Just Neat Stuff

German Formula 1 Champion Michael Schumacher was designated as UNESCO Champion for Sport in April 2002 "in recognition of his role in the promotion of sport, his contribution to UNESCO's educational action in favour of young people all over the world, and his dedication to the Organization's ideals".

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Just Giraffes ✔

2011-08-31T00:16:00.001-07:00

What do you call a female giraffe?

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Classic Star Wars Posters

2011-08-31T00:15:00.001-07:00

Arent you a little short for a stormtrooper?

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Mount Logan

2011-06-09T22:03:00.001-07:00

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All About Top Gear - Episodes Online

2011-05-19T01:22:00.001-07:00

Top Gear one of the emblematic shows of the BBC, is on television channel BBC Two. Launched in 1977, it is a success today. The show is devoted to cars and the automobile sport. The BBC also publishes a TopGear magazine in the United Kingdom. In France, the show is on the Discovery Channel chain. Top Gear also exists in the United States, in Australia and recently in Russia.

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The Midwife Of Venice

2011-02-19T18:36:00.001-08:00

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Best Seller List - Feb. 19, 2011 The Midwife of Venice is #8 on the best seller Globe and Mail list today! Author is Roberta Rich, a new novelist from Vancouver, BC

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The Wild Sand Cat - Cutest Kittens Ever

2011-02-16T20:08:00.001-08:00

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They are able to survive for months on the water in their food.

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Travel to Victoria BC Canada

2011-02-14T14:38:00.001-08:00

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Ranked at number 16 of 100 Top World Destinations

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The Lensmaster Lounge / Plagiarism -- a minor caution

2011-02-12T19:19:00.001-08:00

There've been a number of threads lately on people decrying all the plagiarism on Squidoo lenses, and requesting that we report these lenses to HQ. I do agree that it's a huge problem. But there's also the issue of people copying content from Squidoo lenses and using it for their own blogs and websites. How can you tell if a person's lens is the original and not the copy? Sometimes I'm sure it's very apparent. But I've had a couple lenses (that I know of) copied by others and put up on their website, and in one case when I copied part of my text into Google search, their website came up before my own lens on Google. How would the casual searcher know that my lens is the original and not the copy?

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The Midwife of Venice

2011-02-08T11:22:00.001-08:00

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The Midwife of Venice

2011-02-08T11:20:00.001-08:00

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Bugaboo Frog - Baby Stroller

2011-02-03T21:45:00.001-08:00

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The Bugaboo Frog is the modular infant-to-toddler travel system that easily maneuvers over sidewalks, or through sand and snow.

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Learn About the Seal Colony

2011-02-03T18:46:00.001-08:00

Most rookeries are on islands or on large beach areas.
As many as 150,000 seals may be found in a single rookery.

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Learn About the Seal Colony

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All About Scrabble - Tips - Stuff - Photos - Videos

2011-02-03T18:22:00.001-08:00

Each vowel (A, E, I, O, U) makes exactly one two-letter word with X. The words are AX, EX, XI, OX, and XU. Those are the five legal two-letter X words. One per vowel

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All About Scrabble - Tips - Stuff - Photos - Videos

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Kobo — eReading: anytime. anyplace

2011-01-22T15:31:00.001-08:00

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The gramabarb Daily

2011-01-16T20:50:00.001-08:00

gramabarb Sutcliffe Park Pond http://www.redgage.com/c... reflection #vancouver #park #travel #canada #environment #green 4 hours ago · reply

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The GramaBarb Daily Newspaper is out! - Grama Barb's Posterous Blog

2011-01-16T20:49:00.001-08:00

I follow over 1400 people and world news organizations so my daily newspaper is international in scope. Over 1000 people read it everyday and then tweet it to their followers. I am personally inviting you to subscribe for free. Upper right side - click subscribe.

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How to Make Fun But Also Healthy Popcorn

2011-01-16T16:52:00.001-08:00

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All About Tanks

2011-01-09T14:22:00.001-08:00

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The word tank was first applied to the British "landships" in 1915, before they entered service, to keep their nature secret.

