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13 Mar 22:42
tempeh-princess: afternoonsnoozebutton: Have you heard of Ban...
Have you heard of Ban Bossy? It’s the new initiative from Lean In and the Girl Scouts that’s trying to ban “bossy” and similar words that are used to bring down girls that are ambitious, take risks, and speak up. By changing the way we treat girls who lead, hopefully our generation will someday see more women in leadership roles.
You can watch the 1:00 video with Beyonce, Jane Lynch, Condeleeza Rice, and Jennifer Garner here, or visit the Ban Bossy website.
don’t read the youtube comments on this.
I didn’t understand the implications of this stigma until I started my career in a male-dominated field.
Speak up ladies. Start early. Get loud and stay loud.
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13 Mar 22:30
Pregnant Pause
by snopes@snopes.com
Cooper Griggswhoa
Can a home pregnancy test really detect testicular cancer?
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13 Mar 22:19
Dueling Poi - Part of a #long #exposure #experiment #poi...
Dueling Poi - Part of a #long #exposure #experiment
#poi #losangeles #culvercity #california #performers #led #canon #650d #t4i
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13 Mar 17:49
Rallying requires lightning quick reflexes and the ability to turn off one's sense of self-preservation. This much is not in doubt. Anyone that's ever seen a rally car hurtle along a tree-lined spit of dirt road at high speeds could tell you that. What many people don't know is that it also requires a strong mechanical sense. Knowing how to repair one's car when far from the service garages is a must. A strong sense of ingenuity is pretty handy, as well.
It was that sense of ingenuity that came to the aid of Thierry Neuville (shown above during last weekend's Rally Mexico), a WRC driver for the Hyundai Motorsport team, after his i20 suffered a radiator leak during the drive back to service. Neuville and his co-driver, Nicolas Gilsoul, hopped out of the car, assessed the issue and realized they needed to patch the radiator leak and refill the coolant, which they were fresh out of. So, instead, they used beer.
The pair had been awarded a magnum-sized bottle of Corona from the Rally Mexico's corporate sponsor after the final power stage. As Neuville doesn't drink, they tossed the beer in the back of the i20 and set off for the garages. It was a good thing they did, as adding the Mexican lager to the car's system allowed them to limp back to service.
"We were able to fix it quite quickly but to refill the system we made use of everything we had in the car, luckily we got some beer at the end of the Power Stage and we used it," Neuville told the WRC website. "I really tried to stay calm and say to myself we were okay, but when we had more than 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) to go I thought okay, maybe this could be the end. But after we stopped again the temperature came down and then I thought it would be okay."
The pair made it to service and captured Hyundai's first podium in the WRC.
WRC driver fills radiator with beer from sponsor Corona
by Brandon Turkus
Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Hatchback, Hyundai, Racing
Rallying requires lightning quick reflexes and the ability to turn off one's sense of self-preservation. This much is not in doubt. Anyone that's ever seen a rally car hurtle along a tree-lined spit of dirt road at high speeds could tell you that. What many people don't know is that it also requires a strong mechanical sense. Knowing how to repair one's car when far from the service garages is a must. A strong sense of ingenuity is pretty handy, as well.
It was that sense of ingenuity that came to the aid of Thierry Neuville (shown above during last weekend's Rally Mexico), a WRC driver for the Hyundai Motorsport team, after his i20 suffered a radiator leak during the drive back to service. Neuville and his co-driver, Nicolas Gilsoul, hopped out of the car, assessed the issue and realized they needed to patch the radiator leak and refill the coolant, which they were fresh out of. So, instead, they used beer.
The pair had been awarded a magnum-sized bottle of Corona from the Rally Mexico's corporate sponsor after the final power stage. As Neuville doesn't drink, they tossed the beer in the back of the i20 and set off for the garages. It was a good thing they did, as adding the Mexican lager to the car's system allowed them to limp back to service.
