42 Utility Towel Google Tricks - Save Time in School [via onlinecolleges.net] With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time. Search Tricks These search tricks can save you time when researching online for your next project or just to find out what time it is across the world, so start using these right away. Convert units. Google Specifically for Education From Google Scholar that returns only results from scholarly literature to learning more about computer science, these Google items will help you at school. Google Scholar. Google Docs Google Docs is a great replacement for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, so learn how to use this product even more efficiently. Use premade templates. Gmail Use the Tasks as a to-do list.
Modern Electrical Outlets and Power Strips Modern electrical outlets and creative power strips from all over the world. Socket Pocket Creative phone-pocket for your electrical outlet. [link] Hang On Outlet It is a basic power outlet with a little extra lip to hold on to your lose plugs, keeping your power management neat and tidy. Wall Cleats What use is an electrical plug when you’re not plugged in? Hidden Wall Safe Electrical Outlet These unique wall safes allow you to hide valuables inside one of many identical looking wall outlets you already have in your home, the last place someone is likely to look. WirePod Electrical “power pod” made of thermoplastic rubber and with four plug outlets is the first in a series of Artecnica products called Wiremore, which will make electrical cables more, rather than less, visible. Swivel Sockets Swivel sockets rotate 90 degrees for compact use in tight spaces. Donut Power Strip Each outlet can spin inside its socket for the best fit. E-Rope Power Strip Picket Fence E-Ball Multiplug Connector
Cardboard Gift Tags | Family Chic THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2011 | Comments: 17 The arrival of my husband's new bass amp has provided me with an enormous corrugated box to work with. I've been hooked on embroidery these days – so I couldn't resist using the cardboard to stitch up some gift tags for Valentine's Day. I cut out a piece of cardboard and pressed a cookie cutter into it to leave an impression that I could work from. You could also trace with a pencil – but I find this is an easier technique to use with kids and there are no pencil marks to erace. Using a blunt needle, pierce holes into your shape. Thread your needle with yarn and – using a back stitch – fill in your design. This is a great way to teach your kids some basic stitches.
Free Birth Chart Daily Horoscope | Weekly Horoscope A birth chart, also called natal chart, explains the positions of the stars at your time of birth in the place you were born in. Use our free birth chart system to calculate your personal natal chart and get an explanation what this means (or could mean) for you. For best accuracy, you need to enter the date of birth (DOB), time of birth (TOB) and place of birth (POB). Please enter the form below, making the right selections for your birth day and click on the "calculate" button. The birth chart will show you some very important data which you should never forget. If you like, you can take it one step further and calculate the astrological compatibility between yourself and another person. When you read your zodiac horoscope in a newspaper or on the Internet, you should always read the predictions for your Sun sign AND your rising sign. This interpretation of your birth chart is written with assistance from Gina Ronco and Agnes Nightingale.
Can You Identify the Accent? - The Biblio Files Accents fascinate us. We live where there are always a lot of tourists, and often hear unusual accents and languages. We make a game out of trying to identify them. If we hover near an exotic looking couple at the supermarket, it's just to try to hear more of their accents. At least that's what we tell people. If you are attracted to accents too, try this Accent Game we came across recently. A good book about accents is American Voices: How Dialects Differ from Coast to Coast, edited by Walter Wolfram and Ben Ward. Talking Proper: The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol by Linda Mugglestone is about the social implications of accents in Great Britain through its history.
Stepping Thru Crazy: Men's Button-Up Refashion... into Ladies Tank! A few years ago, when the hubby and I lived in Florida (this was pre-kids, so make that 5-ish years...) I bought him a button-up shirt for his work. The deal was that he had to wear blue or white button-ups, so I thought, "Why not both at the same time?" And I got him this:Apparently when he wore it to work, his boss told him he looked like a picnic basket, aaand the shirt was retired to the closet. Well, I don't care if I look like a picnic basket, so I decided to turn it into a tank top for myself! It was actually really easy to do... let me try once again to tell you how I used a sewing machine... eh.... First things first, I chopped the sleeves off. Then I slipped the shirt on and pinned in the sides so that it fit. I took off the shirt, flipped it inside out and sewed up the sides where my pins were, trimmed off the excess, flipped it rightside out again, and tried it on to make sure it fit. Then I pinned the armholes the way I wanted them... carefully......and sewed them. That's it!
George Clooney Playboy Interview - July 2000 Celebrity Interview - George Clooney Playboy Magazine In 1962, future Pulitzer Prize–winning author Alex Haley sat down with jazz musician Miles Davis for what would become an institution of American journalism—the Playboy Interview. To celebrate the Interview’s 50th anniversary, Playboy has culled 50 of its most (in)famous Interviews and will publish them over the course of 50 weekdays (from September 4, 2012 to November 12, 2012) via Amazon’s Kindle Direct platform. Here, a glimpse at our conversation with actor and film director George Clooney from the July 2000 issue. “Filming Three Kings was a dangerous time. “If you look at rock stars who have survived over 20 or 30 years, they stayed thin and sort of sexual in a weird way. “I have several advantages over lots of people who get famous. To read the interview in its entirety on your Kindle App, Kindle Fire or Kindle Touch, click below. Or read the interview with access to all Playboy interviews on iPlayboy. read more: Celebrities, interview, playboy interview, actor
OIL SPILL DISPERSANTS Chemicals Used in Deep Waters Should Be Studied for Use Closer to Coastline| IN FOCUS, 5.2 Chemicals Used in Deep Waters Should Be Studied for Use Closer to Coastline The National Research Council issued a report in 1989 that recommended chemical dispersants be considered as a first response option to oil spills. When the worst oil spill in U.S. history occurred later that year, cleanup crews tried to use oil dispersants at the scene of the Exxon Valdez disaster. Although sufficient supplies of a chemical dispersant were stored nearby, only one helicopter bucket spray system was available to apply the chemical to the slick, and the few applications that did take place were deemed ineffective. Since then, dispersants have been used extensively in other parts of the world, and they have been successfully employed in response to several oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. For now, experiments should be conducted in wave tanks, although field testing in actual water environments may be deemed necessary in the future, the report says. -- Bill Kearney
Scientists discover dying corals, creatures near gulf oil spill site — Penn State University On a research ship in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, Nov. 2, seven miles southwest of the site of the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, a team of scientists discovered a community of corals that includes many recently dead colonies and others that clearly are dying. "We discovered a community of coral that has been impacted fairly recently by something very toxic," said the chief scientist on the cruise, Charles Fisher, who is a professor of biology at Penn State and a member of the research team that selected the site for study. Fisher said the research team encountered a colony of the hard coral species Madrepora that appeared to be unhealthy on Nov. 2, at a depth of 1,400 meters. "Although some branches of the coral colony appeared normal, other branches clearly were covered in a brown material, apparently sloughing tissue, and were producing abundant mucous," Fisher said. However, "The compelling evidence that we collected constitutes a smoking gun," Fisher said.
Scientists Find Thick Layer Of Oil On Seafloor