Powerful photos from 2011

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-powerful-photos-of-2011



Wow... I find it hard to believe that all of these things happened this year. So much chaos and violence. Kudos to the photographers for capturing these striking moments in history... too bad the list couldn't be longer, and more events, such as those in Libya, couldn't have been shown as well.

You can't even Google this stuff

http://www.focus.com/fyi/blurred-out-51-things-you-arent-allowed-see-google-maps/



Huh. I now feel inclined to go see what some of these look like. Which is funny, since all I'll see are smudges anyway.

Protect your right to privacy on Facebook: PLACES

You know, if Facebook actually cared, they'd tell us that the settings have changed, and wouldn't set the default to the more public modes.

Follow these instructions, then paste them onto your profile for your friends to see:



Yesterday, Facebook launched "Facebook Places." Now, anyone can find out WHERE YOU ARE when you are logged in! This provides the actual address & map location of your location as you use Facebook. Make sure your kids know. TO UNDO THIS: Go to "Account", "Account Settings", & click on the "Notifications" tab. Then, scroll down to "Places" and UNCHECK the 2 boxes. Make sure to SAVE your changes!. Please re-post this message to share the info.

State stereotypes!!

I love these. Stereotypes can be horrible, and people should by no means be judged using them as we're each individuals, but to an extent they're true. I'm a big fan of anything showing off the fifty unique chunks of the US, so I think this video is great. I haven't looked into the book that the guy's promoting at the end, though... hmm, probably should do that.




http://youtu.be/h68UJaHvG_c

The sounds are as old as language itself

Language may be more than 50,000 years old? And may still carry traces of its roots?? Eeeeeee!

Yeah, I be linguistic dork.

Cool article.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/science/15language.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage

Norwegian Icebreaker heads up the Mississippi

(As the e-mail stated it...)


How's this for international cooperation!

Norwegian Icebreaker heads up the Mississippi River.

As you may have seen on the news it's been very cold in Iowa.

So cold, in fact, that the US Army Corp of Engineers has borrowed a visiting Norwegian Icebreaker to clear the Mississippi River for freighter traffic. The Icebreaker is starting near Davenport and working its way northward.


Here is a picture as the hard work of ice breaking begins. Impressive!





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Can you locate all 50 states?

This game is actually pretty fun, although I don't really like that it's timed!

http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf