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Scientists discover most relaxing tune ever - Music - ShortList Magazine - (Private Browsing) Google.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) - (Private Browsing) Kaihan Krippendorff. Scale-of-universe-v1.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) The 20 Best Travel Websites on the Internet - Golden Book Traveler.
Update: Visit the 2012 version of The 20 Best Travel Websites on the Internet I hope that everyone who attended my SXSW Core Conversation panel on How to Make Money Traveling Around the World enjoyed the presentation.
As promised, I have a listing of my top 20 favorite travel websites (in no particular order). I’m still working on my eBook “70 Vacations in 7 Months“. The project has consumed most of my time of late. If you attended the presentation with myself and Tynan, shoot me over an email (if you haven’t already) and I’ll make sure you receive a free copy upon completion The Top 20! Couch Surfing Hands down my favorite travel website on the internet. Travellers Point Travellerspoint is a small travel community that features expert travel advice. Momondo How can a Danish aggregator feature cheaper flights within the U.S, than any American flight aggregator?
Escape The City Escape the City is a new website that continues to grow like wildfire. Transparency.jpg (JPEG Image, 2000×1200 pixels) - Scaled (46%) - (Private Browsing) Whitewater Kayaking + Waterfalls = WTH! 6 Videos You Won’t Believe They Lived Through : Discovery Channel - (Private Browsing)
It’s hard to say what’s most exciting in extreme kayaking – huge vertical drops, long narrow waterfalls, runs in huge flow, or multi-tiered twisty falls – because they’ve all got varied danger factors to them, and they call for different tactics.
But no matter what, watching someone willing to suit up and huck their boat into some frothy whitewater or down a monster drop is a guaranteed adrenalin rush. So while you’re cooped up inside because of cold weather and icy rivers, go ahead and get your visual kayaking fix. Here are six extreme whitewater kayaking videos chock full of runs and drops that you won’t believe: READ MORE: Gorgeous Surf Video Will Make You Want to Move to Fiji 1. This humongous drop of 189 feet, by Tyler Bradt, is said to be the world record for highest waterfall descent in a kayak. 2.
The Demshitz crew takes on waterfalls across Argentina and Chile, making the big stuff look easy and giving us a glimpse into the kayaking lifestyle. 3. 4. National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic - (Private Browsing) 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: The Bold Life - (Private Browsing) Extreme Mountain Camping. Normal camping is for pussies.
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Whether it's an undiscovered restaurant, a sleeper stock, or a Sure Thing in the late double at Pimlico, savvy inside info imbues a man with confidence. Control. Strength. The Worlds Call To Release Nikola Tesla's Research-Jan 7th 2012 - Home. Dayofbirth.co.uk. EAT. Participate. Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1) Preachers Rock, Preikestolen, Norway Blue Caves - Zakynthos Island, Greece Skaftafeli - Iceland Plitvice Lakes – Croatia Crystalline Turquoise Lake, Jiuzhaigou National Park, China Four Seasons Hotel - Bora Bora Ice skating on Paterswoldse Meer, a lake just South of the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Marble Caves, Chile Chico, Chile The Gardens at Marqueyssac Ice Canyon - Greenland Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada Multnomah Falls, Oregon Seljalandsfoss Waterfall on the South Coast of Iceland. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorson. Learn more about the science of success with Heidi Grant Halvorson’s HBR Single, based on this blog post.
Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle.
In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do. 1. To seize the moment, decide when and where you will take each action you want to take, in advance. 3. Fortunately, decades of research suggest that the belief in fixed ability is completely wrong — abilities of all kinds are profoundly malleable. 7. 8. 9. Lots of Jokes - Did You Know? Q.
Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left? A. Remember the War - Remembering our heroes - 13th November 2011. Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with music.
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