Ashley @ Laughs Unlimited. Kim Kardashian Marriage Single Christmas Funny Ecard. Sheryl Sandberg On Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders. In this special year-end collaboration, TED and The Huffington Post are excited to count down 18 great ideas of 2011, featuring the full TEDTalk with original blog posts that we think will shape 2012.
Watch, engage and share these groundbreaking ideas as they are unveiled one-by-one, including never-seen-before TEDTalk premieres. Standby, the countdown is underway! When Pat Mitchell invited me to speak at TEDWomen, everyone assumed I would talk about social media. I assumed so too. But as I started pulling together my thoughts, I landed on another topic: "Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders. " Women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States in 1981. Vintage Exercise Machines. Greece. Why a Little Less Marriage Might Be a Good Thing. In America, getting married is not nearly as popular as it used to be.
(In case you have missed our several bulletins heralding this, you can catch up here.) Now, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis released on Dec. 14, marriage rates have hit a historic low. Only a smidgen over half of Americans are currently married, down from 72% in the 1960s. Between 2009 and 2010 alone, the marriage rate declined by 5%. It’s not entirely clear what’s behind the drop — the Pew researchers’ data-crunching suggests that this is one area in which the economy is not playing a huge role — but the ebbing of interest in marriage does have several interesting features. Weather of Iowa. Vintage Nightlights. Geminid Meteor Shower 2011: How To See 'Shooting Stars' This December. The Geminid meteor shower peaks Tuesday night, so grab your jacket, hat and scarf, and get ready to look up.
Like the Perseid, Draconid and Leonid meteor showers earlier this year, the light of a nearly-full moon threatens to wash out some of the Geminids. But according to Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, some lucky stargazers might still get a good view of the meteorites, what people sometimes call "shooting stars. " "Observers with clear skies could see as many as 40 Geminids per hour," Cooke said in a statement from NASA. "Our all-sky network of meteor cameras has captured several early Geminid fireballs. Carbon Fiber Mass Production. Once reserved for the most exclusive vehicles and only occasionally found on the hoods of street racers, carbon fiber may be coming to a Malibu near you.
GM has partnered with Teijin Limited, a Japanese carbon fiber manufacturer, to develop advanced composite materials for cars that mainstream buyers can afford. As car manufacturers look to shed weight and improve gas mileage, lightweight carbon fiber is becoming increasingly attractive — and not just for high end concept cars like the Camaro ZL1 Carbon shown above. The composite material is ten times stronger than steel but weighs only a quarter as much. Replacing steel panels with carbon fiber is an easy way to build a lighter car without drawing a major redesign or sacrificing structural integrity. In years past, the switch to carbon fiber would have put even an average car out of the price range of most buyers, as the material itself had been labor intensive to create.
Neither GM nor Teijin is willing to tell much more. Photo: GM. Holiday Lights. PHOTOS: Kubrick's New York. Stanley Kubrick was a visionary filmmaker, best known for his experimental and groundbreaking motion pictures like A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Dr.
Strangelove, among many others. But the New York-born director was pretty handy with still images as well. A new series of photographs taken by Kubrick have been released by the Museum of the City of New York, which is working with VandM for a limited edition sale of 25 spectacular prints. Thebeautydepartment.com - Himba Woman Picture – Namibia Photo. Drawing Board. Pin Up Hair Styles. Our email box is literally flooded with requests for updos so here’s a fun one to get us all going!
This is always a favorite for attending an event. This updo looks gorgeous on any hair color but particularly amazing with hilighted hair because it gives the hair lots of depth and dimension. Waterfall Braid. The waterfall braid also known as the cascade braid recently exploded as the new "trend braid" of the season.
The waterfall effect looks cool and complex, but it's easier to style than you think. Give this beautiful braid a try when Beautylish takes you through the how-to! Section Off. DIY Lanterns Yarn Chandeliers. Jessica of Wednesday Inc shows us how to make those gorgeous twine chandeliers from the inspiration shoot she shared with us this morning.
Using balloons, glue and twine, you can also make these lanterns for your wedding – and then bring it home and use it as your very own mid century lampshade. What you will need are: balloons, glue, yarn, tray for glue, corn starch 1/2 cup of Corn starch, 1/4 cup of Warm water, clear fast drying spray paint, hanging lamp cord or fishing line (depending on your desired final product), and a lighting kit if you’re looking for a fully functional lantern. Bent Objects. UPDATE: The Return of Bent Objects Wires transform these objects from inanimate to hilarious works of art.
Little polish girl McDonalds as Sculpture Materials.