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- StumbleUpon. Netflix. National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor. National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30. For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from. Eruption of the Cordon del Caulle.

Beluga whales in the arctic having fun. This is a streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St. This image captures almost 6 hours of climbing parties on Rainier going for the summit under starry skies. Russia, polar region of West Siberia, Tazovsky Peninsula. Extraterrestrial Contact - Scientific Study of the UFO Phenomenon. A Real-Life Jetman Soars Through Swiss Airspace - Video. 11 Pictures That Prove That Cats Are Just Fucking With Us at This Point from Look What I Found.

Blog & Blog Archive & 23 Surprisingly Effective Treatments for Depression (One Year Later) For the live-updated, interactive version of this infographic, click here. A year ago, we published one of our most popular findings – 6 surprisingly effective treatments for depression. I went ahead and repeated the analysis today, and now we have 23 treatments in the “surprisingly effective” category for depression. This chart is based on 4,956 people with depression who participated in CureTogether surveys, compared to 944 people last year. The top treatments are still exercise, sleep, and talking to others – they are popular and effective ways to feel better when you’re depressed. But here are 23 things you may not have tried that thousands of others say worked well for them: 1. Another new thing on this chart: alcohol was added as a treatment, and was rated to make depression worse instead of better. To navigate the graph above: Where did this data come from?

This is part of our regular series of research findings. GigglyPics.com - Something to do here! He knows… Remember the War - Remembering our heroes - 13th November 2011. Remember the War - Remembering our heroes - 13th November 2011. How Secure Is My Password? Make Me A Password. Internet Radio - Listen to Free Music You'll Love. Day and Night in New York City Captured in Single Images [8 Pictures]

Space Science and Engineering Center. 40 Creative Examples of Facebook Timeline Designs. Recently at the F8 Conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced a massive redesign to our favorite* social media website. Honestly the new updates are understandable and from their point of view provide a better experience for the end user. From a personal point of view, each time they implement a change I get more confused, frustrated, and unwillingly forced to learn the new layout. When will they leave it alone? I have no idea. Facebook Timeline is a unique idea that has been getting some heat lately. Now let’s look at it on the flip side. Currently you have to be a developer to gain access to the new design because it’s still in the beta phase. Wanna Create your own? With the new update we think it give us, the users, a great opportunity to be creative! Cover Photo – 850px* x 315pxProfile Photo – Scaled 125px x 125px (180px x 180px is the minimum image upload size.Profile Photo Offsets – left 22px*, top 92px 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.