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Ripples. 14 Punctuation Marks That You Never Knew Existed. Remove Tough, Greasy Stains from Clothing with Coca Cola. High - U.S. soccer star has big choice: UCLA or Liverpool. Cirque du Soleil performer gets nutty with Padres’ first pitch - Big League Stew - MLB Blog. Hideo Nomo and Tim Lincecum(notes) might have two of the most unusual deliveries in baseball history, but they don't have anything on this Cirque du Soleil performer.

Cirque du Soleil performer gets nutty with Padres’ first pitch - Big League Stew - MLB Blog

Watch below as he flips and twists with flair before delivering the first pitch at Monday's game between the San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals at Petco Park: I'm sure there will be a lot of unimpressed chuckleheads down in the comments that will either pooh-pooh the actual pitch or — heh — claim that he's just a product of Petco Park's spacious environs. But take a second to think about what the guy actually did there. He performed a difficult acrobatic maneuver on the uneven ground of a mound, then landed safely and, without missing a beat, fired a pitch for a strike. Didn't bounce it low. I don't know about you, but it'd take me at least a few dozen tries — and probably a couple of trips to the hospital — to pull that move off.

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LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge: By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little: By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more: With a bachelor's degree, you gain a specialty: A master's degree deepens that specialty: Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge: Once you're at the boundary, you focus: You push at the boundary for a few years: Until one day, the boundary gives way: And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D Of course, the world looks different to you now: So, don't forget the bigger picture: Keep pushing.

The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.

There's a bit more below, but I also wrote a follow-up 5 years after the illustrated guide which may be of interest -- HOWTO: Get tenure. Related posts If you like these posts, then I recommend the book A PhD Is Not Enough Get it in print; fund students; save lives By request, a print version of The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. is on sale. Click here to preview or buy it. Why biology? License: Creative Commons Resources. Street Dance in Paris. How to chop wood without messing around. Unbelievable beer machine.flv. Before I Die & Candy Chang. What matters most to you Interactive public art project that invites people to share their personal aspirations in public.

Before I Die & Candy Chang

After losing someone she loved and falling into depression, Chang created this experiment on an abandoned house in her neighborhood to create an anonymous place to help restore perspective and share intimately with her neighbors. The project gained global attention and thanks to passionate people around the world, over 1000 Before I Die walls have now been created in over 70 countries, including Kazakhstan, Iraq, Haiti, China, Ukraine, Portugal, Japan, Denmark, Argentina, and South Africa.

The walls are an honest mess of the longing, pain, joy, insecurity, gratitude, fear, and wonder you find in every community, and they reimagine public spaces that nurture honesty, vulnerability, trust and understanding. The Before I Die book is a celebration of these walls and the stories behind them. 10 Quirky Science Tricks for Parties - CollegeHumor Video. Amazing. Open a Padlock with One Paperclip, Nothing Else. Right about now you're probably thinking...

Open a Padlock with One Paperclip, Nothing Else

"what am I supposed to do with these? ".well. One of those "L"s is your pick, and one is your torsion wrench. Now your torsion wrench, in reality, is just a broken paperclip... so well have to use our heads. If you force your wrench, hook end up, about a 1/2 inch into the lower part of the keyway, NOT where the pins are, it should be fairly tight. ...now (next picture) if you bend it down, you'll get some torque (3rd pic) If the tension wrench slides outs when you apply slight pressure, try again, try different positions or areas in the lower keyway. you can bend and un-bend the paperclip tip in the keyway if you mess it up. note that you will most likely have to make a different tension wrench for every lock you want to pick, the wire will be bent differently depending on the size of the keyway.

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