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Hunch Welcome To The Internet Science's Greatest Unsolved Mysteries Life is mysterious. There are amusing mysteries. Why do gentlemen prefer blondes? As perplexing as these mysteries may seem, there is compelling evidence that each will be solved, most within a few decades, all in the 21st century. Astronomers who have trained their instruments to look more deeply into space have found something even more remarkable: the presence of sugar, an essential building block of life. Discovering The Fountain Of Youth The Fountain of Youth isn't in Florida. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago suspect they have found the answer. "The pattern was striking," says Roninson. Roninson's colleagues found that p21 selectively inhibited more than 40 genes known to be involved in DNA replication and cell division, thus immediately arresting cell growth. "Our research [at Scripps] ties the effects of aging into a single package by identifying a common element in aging," says Dr. Will We Cure Cancer? Or, maybe not. Genes, it appears, really aren't destiny.

Cute Quotes The Wonderful World of Prison Inventions Someone once said that necessity is the mother of all invention. Prison is one of the few places where very few common wants and needs are fulfilled; resources are incredibly limited and ardently regulated. Prisoners, who are not content to only posses what "the man" tells them they can have, are forced to use their critical thinking skills (prison-genuity, anyone?) to craft what can be some very type shit. As many of us know from experience, situations in prison sometimes call for something a little more intimidating than a whittled down toothbrush shiv, or a sharpened spoon. The following is a tribute to those not satisfied with the standard prison accommodations - we have : Cigarette Lighter Source With cigarettes being the go-to currency of choice for prisoners (at least the movies would have you believe this), there wouldn't be much use for a smokable commodity if there was no way to light it. Tattoo Gun Pipe Hidden Shiv Razor Comb Rash Knuckles Whip/Cat-o-nine tails Dummy Gun Zip Gun

Cheap Hotels - Compare Discount Hotel Rates Get Low-Price Guarantees You may have seen low-price or best-price guarantees for hotel rooms on sites such as Hotels.com, Hilton Hotels, and Travelocity, among countless others. But what does this low-price guarantee for hotels really mean? The answer is a little complicated. These best-price guarantees for hotels appear to promise the following: The price you book for your hotel room is the lowest available. You won't find a cheaper price for your hotel room on your travel dates anywhere else.If you find a lower price for your hotel room after you book, you can get that cheaper price, a refund in the amount of the difference, or a fixed guarantee payout. BookingBuddy allows you to search multiple sites at once so you can compare the prices and options offered.

Swick » 12 Of The Most Iconic Photographs Ever Taken Timothy H. O’Sullivan – Battle of Gettysburg This photograph has become synonymous with The Battle of Gettysburg, which was the most bloody battle of the American Civil War. Lawrence Beitler – Lynching Lawrence Beitler took this iconic photograph on August 7, 1930, showing the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. Joe Rosenthal – Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal. Alberto Korda – Che Guevara Alberto Korda’s well known photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, titled ‘Guerrillero Heroico’ or ‘Heroic Guerrilla’ has become a symbol of the 20th centry. Eddie Adams – Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing Nguyễn Văn Lém Most of the iconic images of the 20th and 21st century have owned their photographers Pulitzer prizes for their work, and this image is no exception. If you like this, check out all our other posts Moon Landing Richard Drew – The Falling Man Huynh Cong Ut – Napalm Strike Stanley J.

Leisure and Business Travel Packing List - Travel Light with One Bag! 25 Free People Search Engines to Find Anyone I’ve been in this people search industry for over 3 years now and while researching, I found many free, high quality free people search engines to help you reconnect with friends, family, school friends or any other person from your past (or, in other words, find anyone for free online.) So I decided to put them in one huge list. Here they are: Free People Search – Check if the Person is Online 1. eVerify (great for searching people from the US) What does it do: eVerify filis also one of my favorites free people search engines. 2. What does it do: This is a pretty new and neat people search service. 3. What does it do: Facebook is free to search and also free to register (yeah, I bet you didn’t know this ). 4. What does it do: I found this new and extremely useful resource several weeks ago. 5. What does it do: Search for people on Twitter by name, profession, religious background and many other criteria. 6. What does it do: Spokeo supports locating individuals by name and username. 7. 8.

The Freelancer’s Toolset: 100 Web Apps for Everything You Will Possibly Need Posted by nitzan on Thursday, May 10th, 2007 Running a business for yourself means you have to be inventive and always on the lookout for a new and better way to get things done. Innovation junkies, take note: the Internet has a lot to offer. Organization If you’re busy with lots of client work, it’s easy for things to get out of hand. Backpack: Get your projects organized by using Backpack. Calendars & To-Do Lists Client meetings, important events and a never-ending list of things to do can wear you down if you can’t make them manageable. Your Money Money is what keeps your freelance business going, but managing it can be tedious and time consuming. InstaCalc: InstaCalc is a web based calculator with lots of bells and whistles including spreadsheet capabilities, unit conversions and programming commands. Storage Do you have too many client files clogging up your hard drive? openonmy: openonmy’s website offers storage for files up to 1GB. Project Management & Productivity Security & Privacy

3 Free Tools to Help You Nail Your Next Presentation Let’s face it. Solid, dynamic, well-planned and creatively executed presentations are what really sell ideas. Whether you are preparing for a meeting with a potential investor or pitching your service to a prospect, taking the time to create a memorable presentation can tip you over the edge to success. Unfortunately, as entrepreneurs, there are two factors that always seem to get in the way of developing presentations that generate tremendous results: time and money. While it may be hard to eliminate both factors in your quest to create a presentation that fuels a sale, there are three free tools savvy presenters are starting to take advantage of that are beginning to generate more compelling, interesting, persuasive messages than Microsoft PowerPoint ever could. Prezi Created with the intention of ridding the world of boring, linear presentations, Prezi offers a very dynamic and rich method of presenting information on a large canvas. Animoto Daytum

Wakerupper - The Web's Easiest Telephone Reminder Newbie Report » High School 1957 vs 2009 When I posted this chain email I received in August.. I had no idea that it would generate this level of attention. Posting non-original content is not something I teach or normally do. I didn’t expect it to generate 100′s of comments and initiate debates on race, religion, sex and drugs… but it has… I’ll keep this post up for now, but if it really digresses I’ll probably remove it.. The original author of this article created 8 extreme scenarios to highlight some differences between 1957 and 2009. Obviously there are 1000′s of scenarios that could be created to highlight the good and bad of both generations, but this particular post was written to favor 1957. I guess the real question is… Would you rather grow up in 1957 or 2009 and why? Scenario 1: Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck’s gun rack. 1957 – Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack. Scenario 2:

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