketed by Merck & Co. The drugs already bear warnings for sexual side effects, but the FDA is updating the labels to note that some of the effects may last after the treatments are stopped. Giada De Laurentiis. Biography[edit] Early life[edit] Giada Pamela De Laurentiis was born in Rome, Italy, the eldest child of actress Veronica De Laurentiis and her first husband, actor-producer Alex De Benedetti.[4] De Benedetti was a close associate of Giada's maternal grandfather, film producer Dino De Laurentiis.

Giada De Laurentiis

As a child, Giada often found herself in the family's kitchen and spent a great deal of time at her grandfather's restaurant, DDL Foodshow.[1][4] Her parents were married in February 1970 but were later divorced.[5] After her parents' divorce, Giada and her siblings moved to Southern California where they took their mother's surname.[5] De Laurentiis' maternal grandmother was Italian film star Silvana Mangano.[4] Her siblings include sister Eloisa, a makeup artist, and brothers Igor and Dino Alexander II, a Hollywood film editor who died of melanoma in 2003.[6] Her stepfather is producer Ivan Kavalsky.

Career[edit] De Laurentiis began hosting Behind the Bash in October 2006. Personal life[edit] Rachael Ray. Early life[edit] Career[edit] Cooking[edit]

Rachael Ray

Manuel Moroun. Manuel "Matty" Moroun (born June 5, 1927) is an American businessman and the owner of CenTra, Inc., the holding company which controls the Ambassador Bridge.[3][4] The latter is significant as it is the only private ownership of a border crossing between the United States and Canada.

Manuel Moroun

He bought the bridge from the Bower Family in 1979. It is now estimated to be worth between 1.5 and 3 billion dollars.[5] CenTra, Inc., is also the controlling body of Central Transport International, an LTL trucking carrier.[6] Moroun also has a controlling stake in Universal Truckload Services Inc., which is in itself a holding company for several over-the-road truck lines and logistics companies(Universal Am-Can Ltd., Mason Dixon Lines, Economy Transport, Cavalry Logistics, Louisiana Transportation, Inc. etc.)[7] A recent Forbes article listed him as the 321st richest American.[8] Early life[edit] Moroun is of Lebanese descent.[9] He grew up on Detroit's east side with his three sisters. References[edit] Michigan Central Station. Michigan Central Station (also known as Michigan Central Depot or MCS), built in mid-1912 through 1913 for the Michigan Central Railroad, was Detroit, Michigan's passenger rail depot from its opening in 1913 after the previous Michigan Central Station burned, until the cessation of Amtrak service on January 6, 1988.

Michigan Central Station

At the time of its construction, it was the tallest rail station in the world.[1] The building is located in the Corktown district of Detroit near the Ambassador Bridge, approximately ¾-mile (1.2 km) southwest of downtown Detroit. It is located behind Roosevelt Park, and the Roosevelt Warehouse is adjacent to the east. The city's Roosevelt Park serves as a grand entry way to the station. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. But to this day, images of the building remain the premier example of ruins photography.[2] SLOWS BAR BQ. Film - Indie Game: The Movie - A Video Game Documentary. Justice Dept. Sues Apple and Publishers Over E-Book Pricing; 3 Publishers Settle.

Media Decoder is an insider’s guide to the media industry that tracks the transformation of the movie business, television, print, advertising, marketing and new media.

Justice Dept. Sues Apple and Publishers Over E-Book Pricing; 3 Publishers Settle

Dept. of Justice Sues Apple and 5 Publishers Over colluding to raise E-Book Pricing to compete with Amazon. : TrueReddit. What Google Drive could mean for other Google products : google. What Google Drive could mean for other Google products. According to rumor, Google will be launching its answer to Dropbox within the next few weeks, and the new service could have a lot more to offer than a higher storage limit.

Unlike stand-alone cloud storage solutions, Google Drive will almost certainly get plugged into Google’s existing ecosystem — a major selling point against more established competition. The company’s portfolio of webapps and their mobile/computer platforms all stand to benefit from having access to a central repository for user data. Google Play needs tweaking - here’s how, Google - Lifestyle - Geek - Features. The Play Store (formerly known as the Android Market) is the staple that binds developers to their customers.

Google Play needs tweaking - here’s how, Google - Lifestyle - Geek - Features

It serves as a proxy for reporting install statistics, error reports, exchange of funds, and the oft dreaded customer reviews. Developers provide their applications in .apk form, and receive statistics and reviews (and potentially money) in return. Consumers can purchase apps, books and music via the Play Store app or website. The service works as you’d expect, at least, most of the time. Google Play needs tweaking - here’s how, Google : Android. Universal selectors. Summary An Asterisk (*) is the universal selector for CSS. It matches a single element of any type. Simplifying CSS Selectors.

