Has the handsome Standard hotel — neighbor to the newly opened High Line, and declared this week to be the Municipal Art Society's Best New Building of 2009 — revived the meatpacking district’s seedy, sexual side? picked by bornbad 5 months ago

ANGELINA Jolie is the gold standard of beauty among women seeking cosmetic surgery and that's not about to change, a leading Hollywood surgeon has told Australian specialists. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Phosphate-mining companies want the Legislature to forbid Idaho regulators from forcing them to restore mineral-tainted groundwater beneath their operations to natural conditions once they shutter their mines -- because they say that standard is impossible to meet. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Body Orifice Security Scanner. It is commonly used in corrections facilities to scan inmates for weapons and contraband objects hidden in anal, vaginal, oral and nasal cavities. At some sites visitors are also screened.
*oh, baby* picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

They will be the earth's roundest spheres, crafted by Australian scientists as part of an international hunt to find a new global standard kilogram. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Australian scientists say they have achieved the world's most accurate measurement of the fundamental unit of light intensity. Errol Atkinson and colleagues from the National Measurement Institute have refined the measurement of the candela, the basic unit of brightness, to eliminate all but 0.1 per cent of uncertainty. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Standard is casting more than just a shadow over the High Line park; its guests are giving park-goers a full-on peep show. Many go beyond showing off their naughty bits to passerby—they also have sex, masturbate and even film professional pornos. picked by suebe 3 months ago

A new report from the Center for an Urban Future confirms the obvious: the so-called middle class can no longer afford to live in New York and are relocating in large numbers to the exburbs or far-flung cities like Houston, where $50,000 a year gets you the same standard of living as a $123,322 salary does in Manhattan picked by suebe 10 months ago

LIVING standards in Britain are set to rise above those in America for the first time since the 19th century, according to a report by the respected Oxford Economics consultancy. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

More than 160 Students at a South Bronx middle school have pulled off a stunning boycott against standardized testing. They refused to take a three-hour practice exam for next month's statewide social studies test. Instead they handed in blank exams and submitted signed petitions with a list of grievances picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Microsoft's Open XML format (the one used for Office 2007) is to be fast-tracked by the International Organization for Standardization to becoming a full ISO standard. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

In the city of New Ulm, Minnesota, a situation has developed that raises all sorts of questions regarding medical ethics.

Daniel Hauser has what doctors consider one of the most curable types of cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma.
But the 13-year-old from Sleepy Eye, Minn. and his parents don't want him to have chemotherapy and radiation, the standard treatments. picked by bingo 7 months ago

Today, cadaver dogs are the gold standard for detecting and recovering bodies in earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. "These dogs are highly effective, but it takes lots of time, expense and manpower to train them. If there was a device that was as effective for a fraction of the cost, that would be something worth pursuing," says Dan Sykes, Ph.D., collaborati... read full post picked by kakana 3 months ago

Also Gonorrhea and syphilis rates are jumping again after hitting record lows. More and more cases are showing a resistence to standard treatments as well. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

"They're a standard style," Eppley said. "I think in the right context they look fine. They just happened not to (look fine) here." picked by readingitall 2 years ago

This is a compiled list of all the accents in the world (to the best of their ability), with pronunciation breakdown and examples of people reading a standard sentence. picked by sidran32 4 months ago

The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is an annual award given to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability. The winner is selected in a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association at the end of the regular season. picked by punthe 2 years ago

It is standard for taxpayers to pay for six months of Secret Service protection for former vice presidents. Cheney requested an extension of that protection, however, and the president granted his request. The former vice president will now have at least another six months of protection.

Cheney's friends have said he has become more concerned about his personal safety in recent years. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

"Never before has a president personally intervened at the 11th hour, exercising political power at the expense of the law and science, to force EPA to accept weaker air quality standards than the agency chief's expert scientific judgment had led him to adopt," said John Walke, clean air director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a private advocacy group. "It is unprecedente... read full post picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A nuclear love song...Not your standard YouTube video. Trippy. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago