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Rated Feb 07 2008 • 3 reviews • drugs, posters, general info • streetdrugs.org

"This chart has been designed
as a quick reference guide to currently popular substances
of abuse. Measuring 25" x 36",
this chart can easily be hung
on a wall for easy identification.


Information about these sub-
stances includes their street
names, appearance, adminis-
tration, duration in the body, images of the substances
themselves for identification,
signs of use and general and
long term effects."

I want one !

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http://www-cis.usc.edu/~laura/cats/cancer.html

Rated Feb 06 2008 • 0 reviews • cats, medicine, science, animal health • usc.edu

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Toque Blanche | Mental Floss: Fact of the Day

Rated Feb 06 2008 • 1 review • cooking, language, words, trivia • mentalfloss.com

"The outfit of a professional chef is recognized around the world. Most distinctive is the tall white hat, technically known as a toque blanche - it allows for air circulation to help keep the head cool, protects the hair from smoke and grease in the kitchen, and the hatband absorbs perspiration from the forehead."

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The Beginning

Rated Feb 06 2008 • 1 review • celebrities, advertising, history, 50s, 40s • pearls.com

" What do Loretta Young, Olivia de Havilland, Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, and former the First Lady, Nancy Reagan, have in common? All are members of a select group of famous screen stars, who endorsed pearl jewelry during the '40s and '50s. Through these promotional efforts, Imperial-Deltah has become a force in pearl jewelry. ..."

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Puppy Bowl V : Animal Planet

Rated Feb 05 2008 • 1 review • cats, dogs, pets, awww, cute stuff • discovery.com

Know Where the Action Really Was on Superbowl Sunday ?

"Tired of the same old Super Bowl pre-game show? Looking for some excitement before the opening coin-toss? Before the big men in pads take the field for their gridiron battle, watch some players that are ready to rumble and 'ruff' their way to victory."

We particularly enjoyed the Bissell Kitty Half-Time Show!

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Horrible Histories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rated Feb 05 2008 • 1 review • history, for kids, educational • wikipedia.org

What a Cool Idea !

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Moviecrazed

Rated Feb 02 2008 • 1 review • celebrities, classic films, movies, history • moviecrazed.com

It's hard to realize today the panic that the advent of sound in movies caused.

On the evening of 0ctober 6, 1927, Al Jolson gazed out of the celluloid at his audience and said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet, folks; listen to this!"

      It was all recorded on Vitaphone.

There are more stories behind the transition from silent films to talkies than you'd ever imagine. In the silent era, cameras were noisy. Directors were used to shouting out their instructions. "Terrible Mike" took a toll on many a career.

In a stunt that foreshadowed the Blacklist of the '50s, silent film star John Gilbert was utterly ruined by the scheming of L. B. Mayer, who had the sound men manipulate his voice. Gilbert was, after all, a Liberal and an Intellectual...

Frank Capra: "When film found its larynx, it astonished, amazed and absolutely threw everyone into a tailspin. There was panic all around Hollywood. They were being asked to spend millions of dollars to revise everything. It was all pretty chancy. ..."

"It was funny to us and tragic to us. It destroyed everything we knew, all of our
carefully developed methods. ..."

"The talkies started out on disks, and that was rather simple, but to reproduce properly synchronized disks to accompany each film was a huge problem. Very shortly, they were producing sound film itself."

"Through the magic of technology, however, most of the problems that came in with sound were solved within a year. ...Thanks to American know-how, a revolution had taken place and Hollywood hadn't skipped a beat. We were back to making films, except people were talking now."

And the punch line, from silent-era actor & jazz musician Buddy Rogers: "I said to my good friend, Gary Cooper, 'Coop, do you know anything about talking?' and he said, 'Yup.'"

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Moviecrazed

Rated Feb 02 2008 • 2 reviews • celebrities, interviews • moviecrazed.com

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