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مهد کودک.دبستان جابربن الحیان..اکباتان

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بچه ها کسی اینجا نیست این عکس براش آشنا باشه؟ - Aida via Bookmarklet

پ.ن: اگه تونستید من رو پیدا کنید :دی؟ - Aida

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من فقط تو این عکس "برترین بانوی وبلاگ‌نویس" رو می بینم :دی - Mohsen Pooya

مزیدی ؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟ خانوم معلمو رو میگی؟ - Aida

ردیف بالا سمت راست سومین نفر :دی - Mohsen

یکی بیا این ور محسن :دی ولی چه خوب گفتی !! - Aida

دیگه خطای دیده. عکست تاره و گرسنگی هم بی تاثیر نیست :دی - Mohsen

امیدوارم بین اینهمه آدم برای یکی این عکس آشنا باشه ! - Aida

اون بچه وسطیه خیلی آشناست :) - Amir Homaiy

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Talking Points Memo | Excellent News for Sarah Palin!!!

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"This earmark, of course, was one John McCain singled out as egregious pork." - Russellreno via Bookmarklet

She's absolutely got openings for attack on this issue. - Forrest Cox

The article indicates these are 'state funds'. Is this a block grant? Need details. - Peter Simard

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96% of mobile engadget traffic is from iphone/touch users

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Why "mama" and "dada" are baby's first words.

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Related story: Bats Babble like Babies http://www.livescience.com/ani... - Chris Menning

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nah nah nah nah teddy phone!

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microsoft patents page up and down?

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5 Hacks Just For Writers

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Geek 1.0 vs. Geek 2.0 | Pic

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By 2015, every new television will be internet enabled

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hopefully sooner - Zee at WeDoCreative

could be sooner, and it will be among the big names, but all those dodgy cheap Korean and Chinese brands will need time to catch up :-) - Duncan Riley

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And by 2015 a lot of us will have five screens on our family room walls instead of just one. - Robert Scoble

By 2015, we might not need a wall to watch the five screens - Mike Sansone

We might not even have screens anymore. - todd

todd: i seriously doubt that. I've seen screens that won't be available until 2010. They won't become obsolete in five years. - Robert Scoble

Won't we have some type of ocular implant by then? Or at least a contact lens/glasses for watching stuff - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

Rasheen/ Todd, I'd like to think that, but it isn't happening, at least in the next decade anyway. Thinner and bigger is the general direction, although Scoble I think 5 screens is still some time away, by the sheer force of building design. Newer houses might allow it, but I haven't got a wall in my loungeroom for the extra units :-) - Duncan Riley

By 2015 this news story will be irrelevant. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

Duncan: you're probably right in many homes. The new screens are so freaking thin they are great as picture frames. - Robert Scoble

You gave me 7 years to play with. Shortening it to 5 seconds isn't fair :-) I'm voting for the glasses that project images directly on your iris. Cut out the middleman and start painting directly in light. - todd

I meant years. :-) - Robert Scoble

@todd... I´d prefer glasses/lenses that project images directly on my retina... - peter huesken

Glasses will have their place, but we will always enjoy shared media experiences. That means something that hangs on the wall. - Robert Scoble

Right now the FCC is considering whether or not to require all Cable Set Top Boxes to have Ethernet interfaces instead of FireWire. Think about it. - Andrew Feinberg

@peter... Whoops, you're right. Thanks. It's the retina. - todd

Alex - where the heck have you been? Getting ready for the wedding? - Zee at WeDoCreative

@Duncan check out IFA Berlin, they had some incredible new television tech from Samsung and Sony. - Steve Spalding

Steve: the Panasonic that Duncan wrote up was introduced at a Panasonic press conference in IFA. So that news was directly from IFA. Also, Philips had the thinnest screen I saw. 8mm thick. Unbelieveable. I have pictures of some of the thin screens here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/s... - Robert Scoble

Here's a picture of the Panasonic Press Conference where the presenter was showing off its thin screen: http://www.flickr.com/photos/s... - Robert Scoble

