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:))) - Eivind from Android

hold up! a cave! a cave to sleep in? A MOFO CAVE?!?! that sounds awesomest. - Lnorigb

"One of the most important variables in long exposure night photography is exposure time! Why? Exposure time defines the overall amount of light that will reach the sensor of your camera, making the starry summer sky visible in your photos. In principle, the longer you expose your photo, the higher the level of detail of the stars and the landscape features." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

China, continuing its weirdness, has come up with a new way to keep “perverts” from looking at women’s legs: hairy stockings. - holly #ravingfangirl from Bookmarklet

eeewww! but besides the eeewwww factor, the idea is pointless. a real pervert should be delighted with this! - grizabella

"[S]ince the 1940s many of the country's leading authors have imagined the many ways in which British democracy could go wrong. Their fictions depict a Britain of the near future populated by dictatorships, coups and conspiracies. And, despite their grim storylines, such dystopias have often been extremely popular." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"The Establishment conspiracy remained the hallmark of many dystopias into the 1990s and beyond. Those who are meant to defend democracy have now become - in fictional terms at least - amongst its greatest enemies. Significantly, in an era when the people's trust in representative politics is said to be at an all-time low, politicians have increasingly become the popular villain of choice. " - Mark H

"Israel is truly a country which left me overwhelmed by its rich cultural diversity and nature. A country shaped by its historical tradition and its undergoing upheaval. If the term ‘culture clash’ fits exactly to one specific place, then it definitely is Israel. I expected a nationwide tensed atmosphere and found a country that somehow learned to extract the good from its social reality that is heavily affected by the ongoing mideast conflict." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"Especially Tel Aviv is a microcosm by its own. The pulsing metropole is chasing a certain lifestyle that some might call ‘a hedonistic dream in the midst of the holy land’. In fact the city is offering a huge variety of nice cafés and bars, its rising art scene is taking an interesting fresh new turn, the beach is around the corner and the parties are loud and long. In opposite to that... more... - Mark H

The garden was influential in defining the style of garden known as the "English garden" in continental Europe. In November 2006, the large-scale restoration project began on the cascade, serpentine lake and Gothic temple in the Wilderness area, this is now complete. Extensive planting also took place in 2007. Thus Alexander Pope's vision is slowly coming back to life. - Halil from Bookmarklet

We're spending three days in early July in the Bristol/Bath region and since we're National Trust members we'll quite likely end up popping along to visit this. - Mark H

"We often think of computers as a very modern phenomenon, but there were actually plenty of computers around 50 years ago. They just weren’t an everyman commodity, instead limited to goverment and corporate use. And they certainly weren’t small. Some of them had imaginative names like Whirlwind, Colossus and Pegasus, while others were slightly less poetic with names like Z4, AN/FSQ-7 and ENIAC." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"These computers didn’t use the same kind of components as we do today. The computers in the 1940s and 1950s were mostly based on vacuum tubes. Transistors showed up late in the game, and integrated circuits were just a distant dream and didn’t start showing up in computers until the 1960s, and then in very limited capacity. How tempting it would be to travel back in time and show the engineers of these computers a normal modern-day PC, just to see their reaction." - Mark H

1 - Tinfoil 2.0

2. - Mary B: #TeamMonique

ripper, ya mongrel! - Pete #TeamMonique

Scott & Charlene were classic. And Mike & Jane. Des & Daphne. - Headless Gnad Kicker

Leaning toward B. - Julian

B B B ,all about b ,because she's very lovely - Serkan

I'm the opposite. I went to a Jewish daycare for years, when I was little. Despite attending Catholic school in 2nd grade for a bit, it wasn't until I moved to LA, that I learned about Catholicism. Still, everyone I knew in KC was either Baptist or Methodist. College was the first time I met a Zoroastrian which he actually used the term Behdin. - Anika

As far as I knew, there were no Jewish people in my (small, rural Wisconsin) hometown. Then I went to college and lived across the hallway from to exchange students from Israel. Both had served in the Israeli military, and looked like they could step into a WWF ring and hold their own in an 'unscripted' match. Otherwise, unless last names were obviously Jewish (whatever that means) I... more... - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

