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5 Car Loan Mistakes That Cost You Money. More than just striking a "good" deal with the salesperson is required to save money on your next car purchase.

5 Car Loan Mistakes That Cost You Money

A mistake on your car loan could cost you money and erase the savings negotiated on the purchase price. "The big mistakes are made in the financing office," says Phil Reed, the senior consumer advice editor at Edmunds.com, the auto research website. "Making the right decisions can save thousands over the life of the loan. " [Click here to check auto rates in your area.] Here are Reed's five car loan mistakes that can cost you money: 1. Once volunteered, a monthly car loan amount tells the dealer how much room is available to hide other costs such as a higher interest rate and add-ons. The Bitterroot Footage. And The Breeders Call Me Selfish!??????????????????? : I Hate Kids and I Don't Want Any Story. - StumbleUpon. The "Dokkōdō" [ (Japanese: 独行道?)

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; "The Path of Aloneness", "The Way to Go Forth Alone", or "The Way of Walking Alone"] is a short work written by Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵) a week before he died in 1645. Scientists Find a Population of Butterflies That Appears to Be Splitting Into Two Species. Nov. 5, 2009 AUSTIN, Texas — Breaking up may actually not be hard to do, say scientists who've found a population of tropical butterflies that may be on its way to a split into two distinct species.

Scientists Find a Population of Butterflies That Appears to Be Splitting Into Two Species

Polymorphic mimicry in Heliconius cydno alithea in western Ecuador, where the white form (middle left) mimics the white species Heliconius sapho (top left) and the yellow form (middle right) mimics the yellow species Heliconius eleuchia (bottom right). Cane toads lose their killer touch in east Australia. Wendy Zukerman, Asia-Pacific reporter (Image: Travis Child) Invasive weeds may save Australia's blue-tongue lizards from cane toad poison. What causes the smell after rain?" Most people notice a distinctive smell in the air after it rains.

What causes the smell after rain?"

It's frequently linked with spring, as the smell of fresh cut grass is associated with summer. 30 Inspirational Quotes to Keep You Rolling - SocialHype - StumbleUpon. Written By Sarah December 12th, 2011 Sometimes you need a little motiation to keep on rolling through life.

30 Inspirational Quotes to Keep You Rolling - SocialHype - StumbleUpon

Wether it be business or personal, there will be many moments in our life where we face hardship and we feel like giving up. Well, if you know me, giving up is NEVER an answer. The Picture Overflow at Kontraband - Page 35. Drinking eight teas a day cuts blood pressure and heart disease. Medics save baby born with no blood. Antarctic Glacier Has Five-story Blood-red Waterfall of Primordial Ooze - Environment - GOOD. Debra Ollivier: Teens Having Sex At Home: Should Parents Allow It or Forbid It? When hormones start to bloom, the libido is quick to follow. So what do you do if your teenager wants to have sex at home? Do you let him or her do it under your roof? Or do you categorically forbid it? If you allow it, are you promoting promiscuity? EatingWell: 7 of the Healthiest Foods You Should Be Eating But Arent.

By Matthew Thompson, Associate Food Editor for EatingWell Magazine When it comes to choosing what to eat, I like to get a lot of nutritional bang for my buck, so to speak.

EatingWell: 7 of the Healthiest Foods You Should Be Eating But Arent

The best deals? “Superfoods” that are far more plentiful in nutrients than they are in calories and that research has shown deliver health benefits. You’re probably already eating a lot of everyday superfoods -- like bananas, eggs and broccoli -- and maybe even some exotic ones. (Acai, anyone?) But what about the power-packed foods filled with good-for-you vitamins, minerals and disease-fighting phytochemicals you aren’t eating? Kale What healthy foods do you want to eat more of? By Matthew Thompson Matthew Thompson is the associate food editor for EatingWell Magazine.

Sperm Can Be Stored In Females Bodies For Years, Study Shows. Sometimes babies come along at inopportune times - after sex, the human body can only delay fertilization for 3 to 5 days. But what if each woman had her own personal sperm bank? What if she could hold on to sperm until she felt ready to get pregnant? Researchers have found many females in the natural world possess the nifty ability to store sperm within their bodies for weeks and even years.

Futility Closet. In the late 1880s, the body of a 16-year-old girl was pulled from the Seine.

