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...more than 200, which allow seismologists to more immediately pin down the size and strength of an earthquake as it happens. Many of those sensors have also been equipped with global-positioning system add-ons, which can determine the rate at which a quake has caused a fault to slip. Scientists in the Bay Area have also dug several deep trenches that expose rock layers that have been deformed by quakes - that helps give them a better sense of how often earthquakes hit and when the next one may come. Scientists still can't predict earthquakes the way they might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earthquake Preparedness: Lessons from San Francisco | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...years. “Jizz in My Pants” has accumulated over 65 million views on YouTube to date. Would you rather explain Slate’s mistake or the premise of that video to a 10-year-old? There’s a big difference between a slip of the tongue and a dick...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No Real Need to Shelter From the F-Bomb | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...probably going to spend the rest of your life alone.” Sue steps down as glee co-chair (although she chooses to retain consigliere privileges), and then confronts Quinn about her pregnancy. Rachel had been keeping Jacob quiet with panty payments, but once he let the news slip to Sue, the coach forces him to publish on his blog. With her popularity threatened, and with possibly nothing left but glee, Quinn is distraught, and the club rallies around her in the final number...

Author: By Luis Urbina | Title: Recap: "Throwdown" | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...cement powder, dry ice or silver iodide to spray the clouds from Nov. 15 to March 15 - and only to prevent "very big and serious snow" from falling on the city, said Andrei Tsybin, head of the department. This could mean that a few flakes will manage to slip through the cracks. Tsybin estimated that the total cost of keeping the storms at bay would be $6 million this winter, roughly half the amount Moscow normally spends to clear the streets of snow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter Without Snow | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...probably going to spend the rest of your life alone.” Sue steps down as glee co-chair (although she chooses to retain consigliere privileges), and then confronts Quinn about her pregnancy. Rachel had been keeping Jacob quiet with panty payments, but once he let the news slip to Sue, the coach forces him to publish on his blog. With her popularity threatened, and with possibly nothing left but glee, Quinn is distraught, and the club rallies around her in the final number...

Author: By Luis Urbina | Title: Recap: "Throwdown" | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

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