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Ultimate Cupcake List - Photos - Recipes - Links

2011-01-08T23:10:00.001-08:00

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Very Cool KISS Cupcakes

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Dog Coats and Non-Shedding Dogs - The Actual Facts

2011-01-08T23:09:00.001-08:00

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All dogs shed, and all dogs produce dander and saliva in some degree.

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The Lensmaster Lounge / Why Use posterous

2011-01-08T19:43:00.001-08:00

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Toilet Tattoos - Very Cool

2011-01-08T17:35:00.001-08:00

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Toilet Tattoos is a removable, reusable, decorative appliqué for the toilet lid.

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Wolves - Anatomy - Behavior - Conservation - Social life

2011-01-08T16:45:00.001-08:00

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A wolf howl can last anywhere from 3 to 11 seconds

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The Lensmaster Lounge / Copyrights, Copy, Paste, Links, and Plagerism

2011-01-08T14:06:00.001-08:00

Hi Ladymermaid,
I think your problem is because you don't really understand the point of Posterous. First of all, Posterous is just for fun. People post things on Posterous to share them with the people who follow them (think about the way people share links on Twitter, but Posterous allows you to post the content right to your blog) and then autopost them to their other social sites (Twitter, Tumblr, FaceBook, etc).
Second, when you post something on Posterous, there is an implied understanding that the people who are following you can "reblog" or "repost" what you've posted to share it with their followers. It's like, "oh cool, Ladymermaid posted an awesome picture, I'm going to reblog it so all of my followers can see it too." This functionality is similar to the reblog feature on Tumblr. In fact, in their Terms of Service, it states "Posterous respects your copyright. You retain full copyright of any original content that you send us. By posting to Posterous, you're granting us a license to distribute your content on this site", so that's why it's always ok to reblog things that other users post as long as you don't take them off of Posterous.
Third, on sites to share cool stuff (like Posterous or Tumblr), you're really only supposed to post things you have the right to use (like your own stuff or stuff in the public domain/Creative Commons) or excerpts or parts short enough that it falls under fair use. Their Terms of Service says that you shouldn't "Post content you do not have the right to transmit.", "Post content that infringes on trademarks or copyrights." or "Link to files on Posterous without a link to the original post."
You can check out their whole Terms of Service if you want. The point really is that Posterous is just for fun and to share cool things, when you posted your stuff on Posterous you gave them permission to reblog it anywhere on Posterous, and that not everything you do online has to be about making money. Stop and smell the roses and have a nice day

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Build Your Own Underground Root Cellar

2011-01-08T13:09:00.001-08:00

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Creekview Member Satisfaction Survey

2010-10-25T23:36:00.001-07:00

Flickr

2010-05-20T23:50:00.001-07:00

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All About Top Gear

2010-05-10T14:02:00.001-07:00

America needs reality television like Top Gear. The fact that we don't air this program on a mainstream network channel baffles me.
Do Americans like cars? Yes. Do we like comedy? Yes. Do we watch far worse things than this on average?
Regrettably, yes. Top Gear has the laughs, has stunningly good production values, and can keep audiences of all types entertained.

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Everything Top Gear Related - Watch Top Gear Online

2010-04-20T16:39:00.001-07:00

Most popular links
Top Gear Series 14 online
Bolivian Special online
Videos of the Botswana special

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Live LadyBugs - GOOD BUGS! - For Sale: Praying Mantis

2010-04-19T15:26:00.001-07:00

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Praying Mantis are one the best solution for people how don't want to use dangerous chemicals in their garden to control insects. They are one of the best predator insects, eating about any bug except the valuable Lady Bugs.

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Keyword Difficulty Check

2010-04-04T15:48:00.001-07:00

Use this Keyword Difficulty Check Tool to see how difficult it would be to rank for specific keywords or keyword phrases. This tool issues a percentage score that indicates how difficult it would be to rank on the first page for this term; higher percentages mean greater difficulty.


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Excellent LeapFrog® Tag Reading System - Best Tag Books

2010-03-25T19:26:00.001-07:00

A unique touch and talk device that brings stories to life, the Tag Reading System/b> works with a library of books and games from LeapFrog.

