Sarah Palin Quits again. Seeing a pattern?	government
Link #148579 submitted by Hugh2d2 on Nov 20, 2009 03:26pm.   (+130XP) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8mAZhOJIfI&feature=player_embedded
Angry crowd shouts at Sarah Palin at her book signing in Noblesville, Indiana on November 19, 2009 after Palin quits and refuses to sign books for around 300 families that spent about 3+ hours getting wristband and another 3+ hours waiting in line to get the Palin book signed. At Borders bookstore it was announced that 1,000 individuals would be given wristbands and could get two books signed each. By the time Sarah Palin quit, there were still about 300 individuals and there families who did not get even one book signed.     Epic. GOP nominate this woman... PLEASE!     (YouTube link)   Comments: 0   Hits: 20   Points: 197251   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Should The Exotic Sugar Glider Be Kept as a Domestic Pet?	Woodgie Woodgie Woodgie
Link #148578 submitted by cornpone on Nov 20, 2009 02:29pm.   (+150XP) http://newsitemstoday.today.com/2009/03/06/should-the-exotic-sugar-...
These tiny pets are highly in demand at the moment. But should we be encouraging the breeders in the supply and demand of the Exotic Sugar Glider? Delicate and extremely demanding I worry that these creatures are doomed to a very ugly fate. In the short term they are highly desirable. But in reality they need a huge amount of caring for.     Another short lived trend I feel and the future of the Sugar Glider as a domestic pet, seems doomed to failure. - Comments: 0   Hits: 29   Points: 196690   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Meteor lights up early morning sky, alarms Utahns	the "other" pile
Link #148577 submitted by Dyskolos on Nov 20, 2009 01:48pm.   (+140XP) http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=8714738
SALT LAKE CITY -- A fast-moving meteor lit up the night skies over most of Utah just after midnight Wednesday. Moments later, the phones lit up at KSL as people across the state called to tell us what they saw and ask what it was.     Scientists are calling it a "remarkable midnight fireball." The source of all the excitement was basically a rock, falling from space.     In addition to KSL, witnesses to the meteor quickly began call 911.     "I'm currently driving, but I just saw a giant blue flash in the sky, and it came down into the city," a caller from Ogden said. Utahns? Comments: 0   Hits: 18   Points: 196276   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

First Baby Coelacanth Photos Taken	blinded by science
Link #148576 submitted by LinusMines on Nov 20, 2009 12:38pm.   (+240XP) http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/baby-coelacanths
...a team from an aquarium in Iwaki, Japan has successfully, in a world first, photographed juvenile coelacanths...a fish regarded as a living fossil, off Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island.     Aquamarine Fukushima reports that the small newborns were found Oct. 6, 2009, at a depth of 161 meters in Manado Bay off North Sulawesi Province. This is near where the Indonesian coelacanth was first discovered in a fish market in 1997, and then off-shore in 1998... Comments: 0   Hits: 60   Points: 195659   Rating: 9.6 / 3   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Giant Salamander Protection International Website	blinded by science
Link #148575 submitted by LinusMines on Nov 20, 2009 11:54am.   (+300XP) http://www.giant-salamander.com/index_e.asp
Chinese/English language site dedicated to promoting, preserving and protecting the critically endangered Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidanus), the world's largest such species.     Includes related news, information and photographs. Comments: 1   Hits: 29   Points: 195204   Rating: 10.0 / 4   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

How to Answer the 10 Most Common Interview Questions	blogs & zines
Link #148574 submitted by goodforyou on Nov 20, 2009 11:16am.   (+220XP) http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/how-to-answer-the-10-most-com...
When it comes to interviews, there are two types – the soft qualitative interview and the hard quantitative interview. The soft qualitative interview is one where the interviewer is trying to get a feel for how you’d fit in the team and the organization. It’s designed to learn more about you, your goals, and learning whether those goals are in line with the goals of the organization. The hard quantitative interview is designed to figure out if you are able to do the job by testing you on your domain knowledge and expertise.     Good comments and answers to interview questions. almost eye opening in some cases, good read and may save you from being disqualified for an ignorant salary answer (assuming that reader is looking for a new job). Comments: 1   Hits: 106   Points: 194884   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Mind Blowing Hyperrealistic Sculptures	entertainment
Link #148573 submitted by goodforyou on Nov 20, 2009 09:39am.   (+280XP) http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/11/mind-blowing-hyperrealistic...
Artists that produce photorealistic sculptures, for the most part, aim to show us our bodies and life as it really is.     Technically, artists who strive for a high resolution level of detail in painting or sculpture are called “hyperrealists”, although all hyperrealists are also considered to be photorealists.     wake up next next to one of these and you might change your drinking habits. Comments: 1   Hits: 121   Points: 193973   Rating: 9.5 / 4   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Time to get out of the distribution business	the biz
Link #148572 submitted by dorian on Nov 20, 2009 07:04am.   (+130XP) http://garethkay.typepad.com/brand_new/2009/11/time-to-get-out-of-t...
Really interesting piece of analysis by The Times Lab on the changing landscape of revenue in the music business (in the UK) between artists and the industry.     It's the graph the music industry doesn't want you to see. It shows how artist revenues have actually increased in the era of file sharing while the revenue going to the industry has decreased. So, if you're business model is purely one of content distribution it's perhaps time to exit. Comments: 0   Hits: 43   Points: 192338   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Database anonymity at risk, warns researcher	the wired
Link #148571 submitted by dorian on Nov 20, 2009 06:57am.   (+140XP) http://www.out-law.com//default.aspx?page=10543
People might be more identifiable than previously thought from supposedly anonymised information contained in large databases, according to a technology law expert. New research recommends that privacy practices and even privacy laws need to change.     Increasing amounts of personal information are collected by organisations and stored in massive databases. That information is sometimes used or released after being stripped of elements that could identify individuals in a process called 'anonymisation'.     University of Colorado Law School Associate Professor Paul Ohm, though, has said that the techniques used no longer work and that it is now possible to identify people from the release of supposedly anonymised records. Comments: 0   Hits: 16   Points: 192246   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