This post is based on a chapter from Even Faster Web Sites, the follow-up to High Performance Web Sites. Posts in this series include: chapters and contributing authors, Splitting the Initial Payload, Loading Scripts Without Blocking, Coupling Asynchronous Scripts, Positioning Inline Scripts, Sharding Dominant Domains, Flushing the Document Early, Using Iframes Sparingly, and Simplifying CSS Selectors. “Simplifying CSS Selectors” is the last chapter in my next book. My investigation into CSS selector performance is therefore fairly recent. Reserved Words in Rails. Other names that have been reported to cause trouble: * accept * callback – breaks validation if used as a model method. * categorie * action * attributes – if you have a has_many called attributes, you can’t access to your object attributes anymore; only the associated objects * application2 * @base_path – setting this variable name in a controller method seems to break the ablity to render a partial in the view.

The view will render with no content and no errors will be generated . * connection – there seems to be a connection class already * database – (in mysql) * dispatcher * display1 * drive – fixtures will not autogenerate IDs in Rails 2.0.2 * errors * format * host – I had a text_field :host, :name that I saw problems with. jQuery. jQuery is a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML.[2] It was released in January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John Resig. Obama's dramatic "Where the Wild Things Are" reading. Heavy Metal Umlaut : wikipedia. Metal umlaut.

BEAST IN THE FIELD - "Live from the Hangar II" Photoshop guidelines for web designers : webdev. Photoshop guidelines for web designers « Isotoma Blog. A Look at the Soldier of Tomorrow : Futurology. VTfVk.gif (880×1298) Mount Kailash. Nomenclature, orthography and etymology[edit] Study: We're Screwed Without Wolves and Bears : environment. Study: We're Screwed Without Wolves and Bears. A wolf in YellowstoneOregon State University. "Sick Of This" Tales Of Mere Existence. The most amazing thing in Dota 2. The most amazing thing in Dota : DotA2. Useless Mug. » The EMs have it: Proportional Media Queries FTW! Cloud Four Blog. Can someone please explain why "em"s matter for mobile. : web_design. What my parents don't know about college today. : lostgeneration.

Dealing with The Cock-Blocking Girlfriend : seduction. The Cock-Blocking Girlfriend. Why Young Americans Are Driving So Much Less Than Their Parents - Commute. I think this guy is an INTP - you guys might like some of his videos... I definitely relate to them... : INTP. Why Young Americans Are Driving So Much Less Than Their Parents : lostgeneration. Turtle Graphics - let's see you draw. Turtle Graphics (Logo) : html5. Google launches the “power of the internet” campaign : google. Google launches the “power of the internet” campaign — Broadband News and Analysis. Sign in to Chrome - Google Chrome Help. You can sign in to Chrome to access browser settings, such as bookmarks and apps, that have been synced to your Google Account. Make sure you sign in to Chrome on each computer that should share the same Chrome settings. ELI5 : Why some of my friends think Che Guevera is a hero, and others say he is a bad dude? : explainlikeimfive.

It's shit like this dropbox... : geek. CSS Box Model. CSS Styling Links. Default style sheet for HTML 4. This appendix is informative, not normative. This style sheet describes the typical formatting of all HTML 4 ([HTML4]) elements based on extensive research into current UA practice. Developers are encouraged to use it as a default style sheet in their implementations. The full presentation of some HTML elements cannot be expressed in CSS 2.1, including replaced elements ("img", "object"), scripting elements ("script", "applet"), form control elements, and frame elements.

For other elements, the legacy presentation can be described in CSS but the solution removes the element. For example, the FONT element can be replaced by attaching CSS declarations to other elements (e.g., DIV). CSS Font. CSS Web Safe Fonts. Design Trilogy. Helvetica (film) Sans-serif. Serif. Tahoma (typeface) Web Matters - Why you should avoid Verdana. HTML5 structure—div, section & article ・ @boblet. Future of Wireframing - HotGloo. Markdown. SiteGround: Top hosting solutions and free website resources. Edistorm - Edistorm - Online Brainstorming and Planning. Add a sticky note and post it online.

Round Peg In The Square Hole. Hey Reddit: Ever heard of a street-dance style called "Tutting"? This guy is really, really good at it. : offbeat. Developing mobile apps in HTML5? : webdev. Will this be the ISS Replacement? Will this be the ISS Replacement? : Futurology. What has caused ADHD/ADD in today's youth? : askscience. Hunter vs. Farmer. Theories. ADHD Social Construct Theory.