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Everything Top Gear Related - Watch Top Gear Online

2010-03-19T23:04:00.001-07:00

Top Gear is one of the most entertaining shows on television today.
Easily one of my favorite shows

You can watch just about every episode for free online
Top Gear the home of ambitious stunts, the world's fastest supercars, power laps, stars in a reasonably priced car and of course the challenges

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A Couple Excellent Tools For Squidoo Lensmasters

2010-03-10T23:47:00.001-08:00

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Text Formatting Toolbar - For Squidoo Lenses

2010-02-26T21:02:00.001-08:00

Text Formatting Toolbar - For Squidoo Lenses

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A toolbar that allows easy HTML formatting of Squidoo text boxes

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A video for my Vegan Daughter LOL

2010-02-19T14:55:00.001-08:00

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Cool Timelapse light show Olympics Vancouver 2010

2010-02-09T14:24:00.001-08:00

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More about Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics HERE

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Find out which Canadian olympic athletes to watch Vancouver 2010

2010-02-08T15:01:00.001-08:00

The Own the Podium initiative, orchestrated in 2005, appears to be paying off and the following athletes will help Canada attain the goal of leading the medal count in 2010.

Top 10 Canadian Olympians To Watch - Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010

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Valentine's Day for Your Teacher

2010-02-08T12:44:00.001-08:00

Each day your smile becomes my morning star.
I look at you and then my feelings shine.
From you I learn far more than words or numbers:
You're the book that someday will be mine.

You're the one whose love my love of learning
Will one day trace in its ancestral line.
For all the ways you help me grow towards beauty,
I ask you please to be my Valentine.
Anonymous.

Make it Valentine's Day Everyday

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Superbowl 2010 Football TV Commercials - Super Bowl Ads

2010-02-07T19:57:00.001-08:00

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A lot more ads can be found HERE

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Olympic Alpine Skiing - Event Guide - Tickets - Venue - Schedule

2010-02-05T20:25:00.001-08:00

Five thousand years on, it is one of the most popular pastimes in the world.

Alpine skiing has four different disciplines - downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom.

The downhill is for speed freaks, and the slalom for master turners.

More info can be found HERE

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If You Find Yourself on a UFO

2010-02-05T16:56:00.001-08:00

Discreetly pocket some small object (food pill,
bar of soap, chunk of antimatter from the propulsion system)
as a memento.
Your grandchildren may someday ask you: “Gramp, is it
true you once rode in a flying saucer?”
You can nod slowly; show them this memento; gaze wistfully
into the sky; and murmur: “Yeah, I rode one. And
you know what? If they came back tonight…I’d do it
again.”

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Painted Cats ~ Splendid Pictures

2010-02-05T16:46:00.001-08:00

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I laughed so hard when I saw these painted cats that my own cat stalked outside in disgust. These painted cat images are brilliant, as no animal can make a face as fed up and outraged as a cat.

I suspect some of these were done with a computer, but I also think that some are real. They do it to dogs, so I guess it is feasible. I also suspect they are real as most of the cats featured are purebreds, which tend to be ridiculously friendly and the type that would put up with being painted.

If it is fake, or if it is real, I don’t care—they still are brilliant.

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Glittery 7.5" Wedges for Valentine's Day

2010-02-05T16:41:00.001-08:00

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These red glitter heart-heeled shoes are just a little Valentine’s Day fun. Walking in the incredibly high 7.5” heel would unquestionably be a challenge, but think of the impact you would make in them. Heads would definitely be turning your way. I wonder if one could even stand, let alone dance in them with the way they are rounded at the front.

The heart wedge shoes are comprised of leather and wood and made in the USA by Karo’s shoes, a leading manufacturer of “sexy fashion footwear.”

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Enjoy the best athletes in the world

2010-02-04T18:54:00.001-08:00

Canada is putting its best foot forward to make this a great winter Olympics. Take the time to watch a variety of sports. You never know, you could become the newest curling fanatic, or find out you really enjoy moguls over downhill. Bundle up, grab a hot toddy, and enjoy the best athletes the world has to offer in winter sports.

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House Plants that Twitter - Really

2010-02-04T14:17:00.001-08:00

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When your plant needs water, it will post to let you know, and send its thanks when you show it love.

