clipped from www.nowpublic.com Pasta, olive oil, honey & and property once owned by the Mafia Putting confiscated Mafia property to good use, the Italian government is re-allocating property once owned by the Mafia in Palermo Italy into use by producing pasta, olive oil, wine, honey and other products, which are sold at the Coop supermarkets.  The country villa of a the once feared “Riina” is turned into a an agriturisom and apartments are turned into a police headquarters. Making something that was drawing the breath out of the public into productive and civic service is being done by the Impastato Association. Italy has been  trying to tackle and eliminate the crime group and is having some success.

Cheerful Kids by Dani Brubaker

clipped from amolife.com Cheerful Kids by Dani Brubaker "You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again." ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Secret to Longevity

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clipped from www.topsocialite.com Beauties With Big Brains But there are movie stars out there who actually did graduate from Harvard. And Yale. And Oxford. Some of the hottest actresses out there have resumes that are more impressive than their looks. Here are ten of the hottest smart girls in Hollywood: 10: Emma Thompson Background: Two time academy award winner (Best Actress for Howard’s End, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility), she’s recently been seen in Stranger Than Fiction and in the Harry Potter movie series as Professor Trelawney. Evidence of brains: Thompson graduated from Cambridge with a major in English literature. Won an academy award for screenwriting. Why she’s hot: Cute blonde british girl, what’s not to like? Also, has an incredible smile. Photographic evidence:

clipped from www.topsocialite.com The 20 Hottest Women Of The 90’s We here at Top Socialite recently saw a list of the hottest women of the 80’s, and while we found it interesting it didn’t really hit home, because we really grew up in the 90’s. Sure we were alive in the 80’s, so we get the Shannon Tweed references, but our teenage years came a decade later. 20: Carmen Electra Best Known For: Baywatch (97-98), MTV’s Singled Out, numerous Playboy layouts On the list because: She has uh … impressive measurements. Sure she’s more plastic than a Visa card, but that was a trend in the 90’s. The plastic surgery just wasn’t all that tasteful yet. But in the end she’s a Baywatch alum and managed to fill some pretty big shoes in her stint as host of MTV’s Singled Out which is enough to get her onto our list. Proof of hotness:

The Buddhist Dog

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clipped from www.oddee.com 15 of the Meanest CAPTCHAs ever You've seen them all around the web, CAPTCHAs are those distorted images of letters and numbers used to prevent the automated use of websites. They are supposedely random, but sometimes they seem to be "telling you" something; others are just plain ridiculous or humanly impossible to read. Here's a collection of the strangest, most bizarre tests agains spam bots. Did you ever had the feeling you were being insulted by a CAPTCHA?

Blue Droplets

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clipped from abduzeedo.com The Unusual Architecture of Dubai - Part 1 Dubai is the most populated city in the United Arab Emirates with more than 1.5 million inhabitants. However, in 1975 this number was much smaller, something around 183,200. Seen by the whole world as a futuristic and modern city, t's in constantly change, Dubai has invested heavily in architecture, hiring some of the most famoust architects to project its skyline. Dubai in 1990 Dubai in 2003