Austin*Girl's Musings
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Uniting the Planet for a Journey to Another Star
Former astronaut Mae Jemison (and living legend) will spearhead the audacious 100 Year Starship plan to send mankind on an interstellar adventure.
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Ready for the Last Venus Transit Until 2117?
Astronomer Mark Thompson gives some quick advice on how and where you can see next week’s historic Venus transit.
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Miami Cannibal Attacker: What Are ‘Bath Salts?’
The recent story of a Miami man, 31-year-old Rudy Eugene, who went on a naked rampage, attacking a homeless man and chewing off his face before being shot dead by police, has caught national attention because of the horrific nature of the crime. The news has also brought to light a drug that has since mostly escaped national attention, a narcotic that apparently goes by the street name, “bath salts.”
Given the grisly and bizarre nature of the events that unfolded on May 26, it’s almost certain that this drug will merit a closer look by police and public health authorities.
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Updated Pinterest Terms
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working on an update to our Terms. When we first launched Pinterest, we used a standard set of Terms. We think that the updated Terms of Service, Acceptable Use Policy, and Privacy Policy are easier to understand and better reflect the direction our company is headed in the future. We’d encourage you to read these changes in their entirety, but we thought there were a few changes worth noting:
Our original Terms stated that by posting content to Pinterest you grant Pinterest the right for us to sell your content. Selling content was never our intention and we removed this from our updated Terms.
We updated our Acceptable Use Policy and we will not allow pins that explicitly encourage self-harm or self-abuse.
We released simpler tools for anyone to report alleged copyright or trademark infringements.
Finally, we added language that will pave the way for new features such as a Pinterest API and Private Pinboards.
We think these changes are important and we encourage you to review the new documents here. These Terms will go into effect for all users on April 6, 2012.
Like everything at Pinterest, these updates are a work in progress that we will continue to improve upon. We’re working hard to make Pinterest the best place for you to find inspiration from people who share your interests. We’ve gotten a lot of help from our community as we’ve crafted these Terms.
Thanks!
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Text Messaging Help
More Text Messaging Lingo Help
- Transl8it.com
- A listing of common text message acronyms and abbreviations.
- WebWasp
- A text messaging dictionary.
- Lovetoknow.com
- Common text message symbols/acronyms.
- Internet Slang Dictionary
- Have text messages you don’t understand? Type it in and get it translated.
- Netlingo.com
- A great online reference that can assist beginners in learning the text messaging vocabulary.
- Webopedia
- Another resource for text message lingo.
- Lingo2Word
- For help in either translating a text message received or figuring out how to compose a message.
- Transclick.com
- Transclick can assist with text messages in other languages.