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Latest Vancouver 2010 Video

2010-02-03T22:24:00.001-08:00

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More info HERE

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Anti-stress face-ball

2010-02-03T21:28:00.001-08:00

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H.Concept is flipping the boring world of stress balls on its head with their Anti-Stress Face-Ball. This stress ball changes faces as you squeeze it. This may not sound like much, but does your stress ball change faces?

Didn’t think so. Experience a range of emotions with the Anti-Stress Face-Ball. Designed by Makiko Yoshida, this stress ball has a range of emotions you can squeeze out of it. Go from happy to grumpy without any medication required. This is a smart idea to improve an already existing product. Brilliant!

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Winter Olympics Pins - Vancouver 2010 Pin - Mascot Pins

2010-02-03T19:36:00.001-08:00

4.
2010 Winter Olympics Mascot Family Collectible Pin

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Vancouver 2010 Olympics Mascots Pacific Coliseum Official Vancouver 2010 Pin

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2010 Winter Olympics 5 Rings Collectible Pin

2010 Winter Olympics Silhouette Snowboarding Collectible Pin

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2010 Winter Olympics Green Hockey Silhouette Collectible Pin

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Vancouver 2010 Olympics Quatchi Canada Hockey Place Official Vancouver 2010 Pin

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More pins can be found HERE

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ipad Maxi and ipad Mini

2010-02-03T14:12:00.001-08:00

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Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010 - The Complete Guide

2010-02-03T13:56:00.001-08:00

Contents at a Glance

Featured Olympic Event of the Day

Coming Soon

Learn About Ski Cross - New Event Added to Olympic Freestyle Skiing

Click Image For Winter Olympics Tickets

Excellent Winter Olympic LInks

2010 Winter Olympics Venues

The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Vancouver 2010 Edition

Links To Winter Olympic Event Guides - In Depth Look

Free Stuff to do While in Vancouver for 2010 Olympics

Current Olympic 2010 Info

A Path of Northern Lights - Complete Edition: The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay

Latest Blogs

Books about the Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing

Biathlon

Araxi: Seasonal Recipes from the Celebrated Whistler Restaurant

Cross Country Skiing

Nordic Combined

Ski Jumping

Bobsleigh

Luge

Skeleton

Snowboarding

Curling

Featured Lenses

Mitts for Kids

Speed Skating

Where is Whistler?

Vancouver 2010 - The next Ladies Skating champion

Vancouver 2010 Mascots

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While on a UFO

2010-02-02T13:21:00.001-08:00

The Space People will probably give you a tour of
the ship. While being led about, note the location of any
recreational or snack facilities. You’ll want to make full use
of these during your stay.
And observe closely the propulsion system and other
advanced technology—for the benefit of the scientists who,
upon your return to Earth, will be lining up to question
you.

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Edible Garden Men

2010-02-02T13:17:00.001-08:00

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The Medical Herbman Cafe Project (MHCP) was created by Japanese landscape designers ‘Earthscape’ and involved planting medicinal and fragrant herbs in the shape of humongous man. Another interesting thing about this garden is that the herbs planted in certain places of the body actually benefit that anatomical body part. But, wait—there’s more. Aside from being a creative garden, it also doubles as a cafe, kitchen and craft space.

In every new location Earthscape plants the Herbman garden, it sells herbal drinks and foods from their recycled shipping container cafe. This amazing project is also used to construct playgrounds for schools in developing countries. My garden was never able to do that.

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Edible Nuptial Gown

2010-02-02T13:13:00.001-08:00

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The Cake Wedding Dress is an edible wedding gown made by designer Lukka Sigurdardottir. The gigantic, checkered cake adorns the bride as she walks down the aisle and serves as a tasty treat for guests at the reception.

Definitely a very unique and kind of bizarre idea, the Cake Wedding Dress has to weigh a ton and would probably cause quite the mess, but it does make for an unforgettable novelty piece. If the guests eat all the cake, will the bride be left naked?

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Ride a UFO - The Return

2010-02-01T17:36:00.001-08:00

Upon your return to Earth, take on a space name
and start a new life. Change your name to something like
Orlon or Xantar or Fromilex.
Friends may go on calling you Jim or Lisa. That’s okay—
so long as it’s understood that you’ve undergone a transformation.
That you’ve grown into a new, cosmically-conscious
individual.

