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2013-05-18 15:29:36 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 10 +1s)

Knowledge vs. Wisdom

2013-05-18 15:20:39 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Harvard researchers grow garden of nanoscience delights
"Spring is like a perhaps hand," wrote the poet E. E. Cummings:
"carefully
moving a perhaps
fraction of flower here placing
an inch of air there...
without breaking anything."

With the hand of nature trained on a beaker of chemical fluid, the most delicate flower structures have been formed in a Harvard laboratory—and not at the scale of inches, but microns.

These minuscule sculptures, curved and delicate, don't resemble the cubic or jagged forms normally associated with crystals, though that's what they are. Rather, fields of carnations and marigolds seem to bloom from the surface of a submerged glass slide, assembling themselves a molecule at a time.

By simply manipulating chemical gradients in a beaker of fluid, Wim L. Noorduin, a postdoctoral fellowa... more »

2013-05-18 15:15:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Patriots have parted ways with their second defensive line regular in a week, cutting starter Kyle Love with a non-football illness designation after he was diagnosed with diabetes.
There's no other profession treats it’s employees like the NFL.

2013-05-18 15:05:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Happy #Caturday  !

2013-05-18 01:15:09 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Unlimited use of Google Plus Hangouts on Air!

Missouri news anchor +Sarah Hill invites viewers to contribute to her live television newscasts using Google+ Hangouts On Air.

Congratulations +Sarah Hill, you are rocking the world of Google Plus!

+Virtual Photo Walks™  #googlehangoutsonair  

2013-05-18 00:51:27 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Senators or Penguins — Who is your pick for tonight?

#stanleycupplayoffs   #stanleycup   #penguins  

2013-05-18 00:03:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Download now!

2013-05-17 23:52:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Happy 62nd Jonathan Richman!

Like gasoline in the sand
Fender Stratocaster
Like a motorcycle at a hotdog stand
Fender Fender Fender
Like the Dunkin Donuts in Matapan
Fender Stratocaster
Like the Thrifty Drugs in Santa An'
Fender Fender Fender
Oh and the sound so thin it's barely there
Like a bitchy girl who just don't care
Fender Stratocaster, well there's something about that sound._

2013-05-17 23:46:51 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

NASA researchers who monitor the Moon for meteoroid impacts have detected the brightest explosion in the history of their program.

2013-05-17 23:44:30 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Center City Job Fair For Ex-Offenders Is Canceled After 3,000 Show Up

The City of Philadelphia shut down a career fair for ex-offenders today after an unexpected crowd of thousands showed up, résumés in hand. There were lots of disappointed job seekers and potential employers this morning. The city was expecting about 1,000 people to show up, but about three times that number were standing in a line that wrapped around the Municipal Services Building, across from City Hall.

2013-05-17 23:37:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Men's waistbands have risen and fallen through history
BBC is all over the men's waistband beat
http://goo.gl/glPa9

2013-05-17 22:21:21 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

A man was apprehended at Cannes Film Festival after he allegedly fired a gun loaded with blanks today. He was also in possession of a fake grenade. Also Cannes film festival suffers $1m jewellery theft. More than $1m (£650,000; 777,000 euros) worth of jewels have been stolen from a hotel in Cannes, French police say. The jewels were to be loaned to stars appearing at the famous annual film festival on the French Riviera. They were taken from the hotel room of an employee of exclusive Swiss jewelers Chopard in the early hours of Friday morning.

2013-05-17 19:32:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Russian Rescue and a Happy Face!

2013-05-17 19:25:41 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Scientists reported this week in the journal Cell that they had used somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques to create a source of embryonic stem cells from the skin cells of a patient.

Scientists have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into any other cell type in the body. 

I still think there might still be a possibility of rejection of new tissues from these stem cells because the mitochondria is from the egg donator.

We should all hope news of this work reaches the widest possible audience, including (perhaps especially including) nonscientists.

2013-05-17 17:01:50 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

It's as you may have feared about public swimming pools: Those hoards of children, carefree and a bit saggy in the trunks, may be making that water a little poopy.