Here's a slide that shows off Panasonic's expected sales of HDTVs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/s... - Robert Scoble

Don't mean to be all 'Mr Conspiracy' or 'Mr Fearmonger' but what implications will this have for security and privacy. My major concearn is what access is available to the TVs from 'untrusted' sources. Can content or ads be placed in my TV with my knowledge? Can my viewing habits be mined from third parties. I hope this is addressed and solved cause I'm all about digital connectivity through my house :) - John Worthington

probably sooner. bye bye cable! - Stewart Rogers

John: in the case of the Panasonic TV? Probably not. The system is very limited. You can't view a lot of Internet content. Just YouTube and a few select others. I seriously doubt that Panasonic would put a system in that sends much data home. Either way, I bet NBC's Olympics Website has a lot more info being sent home than this TV will. - Robert Scoble

@Scoble... A shared media experience doesn´t always need a single shared screen. It could also be somethjing along the lines of a "Silent Disco" type experience for screens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...) - peter huesken

@Robert, indeed. My issue is not so much with the big Brands but the slew of cheap knock-offs that are sure to follow. .. Which people like my mum and dad are likely to buy :) - John Worthington

I am really behind here, with my little 25 inch regular CRT TV, but then I seldom watch any TV. - Ian May

How do you feel about privacy of your TV activity vs PC/browser activity? Do you consider your viewing habits on Hulu, for example, less sensitive than your viewing habits on your Comcast box (read Hulu privacy policy to notice relatively broad rights for personal and anonymous info). What if the TV policies and user options to control usage were similar to those provided by Facebook? - Amir Gharaat

Well for me, I do not have an issue. But for my parents, and a large number of people I know who exist outside the tech-bubble we like to float around in, they get nervous anytime anything touches the internet. - John Worthington

Hey, Zee...I've was at PAX 2008 all weekend. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

Why wait till then? Mine is "internet enabled" now.... and I don't have to pay the TV manufacturer twice as much to get it. - Tim Hoeck

I hoping that they would be. hehe tired of paying extra for a modem. - Ron

my pc *is* my tv! - alphaxion

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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Dear Prudence

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National Geographic Channel strikes again...mind blowing! : Photos, videos and fun

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I'm thankful that we live in this world. - Nice Fish Films via Bookmarklet

If only we were nicer to it and each other. - Ňicķ

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@ Nick, agreed, WE can always do better, For some reason, I have a strange optimism about life today. - Nice Fish Films

I was wondering who was counter balancing my pessimism today. ;-) - Ňicķ

Beautiful though Nice Fish Films. I agree wholeheartedly. And I also agree with Nick. It's time for me to make a personal commitment to being a better steward of the part of the world I live in...on many levels, not just the physical. - JMS

the world is already fine, we are already whole and complete and fine as well, it is just that we pay too much attention to the mind and ego, which are basically just agitations processing stress, rather than machines of insight. the "heart" and intuition are where life is and, who we are. parked there, life is good. no matter what. ... nice post, thanks - Gregory Lent

@ JMS I was trying to write something profound in reply to your comment, but your sincerity and desire needs no further expansion. A couple of years ago I started walking around my neighborhood with a trash bag, just picking up discarded and scattered fragments of debris. Now it's become a very a part of my habit. This is a selfish act as I really enjoy just being outside, getting to know my surroundings. I keep in mind that I have a long way to go to equal the amount of trash I've left behind. - Nice Fish Films

@ Gregory you remind me of my wise friend Tom Morey, life is good! - Nice Fish Films

Just looking over the list of people who "liked" this makes my soul smile. - Nice Fish Films

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September 1, 2008: Tomatina 2008 - The Cellar

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“Politics aside, this Palin stuff is very interesting. She's such a wild card. It's difficult to predict where any of this is going.”