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Lady Gaga at Grammy's

2010-02-01T15:56:00.001-08:00

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Living up to her iconic eccentricities, Lady Gaga’s 2010 Grammy Fashion were true to the over-the-top, quirky brand she’s built for herself (just look at those shoes!).

At the Grammy Awards, she donned a few outfits, all by Giorgio Armani prive, kicking off with a galactic number on the red carpet reminiscent of the space-age looks she’s channeled at past performances and in music videos.

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Complete Schedule of Events for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

2010-02-01T15:53:00.001-08:00

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Schedule can be found HERE
Complete Schedule of Events for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

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A ride in a UFO

2010-01-31T23:52:00.001-08:00

A ride in a UFO is a once-in-a-lifetime event. For some,
it is an unnerving event—a misfortune to be endured, then
mercifully forgotten. For others, it is the opportunity of a
lifetime.
Your experience can be good, bad, or indifferent—
depending on your attitude. You can decide from the start
that this is the worst thing that has ever happened to you
—and it probably will be. Or you can decide that good fortune
has sought you out. The choice is yours.
Look, you’re aboard a flying saucer. So why not calm
down and accept that? And once you’ve done so, go a step
further. Resolve to make the most of the situation—to
derive every possible benefit from it.

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They Turned on the LIghts Last Night - Vancouver 2010

2010-01-31T02:00:00.001-08:00

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The Squidoo iPad Giveaway

2010-01-31T00:05:00.001-08:00

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Just sign up for Squidoo HERE
Then email me at
jeffryvance@gmail.com and I will mentor you

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Equation: The Difference Between Girls and Guys

2010-01-30T23:48:00.001-08:00

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15 Things You Never Noticed on a Dollar

2010-01-30T23:38:00.001-08:00

Can you find any tiny owls or spiders hidden on the front of the bill?

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For My Vegetarian Daughter - LOL

2010-01-30T18:23:00.001-08:00

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Baby Mute Button - LOL

2010-01-30T01:16:00.001-08:00

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Anyone who’s had a baby or been around one for a while knows that silence is not a baby’s strong suit. The Mute Button pacifier seeks to help with that, at least a little bit. The clever pacifier has ‘Mute Button’ printed on it. Pacifiers are great for, well, pacifying little people, and they’re a great way to keep them quiet for a little while.

The Mute Button pacifier is only $6, a very reasonable price considering the value of a little peace and quiet.

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William Henry Fox Talbot - Inventor of the negative-positive technique

2010-01-28T22:29:00.001-08:00

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While thus at leisure, he experimented with a camera obscura to capture "fairy pictures, creations of a moment and destined as rapidly to fade away" It was during these travels that the thought occurred to him "how charming it would be if it were possible to cause these natural images to imprint themselves durably, and remain fixed upon the paper! And why should it not be possible? I asked myself."

More info HERE

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Cool,Free Stuff to do in Vancouver During 2010 Olympics

2010-01-28T18:00:00.001-08:00

Click through to see the plexo

For more Olympic stuff please visit Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010 - The Complete Guide

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Milk Packaging - Literally

2010-01-27T13:04:00.001-08:00

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Milk Packaging by designers Julien De Repentigny and Gabriel Lefebvre offer a unique take on the design of milk cartons by having the package formed like as an alphabetical representation of the product itself.

You do not have to wonder if this is milk or juice, one look at the cartoon spells it out for you.

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Eco-Friendly Olympic Medals

2010-01-25T18:28:00.001-08:00

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The 2010 Olympic Medals designed by Canadian artists Corrine Hunt and Omer Arbel will be made of precious metals reclaimed from old electronics. The salvaged gold, silver, and bronze that would otherwise end up in landfills will instead hang around the proud necks of Vancouver’s Olympians.

It would take more than 17 tons of gold ore to net the same amount of gold reclaimed from the circuit boards of a single junk PC. Using precious junk metal in the Olympics may further the cause of recycling scrap electronics.

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RCMP will have floating home for 2010 security

2010-01-25T18:24:00.001-08:00

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Vancouver has come up with an Olympic solution for housing close to 5,000 RCMP (Canadian cops) for the 2010 Winter Games. For the duration of the Olympic events, the police officers will be offered accommodation aboard two luxury liners offshore to allow security personnel to be closer to the action. Housing space in the city is sparse, so making use of the open area on the water is an innovative, albeit expensive, solution. The temporary lodging will cost the city $37.5 million, but Vancouver considers their proximity worth it.