2013-05-16 22:18:07 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Hair stylist Teiji transforms models into hair monsters to show off PQ eyewear.
http://goo.gl/ko9iS

2013-05-16 22:02:25 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Transformers Coming To A Town Near You

2013-05-16 21:24:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Another recent finding from the new +Google Plus layout: If the +YouTube video is on a column then the watch it later button is missing. You have to click on "Watch it on YouTube" button then add it to your "Watch Later" list on another Tab. Annoying... #googleplus  

2013-05-16 21:05:08 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

#YouTube  Comedy Week, kicking off with The Big Live Comedy Show on YouTube on Sunday, May 19ths, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. 

2013-05-16 18:05:41 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 6 +1s)

#gingerthursday  

via http://goo.gl/LwLW5

2013-05-16 17:39:21 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

One day after #wordlesswednesday  or #wordlessonwednesday  

2013-05-16 15:08:02 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

I have always amazed with the new changes of any +Google  Applications. I do remember people criticized much about the black bar when it first arrived, and now I could barely remember how it was before. So the most recent changes on #Google  Plus are a bit sudden and I know people don't like quick changes. For example, I currently don't see my contacts on hangouts window next to this post, it is all white. I am sure +Vic Gundotra and his team will work and improve this new layout and tiny problems. I can't stop laughing as one of the Plussers posted a cute dog picture which was saying "I was on Google+, before it was #Pinterest . We love you Google Plus. #googlepluslove  _And I am very excited to be that close to my vacation._  

2013-05-15 13:38:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Angry Birds are in Istanbul

Distance: 910 meters (0.56 miles) from Asian side to the European Side...

#Istanbul2020   #Istanbul  

2013-05-14 23:11:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Golden Record
In 1977 NASA sent a Golden Record into space. It encapsulated the greatest achievements of humanity, and included photographs of its species. One of these photos is of Larry, he hopes this will propel him to the status of Earth Ambassador. This is Larry's intergalactic story of life and love.

2013-05-14 22:35:44 (18 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Another "Turkish" recipe from my mom: KARNIYARIK, which translates as "split belly".
It is widely made and loved by every Turkish. I just want to warn calorie watchers as this is not very light but delicious. It is almost always served with Turkish rice cooked with Sehriye (Capellini Corti) and butter; and also with some yogurt.
You need to buy eggplants immediately before cooking as eggplants get softer in the fridge. Huge American eggplants are not suitable for this dish as you need to look for little ones or Asian eggplants.
After pealing the eggplants (1 1/2 lb.) in stripes, leave them in salty water for about 15 minutes. Put some vegetable oil (preferable olive oil) in a fry pan and heat it. Until the oil gets really hot, dry the eggplants, then fry them, and put them on a paper towel after frying. Place the eggplants on an oven dish, preferable a glass one.... more »

2013-05-14 18:28:11 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Pi explained...

2013-05-14 18:20:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

2013-05-14 17:56:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

"The best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool"
Daisy Buchanan
from The Great Gatsby’s

"...Is there any female character in American literature more coquettish and coveted than Daisy Fay Buchanan? She’s the most desirable debutante, the ever-evading maid. She’s warm, feverish, thrilling, intoxicating—a siren, an enchantress, a blossoming flower. She’s Galahad’s chalice; she’s Guinevere and the Grail. She’s the quintessential Southern belle, cool in her white dress with her white mansion and her little white mobile. She’s the enchanted object, the great American dream, all bright eyes and a voice full of money—and of course she’s the light, that green light, drawing men, mothlike, to her flame. She’s the golden girl and the incorruptible angel and all the Platonic ideals that artists and poets throughout the greatages have required thei... more »

2013-05-14 17:42:03 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

This mesmerising whirlpool is as deadly as it is beautiful.

