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"Homescholer for Perry" at Rick Perry-Sarah Palin Rally: Further proving the fact that the Rick Perry has finally found someone prettier and dumber than him to partner up with, his and Palin's fans with their horribly misspelled signs give the "Get a brain, morans" guy a run for his money.
Shackleton's whisky stash yields more than expected: Preservationist Al Fastier spent three long, cold days laying on his stomach in Antarctica earlier this month, chipping away at ice that had accumulated under the 102-year-old hut built by Sir Ernest Shackleton. His goal was to retrieve two crates of whisky that was brought down with him after his unsuccessful 1908 expedition to the South Pole.
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Super Bowl Was Most Watched Event In US History: Super Bowl XLIV is one for the record books. Sunday's big game set a new all-time U.S. ratings high, overthrowing the 27-year-old record held by ....
Bode's back. Get used to it.: After debating all summer whether to even return to the Olympics, Miller is back. And love him or hate him, he's again a multi-medal threat. At 32, he's a father now and has rejoined the U.S. Ski Team after two seasons of training and racing on his own.
9 Items Guys 'might' Spend Too Much Money On: In the eyes of women, men of all shapes and sizes seem to find new and fun ways to waste money everyday. Here are a few examples of things ladies will always argue that we spend a little too much disposable income on…
In New Orleans Even The Dogs Celebrate Mardi Gras - PICS: Welcome to the Krewe of Barkus, a Mardi Gras parade specifically for dogs. This year's theme was "The Dogs Go Barking In" -- with plenty of pooches dressed up in the Saints' colors.
'Alice in Wonderland' screenwriter is ready for haters: Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Disney are adding a strange new chapter to the Lewis Carroll classic with "Alice in Wonderland." Screenwriter Linda Woolverton, whose previous credits include the Disney hits "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Lion King," says at one point she thought "Really, what have you got yourself into?" [Warning: Spoilers]
Space: Top 5 UFO Video Hoax Tips [Video]: Was that a UFO sighting...or a hoax? It turns out that crafting a UFO video hoax is quite easy if you know the right tricks. James Williams gets five tips from an accomplished UFO hoax video creator.
Study links soda, pancreatic cancer: People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.
Baby Boomers will bogart drug rehab seats, experts warn: Researchers worry that high rates of lifetime drug use among boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) will create health complications and swamp drug-treatment programs. "We are projecting that by the year 2020, we will probably have enough people in that age group needing treatment that we will need to double the number of treatment facilities.''
7 Weird Political Ads {Videos}: It's a humdinger. But is it the worst political ad of our time? Thanks in part to the dream-enabling power of the stupid internet, there are at least seven other candidates among current and recent political ads for that dubious title. Take a look at them and judge for yourself.
170 Tons of Tainted Milk from 2008 Now Being Sold in China: China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed.

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PopSci article on "mind reading": I wrote an article in the February issue of PopSci about visual cortex neuroscientists who are figuring out how to read our thoughts.
Battle of the Deathburgers: Heart Attack Grill sues Heart Stoppers Sports Grill: The owner of the Heart Attack Grill in Arizona, which offers a "quadruple bypass burger," is suing the owner of the Heart Stoppers Sports Grill in Florida. Both businesses are "heart-attack/medical-themed," with "sexy nurse waitresses." Both serve obscenely large stacked hamburgers, and side dishes of similar nutritional content. At the Heart Attack Grill, there's a scale over in the corner, and if you weigh more than 350 pounds you eat for free. More: Phoenix New Times, WSJ law blog, WSJ Health blog. The food and the concept may be repulsive to many (ok screw it, by "many" I mean "me"), but what gets me the most is the Sad Sexy Nurse waitress, at far right in the 'shopped image above, photo courtesy of the Florida ABC affiliate TV station WPBF. Sexy nurse, why you so sad? Incidentally, WPBF-TV (=stands for "West Palm Beach Florida") is pretty rockin'. As I publish this blog post, their top headline is "Elderly Man Accidentally Shoots Self Outside Gun Store: 80-Year-Old Airlifted To Hospital." (via Veggie Grill, which is totally awesome.)