“In fact, it’s more economical than staying a hotel,” Cpl. Gursharn Bernier of the Winter Games’ Integrated Security Unit said.

That and it keeps hotels free for the approximate 250,000 anticipated visitors.

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THE UNIVERSE HOUSE

2010-01-25T18:18:00.001-08:00

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The Universe House, conceived by Gabriel Orozco, has a swimming pool on the roof which is perfect for star searching during a late night swim.

Just the fact that you can go for a dip on top of your home, nominates the Universe House to be the best place to live this die of the Milky Way.

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Puppy Bowl to CUTE

2010-01-24T18:33:00.001-08:00

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When Elina Brotherus Isn't Photographing Lakes, She's Photographing Men in Tutus

2010-01-24T18:21:00.001-08:00

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You know Elina Brotherus is a talented photographer, because she’s been able to add an element of art to photographs of men in tutus. That is no small task. Among the photographers other work are many, many photos of lakes.

This comes as no surprise considering that Brotherus is based in Helsinki, but it still makes for an intriguing portfolio. If men in tutus aren’t your things, you’ll definitely dig the lake stuff.

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Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010 - The Complete Guide

2010-01-24T02:09:00.001-08:00

Contents at a Glance

Featured Olympic Event of the Day

Coming Soon

Learn About Ski Cross - New Event Added to Olympic Freestyle Skiing

Click Image For Winter Olympics Tickets

Excellent Winter Olympic LInks

2010 Winter Olympics Venues

The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Vancouver 2010 Edition

Links To Winter Olympic Event Guides - In Depth Look

Free Stuff to do While in Vancouver for 2010 Olympics

Current Olympic 2010 Info

A Path of Northern Lights - Complete Edition: The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay

Latest Blogs

Books about the Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing

Biathlon

Araxi: Seasonal Recipes from the Celebrated Whistler Restaurant

Cross Country Skiing

Nordic Combined

Ski Jumping

Bobsleigh

Luge

Skeleton

Snowboarding

Curling

Featured Lenses

Mitts for Kids

Speed Skating

Where is Whistler?

Vancouver 2010 - The next Ladies Skating champion

Vancouver 2010 Mascots

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CRISP, CRUNCHY AND READY TO SNACK ON

2010-01-22T22:18:00.001-08:00

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So you are having a dinner party, and you don’t know what to serve as your starter. You have a lot of different options, but one to keep in mind (and an open mind at that) is serving one of these pre-cooked edible tarantulas.

Oven-baked, and never fried, the edible tarantulas became commonplace during the tyrannical reighn of the Khmer Rouge, and now is one of Cambodia’s national delicacies. They are shipped to your house, ready to eat, and complete with instructions on how to consume them.

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Learn More About Olympic Figure Skating

2010-01-21T14:50:00.001-08:00

Event Guide - Figure skating (singles)

Ice skating is the sport that brings glitz and glamour to the Winter Olympics.

The high-speed steps, spins and jumps make for some spectacular action.
And the wait for the marks to be announced after a routine only heightens the drama.

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You can found out more HERE

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Controversial Funny Air NZ Cougar Advertisement

2010-01-19T19:55:00.001-08:00

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About Olympic Biathlon and Cross-country Skiing

2010-01-18T14:56:00.001-08:00

The biathlon involves cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. There are eight categories - men's and women's sprint, pursuit, individual and relay.
Competitors can ski in any style but must not only complete the distance (from 7.5km to 20km) but also hit five targets with five bullets.
For each target missed in the sprint, pursuit and relay events, athletes ski a lap around a 150-metre penalty loop.

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Emotion-Sensing Flowers

2010-01-17T18:38:00.001-08:00

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This interactive wedding bouquet could put and end to the age old question that has been posed to men throughout the history of holy matrimony - Does she have cold feet? The Biometric bouquet is just about the best modern innovation for marriage ceremonies since monogamy went mainstream.

The ingenious and interactive Biometric Bouquet was invented by the same people who made the ‘critical corset’ (a corset that tightens when the wearer’s heart rate goes up). It consists of white and blue emotion sensing LEDs that light up in unison with the bride’s mood.

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Robo Cafe: robot waiters make a restaurant a one-man operation

2010-01-16T14:41:00.001-08:00

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Either Robo Cafe is a great idea or a sign of the waiter and busboy apocalypse. Robo Cafe is basically a design for a robot run restaurant or diner.

Robots at the Robo Cafe would take and relay orders to the kitchen, serve patrons, and keep tips for greedy managers. Robo Cafe is a unique idea in terms of cutting costs. And these robots look darn cute with their ability to take orders verbally or via a touch screen on their tummies.

Check out the gallery for snaps of the robo-waiters in action as well as designs of what a Robo Cafe would look like. I’ll always be hungry and as long as my robo-waiter isn’t snarky and doesn’t drop stuff I’m decently okay with this idea.

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CHETTA Around the Europe

2010-01-15T15:08:00.001-08:00

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London-based photographer Ondra Chotovinsky captured the essence of the Norway land perfectly in these breathtaking shots. Chotoyinsky specializes in landscape photography and experiments with different lighting effects to bring out unusual and beautiful photos. His images of land, city and sea are spectacular.

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Ice bulb

2010-01-14T18:28:00.001-08:00

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An Ice Bulb is basically a ball of ice with a LED light in it, but the effect itself looks pretty intrigueing.

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Imagery Layer for Haiti Earthquake has been released | Google Earth Blog

2010-01-14T10:41:00.001-08:00

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The best way to understand the devastation is to compare before and after images by switching the Haitian layer on and off.

Download imagery HERE

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Learn About Paris - France

2010-01-13T18:02:00.001-08:00

The words 'culture,' 'art' and 'fashion' correctly reflect the way of living in Paris; you can witness it in the streets, in the buildings, in the luxury boutiques along the 'Champs Elysées' even by just watching the local people strolling down the avenues. You may also choose to amble through the narrow streets of the Latin Quarter or sit at a 'bistro' or 'café' near the 'Sacré Coeur' in Monte Matre and watch the artists at work while sipping a 'café crème,' savoring the cheery and musical atmosphere that permeates from this lively city.

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Paris, the European Capital of Modern Luxury and Magnificent Historical Treasures
Learn more HERE

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Cool Ads

2010-01-13T12:18:00.001-08:00

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Rarely do you drive down the highway and give a billboard or bus ad a second glance, but every once in a while you see an innovative piece of interactive advertising that stops you dead in your tracks. Whether you’re simply marveling at their ingenuity or furrowing your brow trying to figure out how they work, these brilliant pieces of consumer propaganda have incorporated all of the elements and resources in the environment surrounding them to create an all-encompassing piece of advertising that you’re sure never to forget. I just hope this interactive advertising doesn’t become too mainstay, otherwise I’ll likely end up walking into a wall thinking it’s an ad for real estate.

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Starbucks Gets a Makeover

2010-01-12T17:21:00.001-08:00

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I am not going to hate on Starbucks too much here, they have paid my bills for a few years, and still do. But we could all see trouble a brewing, and to face the problems head on, ‘Coffee and Tea’ was devised.

This is the re-branding, and relaunching of the chain. An attempt to not look so yuppie-ish to the urban artist, and to be a little bit more country to the rural folk. With rustic hardword floors, the mysterious removal of the eponymous green siren, Coffee and Tea still promises to deliver your obnoxious latte that has a temperature requirement.

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The Lensmaster Lounge / Something that is a concern - I'd like to discuss this