Monday at 4:20 pm - Link

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What's really astounding is the report today that McCain's people are only *now* vetting her. Report may not be true, but who knows? - Joey Gibson

It could be crazy-crazy, or crazy-brilliant. I can't tell. That's the best kind of crazy :) - Paul Buchheit

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I want to "like" your last comment, Paul :) - Eric Florenzano

Also, should they be proud of the fact that her 17-year-old daughter is getting married? To me, it seems like "making a second mistake", but perhaps most people will see it as "taking responsibility"? - Paul Buchheit

Today's WaPO has a story on how she was fully vetted. http://tinyurl.com/57gvjg - Peter Simard

Paul, I agree. This is interesting. I won't vote for McCain, but I find her and her story fascinating. The latest dirt says she was part of a secessionist movement? I read George Patton's auto-biography years ago, and he said when he was LT. he wanted to win the political game and he did by doing and saying things that got people talking. Simple, right? But hard to do without controversy. She certainly has people talking. It helps McCain becaus he is a boring old curmudgeon. He isn't interesting. Palin is. - Steve Olson

The Beltway Boys, of whatever persuasion, are quivering in their shoes. They're used to dealing with lobbyists and other Hill creatures, not armed Alaskans. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Initially, the media does seem to like her. - Clare Dibble

If history is any indicator, McCain will ditch her as soon as he finds something better: http://tinyurl.com/6gbzhw - Kelly Norton

a wild card is great thing for politics, somethings need to be shook up every so often - clarke thomas

Well, the stuff being mentioned so far isn't going to be the big problem... The story starting to hit the mainstream press tomorrow about her being a former member of an Alaska political group whose goal is the secession of Alaska from the USA and formation as its own country is going to be a problem... I expect she'll be gone by Wednesday. - Jason Carreira

Total Sarah Palin weirdness: few folks seem to have yet noticed: in order to beat down rumors that Sarah Palin had been covering for her daughter's pregnancy, Sarah Palin announced to the world that her daughter is pregnant! Think about it. Just at the point when those who had been looking into the pregnancy rumors were feeling soiled and backing off, Sarah Palin put the issue in play for the entire world. This story just keeps getting weirder and weirder. (And what is even weirder still is that the rumors about the original pregnancy story still haven't been put to rest, and probably won't be until the official medical records are released to the press.) - Sean McBride

I doubt her motivation was to distract from the DailyKOS diary story/smear. Why would someone even respond to that anyhow? Probably more preemptive since someone was bound to find out. - Peter Simard

What's wrong with secession? - Paul Buchheit

No, Peter -- the Palin campaign explicitly said that they were responding to the original pregnancy rumors when they released the news about the current pregnancy. Bizarre! That is what really caught my attention -- they took the rumors very seriously and felt enormous pressure from the Internet. Why didn't Sarah Palin release official medical records to put down the rumors instead of moving her daughter front and center into the spotlight? Think about it. - Sean McBride

It's impossible to hide something like that when running for president Sean. It appears that the story was already coming out before they announced it: http://www.jdunderground.com/t... - Paul Buchheit

http://tinyurl.com/6d67p5 "Adding to the day's drama, McCain aides said the announcement was aimed at rebutting Internet rumors that Palin's youngest son, born in April, was actually her daughter's.... Sarah Palin's fifth child, a son named Trig, was born in April with Down syndrome. Internet bloggers have been suggesting that the child was actually born to Bristol Palin but that her mother, the 44-year-old Alaska governor, claimed to be the mother. Palin spokesman Bill McAllister emphatically denied those rumors, and McCain adviser Mark Salter said the campaign announced the daughter's pregnancy to rebut them." - Sean McBride

understand your pt Sean but bottomline she was not going to be able to hold the baby in front of her stomach but for so long. By releasing it when they did in the midst of the focus on the storm, they are hopeful it will come and go as a news story. As there are several other questions about Palin, they likely will get their wish. - Ruth Ferguson

Damn, you can't make up stuff as strange as this. - Sean McBride

Ruth -- bottom line: by their own admission, they used Bristol to rebut the original rumor in a way that put the public spotlight on her. Can you think of any reason why Sarah Palin didn't instead rebut the rumor by releasing the relevant medical records about herself? - Sean McBride

hey don't get me wrong, she does not earn mother of the year award in my opinion...LOL - Ruth Ferguson