The image was taken by paraglider Scott Patman in Western Australia, just south of Perth, on Friday.
Dr Rob Brander, who describes himself as a “surf scientist” and beach safety educator from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, explains:
"Some crazy rip action in Western Australia south of Perth. Giant swirls heading off the beach. Looks like you can get sucked into one! Well, they look worse than they are... When you get big, clean swell hitting the beach at a strong angle, you get strong longshore currents that can peel offshore forming eddies. Very impressive though."
via http://goo.gl/pqepK

2013-05-17 00:03:21 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

Gode Gallery's Afternoon Session Sale on May 18th will offer prints on paper of the highest quality representing the most sought after objects across the broad spectrum of Cem Kocyildirim's early works. From self-portraits to landscapes, the prints represent the artist's wide-range of playground. 
http://godegallery.com/shows.html
The auction will conclude with a speech by the keynote speaker Joichi Ito, Director of the MIT Media Lab http://joi.ito.com/
For those of you who are not in NYC, the auction will be live streamed on
http://new.livestream.com/TheNewSchool/dt2013

2013-05-13 14:37:09 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

It snowed for a couple minutes this morning and there was a freeze warning last night.

#pittsburgh   #PittsburghWeather  

2013-05-12 22:24:09 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

*Breaking News *
Mother's Day Parade Shooting
Obviously and sadly many people will comment like those in the parade and watching the parade should have been armed.

2013-05-12 14:49:33 (21 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Song of the day!

#songoftheday  

2013-05-12 14:16:49 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

To all women who are expecting a child, birthed a child, mentored a child, raised a child or love children, Happy Mother's Day!

2013-05-12 14:09:12 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 18 +1s)

Happy Mother's Day to the Awesome Mothers of Google Plus

#mothersday   #mothersday2013  

2013-05-11 19:47:01 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

For all mothers...
Happy Mother's Day!
#mothersday   #mothersday2013   #EnglishCaptions

2013-05-11 16:11:46 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

After Google Plussers, The National Archives seems getting in the GIF game...

In the only land battle of World War II to take place on incorporated U.S. territory, American forces began the invasion of Attu, in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, to dislodge occupying Japanese Forces on May 11, 1943.
U.S. FORCES BLAST JAPANESE FROM ATTU [ETC.], 1943
From the “United News” Newsreels series from the Office of War Information
http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=38960&jScript=true

2013-05-10 19:10:34 (18 comments, 5 reshares, 10 +1s)

A 110-foot whale-shaped hot air balloon called the Skywhale has begun floating above Australia's capital, Canberra, but critics are divided over the "esoteric" design and public cost.
The 1100-pound balloon was commissioned to mark Canberra's 100th birthday at a cost of £200,000. Another £32,000 was funded privately.
The balloon was designed by the internationally renowned artist and former Canberran, Patricia Piccinini, who said the artificial creature suited the capital, which was a planned city.
http://goo.gl/rfetR

2013-05-10 19:03:50 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Pinspiration or Pinterest Stress...

2013-05-10 18:58:25 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Illustrations of Historical Figures as They Might Appear Today

2013-05-10 18:56:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Muppets - Lena Horne - Ive got a name

2013-05-10 18:50:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Istanbul's historic İnönü Stadium will witness one last derby game, before leaving its ground as a new stadium will be constructed.
The historical stadium, home to one of Turkey’s most heated fans and located in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş district, will be demolished and rebuilt as a modern, new stadium with newer facilities. The club had been planning to renovate its historic stadium next season to turn the venue into a more lucrative one; similar to what its rivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe did in recent years.
#Istanbul2020  

2013-05-10 18:26:00 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Sudden artistic output following brain damage
 
More: http://www.tommymchugh.co.uk/

2013-05-10 16:47:23 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I still didn't get it... So the owner shows up, and doesn't remember he had a puppy?

2013-05-10 01:58:51 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

This guy is just amazing...

2013-05-10 01:51:32 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

How construction works in other parts of the world.

2013-05-10 01:37:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The notion that an average fast food worker is a teenager is wrong. “The average age of a woman in the fast food industry is 32 years old, for all workers 28.”

2013-05-10 01:35:00 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

14 year-old has decent science project: Finds iPad might kill people with pacemakers, presenting to 8,000 doctors

2013-05-09 19:21:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Pittsburgh From the Air

2013-05-09 03:23:09 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Huggies App Sends You a Tweet Whenever Your Kid Pees in His Diaper
Huggies TweetPee, a little sensor dreamed up by Ogilvy Brazil that affixes to your baby's diaper, syncs with an app and tweets at you whenever it detects pee (in the form of a higher humidity level).