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...now AMC stands weirdly accused of making reference to 9/11, in its promotional poster for Mad Men's fifth season...

Relative volume of earth, all water on earth and fresh water. Of the fresh water, 70% is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. See also http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthhowmuch.html

That impulsive duck-face kissy photo you took of yourself and your friend at the Apple store to test out the new iPad's camera may be destined for an art gallery wall.

Reddit's r/books community discusses the following: Jonathan Franzen warns ebooks are corroding values. Freedom author tells festival audience that the 'impermanence' of ebooks is incompatible with enduring principles.

So here's a little weekend homework assignment for anyone who is interested. Make a 30 second documentary with a complete stranger. Be kind. Be courteous. Be original.

For Blake Whitman's 30 second "Documentary on a Complete Stranger" homework assignment. This is 30 seconds in length (not including intro titles).

60 seconds of beauty submitted by users to the first round of The Beauty Of A Second short film contest.

This film is a celebration of life that was inspired by David Eagleman's book, Sum.

Frictionless sharing sounds good - but sometimes you'll go out of your way to put a little friction (or a little white lie) back in.

Zoom from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of spacetime and learn the scale of things along the way!

Jon Stewart on pictures of war

It's some kind of milestone: Three of the Top 10 hits on last week's pop music chart have choruses that can't be played uncensored on the radio and won't have their original lyrics quoted in this family newspaper. All three use variations on a familiar, emphatic, percussive four-letter word.

This is the fundamental obstacle to understanding where technology culture is heading: increasingly, it's about everything.

This is the fundamental obstacle to understanding where technology culture is heading: increasingly, it's about everything.

NPR. Date Broadcasted: Februrary 6th, 2011. Genre: News. The crime shows such as CSI have now influenced many courtroom as many people who watch these type of shows would expect more scientific evidence on a case which might be only found on a TV show. Without the use of high tech ways to retrieve evidence, Courtrooms are afraid that jurors might be more tempted to let the person being held on trial to go as they might see it as a lack of evidence or as unconvincing as say one from a CSI.

Website: Podcast.com Broadcasted: January 1, 2011 Genre: Food In this podcast Don Genova raps up this year with a discussion of the best foods of 2010 and the past trends in food. He also talks about the best restaurants and food joints, giving a description of the best taco place in town. This podcast is good for people who enjoy eating food or just want to find out where the best restaurants are.

NPR. Date Broadcasted: Febubary 3, 2011. Genre: Pop culture A show like Gossip Girl is generally considered a girls' show while South Park is considered a boys' show. However, there are some shows that can go either way. Nickelodeon's iCarly does just that. The show is centered around a teenage girl with two best friends and her older brother. One would typically think that a show with the name iCarly, a girls' name, would cater only to girls. However, 45 percent of iCarly viewers are boys. Why? The fact that one of those best friends is a boy and the addition of the older brother evens out the cast gender-wise, making the show more appealing to boys. The comedy in the show also contributes towards that goal. Like Disney's popular show The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, iCarly has a gender-neutral cast with a great sense of humor that make the show entertaining to watch for both girls and boys and that is why it has become such a favorite among kids.

ESPN Radio- Sports Show. Date Broadcasted: February 2, 2011. Genre: Sports.Rick Sutcliffe and Sean McDonough host ESPN Radio, made to update sports lovers on current college basketball, NBA, College Football, and MLB scores. Any important news on the field or off, ESPN is there to let you know.