Austin chapter please!

Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo.

I'm kind of turned on.

Honest to goodness.

What were you doing in 11th grade?

Teen Finds Way to Decompose Plastic Bags in Just 3 Months!
by Kenny Luna, North Babylon, NY on 05.23.08
Business & Politics (news)



If ordinary plastic bags would rot away like banana peels there’s no doubt a host of environmental problems would be solved. And one 11th grader from Canada set out to make that dream come true as part of his school science project. A wildly successful endeavor he figures will make them decompose in just 3 months.

But how did this extraordinary young scientist named Daniel Burd pull it off?


Well, he decided the fact that they do, eventually, decompose after 1,000 years on their own meant there must be something out there causing it, and postulated that it might well be naturally occurring microorganisms behind it.

So he set about with the good old-fashioned scientific method as his guide, searching for the microorganisms, rarely found in nature, that actually do make plastic decompose.

Ultimately, he identified two strains of bacteria that work together to pull it off, with Sphingomonas serving as the primary decomposer with help from Pseudomonas.

And according to Burd, industrial application should be easy, "All you need is a fermenter . . . your growth medium, your microbes and your plastic bags."

As many folks know, the simplest solutions are usually the ones that work best. And this kid has clearly come up with a potentially world changing idea.

Some people are just out there doin' it.

Gettin' stuff done!

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i got some hispanic kids and their mom to sing happy birthday for you

Can guys appreciate shoe humor??

I really am curious. Hey, at least there's some boobs in it for you.

What kind of shoes are these? (Clue: BALLET FLATS)



Say, what do you call those shoes, again? You know: the ones that look a bit like ballet slippers? And are flat? God, it's right on the tip of our tongues... if only clothes came with a handy visual clue to remind us what the hell they actually are!

Well, these ones from Creatures of Comfort do, and while we wouldn't call them a Crime of Fashion, exactly, we are wondering how it would be if all clothing designers labelled their clothes in such a way. On the one hand, we think it would be really handy if all Ugly Prom Dresses had a great big label on the ass (Would it stop people wearing them, though? We fear not. If those hideous dangling ruffles don't stop them, nothing will...) and harem pants were labelled "kick me", but do we really need our ballet flats, pumps and peep toes to have their names stamped on them? You tell us...







'Witty Titties' - shoes that make you look like a tit. Literally.





Want to look like a complete tit? Well, you got your wish, in the most literal way possible...

We really hope these are supposed to be some kind of joke. If they're not, then we may just have lost all faith in humanity. And also: the will to live.

They're called "Witty Titties" (Because they're "titties" that are "witty". See?) and they can be yours for 55 euros per pair or 66 euros "with piercing or tattoo". And with that sentence it's official: we really have lost the will to live...

Some real humdingers.

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Just an FYI -- I like massages.

Working on these points can help you get better quicker. You do not have to use all of these points. Using just one or two of them whenever you have a free hand can be effective.

Points (A) -- Heavenly Pillar
Location: One finger width below the base of the skull on the ropy muscles one-half inch outward from the spine. Benefits: Relieves stress, over exhaustion, insomnia, heaviness in the head, eyestrain, stiff necks, swollen eyes, and sore throats.

Points (B) -- Heavenly Rejuvenation
Location: On the shoulders, midway between the base of the neck and the outside of the shoulders, one-half inch below the top of the shoulders. Benefits: Relieves nervous tension and stiff necks; increases resistance to colds and flu. It is also good for the lungs.

Points (C) -- Crooked Marsh-- on both side of arm
Location: On the inside of the arm at the lower end of the elbow crease when the arm is bent. Benefits: Relieves nervous stomach, anxiety, arm pain, elbow pain, and chest discomfort.

Points (D) -- Inner Gate-- on both side of arm
Location: In the middle of the inner side of the forearm two and one-half finger widths from the wrist crease. Benefits: Relieves nausea, anxiety, palpitations, and wrist pain.

Points (E) -- Spirit Gate-- on both side of arm
Location: On the little finger side of the forearm at the crease of the wrist. Benefits: Relieves emotional imbalances, fear, nervousness, anxiety, and forgetfulness.

Points (F) -- Third Eye Point
Location: Directly between the eyebrows, in the indentation where the bridge of the nose meets the forehead. Benefits: Calms the body to relieve nervousness.

Points (G) -- Sea of Tranquility
Location: On the center of the breastbone, three thumb widths up from the base of the bone. Benefits: Relieves nervousness, anxiety, chest tension, anguish, depression, hysteria, and other emotional imbalances.

I prefer to think of it as 3 cubed.

27 (number)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

27 (twenty-seven) is the natural number following 26 and preceding 28. Twenty-seven is the smallest positive integer requiring four syllables to name in English, though it can be unambiguously defined in just two: "three cubed."