The $100 Million Health Care Vote?	government
Link #148570 submitted by Mac on Nov 20, 2009 05:40am.   (+60XP) http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/11/the-100-million-health-car...
What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?     Here's a case study. Comments: 0   Hits: 41   Points: 191511   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Dewey Browse	the wired
Link #148569 submitted by dorian on Nov 20, 2009 05:00am.   (+200XP) http://www.deweybrowse.org
Web Sites Classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System Comments: 0   Hits: 47   Points: 191140   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Blog for Rural America	blogs & zines
Link #148568 submitted by dorian on Nov 20, 2009 04:52am.   (+180XP) http://www.cfra.org/blog
The Center for Rural Affairs was established in 1973 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit by rural Nebraskans and has since grown to a nationally recognized policy analysis and advocacy organization focused on the upper Midwest and Great Plains. In recent years our national grassroots base has grown to nearly 30,000 individuals including people in all 50 states. Our mission is to establish strong rural communities, social and economic justice, environmental stewardship, and genuine opportunity for all while engaging people in decisions that affect the quality of their lives and the future of their communities. Our work includes:     * Advocating for federal policies supporting rural community development that reduces poverty, rewards resource stewardship, and strengthens small farms and businesses. In the recent farm bill, the Center won funding for a new microenteprise program to serve low and moderate income rural communities.   * Providing loans, technical assistance and training to small entrepreneurs through our Rural Enterprise Assistance Program (REAP), the nation’s leading statewide rural microenterprise development program.   * Providing comprehensive rural community development services.   * Developing new cooperatives to reach and expand premium markets that reward sustainable agriculture, strengthen family farms, and open the doors of opportunity to beginning farmers.   Comments: 0   Hits: 21   Points: 191036   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Leg extensions turn humans into horses	strangely funny
Link #148567 submitted by dorian on Nov 20, 2009 04:45am.   (+200XP) http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10233215-1.html
Seattle artist Kim Graham says her Digitigrade Leg Extensions "give a person the uncanny and graceful appearance of an animal." Granted, they don't look all that comfortable, though the artist insists it takes just 10 to 15 minutes of walking to get used to them. They're made of steel, cable, foam, and rigid plastic and add 14 inches of height to the wearer--kind of like stilts with an animal twist.     Graham--a fine-art sculptor who has dabbled in special effects and fantasy-based mold-making--says the leg extensions work well on level surfaces, while sharp inclines are difficult and stairs are downright risky. Walking briskly is the best way to get around in these attachments, she says. Galloping, not so much. Comments: 0   Hits: 132   Points: 191078   Vote Now!   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

We Are Not Going To Die in 2012	blinded by science
Link #148566 submitted by crataegus on Nov 20, 2009 04:34am.   (+240XP) http://radio.seti.org/episodes/Skeptic_Check_Doomsday_at_the_Movies
Well, not all of us...     Hollywood has a few ideas of how the world will end: killer asteroids … lethal pandemics … deadly ice-ages. These themes have all played out on the big screen. But, hey, they’re only movies, right?     We’ll separate the science from the fiction in doomsday movies. From the 2012 prophesy of the Mayans … to colliding worlds … to abrupt climate change, find out which among this crowd of cinematic scares are for real, and which aren’t worth the price of popcorn.     The podcast is always worth listening to, but this particular episode needs to be broadcast 24x7 on every streaming audio format in every market for the next 3 years. Comments: 0   Hits: 46   Points: 190891   Rating: 9.6 / 3   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Apple's Mistake	the biz
Link #148565 submitted by johnny2000 on Nov 20, 2009 04:03am.   (+350XP) http://www.paulgraham.com/apple.html
I don't think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken. Or rather, I don't think they realize how much it matters that it's broken.     The way Apple runs the App Store has harmed their reputation with programmers more than anything else they've ever done. Their reputation with programmers used to be great. It used to be the most common complaint you heard about Apple was that their fans admired them too uncritically. The App Store has changed that. Now a lot of programmers have started to see Apple as evil.     How much of the goodwill Apple once had with programmers have they lost over the App Store? A third? Half? And that's just so far. The App Store is an ongoing karma leak. Comments: 0   Hits: 52   Points: 190621   Rating: 10.0 / 5   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

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