Back to secession - I'm sure there are a lot of libertarian-types who would love to secede from the US and its "big bloated" government. And some (non libertarian) cities have already partially seceded from the US, proclaiming their intent to only follow certain US laws and not others. Come to think of it, this is also happening at the state level (re the fights between California and the Feds over medical marijuana). - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

@Paul B. For one, states, except Texas, can't secede. Entry in to the Union is a one way ticket. Some may argue that but the Civil War pretty much settled the question of secession. Texas is exempt because it was part of the deal they made when they joined the Union. At the time TX was a republic and the retained the right to leave the Union if they choose to. - Peter Simard

Peter, Texas seceded with the rest of the Confederacy. What were the conditions of its readmission? I'm wondering if it still has the right to secede. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

And, for what it's worth, the US didn't have the right to secede from the UK either. - Ontario Emperor via fftogo

Ontario - we didn't secede, we had a revolution against oppressive tyranny. :) - Peter Simard

To quote Ben Franklin: Revolution is always illegal in the third person. Such as they rebel. It is only legal in the first person. Such as I rebel. - Paul via twhirl

Secession is a problem because VP is the second highest position in the land, and you're sworn to uphold the Constitution and protect the Union. An "Alaska First" secessionist movement is treasonous to the USA. - Jason Carreira

For Palin seccession is a problem because the Republican's continually want to paint anyone disagrees with them as traitors or anti-American. - Paul via twhirl

Secession is a problem for Palin because the vast majority of Americans think it is extreme and associate it with slavery and the Confederacy. I don't. But I am well aware that I do not hold mainstream opinions. - Steve Olson

Russell Beattie posted a message on Twitter

“"Bristol Palin made the decision on her own to keep the baby, McCain aides said." In other words: Palin's kid can have a choice, but not you”

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Russell, you're thinking wrong - the decision was almost certainly between keep the baby or ADOPTION. That's what makes sense. - Ben Parr

yeah, way to read into it. killing the baby most likely never entered the equation. - Tony Kanzia

Or more acurately, Bristol's child has the right to live. - Trevor Carpenter

Regardless ... Bristol made the right choice ... good on her! - Christopher Perry

Just saw Palin's official response: "We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents". I'm not misunderstanding. That's *very* clear that there was a choice about *not* having the baby. Right to lifers are despicable hypocrites. - Russell Beattie

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یعنی کی میتونه باشه ؟ :دی

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عکس خودته؟ :)) - ɱil∂ɗ

نه :دی - Mehrdad

قیافش شبیه جواد رضویانه :دی - ɱil∂ɗ

واااااااااااااااااا. جل الخالق - fouR staR

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Google's Hardest Smack Across Microsoft's Face - EVER

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DailyTech - Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century

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"According to data from Mount Wilson Observatory, UCLA, more than an entire month has passed without a spot. The last time such an event occurred was June of 1913. Sunspot data has been collected since 1749." - bob via Bookmarklet

The Maunder Minimum was pretty nasty. Something like that happening again would make us yearn for global warming. - Gabe Schaffer

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Obama says Palin's family off-limits - CNN.com

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"Let me be as clear as possible," Obama said. "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president." - MG Siegler via Bookmarklet

class. - MG Siegler

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very classy - jeff

Admire that approach, wish more were like it - Sally Church

Class, yes. If the unlikely story that she lied about her pregnancy is true, it becomes a part of our politics, unfortunately, as it shows her level of integrity. - Erica Baker

Palin's views on reproductive rights, marriage, contraception, single parenthood, and what is considered "legitimate" and "shameful" therein could soon become a matter of law - so if her family is off-limits, ours certainly won't be. Just something to keep in mind! - joneilortiz

+1 Obama - Mattb4rd

+1 joneilortiz - Duncan Riley

Didn't Obama say he wouldn't want his daughters to 'pay for a mistake with a baby?' That's not making them off limits, that's using their reproductive rights for his own agenda - just like Palin. - Marianne Lenox

joneilortiz , there are 3 branches of America's government. Mrs. Palin will serve in a subordinate position in the executive branch. For her views to become a matter of law, even if she were to become President, would literally require an act of Congress and the Judicial branch would have to uphold it. ie, it aint gonna happen. - Mattb4rd