"We were able to fix it quite quickly but to refill the system we made use of everything we had in the car, luckily we got some beer at the end of the Power Stage and we used it," Neuville told the WRC website. "I really tried to stay calm and say to myself we were okay, but when we had more than 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) to go I thought okay, maybe this could be the end. But after we stopped again the temperature came down and then I thought it would be okay."
The pair made it to service and captured Hyundai's first podium in the WRC.
WRC driver fills radiator with beer from sponsor Corona originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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13 Mar 17:39
Drop Anchors
by turn
Cooper GriggsI love the light, but I've never really liked diagonal walls. It feels claustrophobic to me.
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13 Mar 17:15
Unusual Sculptures of People and Skeletons Chiseled from Wood by Yoshitoshi Kanemaki
by Christopher Jobson
Cooper Griggs@Carnibore
Japanese sculptor Yoshitoshi Kanemaki chisels these life-sized figurative sculptures out of giant pieces of camphor wood, a kind of evergreen. The strange pieces frequently involve two or more characters merged into a single form, which could been interpreted as commentary on mortality, or multiple personalities/perspectives. You can see much more over on Fuma Contemporary, Art Emporer and Elsa Art Gallery. (via Empty Kingdom, Juxtapoz,
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13 Mar 17:14
Episode 1013: Chewbachelor
Conduits are sort of the general purpose "thing" to either go wrong or to have to fix on a spaceship. You could replace an entire spaceship combat hit location table with the following:
| d% | Location |
|---|---|
| 1-100 | Conduit |
It'd be just as effective. Or for bonus points add the following:
| d% | Conduit type |
|---|---|
| 1-4 | Antimatter |
| 5-8 | Baryon |
| 9-12 | Entropy |
| 13-16 | Ferrofluid |
| 17-20 | Flux |
| 21-24 | Heisenfram |
| 25-28 | Hydraulic |
| 29-32 | Hydrocolloid |
| 33-36 | Hyperfluid |
| 37-40 | Intermix |
| 41-44 | Laser |
| 45-48 | Liquid helium |
| 49-52 | Liquid sodium |
| 53-56 | Microwave |
| 57-60 | Neutrino |
| 61-64 | Neutron beam |
| 65-68 | Non-Newtonian fluid |
| 69-72 | Phlebotinum |
| 73-76 | Plasma |
| 77-80 | Quasi-crystal |
| 81-84 | Steam |
| 85-88 | Superfluid |
| 89-92 | Tachyon |
| 93-96 | Vortex |
| 97-100 | Wavelet |
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13 Mar 16:37
Seguir @NoPuedoCreer - @QueLoVendan
Malditos bastardos: un tipo monta el Halcón Milenario de Lego en un día; sus amigos se lo desmontan por la noche
by La Gusa
Cooper GriggsDICKS!
Esta es una de esas bromas que pueden salir muy bien o muy mal: un optimista Michael adquiere el Halcón Milenario de Lego (1.200 piezas) y consigue montarlo dedicándole todo un día en la oficina. Mientras lo hace lo disfruta muchísimo y, en su bendita inocencia, llega a decir "no puedo esperar a venir mañana y verlo montado sobre la mesa".
A sus compañeros de trabajo, gente sin escrúpulos, les falta tiempo para desmontar toda la nave pieza a pieza, guardándola en la caja tal y como venía, dedicandole prácticamente toda la noche. Y, como decía al principio, la reacción de Michael puede ser muy buena o muy mala.
Visto en Geeks are Sexy
Ver más: bromas, Halcón Milenario, LegoSeguir @NoPuedoCreer - @QueLoVendan
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13 Mar 16:32
"Leonard Nimoy, who played the most famous TV scientist of all time, Mr. Spock, came from an arts and..."
“Leonard Nimoy, who played the most famous TV scientist of all time, Mr. Spock, came from an arts and theater background and in real life is nothing like his character. Yet he told me that because Mr. Spock and “Star Trek” have inspired so many young viewers to become scientists, researchers who meet him are always desperate to give him lab tours and explain the projects they’re pursuing in peer-to-peer terms. Mr. Nimoy nods sagely and intones to each one, ‘Well, it certainly looks like you’re headed in the right direction.’”