"Lensed by David Bellemere, model Chloe Nørgaard poses as a heavy metal vixen for Gravure Magazine. Fashion director Priscilla Polley dresses the native New Yorker in statement pieces by designer labels, while hair stylist Cecilia Romero creates enchanting blue and green waves. / Creative Direction by Alex Freund and Lisa Mosko, Makeup by Regina Harris" - Mark H from Bookmarklet

Soft focus and low contrast working well with the languid poses. - Mark H

"Interview magazine showcases designer wedges in the witty footwear story 'Stuck Up', photographed by Robbie Fimmano and styled by Vanessa Chow. The featured shoes are by Viktor&Rolf, Prada, SW1, Dolce&Gabbana and Alexander McQueen." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

I know what works best on me, yes. - Mark H

@Jimminy: a nudist that doesn't like to stand out... hmmmm... - Brent Schaus from FFHound!

Could you coax it into a container and release it outside? - John (bird whisperer)

hahahahhaha elestirsel :) - Deniz Eda Goze

I've been told that it's in genus Formica. - John (bird whisperer)

By Alex Wild no less! - Mark H

"The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was vicious. Crops were ravaged, dust clouds darkened the sky, and thousands fled the Great Plains to look for work elsewhere. But one meteorologist in France had an idea that very much appealed to the parched farmers and ranchers of yesteryear — enormous weather-manipulation towers that would dwarf the Empire State Building." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"The October 1935 issue of Everyday Science and Mechanics took an illustrated look at a proposal by one Bernard Dubos, who thought that his system might provide some much needed rain, more or less on demand. The process was supposed to work by drawing warm water at a pumping station at ground level into the hollow, Bugle-shaped concrete and steel tower. The rising air in the tower would... more... - Mark H

Naptin teyze ya makyajsiz zamansiz uyanmis wokingded ya:) - egemen from Android

Degistirir ben bi donme gordum basim dondu aq - egemen from Android

A series of short animations giving a brief overview of gothic revival, the arts and crafts movement, bauhaus, modernism, American industrial design, and postmodernism. Great introductions to the subjects. - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"Peers have voted by more than two to one to back government plans for same-sex marriages in England and Wales. The House of Lords spent two days debating the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, with many members voicing their concerns. But it rejected an amendment aimed at wrecking the bill by 242 votes, moving it a step closer to becoming law. The BBC's Norman Smith said plans were on course for the first same-sex weddings to take place next summer." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

... to go in the stands I bought. This will be the easiest way for me at this point. I would love if you could make the groom's cake. The discretion then is all yours. John just wants it to be chocolate; a contrast to wedding cake. Nothing fancy, just a yummy cake; you can add Game pieces or dice to reflect John's personality if you'd like." - Shannon - GlassMistress

Mine will taste better ... truth :-) - Shannon - GlassMistress

"All the photos in this post are of one Giant Cuttlefish, watched on a dive a few days ago. As I followed him around he produced a kaleidoscopic sequence of colors and forms. The “standard” color for a Giant Cuttlefish is a dark red as in the first picture, but this one spent a lot of time in intense oranges and yellows, with occasional floods of white." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"Some 28 million light-years away, this spectacular galaxy contains both features normally found exclusively in either spiral or elliptical galaxies. Like many spirals, it has a strong disc shape, spiral arms, no central bar, and strong, prominent dust lanes. As it’s inclined at only 7° relative to our line-of-sight, these dust lanes are particularly prominent, and appear in practically all images of the Sombrero Galaxy." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"But it also contains a huge central bulge, far bigger than we normally see in spiral galaxies. This galaxy is about 50,000 light-years in diameter, or about half the size of the Milky Way. But its halo is humongous, something the scale of which is normally visible only in giant elliptical galaxies! The halo is so large that it extends maybe 10,000 light-years beyond the extent of its... more... - Mark H