FBI wants ISPs to retain your web surfing records for 2 years: The FBI wants ISPs to keep tabs on which websites users visit, and retain those logs for two years. FBI Director Robert Mueller wants providers to store customers' "origin and destination information" to help in child porn and other felony investigations, said a bureau attorney at a recent federal task force meeting.
Sony Pictures layoffs explained: Fred from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "Paul Sweeting, one of the smartest analysts covering Hollywood's collision with the Internet, does a great job reminding us of the real reasons behind the recent spate of layoffs at Sony Pictures. 'Hitting the snooze button when the alarm goes off doesn't mean that what happens in the meantime is beyond your control. It means you're asleep.'" The shift in consumer behavior toward rental? That was a function of wholesale pricing and the consumers' perception of value, which are entirely under the studios' control. If 40,000 supermarkets in America were selling new release DVDs for $8.99 by the checkout counter, how many consumers do you think would be lining up at the Redbox kiosk in the parking lot? How many supermarkets do you think would let Redbox on the premises? Don't believe me? Then how is it the studios were previously able to alter consumer behavior from rental to purchase when they introduced the (comparatively) low-priced DVD to replace the high-priced VHS cassette? Alarm bells come too late for Sony Pictures (Thanks, Fred!)
Science of Cocktails: Jonas Halpren is publisher of Drink of the Week and Channels Director at Federated Media. San Francisco's famed science museum, The Exploratorium, recently transformed into a giant cocktail lab for an evening fundraiser. The Science of Cocktails featured interactive exhibits and presentations demonstrating the physics, chemistry and biology of cocktails and drinking. Presentation topics ranged from "Ice and Thermodynamics in Cocktails" to "Anatomy of a Hangover". I also studied the effects of vodka on gummy bears. Image above right. Recipes and videos after the jump.In addition, San Francisco's top mixologists were strategically placed around the museum serving up an amazing array of cocktails. Heaven's Dog, Alembic, 83 Proof, and 15 Romolo were all represented. Erik Adkins from Heaven's Dog explained that coldness and dilution of a cocktail is heavily dependent on the type of ice, shaking time and vessel used. Basically, it's all in the wrist. Alembic's Daniel Hyatt opened our minds when thinking about infusions. The time necessary to steep ingredients vary widely. Most of us don't waste good booze, so if it is already interesting, it may not need to be infused. The crowd was also treated to a bitters contest. We were asked to vote based on best use of bitters in a cocktail. It's a hard job, but someone has to do it. The hit of the evening was the Old Cuban Cocktail aerated with nitrous oxide into a foam and frozen with liquid nitrogen, which was mixed up by Doug Williams of Liquid Alchemy. Instead of drinking this cocktail, it is best eaten with a spoon. This nitrous infused and frozen Old Cuban Cocktail was light, crispy and boozy. Old Cuban 1 oz. Cachaca ½ oz. Fresh lime juice ½ oz. Simple syrup Sparkling wine Fresh Mint Muddle mint with lime juice and simple sugar. Add ice and rum. Shake and strain into a Collins glass over ice or straight up in a cocktail glass. Top with sparkling wine. Watch the video for more on the molecular mixology version of this classic cocktail. Recipe courtesy Sagatiba Cachaca The exhibits included a taste test using your different senses. Try tasting with your nose plugged, it makes a huge difference. Pictured at the top is the boozy progression of vodka soaked gummy bears. They totally lose it as they soak up the vodka. We attended a demonstration on layering drinks, but my favorite demonstration was Eric Muller's Bar Tricks. Member of the Exploratorium's Teacher Institute and author of "While You're Waiting for the Food to Come" showed us how to win some free drinks at the bar. There is good science behind all bar tricks. He used two shot glasses to demonstrate surface tension. Watch the video to see the trick. This next trick utilizes 2 forks, a cork, toothpick, cocktail glass, lighter and a bit of physics. Master this and free drinks may be coming your way. Back to the cocktails, my night was complete after trying Jacques Bezuidenhout's Black Opal. This cocktail is an amazing combination of Repasado Tequila, Guinness, port, agave nectar and bitters. May not sound good on paper, but tasty in execution. The night at the Exploratorium exposed the complexity of mixology and everything that goes on behind that pre-dinner Manhattan. It's more than just booze, bitters and ice.