- NYT (via gq)
- NYT (via gq)
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13 Mar 16:30
A tiny Florida town is in trouble with the state, after its police department wrote a whopping 12,698 speeding tickets despite holding jurisdiction over just 1,260 feet of road. Yes, feet, not yards, miles or kilometers.
The New York Times has the story of Hampton, FL, the town of 477 that's in the crosshairs of the state after taking in $419,624 in fines between 2011 and 2012, yet still ending each year with a big ole minus sign in the city ledger.
"This town has struggled financially for years and years," said Jim Mitzel, the 50-year-old former mayor of the town. "But once we got [Route] 301, our chief went crazy." The town annexed the heavily patrolled route in the 1990s, installing a speed trap that dropped suddenly from 65 to 55 miles per hour. Naturally, the town makes an appearance on AAA's list of speed traps.
There have been allegations of misappropriation of city funds, improper use of city credit cards and other forms of corruption. Of course, there are accusations of nepotism, as well, with one family that's employed by the city extorting others thanks to the city's control of water.
According to the Times, the town's police force increased from one to 17, with the county sheriff saying he was unsure if any of the new "officers" had training on radar guns. "The last couple of years were the worst," Mitzel said. "[The police] went after people like fresh meat. They pulled out in front of semis." A particularly popular target were fans of the Florida Gators, who traversed Route 301 through Hampton when traveling between Jacksonville and Gainesville for football games.
"I have said it before: It's something out of a Southern Gothic novel. You can't make this stuff up," State Senator Rob Bradley, who represents Hampton, told the Times. "This situation went on for so long and the mismanagement was so deep, we have to seriously consider abolishing the government."
Unless the citizens can come up with a solution to the town's deep-seated problems with 30 days, dissolution looks to be the Hampton's final fate. Regardless of what's chosen, you'd probably be best to avoid this rural Florida town for the time being.
Cops in Florida town of 477 wrote 12,700 tickets between 2011 and 2012
by Brandon Turkus
Filed under: Government/Legal
A tiny Florida town is in trouble with the state, after its police department wrote a whopping 12,698 speeding tickets despite holding jurisdiction over just 1,260 feet of road. Yes, feet, not yards, miles or kilometers.
The New York Times has the story of Hampton, FL, the town of 477 that's in the crosshairs of the state after taking in $419,624 in fines between 2011 and 2012, yet still ending each year with a big ole minus sign in the city ledger.
"This town has struggled financially for years and years," said Jim Mitzel, the 50-year-old former mayor of the town. "But once we got [Route] 301, our chief went crazy." The town annexed the heavily patrolled route in the 1990s, installing a speed trap that dropped suddenly from 65 to 55 miles per hour. Naturally, the town makes an appearance on AAA's list of speed traps.
There have been allegations of misappropriation of city funds, improper use of city credit cards and other forms of corruption. Of course, there are accusations of nepotism, as well, with one family that's employed by the city extorting others thanks to the city's control of water.
According to the Times, the town's police force increased from one to 17, with the county sheriff saying he was unsure if any of the new "officers" had training on radar guns. "The last couple of years were the worst," Mitzel said. "[The police] went after people like fresh meat. They pulled out in front of semis." A particularly popular target were fans of the Florida Gators, who traversed Route 301 through Hampton when traveling between Jacksonville and Gainesville for football games.
"I have said it before: It's something out of a Southern Gothic novel. You can't make this stuff up," State Senator Rob Bradley, who represents Hampton, told the Times. "This situation went on for so long and the mismanagement was so deep, we have to seriously consider abolishing the government."
Unless the citizens can come up with a solution to the town's deep-seated problems with 30 days, dissolution looks to be the Hampton's final fate. Regardless of what's chosen, you'd probably be best to avoid this rural Florida town for the time being.
Cops in Florida town of 477 wrote 12,700 tickets between 2011 and 2012 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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