Futility Closet

She was apparently a suicide, as her body showed no marks of violence, but her beauty and her enigmatic smile led a Paris pathologist to order a plaster death mask of her face. In the romantic atmosphere of fin de siècle Europe the girl’s face became an ideal of feminine beauty. The protagonist of Rainer Maria Rilke’s 1910 novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge writes, “The mouleur, whose shop I pass every day, has hung two plaster masks beside his door. [One is] the face of the young drowned woman, which they took a cast of in the morgue, because it was beautiful, because it smiled, because it smiled so deceptively, as if it knew.” Ironically, in 1958 the anonymous girl’s features were used to model the first-aid mannequin Rescue Annie, on which thousands of students have practiced CPR. What Do Blind People See When They Dream? - DivineCaroline - StumbleUpon. Compounds in mate tea kills cancer cells. Could preventing colon cancer be as simple as developing a taste for yerba mate tea?

In a recent University of Illinois study, scientists showed that human colon cancer cells die when they are exposed to the approximate number of bioactive compounds present in one cup of this brew, which has long been consumed in South America for its medicinal properties. “The caffeine derivatives in mate tea not only induced death in human colon cancer cells, they also reduced important markers of inflammation,” said Elvira de Mejia, a U of I associate professor of food chemistry and food toxicology.

That’s important because inflammation can trigger the steps of cancer progression, she said. In the in vitro study, de Mejia and former graduate student Sirima Puangpraphant isolated, purified, and then treated human colon cancer cells with caffeoylquinic acid (CQA) derivatives from mate tea. As the scientists increased the CQA concentration, cancer cells died as a result of apoptosis. The Strange History of the Sunflower ~ Kuriositas - StumbleUpon.

You may not think that there is much to know about the sunflower.

The Strange History of the Sunflower ~ Kuriositas - StumbleUpon

After all, the plant is virtually everywhere. Yet it has something more than a simple, straightforward history and is more of a globe trotter than you may imagine. Its story has the historical and continental sweep of a Hollywood epic, from the pre-European Americas to Tsarist Russia and back again. WHAT DO PHILOSOPHERS BELIEVE? And what do people ask them in mid-air?

WHAT DO PHILOSOPHERS BELIEVE?

Anthony Gottlieb decodes an unusual opinion poll ... From INTELLIGENT LIFE Magazine, Spring 2010 There was once a website on which academic philosophers listed the curious things that strangers had said to them upon learning that they were in the presence of a philosopher. The following conversation allegedly took place on an aeroplane: Galapagos Researchers Find 'extinct' Tortoises Are Still Alive.

Mind Junker - StumbleUpon. Natalie Dee: "Americas Favorite Cracker" EPICURUS EXONERATED. 6 People Who Gained Amazing Skills from Brain Injuries. Frankenstein ants created by scientists. The Open Access Publisher. What Americans don't understand about weight loss. WWF: Shark. Infographic of the Day: Is Bottled Water Really That Bad? Yes. Helen Fisher studies the brain in love.

Mysteries of Deep Space - History of the Universe Timeline - StumbleUpon. Why You May Be Drinking Soda That Contains a Dangerous Flame Retardant Banned in Europe and Japan. January 2, 2012 |

Why You May Be Drinking Soda That Contains a Dangerous Flame Retardant Banned in Europe and Japan

How people assign blame: Cohesive groups hold members less responsible for individual actions. Bilder. Albinism is Beautiful: Pics, Videos, Links, News. Beautycheck - Home. The Startling Science of a Starling Murmuration. Solipsism. The Science Creative Quarterly & A DIALOGUE WITH SARAH, AGED 3: IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT IF YOUR DAD IS A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR, ASKING “WHY” CAN BE DANGEROUS. Voices.

What are chaos and chaos theory? How can you talk about chaos? Part of Nietzsche's problem with history, science, and the knowledge drive in general is that these activities typically presuppose that &knowing& is possible, and that truth is more valuable than untruth, or appearance. Dark alien planet discovered by NASA. Hunters after reality, wherever it may lead & Genius Around. Scientist creates lifelike cells out of metal.

Scratching an itch through the scalp to the brain. Personality Quiz - StumbleUpon. Snake oil? Scientific evidence for health supplements - StumbleUpon. Tackling homelessness requires a more psychological focus. Tonight. INFP. GAIN Fitness - Personal Trainer Quality Workouts - StumbleUpon. Why do women menstruate? : Pharyngula.