4chan says Verizon is blocking 4chan: Verizon Wireless is said to be filtering HTTP traffic to/from boards.4chan.org (all image boards). From status.4chan.org: "After an hour and a half on the phone, we've received confirmation from Verizon's Network Repair Bureau (NRB) that we are 'explicitly blocked."
South Carolina now requires "subversives" to register: Planning to overthrow the US government? If yes, and you live in South Carolina, you must pay a five-dollar subversive registration fee. (Via The Agitator)
Skip James plays "Crow Jane" in 1967: Skip James plays "Crow Jane" in 1967. (After watching this video, I had to go back and watch one of my favorite YouTube videos ever, "Inflatable tube man dances to Cream's 'Glad.'") (Via Tinselman)
Haiti: Red Cross blog post on why donating cash is better than donating "stuff": "First let me debunk a couple of myths, starting with the principle that 'anything is better than nothing'. Trust me, it's not. Relieving suffering should be guided solely by need and not what people have to donate." —Claire Durham at Red Cross Blog, on why cash is better than your janky, tattered old yoga mat.
Case Sunstein: Feds should "cognitively infiltrate" online conspiracy groups: Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, recently suggested that the feds should "cognitively infiltrate" conspiracy theorist hang-outs and anti-government groups online. Over at Huffington Post, former BB guestblogger Arthur Goldwag, author of the fantastic book Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, lays out why the government "shouldn't resort to secret agents and bought-and-paid-for claques and shills and ringers to promote its ideas." From HuffPo: Sunstein's proposal was not issued under the auspices of the government, but in an academic paper. Co-authored with Harvard Law School Professor Adrian Vermeule and published in The Journal of Political Philosophy in 2008 (it can be downloaded as a PDF file here), "Conspiracy Theory" surveys the existing scholarship on the origins and characteristics of conspiracy theories and contemplates whether or not governments should try to neutralize them. In general, it takes a social sciences approach, arguing that conspiracy theories are neither legitimate political ideas nor symptoms of a psychological disorder, but are rather the inevitable distortions of closed-off, self-reinforcing belief systems. Using government agents to inject "cognitive diversity" into those communities, it suggests, just might provide the body politic with an antidote to the thought contagions they inspire. "Cass Sunstein's Thought Police"
Best Superbowl photo ever: Thanks for sharing this wonderful Superbowl photo, Shelley!
Nuit Blanche: Video above: Nuit Blanche, from Spy Films, directed by Arev Manoukian. There's a "making of" video here.
US soldier waterboards his 4-year-old daughter for not reciting alphabet: Joshua Tabor, a 27-year-old Army sergeant who served in Iraq for 15 months, was restricted to his Washington state military base after being accused of waterboarding his 4-year-old daughter because she refused to recite her ABCs. (via Andrew Sullivan)
Band Reunion at the Wedding: Best SNL skit since Black Flag was still together. Dave Grohl? More like Dave LOL. Video at Hulu, and alternate link which may or may not work for non-USA viewers. Or maybe this one. Sorry, region-blocking sucks. Alternates welcome in comments. (thanks, Sean Bonner)
Tech can be romantic: ask Ryan and Veronica: This is the first time I thought a Q&A about IM, press events, and World of Warcraft was really romantic: read Geeksugar's pre-V-day interview with tech journalists Ryan Block and Veronica Belmont.