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List of numbers — Integers

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Cardinal 27
twenty-seven
Ordinal 27th
twenty-seventh
Factorization
Divisors 1, 3, 9, 27
Roman numeral XXVII
Acrophonic Greek numeral ΔΔΠΙΙ
Alphabetic Greek numeral κζ´
Hebrew numeral כז
Chinese numeral 二十七
Financial Chinese numeral 貳拾柒
Arabic numeral ٢٧
Binary (2) 11011
Negabinary (-2) 1101111
Ternary (3) 1000
Balanced ternary (-0+) 1000
Negaternary (-3) 12000
Quaternary (4) 123
Quinary (5) 102
Senary (6) 43
Septenary (7) 36
Octal (8) 33
Nonary (9) 30
Decimal (10) 27
Undecimal (11) 25
Duodecimal (12) 23
Tridecimal (13) 21
Hexadecimal (16) 1B
Vigesimal (20) 17
Quadrovigesimal (24) 13
Septemvigesimal (27) 10
Trigesimal (30) R
Hexatridecimal (36) R
Phinary (φ) 1010010.010101
111101.10111111
Contents [hide]
1 In mathematics
2 In science
2.1 Astronomy
3 In religion
4 In music
5 In other fields
6 Historical years
7 References



[edit] In mathematics
Twenty-seven is a perfect cube, being 3³ = 3 × 3 × 3. 27 is therefore the second smallest cube of a prime number. 27 is 3↑↑2 (using Knuth's up-arrow notation). There are exactly 27 straight lines on a cubic surface. 27 is also a decagonal number.

27 has an aliquot sum of 13 and is the first composite member of the 13-aliquot tree with the aliquot sequence (27,13,1,0)

In base 10, it is the first composite number not evenly divisible by any of its digits. It is the radix (base) of the septemvigesimal positional numeral system.

In a prime reciprocal magic square of the multiples of 1/7, the magic constant is 27.

It is the twenty-eighth (and twenty-ninth) digit in π. (3.141592653589793238462643383279...).

If you start counting with 0 it is considered one of few Self-Locating strings in pi.
In base 10, it is a Smith number and a Harshad number.

The unique simple formally real Jordan algebra, the exceptional Jordan algebra of self-adjoint 3 by 3 matrices of quaternions, is 27-dimensional.

In the Collatz conjecture (aka the "3n + 1 conjecture") a starting value of 27 requires 112 steps to reach 1, many more than any lower number.


[edit] In science
The atomic number of cobalt.

[edit] Astronomy
The Messier object M27, a magnitude 7.5 planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, also known as the Dumbbell Nebula.
The New General Catalogue object NGC 27, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -1993 March 9 and ended on -713 April 16. The duration of Saros series 27 was 1280.1 years, and it contained 72 solar eclipses. Further, the Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on -1944 July 17 and ended on -411 January 23. The duration of Saros series 27 was 1532.5 years, and it contained 86 lunar eclipses.
The 27th moon of Jupiter is Sinope.
Uranus has 27 moons

[edit] In religion
There are a total of 27 books in the New Testament

[edit] In music
The number of completed, numbered piano concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his birthday (27 January 1756).
The age in years at which many famous rock/blues musicians died, often referred to as the 27 Club
A number which American parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic hides somewhere in many of his songs and videos. [1]
The number of "8 by 10 color glossy pictures with circles and arrows" in the song Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie
The punk rock band Lagwagon has a song entitled Twenty Seven on their album Double Plaidinum.
The punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder released a song entitled 27 on their album Shoot the Moon.
The number 27 is featured in many song lyrics and titles penned by Ben Weasel, in his bands Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales.
The number 27 is known as the East Bay Punk scene's number.
The punk band The Adicts use the number 27 in many song lyrics and released an album entitled "27"
"27" is name of a song by Scottish band Biffy Clyro from their 2002 album, Blackened Sky.
The Dave Matthews Band began playing a song entitled #27 on their 2007 summer tour. It was also frequently played by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds on their past tour together.

[edit] In other fields
Twenty-seven is also:

Gilles Villeneuve's famous Ferrari number now adopted by his son, Formula One World Champion Jacques Villeneuve in his NASCAR debut.
Right Fielder of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Vladimir Guerrero's Major League Baseball jersey number
The total number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet (22 regular letters and 5 final consonants)
The current number of Amendments to the United States Constitution.
The modal age of the peak performance year for major league baseball position players, according to a commonly accepted theory by sabermetrician Bill James
The code for international direct-dial phone calls to South Africa
The designation (I-27) of a US interstate highway in Texas
The designation (US 27) of a United States national highway from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Miami, Florida
The name of a popular cigarette, Marlboro Blend No. 27
The number of outs in a regulation Professional baseball game for each team.
"The Bankers Case" on the U.S. Version of Deal or No Deal
The name of a book by William Diehl, "27".

[edit] Historical years
27 A.D., 27 B.C., 1927, 2027, etc.

Can you dig it?

I've had random acts of kindness on my mind lately. They make me smile. So I'd like to come up with a list. Then share that list with some cool kids I know. Thoughts anyone?

Por ejemplo:

And I quote: "I think anything that shoots a projectile is dangerous"

Courtesy SwissMiniGun
The SwissMiniGun Miniature Revolver C1ST


The SwissMiniGun
According to Guinness World Records, the title of the smallest working revolver in the world goes to the Miniature Revolver C1ST, manufactured by SwissMiniGun [source: Daily Mail]. The tiny firearm measures just more than 2 inches and weighs less than 1 ounce. It fires bullets made by SwissMiniGun that are 2.34 mm caliber, rim fire cartridges and come as either blank rounds (which don't produce a bullet) or live rounds (bulleted) [source: SwissMiniGun].


Only a very small number of the guns have been produced since they were first manufactured in 2005. They're largely collectors' items. About 300 have been made -- this tiny gun carries a big price tag. The standard steel C1ST model goes for around $6,200, and the company has been creating only 100 of them per year [source: SwissMiniGun].


There's also a customized version of the revolver -- the Nr. A1YG -- made of 18k gold. The higher-end model can be outfitted with all manner of grips, from ebony to diamonds. This version comes complete with a tiny rocket launcher attachment, which fires luminescent rockets that explode in green, white or red. The company has fetched up to almost $60,000 for a custom Nr. A1YGs [source: Daily Mail].


The novelty SwissMiniGun will likely never be mass produced. The detail that goes into each one and the high cost prohibit widespread manufacturing. But that hasn't kept concern among some law enforcement quarters from growing. The company says it can't ship its firearms to the United Kingdom, and the guns are banned in the United States. The U.S. federal gun laws outlaw any working firearm with a barrel less than 3 inches long [source: Daily Mail]. This is greater than the entire length of the SwissMiniGun.


One reason the guns are outlawed in the U.S. is due to the small size of their bullets. Firing a cartridge essentially smashes the bullet, making it impossible to trace using ballistics investigation [source: WTVJ]. The SwissMiniGun is also small enough that it fits completely in the palm of the average adult's hand, rendering it highly concealable -- its holster even has a key chain ring on the end. This makes some federal agencies nervous: U.S. laws prohibit any firearm that can't be detected at airports [source: ATF].


While Paul Erad, the owner of SwissMiniGun is complying with laws that prohibit him from selling the guns to these countries' citizens, you could say he's incredulous. In one interview he cited post-Sept. 11 "paranoia" as the reason for America's unwillingness to import the guns [source: Daily Mail]. The official SwissMiniGun site points out that some pellet guns pack as much as 10 times the wallop of the tiny revolver.

The SwissMiniGun's 2.34mm-caliber ammunition travels just under 400 feet per second. Its bullets pack a punch of about 0.71 foot pound of energy [source: SwissMiniGun]. By contrast, the Remington 300 Ultra Mag round carries 4,220 foot pounds of energy with it [source: Remington].


On the other hand, according to the United Kingdom's House of Commons, it takes at least one foot pound of force to inflict a penetrating wound, like a gunshot injury. Anything less (like the force delivered by SwissMiniGun cartridges) "is incapable of penetrating even vulnerable parts of the body, such as the eye" [source: House of Commons]. But ballistic experts claim that even when fired at close range, a projectile with less than a foot pound of force can still penetrate the skin -- especially the eye.


These statistics aren't convincing U.S. authorities to lift the ban on the SwissMiniGun, though. One airport security official told Miami's NBC 6 station, "I think anything that shoots a projectile is dangerous" [source: WTVJ].

A wee bit strange BUT informative.

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remember that volcano in chile that erupted last week or maybe the week before? here are some pictures

from space

Way to go Muenster!

This is wicked smart.

Great tits cope well with Global Warming

not even kidding, greatest headline ever

More things like this, please.

Glacier Wrapping

Since the Swiss can't stop global warming by themselves, the government has decided to do what it can in the meantime to stop its Gurschen glacier from melting any more than it already has. To ward off the sun they've covered Gurschen in 43,000 square feet of reflective foil. Christo it ain't, but it seems to be getting the job done.

Gluesticks are not candy. Do not eat them.

Why haven't any of you ever told me about this?!?

When nature becomes scarce.

Ilkka Halso's vision of the future. What's really sad is how lovely his work is ...