As someone who suffered the indignities of an Oakland school education, I'm always thrilled to hear about education reforms that take place and are successful. In this video, you'll get to hear about the program that lets Oakland high school students participate in rooftop gardening and learn valuable skills. And recognition of vegetables other than French fries.
Aside from the bizarre fascination with being able to see celebrity homes in Malibu (see the Streisand Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect), the CCRP is a great place to check out local surf spots up and down the Coast:
A list of places to buy zines throughout the United States including Atomic Books (Baltimore), Reading Frenzy (Portland), Quimby's (Chicago), as well as online distributors.
Click the image to see larger. This is a great reference for the best fonts to use, the trusted classics.
People always say there's no green in Los Angeles, but that's not true. You just have to know where to look, and to find those pockets of greenery for yourself. One of the places I've been meaning to go back to is the Los Angeles Botanical Garden. It's full of pretty flowers and trees, and is a lot bigger than you think it is.
Cool Zip Line on the road from Libertad to the city. About 10km up the road on the right had side. You have to check this place out. The family who runs it a super nice and zip lines are great.
Another TED speaker featured today: Ukulele guru Jake Shimabukuro shares his thoughts and incredible skill in the videos below.
A few tips to make life on the mountain easier, such as the value of placing a Nalgene bottle full of hot water in a sleeping bag. This is shot from Mt Kilimanjaro the highest mountain in Africa. Throwing a Nalgene water bottle in your sleeping bag can add a great element of warmth to your camp. Keep sleeping bags warm with hot Nalgene water bottles.
Martin reminds you all how to deal with a breathing casualty and place them into the recovery position. Watch and learn how to possibly save someone's life in case of an emergency. Perform CPR on a breathing casualty.
There are many variations of the side crunch exercise. This exercise works the oblique muscles. The lateral flexors of the spine (quadratus lumborum) are also involved in this exercise. The obliques are commonly referred to as the "love handles." They are used to assist with rotation of the torso. They are also instrumental during abdominal contractions.
Are you tired of doing the same exercises for abs? The jackknife crunch may be the answer to your problems. This exercise effectively works the core muscles. It should be noted that whenever the knees move toward the chest (the jackknife motion), the hip flexors are involved. The hip flexor muscles are actually part of the upper leg. They allow you to kick a ball or lift the knee from a standing position (as in running). Thus, if you are trying to isolate the abs, there are better alternative...
Learn how to put on a wig with help from the top hair stylist Trevor Sorbie. There are a variety of wigs in the market place, but this video gives specialist advice on how to put it on. Put on a wig like a professional.
Here is a useful guide to using the slash punctuation mark. Make sure you know where to appropriately place this punctuation mark, and use your slashes properly in your English writing. Use the slash punctuation mark.
Cutting allows you to preserve your plants over winter and start a new plant from the same one in another place. This video will show you how. Make plant cuttings.
For a complete obstruction the abdominal thrust can be used.For infants it is more difficult, place the infant completely over one of your arms face down.Next give five blows between the shoulder blades.Turn infant over and do 5 thrusts to abdomen. Clear a child's airway.
This video shows you how to import video into Flash, select a skin for the FLVPlayback component, place the video in the component, and test the application. You also learn how to import and preview FLV files using Bridge. Check out this video by Richard Galvan now! Import and use video in Flash CS3 Professional.
In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the popular effect in which a colored stroke is placed around a keyed or rotoscoped subject. This example outlines an actor, but you can use it on anything. Create an outline around an actor in After Effects.
In this "Baking with Julia" episode, Julia Child demonstrates how to make white buttermilk bread and utilize the versatility of a bread machine. Measure ingredients before you place the bowl in the machine. She also uses instant yeast. Make white buttermilk bread with a bread machine.
In the instance of all shots being blocked, you can place the cue ball near an object ball, as is shown in this video. This is a safe shot that can potentially make your opponent's next turn very difficult. Freeze a cue ball on an object ball for safety.
Goooooooooodmorning/day/evening, my favorite minecrafters! I told you to build a ruin, and so you did, so here are the winners of the weekly challenge!
If you have an earache, look no further than your kitchen or medicine cabinet. For a non-intrusive remedy, simply rub a little Vicks VapoRub along the outer part of your ear (never inside the ear canal) and place a heating pad over the affected ear.
Welcome back! Sorry for my absence, but i'm back, it was a busy month, finals and stuff, but i'm back, anouncing the winners of the previous contest
What better way to serve dessert than to place it in a bowl that is also a dessert in itself? Using a balloon, melted chocolate chips, and a few other simple tools, you can easily craft together a fancy-looking dessert bowl made completely out of chocolate.