"Five ninth-grade young women from Denmark recently created a science experiment that is causing a stir in the scientific community. It started with an observation and a question. The girls noticed that if they slept with their mobile phones near their heads at night, they often had difficulty concentrating at school the next day. They wanted to test the effect of a cellphone's radiation on humans, but their school, Hjallerup School in Denmark, did not have the equipment to handle such an experiment. So the girls designed an experiment that would test the effect of cellphone radiation on a plant instead." - SteVe C from Bookmarklet

Lead-lined pots? :D - Victor Ganata

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Finally a victory! - Eivind

Woo I made the top 5 of someone I'm not married to ;-) - Heleninstitches

"He was the man who designed the Googie café that started a whole architectural trend in 1950s USA but John Lautner was an architect who during his lifetime was not fully appreciated by the wider architectural community and it was only after his death in 1994 that he started to get the recognition he deserved. Here we look at what many consider to be his finest design – the Elrod House. The Elrod House was constructed in 1968 at Southridge Drive, Palm Springs for interior designer to the rich and famous Arthur Elrod. It first got noticed when it featured in the fight scene in ‘Diamonds are Forever’ and has also featured in a number of Playboy shoots." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"At almost 9000 square feet and with a lounge area that is a 60 foot circle it is understandably a large dwelling but it’s the audacious design and the way it blends in with its local environment that make it such an iconic building and somewhere modern architects take very seriously. When the groundwork for the project began Lautner noticed two large rocks on the site that caught his... more... - Mark H

"A York mosque dealt with a potentially volatile situation after reports that it was going to be the focus of a demonstration organised by a far-right street protest movement - by inviting those taking part in the protest in for tea and biscuits." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"Around half a dozen people arrived for the protest, promoted online by supporters of the EDL. A St George's flag was nailed to the wooden fence in front of the mosque. However, after members of the group accepted an invitation into the mosque, tensions were rapidly defused over tea and plates of custard creams, followed by an impromptu game of football." - Mark H

"BBC America has announced, via press release, that John Luther (played by Idris Elba), the near-genius, emotionally-impulsive detective tormented by humanity's darker side, will be back on your TV screens on September 3, at 10pm/9c, as part of its Dramaville hour, airing on 4 successive nights - September 3, 4, 5 & 6." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

I shall do my best.... after Arrested Development - Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce

"The thing about cats being in a circus is that cats are not dogs. They’re sort of moody and like to run off into the audience sometimes. I suppose that’s part of the charm of The Amazing Acro-Cats, a Chicago-based performance troupe made up of several cats, one groundhog, two rats, a chicken, an admitted interminably-single cat lady, and her assistants." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"The thing about cats is that they are not dogs. So, sometimes, they don’t really do what they’re supposed to. She talks about this in a segment she calls, “lowering the audience’s expectations.” The cats may also decide to wander off the stage and into the audience." - Mark H

"For more than a decade Zahi Hawass was, arguably, the Osiris of antiquities. A regal combination of showman and scholar, he ruled a netherworld of tombs and temples, investigating age-old mysteries—the burial place of Antony and Cleopatra, the cause of death of Tutankhamen—for rapt television audiences. Hawass’ megalomania was legendary: In “Chasing Mummies: The Amazing Adventures of Zahi Hawass,” a reality television series on the History Channel, the archaeologist led his trainees on Howard Carter-type adventures, an exercise in self-aggrandizement so unabashed that it prompted a New York Times critic to smirk: “One hopes...Dr. Hawass will unearth some ancient Egyptian chill pills and swallow a generous helping.” Yet he also earned the admiration of peers and millions of fans." - Mark H from Bookmarklet

"It all ended with the revolution. Hawass was vilified when protests against President Mubarak erupted in Tahrir Square in January 2011. Protesters called him “the Mubarak of Antiquities” and accused him of corruption. Underlings in the antiquities department and jobless and frustrated archaeology graduates besieged his office, demanding his ouster. “And take your hat,” they shouted. In... more... - Mark H

"Egyptian tourism, a big piece of the country’s economy, has declined by as much as 50 percent since 2010, raising questions about whether the government will decide that it needs Hawass and his famous face to revive it. President Mohamed Morsi has never discussed the issue publicly, and Hawass has been critical of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement to which Morsi belonged... more... - Mark H