links for 2010-04-24
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Harriet Jacobs has a better analysis and thought process about the Predator Theory links I posted a few weeks back. Definitely worth reading.
links for 2010-04-23
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a big fat flowchart defining how to pick one out. Funny. (and useful.)
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Stats show that the tradition explanations for why there is still a pay gap don't explain it – pay at first job doesn't, nor does the parenthood penalty or part-time work.
links for 2010-04-18
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Qanats are constructed as a series of well-like vertical shafts, connected by gently sloping tunnels. Qanats tap into subterranean water in a manner that efficiently delivers large quantities of water to the surface without need for pumping. The water drains relying on gravity, with the destination lower than the source, which is typically an upland aquifer. Qanats allow water to be transported over long distances in hot dry climates without losing a large proportion of the water to seepage and evaporation.
links for 2010-04-17
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Tea baggers want smaller government – except when challenged on the entitlements THEY receive. Then they change their minds – they only want government to help them – but they don't want to pay for it. Or for all those other people who they think are gaming the system – in the same way they are!!! Deadbeats. Freeloaders.
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WOW. Very cool – watch the Lada Gaga Telephone video. "There's no hidden sounds, there's no lip-synching, there's no overdubbing. What you see is what you hear," Conte says. "Sometimes, there might be two or three Natalys harmonizing with herself, and then you'll see those three videos juxtaposed together on the screen."
Stephanie with straight hair
Her hairdresser suggested it for fun.
links for 2010-04-16
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Poor Tesla. Always getting kicked when he's down.
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Awesome discussion of sexism in Emo music, and how women's experiences are devalued and women's voices ignored in music genres.
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Learning how to separate and move the irises in our backyard bed. July or August after the flowers have bloomed, apparently.
links for 2010-04-15
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Really beautiful poster designs.
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this is a cute blog with many cute illustrations. You will probably like it. Take a look!
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40% of the cases of priests abusing children and young adults involved girls and young women. And that only covers those under the age of consent – it doesn't even begin to address priests raping women in their parish and even nuns.
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Awesome – lets offload these losers onto some other city and take the cash we've been sinking into them to keep the current library branches open, and maybe even open some new ones. Maybe some residents will get themselves an edumacation and stop looking like such ignorant slobs in comments on the local newspaper website. It's a win-win-win! (Except for whatever poor city gets stuck with the team. Those guys will be losers.)
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The Indianapolis Public Library is proposing closing 4 branches due to a budget deficit due to property tax caps. Here's a solution – let's sell the Pacers and the Colts to another city and use the money to pay for something worthwhile, like keeping current library branches an opening new ones. (gee, can you tell I'm made about this?)