Organic Armor is a company run by Paul Hersey which makes... organic armor. Their Facebook page is a really awesome place to get some steampunk inspiration. Check out some of their work:
Hello! This post is about the electrical socket. Imagine that somebody pulled the cable out of the possible protection outlet too fast? The result can be seen on the following photo. What to do next? Step 1: Preparation
Citing no evidence, and on the heels of yet another baseless “activist” report claiming a massacre has taken place in Homs, nameless US officials claimed to the Wall Street Journal that the Syrian government is taking chemical weapons out of storage for possible use “against anti-regime rebels or civilians, possibly in an ethnic cleansing campaign.” » False Flag Alert: US Claims Syria “Moving Nerve Gas Out of Storage” Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!.
I saw this on the Food Network and tried it out. We loved it. It is a great way to use leftovers and with the holidays upon us, I know you'll want to try it. I think it was Jamie Oliver who presented it although I couldn't find it on the website. It was described as a common thing done in the UK as the evening meal after a Sunday lunch. It is great with leftover turkey, dressing, and potatoes and gravy. The name comes from the sounds that it makes when it cooks. When you put the patties in th...
Real life spiderman, Jyothi Rai of India, spends his time entertaining tourists by scaling walls of the Chitradurga Fort. The daredevil works completely harness free.
Bring the circus into your home with this famed acrobatic cards trick. Watch magician Ryan Oakes teach you how to make your old deck of cards do a little dance. You will need one
These cheesy mixture of vegetables and couscous complement the just barely blackened bell peppers for an absolutely divine meal. These are a must-try.
How to transfer iTunes from PC to Mac You want to switch from PC to Mac and you want to take your iTunes library with you? There are several ways to move iTunes from your Windows PC to your new Mac. You can manually move all your iTunes contents to an external hard drive and from it to your Mac, or you can use a software like CopyTrans TuneSwift that does the job for you. Let's start with the easier way!
The video gives a step by step tutorial on how to replace the water pump, all belts and the shaft seals on a Porsche 944 S2.
Find the original recipe at http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/buttery-soft-pretzels/Detail.aspx. Ingredients
The title basically explains it all, you hook up 2 or 3 electrodes to a toilet seat inside of a port-o-let or some other restroom where the guys visit, place a camera in one of the top corners of the room, or port-o-let, to monitor who's going in, and when they have a seat to drop a deuce, zap them. It would probably be best to wait a while until they get somewhat comfortable enough to drop some cargo. That way, they could spring up from the shock and make a satisfying mess. Thanks you guys, ...
This one's for Party Boy Chris Pontius. He gets to be 'The Stud'. The Stud, dressed in his thong and bowtie, stands facing an unwooded section of "The Wall", constructed from gyprock with vertical 2 by 4 studs placed at 2 foot intervals. Meanwhile, on the other side... "The Foremen" get into their construction gear and take turns attempting to find the stud by punching a hole through the wall... this goes on until the stud is found.
The Costume All you gotta do is dress up like a fly, go to a zip line place (i know they got'em in California).
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to use a pad, tampon or cup. To use a pad, take it out of the wrapper and peel off paper on one side of the pad. Then place the sticky part of the pad onto the crotch area of your underwear. To use a tampon, take it out of the wrapper. Then push down the thinner tube and insert it into the vagina. To use a cup, fold it in half. Then insert it into the vagina and let it unfold in the vagina. This video will benefit those female viewers who have just go...
In this tutorial, Joel Harper teaches us how to work out during your second trimester. You will need a couple of hand weights and a sturdy chair to do this work out. Start off by marching with the weights and then lift your arms into the air with 15 counts each. Do a slight lunge while you are doing these arm raises. Next, sit in the chair and list the weights up in the front and on the side. Now, move your chair and place your feet apart, then look behind you as you open your chest up. To fi...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to power up volleyball serves. Viewers are taught by volleyball player, Keri Walsh. Viewers learn helpful tips that will strengthen volleyball serving. Some tips include: always toss the ball in the same place, ball should be tossed in front of shoulder, serve overhand with the force of the palm hitting the ball and position shoulders to the direction that you want the ball to go. This video will benefit those viewers who are learning how to play voll...
Whenever we make a homemade circuit, we use what are called through-hole components. Any components with long metal leads is a through-hole component. They are great for soldering to, but it's tough to fit enough through-hole resistors and capacitors into a smartphone. To get those last microns, we have surface-mount components for SMDs (surface-mount devices). These are all of those teeny, tiny things you see when you crack open your digital camera or laptop case.
