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Friday, February 29, 2008
People
- Housing Meltdown: "Smart" People Do The Stupidest Things
- Here’s a random collection of notable quotes from people in suburbia I know, along with their educational provenance, and/or current profession
- Midlife slump finds people in their 40s down in the dumps
- ...men and women in their 40s were more likely to be depressed and weren't as happy as other ages. Middle age is such a low point for well-being that it's at the bottom of a U-shaped curve that indicates greater happiness among the young and old.
- The real Reagan
- ...the Democratic Party has turned on Bill Clinton with the ferocity of 16 years of pent-up resentments. He will not be cut any more slack, and neither will his wife. Meanwhile, the Republican primaries have turned into a Ronald Reagan adoration contest. Neither ex-president deserves what he is getting.
- JFK's 'love child' hints at secrets
- Jack Worthington, the alleged love-child of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy and the man at the centre of an international storm of interest, believes there is more at stake around revelations of his existence than mere biology or prurient interest.
- Like ants, humans are easily led - Telegraph
- When it comes to being misled, humans are no more sophisticated than ants or fish.
- Teenage model realises catwalk dream after radical spinal...
- Teenager Josie Chapman's dreams of stalking the catwalks came a step closer after she had radical surgery to straighten her deformed spine and won a place in a national modelling competition.
- Olympian dreams of comeback at 66
- A Japanese equestrian competitor looks set to take part in the Beijing Olympics - four decades after first appearing in the Tokyo Games.
- UpdateFlorida: Man shoots self while out walking dog
- A Central Florida man was hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself while walking a dog on a busy roadway.
- When the world's great scientific thinkers change their minds
- One hundred and sixty-five eminent thinkers, researchers, and communicators, at the annual request of the edge.org website, answered the following question: "What Have You Changed Your Mind About? Why?"
- People Ratings
- I personally wish there was an easy way for people to have a publicly visible reputation that was influenced by anyone. Imagine a world where people could easily point their cell phone at you and give you a plus or a minus vote.
- Uncle of miracle baby hurled from a blazing flat: 'I...
- Kamil Kaplan, 32, was photographed throwing his nephew Onur Calar 40 feet from a third-floor window as he and his sisters and brother-in-law were trapped...
- Automatic writing
- When a professor invents a machine that writes books, and then uses that machine to write more than 200,000 different books, there arises the question, "Why?"
- 10 Trailblazing Scientists About to Change Your Future
- the count up
- An Extraordinary Love Story
- It is a story of unconditional love, devotion, and yes courage, as well as inspiring to others.
- Sweethearts in the nick of time
- ..in wheelchairs and living at the opposite ends of a hallway, the two 83-year-olds finally closed the gap across both time and space. The result: love at second sight.
- Woman Applying for New ID Says She's 120 :: WRAL.com
- if confirmed, that would make her the oldest person in the world.
- Baby sucks out woman’s brain
- ...Marge Shrivinton, 28, from Brisbane, Queensland says she intends giving up breast feeding because her baby boy is sucking out her brain, diminishing her capacity to think straight and remember things.
- Two-thirds of Americans think nanotechnology is morally unacceptable -- wait, what? - Engadget
- ...we're not exactly sure why a recent study conducted by the researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that two-thirds of American think nanotechnology is "morally unacceptable"
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
People
- Top 10s On Live Science
- 10 Things You Didn't Know About You
- How Can I Teach My Child to Be a Good and Happy Person?
- Probably the best way is through modeling the things you want them to learn. The second best way is through repetition of your message. But if your actions don’t match your words, children will follow your actions before they follow your words.
- The Waking Up Syndrome
- Few of us are eager to contemplate, let alone truly face, these looming changes. ...as the edges of our familiar reality begin to ravel, more and more people are reacting psychologically. A noticeable pattern of behavior is emerging. We call this pattern the Waking Up Syndrome, and it unfolds in six stages...
- I-Reporter's wedding cake is a full-size likeness of herself
- Chidi Ogbuta of Allen, Texas, gets wedding cake that looks just like her. Bride had longtime fantasy of having a doll modeled after her. Cake fulfilled bride's dream, and took about a week to finish off. Five pictures
- Inventor sacrifices family, savings to help world's poor
- Nunez wonders if he'd get more respect if he hailed from Silicon Valley instead of this tiny Central American nation, where he toils in obscurity at a small private university.
- Best Man Vs. Woman Explanation I've Ever Read
- ...the seemingly senseless misunderstandings that haunt our relationships can in part be explained by the different conversational rules by which men and women play.
- Easy ways to exit awkward situations
- Here are some tips on how to gracefully and painlessly remove yourself from sticky social situations.
- 50 Very Simple Ways to Be Romantic
- Here are a list of 50 things you can do to express your love.
- 50 Things Men Wish You Knew
- Universal guy truths that all women should understand
- Why people believe weird things about money
- Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while other people make $25,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 a year while other people get $250,000?
- The Legend of Cliff Young: The 61 Year Old Farmer Who Won the World’s Toughest Race
- ...this humble old man proved all the critics wrong.Cliff Young, at 61 years of age, participated in 1983’s Sydney to Melbourne race. Considered to be the world’s toughest race...
- How I Taught My Preschooler the Value of a Dollar
- What began as a way to motivate Sam to stop throwing temper tantrums turned into an exercise where he learned that he must work hard to afford expensive things.
- Amazing Facts About Your Body
- Your body is the most amazing machine ever built. Highly adaptive and resistant. No man-built systems can be compared to human body in its complexity and perfection! Here are some amazing facts you may find interesting:
- Unknowing twins marry each other
- British twins who had been separated at birth learned they were related only after they had become husband and wife, a senior British lawmaker said.
- Resignation as an adult
- To whom it may concern: I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.
- One Red Paperclip
- A man wanted to trade a paperclip for a house. It took him a year, but he did it.