Ellen Pompeo was spotted out and about for a shopping trip to the health food store wearing her Black Jewel skinny jeans in Twister wash. Black Orchid is really coming out with a lot of new washes, I can’t wait to see these for sale online!
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You know those people who are somehow good at everything they do? Yeah, those ASSHOLES. Well, Spencer Berger is one of them. He’s the screenwriter and lead actor in the award winning film Skills Like This, and now he’s taking a stab at music under the pseudonym Field. He’s an extremely talented musician, and even worse, a really nice guy.
Field’s debut, Be Brave, is still in the process of being mastered, and will be released this year. The unmastered version is a sign of good things to come. Field’s music is among the most creative being produced today–a truly engaging sound that can’t be categorized in a genre other than saying it lies somewhere between Bowie and Flight of the Conchords.
I’ll definitely keep you posed on the release date. In the meantime, check out the below tracks and music video, which will undoubtedly brighten your day.
Be Brave (2010):
(mp3) Field – Sunday
(mp3) Field – I’m the Enforcer
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“I’m the Enforcer” music video. One of the best videos I’ve seen in a while.
Click here to view the embedded video.
There are two type of actors in this world. The kind of actor who leaves the fans responsible for her twenty million dollar per movie paycheque high and dry to shoot movies focus on their family. And Lauren VĂ©lez. An actress who spent the better part of her DEXTER hiatus playing a love interest for Ignacio Suarez on UGLY BETTY and was cool enough to drop by Wednesday’s penultimate episode for what in essence amounted to little more than a cameo appearance. Albeit a very important one that not only added to Hilda’s beautiful wedding, but left fans with the distinct impression that Ignacio — who odds are isn’t going to get much of send-off in what will surely be a jam-packed BETTY finale next week — will get his happily every after after-all. Our hat goes off to you Lauren VĂ©lez. Rest of Hollywood, take note. 
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a pair of cases that challenge the existing federal ban on providing "material support" to terrorists—on account of the fact that "material support," as you might expect, can be taken mean almost anything. Including, it turns out, teaching a terrorist to play the blues. Let's check the transcript (pdf):
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: Under the definition of this statute, teaching these members to play the harmonica would be unlawful. You are teaching—training them in a lawful—in a specialized activity. So how do we—there has to be something more than merely a congressional finding that any training is bad. [emphasis mine]
Solicitor General Elena Kagan, quick on her feet, told Sotomayor that such a scenario was unlikely. Terrorists, as anyone with even an elementary education knows, hate bluegrass: "Now you say well, maybe training a—playing a harmonica is a specialized activity. I think the first thing I would say is there are not a whole lot of people going around trying to teach Al Qaeda how to play harmonicas."
But Justice Antonin Scalia, for one, was unconvinced: "Well," he retorted, "Hamid Hatah [note: I think he means Mohammed Atta] and his harmonica quartet might tour the country and make a lot of money. Right?"
Officials are calling California’s new state-approved environmental curriculum a landmark move, and with good reason. Until currently, many teachers have been teaching eco-issues but without a curriculum guide. Also, state officials have called the current environmental education lessons taught by teachers, purely supplemental because lessons are not focused on state academic standards.
That’s all changing this spring though. The state Board of Education just signed off on 76 sections of eco-curriculum for California public schools which will be available for for teachers online this spring at no charge. Now, all California public schools will now have access to state-approved environmental curriculum for K-12 students and it won’t just be considered supplemental.
According to the Mercury News, the curriculum, “Includes 85 sections of science and history-social science with academic standards… The curriculum includes lessons on storm drains, composting, animals, water treatment, food production, the role of government in economics from an environmental perspective” and more. There are still a remaining nine curriculum sections that need to be filled in and are expected to go to the board this spring.
Green education choices are a good deal for schools, parents, and kids. Learn more at one of the links below…
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Post from: Blisstree
California public schools eco-curriculum
Windows: Last week we highlighted a batch script capable of canceling a stalled print job without waiting years. Free, lightweight utility Stalled Printer Repair covers the same territory, only better.
Just fire up Stalled Printer Repair next time you're staring at a stuck job in the print queue that won't be deleted. The app will detect stalled print jobs, purge any stalled jobs, and get your printer back up and running. It basically performs the same task we described in our previous post, only you don't risk any problems from a mistyped batch file.
Stalled Printer Repair is a free, portable download for Windows that could save you a whole lot of headaches in the future. Thanks Angus and Chris!
John Petersen submits:It's no secret that I think plug-in electric vehicles are unconscionable waste and pollution masquerading as conservation. To support my opinions, I've published an easy to follow Excel spreadsheet that shows why plug-ins are 5x to 6x less effective than HEVs when it comes to reducing national gasoline consumption and 9x to 12x less effective than HEVs when it comes to reducing national CO2 emissions. To date, the only challenges to my analysis have come from die-hard EV fanatics who seem to believe battery factories grow on trees and raw material supply chains sprout like flowers in an alpine meadow.
In early February, Joann Muller of Forbes warned of a coming Electric Car Battery Glut based on published estimates that global lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity would reach 36 million kWh by 2016. Just this week, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants released a study that forecasts a lithium-ion battery supply bubble between 2015 and 2017 and predicts an industry-wide consolidation where "only six to eight global battery manufacturers will survive in the next five to seven years."
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