-1 joneilortiz. Presidents, and especially vice presidents, do not create laws. They can bring proposals to Congress but it's up to Congress, with a current Democratic majority, mind you, to actually create the laws. Just something to keep in mind. - Akiva Moskovitz

*hi-5* Akiva - Mattb4rd

*EXPLODING HIGH FIVE* - Akiva Moskovitz

+1 for Obama... - ChangeForge via twhirl

+1 obama - Sarah Perez

A gentleman. Classy move. - Abby Martin

I hate everything the man stands for, and yet I believe him when he makes this request. - Trevor Carpenter

If, after the last 8 years especially, you don't think the Executive Branch has tremendous effect on what becomes law - Supreme Court justices are appointed, don't forget - then you are simply misinformed. Abortion rights and accessibility, for instance, have been whittled down through all sorts of measures that work in and around legislative action. Federal funding of faith-based programs, which effect reproductive rights tremendously, have of late been the work of the Executive Branch. - joneilortiz

@Mattb4rd: didn't you hear that the VP is no longer considered part of the executive branch? - Jim Norris

@Jim Norris: No, I haven't heard that one. What's the punchline? - Mattb4rd

joneilortiz, that's a different issue all together and a very important one. You're never really voting for a president, you're voting for the Chief Justices he appoints. However, even they do not make law; they interpret it. It's just, uh, as of late, they've been making quite a miserable job of it. - Akiva Moskovitz

@Jim Oh, that's right! lol @Akiva Ya, totally. Hopefully we'll get to a place where the executive branch doesn't have their hands in all the books! - joneilortiz

Very classy. The fact is, its none of our business. Even if the crazy, cruel stories going about were true, I could not fault a mother for protecting her family. - Jody C

@Mattb4rd/Akiva, don't be silly. The very purpose of running someone as Vice/President is so that their views become law. 'Become,' you will note, as a rather broad term. The constitutional details you refer to are of little relevance to any White House whose party has a bunch of people in Congress. - j1m

@Mattb4rd http://tinyurl.com/68zz93 - Alejandro S.

@Jody, but I could fault her for lying about it to the public and press. (Assuming she did, not saying she did.) It's also a matter of judgment. The choices she supposedly made tell a lot about her character. Lying is lying, whether it's to protect your daughter or to keep your wife from knowing you got a BJ. - Jeff P. Henderson

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invisible race car

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toonces! - Matt Musgrave

Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer Gooooooo! - AJ Kohn

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people, didn't you watch my video - these cat things are banned - Allen Stern

that looks totally real! ha ha - Sarah Perez

AJ: Your comment was better than the whole of the recent movie remake! LOL! - Abby Martin

@Allen: LOLCats banned? Never! - AJ Kohn

@Abby: Yikes, even the previews looked bizarre and bad. There's a pretty good techno/rave song with the theme weaved in though ;) [edit] Perhaps the movie was FOR cats! - AJ Kohn

AJ: ahh- now it all makes sense. But I think it was for cats with ADD. - Abby Martin

Jason Goldberg posted a message on Twitter

“To rebut rumors, Palin says daughter, 17, pregnant #sm http://bit.ly/2J3scg”

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I like how the announcement was 'to rebut rumors' rather than 'inform the public'. I'm apparently in the minority, but I think that when a candidate's main pillar is their pro-life stance, how that applies to their family is fair game, in the same way that a god-fearing candidate's choice of church and pastor is fair game. - Kevin Fox

I dunno, this whole thing makes me feel dirty, and I worry that it's going to backfire. Surely there are plenty of better ways to criticize the McCain/Palin candidacy. - ⓞnor

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I agree nor, folks are having too much fun with this one and i worry there will be a backlash - Jason Goldberg

there's another element to this that i'm realizing now... i thought the comments that McCain knew about this before were plain lies... but, the fact is that this story allows Repubs to draw attention to Obama's comments that he wouldn't let his daughters get punished by a baby because of their mistake... Repubs will eat this up! - Rob Reed

Yeah, I agree. First of all, that granddaughter stuff is almost certainly bull. Second of all, a full on assault is probably not the appropriate way to deal with Bristol's actual pregnancy. Rather, she's a reminder that we should always extend our empathy to teens, sexually active or otherwise. - j1m

I haven't kept up on political gossip, but a quick read of the sfgate.com makes me wonder why folks thought the son was Bristol's. The fact that one of the risk factors for Down Syndrome is the mother being an "older woman" points toward Sarah Palin really being the mother. Although Kevin has a valid point that you can expect scrutiny of private matters if you spend your time moralizing about everyone else's private life. - Spidra Webster

Obama has some strong words for people who play politics with candidates' families at the end of this: http://www.politico.com/news/s... - j1m

solid move by obama today on this - Jason Goldberg

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The Wisdom of Twitter

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hahaha! - Anna Haro

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worlds most bizaar museum?

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this has got to be one of the most fantastic architectural/educational concepts i've ever seen. - justindavey

very cool! - Andrew Baron

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Scientists Reprogram Adult Cells' Function - washingtonpost.com

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This could have major repercussions as it sidesteps stem cell research. - Anna Goldfarb via Bookmarklet

What I find interesting about this is that the major moral issue around stem cells has been the destruction of embryos. But if it's bypassed will the same group of opponents argue that tampering with the very building blocks of 'God's creation' a moral problem as well? - justindavey

you know they will.. purely because they know the body is so full of flaws that it can't have been designed by a perfect being. which brings about the question that if there was a creator, it existed in this realm and was entirely mortal! - alphaxion

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claim a classic storefront rider for a cool $10,000

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usb tat flood continues

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bioephemera : Will "forestle" become a verb, too?

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Could be a neat segue for the language segment. - justindavey via Bookmarklet

google ended the partnership.. should have had a better name too, something forage - alphaxion

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Solar Panel Paint!

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<source http://gizmodo.com/372820/scie...> ---- In Green News, [v/o http://www.flickr.com/photos/c...] Seafoam contains considerably more blue than Douglas Fir. But Dave Worsley of Swansea University in the UK has developed the greenest paint of all. More than a primer or enamel, the new solar power paint is applied to steel cladding to turn existing structures into fully-functional solar-power generators. [v/o http://www.flickr.com/photos/c...] While most people admittedly don't have steel roofs on their houses, this could be great for industrial warehouses, turning what was once unused rooftop real estate into an eco-friendly power alternative. ---- - Chris Menning

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Millions of Chinese Kids Addicted to Online Games

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millions! kids! Chinese kids! - Anna Goldfarb via Bookmarklet

and the rest of us are addicted to the internet - justindavey

I wonder if there have been any notable personality rehab visits for net addiction? - alphaxion

alpha, that's funny! - Anna Goldfarb

I got a verbal warning last year for being addicted to the net at work.. he showed me stats of a forum I was visiting, I never knew I was the 2nd highest poster :O - alphaxion

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Iasos - News - Ice Sculptures in China

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Just take a look at these, absolutely amazing! - justindavey via Bookmarklet

they're just wow! - alphaxion

it's not often a piece of art you describe as cool actually is. [v/o http://iasos.com/news/ice.html] Some of this years ice sculptures are truely stunning, almost makes you feel guilty wanting a chunk of ice barney for your drink... - alphaxion

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swedish loch ness monster?

August 31 at 5:09 am - Link

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no idea of scale, blurry as hell and not even identifiable as living.. - alphaxion

could be anything from a vacuum extension to a fishing lure. - justindavey

and yet more believable than the georgian bigfoot! - alphaxion

---- [v/o video from http://www.storsjoodjuret.nu/] Following on the heals of the Montauk Monster and Bigfoot, a lake monster of nondescript size, resembling a floating bit of random trash is terrorizing the Swedes. [Joanne examines a gummy-worm.] [facetiously] Absolutely terrifying. ---- - Chris Menning