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This Drug-Fueled, Multimillion Dollar, Supermodel Snowpocalypse Has Been Fashion's Best-Kept Secret Since '77. "My mom called my sister Pat in New York and said, 'Why doesn't Julie come and stay with you?

This Drug-Fueled, Multimillion Dollar, Supermodel Snowpocalypse Has Been Fashion's Best-Kept Secret Since '77

'" Julie recalls. Pat was 11 years older than Julie and had left home after winning second runner-up in a modeling contest. Weird Washington. Hillary Clinton, Sandy Hook and Divine Double Jeopardy (Video) 20 Cognitive Biases that Screw Up Your Decision Making. Via Reddit: r/coolguides and Business Insider.

20 Cognitive Biases that Screw Up Your Decision Making

Related How might algorithms rule our lives? Mapping the logical space of algocracy This post was originally published on Philosophical Disquisitions. This post is a bit of an experiment. Orbital Articulation: A Theory of Higher Expression. Super Bowl L: Bread and Circuses. And Symbols. (UPDATED) Super Bowl L aired last night, marking the end of many eras.

Super Bowl L: Bread and Circuses. And Symbols. (UPDATED)

Peyton Manning looked every bit like a man all-too-ready to retire, kept aloft only by the most dominant defense in football. *The Panthers seemed dominant this year but were helped along by a schedule that wasn't exactly back-breaking, leading Five Thirty-Eight to declare them the worst team to ever go 11-0. Cam Newton may be an excellent athlete but he's a terrible sportsman, throwing tantrums during the game and walking out on reporters' softball questions, leading The Sporting News to headline "Sore loser Cam Newton embarrasses himself with disastrous postgame press conference. " But give the guy a break; playing a string of 4-12 teams didn't prepare him for Denver's Terminator D-line.And no one else exactly covered themselves in glory. I called this the "Screwup Bowl" on Facebook, the worst Super Bowl game I remember seeing. Hieronymus Bosch's 'Garden of Earthy Delights' Is Now a VR Universe. Images courtesy the artist.

Hieronymus Bosch's 'Garden of Earthy Delights' Is Now a VR Universe

You can train your body into thinking it’s had medicine. Marette Flies was 11 when her immune system turned against her.

You can train your body into thinking it’s had medicine

A cheerful student from Minneapolis, Minnesota, she had curly brown hair and a pale, moon-shaped face, and she loved playing trumpet in her high-school band. But in 1983, she was diagnosed with lupus, a condition in which the immune system destroys the body’s healthy tissues. It ran rampant, attacking her body on multiple fronts. She was given steroids to suppress her immune system; the drugs made her face swell up, and her hair fell out onto her pillow and into her food. But despite the treatment her condition worsened over the next two years, with inflamed kidneys, seizures and high blood pressure.

Why Ancient Athens Was a City of Creativity and Genius. If you’ve ever voted, served on a jury, watched a movie, read a novel, spoken English, had a rational thought, or gazed at the night sky in silent wonder, then you can thank the Ancient Greeks.

Why Ancient Athens Was a City of Creativity and Genius

They brought us democracy, science, philosophy, written contracts, taxes, writing, and schools. What Is Spiritual Bypassing? Spiritual bypassing is a very persistent shadow of spirituality, manifesting in many forms, often without being acknowledged. ~ R.

What Is Spiritual Bypassing?

Odd Truths: Can the Stars Affect Human Behaviour? - The Thinker's GardenThe Thinker's Garden. Count Cagliostro's Masonic E-Library – 15 years of trawling the internet has provided me with an abundent library of Masonic Ebooks. Healing the Mother Wound That Was Inflicted on You as a Child. Qapital - Save small. Live large. New Moon in Aquarius – Evolving Beyond the Veils of Illusion. 8th February 2016.

New Moon in Aquarius – Evolving Beyond the Veils of Illusion

12/12/12: The Twin Flame in Day-to-Day Life. 12th December 2012 By Open Contributing Writer for Wake Up World So the very special and significant numerological date 12/12/12 comes upon us.

12/12/12: The Twin Flame in Day-to-Day Life

How The Most Successful People Ask Questions. Asking the right questions can mean the difference between success and failure.

How The Most Successful People Ask Questions

Unfortunately, asking questions can also feel uncomfortable. "It can be embarrassing to admit that you didn't understand what someone said, or that you don't get it," says Heidi Grant Halvorson, associate director of Columbia Business School’s Motivation Science Center and author of No One Understands You and What to Do About It. The Secrets to Food Truck Location. Back in 2012, the U.S. food truck industry for the first time blew past the $1 billion revenue mark (it in fact reached $1.5 billion that year), making it one of the fastest-growing sectors of the national food and restaurant market.

Still, food trucks are often seen as the enemy of local restaurants. Just as cab drivers have taken to protesting Uber and other ride-hailing services, brick-and-mortar restaurant groups have rallied in cities across the nation to ban or limit food trucks. But what do food trucks actually mean for urban economies? What impact do they have on local restaurants, food industries, and our choices as consumers? A recent study from Elliot Anenberg of the Washington, D.C. REMEMBER THAT GERMAN GOLD REPATRIATION? WELL, YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT WHAT FRANCE IS UP TO... Mr.