Searched for "Stanford mining engineer China Dr. Banner". The first hit was from Google Books: First Ladies: A biographical dictionary, and the passage that link took me to, talked about Lou Henry who met President Herbert Hoover while at Stanford.

Of course, you could also just ask your doctor about things.

I buy warranties based on how essential the item is to my day to day use. For example, I forked over money for extended warranty on my macbook pro because I'd go crazy without a computer, but if my camera breaks, I'll just chuck it in a corner til I can save up enough for it to be repaired. Some things you cannot stay…

This works in Mac OS X Snow Leopard for TextEdit, Stickies and so forth, but does not work for Microsoft Word.

I think the difference is the fact that your partner talked to you about it.

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What sort of books do you like reading? The NYT bestsellers lists or a recommendation site like goodread.com can be a good starting point to find books you'd like, based on books you've read before.

I think most people do buy mags based on who's on the cover. I don't (well, the only magazine I read is the New Yorker...so there's that. And sometimes the Reader's Digest...it's an old habit. And, well, science journals, but that's another matter) but that's because I don't recognize most celebs on the covers -_-

Caroline is pretty normal, and it has Carol in it so it's pretty festive!

I highly suggest people try out a camera from a photography club or a friend before they go spend thousands of dollars on cameras and lenses. Often, you will realize you feel more comfortable with one camera over the others and which lenses you need on a daily basis. And please, revise the basic concepts of focussing…

I have a Sony A230, and the Minolta lenses go great with them. Look around for other options before you buy, though. I found some Nikon lenses from my college's photography club that work quite well. Maybe go to a physical store where they let you fit lenses to try them on for a while, it would be a good bet.

For clothes, Keep tops and bottoms separate, and underwear and innerwear separate from those. Then you can just grab one from each category, and be dressed.

Good tip for newbie bakers (I was one a year ago): When baking cookies, if they don't look golden and nice after the required time has elapsed and the cookies pass the fork test, switch off the oven and leave the cookies there for 5 minutes and they'll get nice and golden.

Ah, that thread (and another one by Stephanie Zvan that's similar) have one hilarous troll who was jacking up my blood pressure. But they were pretty good reads, thank you.

You just did exactly what you think is the offense of those two women who swore at you. They call you a bad word, and you call all women a similar bad word? Believe me, that's not mature. Next time someone swears at you, tell them not to. Respond to your attackers then. Don't come and swear at a bunch of people you…

Thank you for pointing out Spreeder. I normally read at 700 wpm with subvocalization, so I never bothered to read without it, but maybe I can take it to 100 wpm range now. I'm off to spend the rest of my christmas hols over there.

Panasonic sells $4 earphones on amazon. For me, those are the only ones that work with the way my ears are, and they're pretty nice too.

Amazon Kindle books? For people who own a computer/phone/iPad/Android Tablet too.

Amazon Kindle books? For people who own a computer/phone/iPad/Android Tablet too.

Diwali, from what I saw of it, was sort of like 4th of July: loads of fireworks you get to see out of your window. But yes, the original idea is similar to christmas light decorations.