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Well to be fair the "quick" in 12 does make it applicable to twinkle (stars twinkle, the pulsing Christmas lights twinkle) where as something just catching/reflecting the light (a gem in a ring, a clean mirror/metal surface) sparkles

So happy they don't - freaking good neighborhood means the ice cream truck does a slow drag probably three times a day in the summer, as well as parking at the community pool while blasting their terrible music and even now creeps through the neighborhood at little kid bedtime. I can only imagine how obnoxious a fleet of taco trucks would be.

It's more than getting free Pepsi when working for Pepsi or Coke at Coke, usually when you are employed by one of these you are *not allowed* (on punishment of termination) to purchase or in public consume the competitor. Had a person on my soccer team whose dad worked for Pepsi, she could not have Coke in public with him around.

That's actually nice, and so much better than the neighborhood in North Carolina that's all Harry Potter themed. Thanks Holly Pointe, but I'll pass on owning a house on "Long Bottom Trail"

But...#6 - doesn't most gum come in gum wrappers? I can't me unique in using those to dispose of my gum when it's gone bland.

Federal cap of $9.5k for a 401k??? Last I checked it was $18k/yr (yes it's not going to take him much longer but for most it's almost double what you listed and helps for those of us who like to bring down our tax rate)

Those anti-harassment seats on the Mexico metro just keep getting more detailed :P bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39449506

Many of the politicians who can vote on issues are representatives of their states. So in theory they are voting not only with their own views, they are more importantly voting as the people who they represent would vote (a majority, virtually never would every person in any given group vote the same). Unless you're giving everybody of voting eligibility a test it would not be valid. It is the reason on election days there are additional things to vote for (increase in locality taxes for certain projects, and the like).

-.- only because Disney bought the franchise, otherwise there'd be the twins (Jacen and Jaina) and Anakin. Some of us saw the early bits and were hoping Rey was Jaina and Ben/Kylo was Jacen and would have accepted twisting but oh no, Disney made them no longer cannon :(

The problem is when they said they'd cover health care for life they did not anticipate where health care costs would go. Yes, there are essential things that the Vets are entitled to. I am not saying otherwise on that. It is frustrating that before they leave they are told by their peers how to make sure they get their disability pay. (Not making it up, not something I heard from someone who heard from someone, it is something I was told by former military moved to GS positions). The money pulled in through military retirement, plus % disability pay, plus potential GS retirement is no small amount. Also the rampant fraud - They can go to a VA Hospital get their prescription, "lose/accidentally throw away/left it on a trip/need it while on a trip" [sometimes legit, but not uncommon for them to sell for profit] and get a free refill. When the cost is anticipated to be "normal" care and balloons into the hundreds of thousands to millions it doesn't leave them with enough to cover for all

Common Core is designed to provide a better understanding and ease with the subjects, it is also designed to build upon itself over the 12 years of school. So *giving it the benefit of the doubt and not yet having had to deal with it* it isn't about knowing a simple pair of numbers being subtracted (427-316 =111 is much easier the standard way rather than 427 - 100, -100, -100, -10, -10, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1=111) but for application in future maths (X -A, -B, -C, etc. = Y), (X/Y - A/Y, -B/C, -B/Y = Z/Y) etc. Find the "easy" things to get closer to the solution. There are other stupid looking problems, such as X-Y= give the answer to the nearest "10", you look at 100-61=X and go "easy 39" but they're not looking for the exact answer, they're looking for "It's close to 40, answer = 40" so you can look at harder things and be able to go "The answer should be near X, if I work it out and get an answer very far from X I did something wrong and need to recalculate".

Annnnnnd now you have to burn your finger away...

It works better though when they offer it to everyone - qualified or not. Some places do (in the States) because such a high percentage of their students do qualify. Some places do (I believe France or one of the Scandinavian countries?) because it is a unifier and one of those - everyone eats and everyone (barring allergies) eats the same. It would save many people time, money, and hassle if it were standard while also allowing those who need it to continue to do so without judgement. It might also boost the quality because if you're pretty much guaranteed near 100% utilization, with standardized budget then you can actually cook instead of straight from the package reheat, and improve the food quality and taste.

Dropping those two cents really puts it in my budget...

As long as they know All Your Base it's ok.

...You're old enough for beer and still have your parents pack your lunch?

Many McDonalds have braille menus on request, they have had them for many years.