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What Would You Change About the NYC Taxi Cab?: "What Would You Change About the NYC Taxi Cab?" is one response to The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission's call for a new taxi cab design. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission: Today's taxi fleet is made up of 16 different vehicles, supported by 9 manufacturers. None of the vehicles currently approved as taxis were designed by the original manufacturers as taxis; rather they have all been outfitted ("hacked up") by third party upfitters, garages and meter shops to conform to TLC's taxicab specifications. But these current vehicles fall short of meeting the needs of stakeholders: there is no one vehicle that is clean, accessible, and comfortable and meets the needs of a New York City taxicab. The goal of the RFP is to seek a highly-qualified manufacturer that has the knowledge and practical experience necessary to bring the TLC's and its stakeholders' vision of the next generation of taxicab to fruition, representing all the stated qualities below: Meets highest safety standards Superior passenger experience Superior driver comfort and amenities Appropriate purchase price and ongoing maintenance and repair costs Smaller environmental footprint (lower emissions and improved fuel economy) Smaller physical footprint (with more usable interior room) Universal accessibility for all users Iconic design that will identify the new taxi with New York City PDF
The Battle of Brisbane: The United States and Australia have long shared a peaceful alliance, but it was not always so. In 1942, U.S servicemen and Australian soldiers fought openly and violently in what is known today as The Battle of Brisbane. During World War 2, almost 300,000 US servicemen were stationed in the city of Brisbane, Australia. Although the relationship between American and Australian soldiers was a mostly cooperative and friendly one, many Australian soldiers were disgruntled with not only the better pay and rations American soldiers recieved, but also the greater success that American soldiers were enjoying with Brisbane women as a result. Many Brisbane residents often complained at the behaviour of American service personell, with a popular phrase amongst most Brisbanites saying that the Americans were "overpaid, oversexed and over here." As a result, tensions began to rise between the two groups. Because the events of the Battle of Brisbane were largely supressed at the time, there have been differing versions told of how the fighting began. However the most widely accepted story says that on November 26 an intoxicated Private James R. Stein of the U.S. 404th Signal Company left the hotel where he had been drinking when it closed at 6:50pm and began walking to the Post Exchange PX on the corner of Brisbane's Creek and Adelaide Streets. Stopping to talk to three Australian (it is unclear if they were soldiers or civilians), an American MP challenged Stein for his leave pass. In his drunken state it took Stein a little while longer than it should have to find it and the MP began to arrest him. The Australians verbally defended Stein and when the MP went to strike the Australians, the Battle of Brisbane began in earnest, running over the course of two nights with the end result seeing one Australian soldier killed, several U.S soldiers injured and several hundered people injured.
Scalp the Zazous: "Imagine, amid the grey serge of wartime France, a tribe of youngsters with all the colourful decadence of punks or teddy boys. Wearing zoot suits cut off at the knee (the better to show off their brightly coloured socks), with hair sculpted into grand quiffs, and shoes with triple-height soles - looking like glam-rock footwear 30 years early - these were the kids who would lay the foundations of nightclubbing. Ladies and gentlemen, les Zazous." Similar to the Edelweiss Pirates and Swing Kids of Germany and the Schlurfs of Austria, Les Zazous protested Nazi 'culture' through their dress, dance, and other acts of nonconformism. "When the yellow star was forced on Jews, non-Jews who objected began to wear yellow stars with 'Buddhist', 'Goy' (Gentile) or 'Victory'. Some Zazous took this up, with 'Zazou' written below the star. When the French Jews were removed from the scene, the Vichy regime and their Nazi masters turned on the Zazous." "Soon, round-ups began in bars and Zazous were beaten on the street. They became Enemy Number One of the fascist youth organisations, Jeunesse Populaire Française. 'Scalp the Zazous!' became their slogan. Squads of young JPF fascists armed with hairclippers attacked Zazous. Many were arrested and sent to the countryside to work on the harvest." Zazous: dancing under the Nazis in France Images of Les Zazous Inspirations: Zaz Zuh Zaz, by Cab Calloway Georges Brassens' cover of Je Suis Swing, by Johnny Hess Ils Sont Zazous, by Johnny Hess
Found Functions: Found Functions. An elegant demonstration of beauty in mathematics (and landscape). Nikki Graziano is a math and photography student at Rochester Institute of Technology; some of her photographs were recently featured in Wired. Graziano "overlays graphs and their corresponding equations onto her carefully composed photos. ... Graziano doesn't go out looking for a specific function but lets one find her instead. Once she's got an image she likes, Graziano whips up the numbers and tweaks the function until the graph it describes aligns perfectly with the photograph."
New at Amazon.: This Is a Test Product and Nothing Will Be Sent to You. Also available new and used but with the dust-cover missing from Mythic Pictograms who presumably think that it's a "no prize" [via].

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