2010-01-12T14:59:00.001-08:00

Hmm - well, for something like the recent LOTD picks, it's great that they're focussing on RM lenses. Perhaps next week we could have lenses that are NOT in RM? (Because honestly, the rest of the year it's not like the RM lenses can't be LOTD, but they have to compete on their own merits rather than being singled out).
That's the one that grates with me the most - there's a lot of support and community here on Squidoo, and I never really dared join into the newbie groups and the going for Giant group, so I probably wouldn't join the RM one either (or equivalent) even if I could. But that's up to me. The theme, I don't mind, because it's just another option, and we have a lot of great ones - it's not DIS-advantaging anyone else. But now, missing out on LOTD? (well, in theory!) It's a bit bitter, sitting on the sidelines (and the thing is, the lenses that keep appearing? They're great - and I KNOW them all, which is mostly because they're good, and partly because the lensmaster is active and involved - and I'm wondering what's so 'Rocketmum' about them, why couldn't they be featured the rest of the year? Are they just not considered quite good enough to compete on their on merits? Why can't we show the normal lenses as well, to show the people who've been managing without Rocketmum? )
And also, what next will they get? Because the concessions and awards are getting larger, hence the escalating issues. The problem is, groups GETTING things - promotion, recognition, help - is great, I sit there and think 'wonderful! that's really nice, they earned that, it helps them, now we... wait, we? Oh well, just because I'm not involved doesn't mean,... wait. I can't be. And other people can't be either. And it's not even based on whether I'm interested or a good lensmaster, or because they can only have so many people. It's because I don't choose to lie and present myself as a mother with children (which incidentally, may be an oversimplification, but one wonders if there's anyone who does).
It's like all the 'US-only' features you see on the net, which while rankling, are understandable due to taxes and laws, but still exclude. and have a noticeable effect of 'oh, blah, I can't join that, why should I care? HEY? They're getting MORE?' And, as some of you know, quite apart from not having kids (or wanting them - heck, I'm still in uni! And sort of lacking in certain requirements such as a partner XD ) I don't want to ally myself with something so blatantly gender-orientated. My problems, yes. But lots of other people have similar issues - and there is no recognition of that. Going on about how wonderful RM's is and rewarding it as a group acts as an implication that we should join it. And we CAN'T. So yes, it is very exclusive. And giving things that then removes the chance of anyone else getting them disadvantages the rest of us, and yes, is unfair.

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Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010

2010-01-11T17:59:00.001-08:00

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I don’t know why. I just like the picture

2010-01-11T13:38:00.001-08:00

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Olympics - Funny - A Little Gross - You Been Warned

2010-01-11T00:00:00.001-08:00

Check this help

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Largest Published book in the world - Awesome and Available on Amazon

2010-01-10T21:51:00.001-08:00

The gigantic book BHUTAN is a breathtaking photographic adventure across the legendary last Himalayan kingdom. Teams from MIT and Friendly Planet took over 60,000 photographs on four extensive expeditions. Portraits of people are life-size or bigger. Panoramas convey the staggering sweep of the Great Himalayan Range and the awesome and unique ancient architecture. Tantric Buddhist dancers, clad in a rainbow of sparkling brocade silks, almost seem to be leaping off the page. According to Guinness World Records, at over five by seven feet (and 133 pounds), this beautiful photographic book is the largest published book in the world–about one of the world’s smallest countries.

More info HERE

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The Most Useless Machine EVER!

2010-01-10T13:31:00.001-08:00

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If you’re into DIY projects for the fun of it, ‘The Most Useless Machine Ever’ by SaskView has to be on your list. This box is, well, a wooden box with a lever. When the lever is pushed, a wooden arm comes out to push the lever to the ‘off’ position. That’s it.

Check out the Instructables to make your own box, and see the video above to watch ‘The Most Useless Machine Ever’ by SaskView in action.

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Super Stylish Cell Cases

2010-01-10T13:28:00.001-08:00

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The minds behind Uncommon cases have compiled some of the greatest contemporary art and made it available for protective mobile cases. The art, which comes from featured artists as well as Uncommon community members, ranges from modern to anime to graffiti to surreal (and everything in between).

Uncommon cases can even be designed by you, which is a great DIY business idea. If the imaginative styles aren’t individual enough for you, then you can make a mobile case individualized to you.

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Olympic Curling - Vancouver 2010: Official 2010 Videocast About Curling

2010-01-09T23:10:00.001-08:00

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Curling Basics

2010-01-09T19:57:00.001-08:00

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Flowing Pixels

2010-01-09T14:33:00.001-08:00

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Who says video games and reality can’t mix? These clever street artist took an ordinary pipe on a plain concrete sidewalk and transformed it into a triple-take work of urban art. What starts as a two dimensional pixel stream quickly breaks the barriers and becomes a 3D work of street sculpture.

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