She is really generous, she also has a partnership with the American Printing House for the Blind to provide six free print/braille books every year until a child reaches age six plus they offer a collection of audio files for free download. (FYI Braille books = super expensive, larger, more wear hence the smaller number) aph.org/dolly-partons-imagination-library/

On a serious note - farmers want their cows to have a single calf per pregnancy. There was a horrible report of some of the [good place for a Jurassic Park quote] "scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should" research at the Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska, where they worked on getting cows to bear twins regularly and all the farmers were very much in agreement of 'WTF? No!' One calf at a time = best.

Shouldn't have inflated those tires up for the season...

It's just eggs, likely with a few preservatives thrown in porcesed and cooked in such a way that it makes the easy, and consistent tube. It's not meant for regular home use, it's meant for restaruants where they need consistency in their portions and appearance, so you take this and you slice off pieces for salads, potato salads, and other garnishments. If I remember correctly McDonalds had something similar or the Egg McMuffin sandwiches in most locations.

European and Melanesians? Technically everyone had blue eyes under the brown, there was a horrifying thing I read about someone getting essentially cosmetic laser surgery to burn away the brown pigment in their eyes, leaving them with the underlying/base blue.

In the original fables it was not his kiss that woke her but the nursing of the children (it's been a while, I think it was twins and not a single child) he impregnated her with, that woke her from the enchanted sleep.

Look into your local library system's booksales (the books they are removing from circulation and the donated books).
At the small systems I've lived in it always was cheap ($1/$2 a book usually).
Moved to an area with a large system (yes you can look at ones you don't live in but for convenience and my house filled with books I don't bother) and their sale is awesome. It lasts about 4 days (Thurs-Sun) once a year. They have fairly cheap books in that $1-2 range with specials for kids books on the kid's day, but on the last day, :D they have (was $5 now cheaper) $3 boxes of books.
These are the boxes they bring them in and are large, they estimate they can hold 100 kids books, but you can stack tight and high. Anything in the sale (kids books, audio books, graphic novels, reference books, romance, sci fi, craft & cook books, fiction, nonfiction <3333) just search and put it in the box. You have to bring a dolly or a kids wagon to haul them around, but goodness it's heaven.

Noooo! As a parent a million times no! It hurts so much to see this! That pink bumpy baby recliner/nap nanny - Recalled due to infant deaths! The inflatable pool - soft suffocatable edges and if managed to climb up it - risk of falling injury! That child looks like they may still be learning to walk/in the crawling stage so they should not be unsupervised with a blanket (gray or the pink one on the bottom of the pool). The boppy (the U shaped pillow)should not be near them when there is a risk they could fall asleep on it - their warnings go into more details. Please don't look at this and think it's a good idea - it is not, it is a SIDs/danger example. The illusion of safety - "Oh I'd never leave my child unsupervised" - never until life happens and you do, a phone, a door, a trip to the bathroom. Don't do this!

It was actually referred to as other words (ġeolurēad which means "yellow-red", or saffron for the specific orange yellow of saffron) but mostly as yellow-red before the orange (fruit) was imported and the word Orange was adopted for the color.
Carrots were originally red,purple, and yellow, the orange carrot was bred specifically for the color and appeared around the 17th century.

...have people seriously never heard of coppicing and think this is something special?

Specifically southern American accent.

"Their food is too cute to eat"? I think you mistake the fact that there are three noodles, and a cherry tomato in this picture for size comparison - their portion sizes are tiny.

To be fair, at a regular (not chain, but not fancy) bagel place near me they have a $12 bagel - it's a full on lox bagel (whatever bagel you want, cream cheese, generous amount of smoked salmon, red onion, capers/tomato/lettuce included if you'd like). So at a fine dining restaurant, or through room service, a similar item would easily be double the cost (right around $26).
Then there are the uber fancy ones you read about with caviar and gold leaf and pate and whanot just to be fancy - I'm sure those are big bucks.

He is a brilliant man, with great ideas and putting his own money into making sure those are developed - so fantastic and such, but while there are small things like this where it is a kindness and good publicity he is apparently as unreasonably demanding of his employees as he is of himself. I support the drive for progress fast but if you burn out the best and brightest (himself included) there are repercussions.

Good on the kid for listening to his parents and using his manners. Good on the cop for being kind and doing the simple act that helps reinforce a positive image of police officers of being there to assist even if it is outside his job duties.

Still a big old nope. No one taking the effort to pump would put that milk in a creamer bottle. They wouldn't add to it through the week, human breast milk has a very distinct smell, and being non-homogenized it separates (in my experience in less than a couple hours to a very distinct and solid cream layer that essentially sticks to the sides of a plastic bottle until warmed and the less fatty remainder) there is no way someone would look at it and think it wasn't off (again, not that they would because it's just a note and that lady is just saying it to get them to stop, not actually wasting milk by doing this)