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- StumbleUpon 1994's MOST BIZARRE SUICIDE At the 1994 annual awards dinner given by the American Association for Forensic Science, AAFS President Don Harper Mills astounded his audience in San Diego with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story. "On 23 March 1994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound of the head. The decedent had jumped from the top of a ten- story building intending to commit suicide (he left a note indicating his despondency). "When one intends to kill subject A but kills subject B in the attempt, one is guilty of the murder of subject B. "The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun approximately six weeks prior to the fatal incident. There was an exquisite twist. "The medical examiner closed the case as a suicide."

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6 Insane Discoveries That Science Cant Explain We like to feel superior to the people who lived centuries ago, what with their shitty mud huts and curing colds by drilling a hole in their skulls. But we have to give them credit: They left behind some artifacts that have left the smartest of modern scientists scratching their heads. For instance, you have the following enigmas that we believe were created for no other purpose than to fuck with future generations. The Voynich Manuscript The Mystery: The Voynich manuscript is an ancient book that has thwarted all attempts at deciphering its contents. It appears to be a real language--just one that nobody has seen before. Translation: "...and when you get her to put the tennis racket in her mouth, have her stand in a fountain for a while. There is not even a consensus on who wrote it, or even when it was written. Why Can't They Solve It? Could you? Don't even try. As you can imagine, proposed solutions have been all over the board, from reasonable to completely clownshit. Our Guess:

NY Arts Magazine things magazine Quit Complaining About Your Job ThreatTrack was established in 1994 as Sunbelt Software Inc. to provide best-of-breed security solutions to the rapidly growing Windows user base. For the next decade, the company created a broad array of security solutions for consumers, businesses and large enterprises, including its popular CounterSpy anti-spyware software, iHateSpam email security product and the CWSandbox (now ThreatAnalyzer) automated malware analysis sandbox. In 2008, the company launched its VIPRE antivirus product line. VIPRE combined anti-malware and anti-spyware into a single, small-footprint antivirus solution designed to provide comprehensive malware protection to users without slowing down their PCs or networks. Sunbelt Software was acquired by GFI Software Inc., in 2010, becoming the GFI Software Security Business Unit. GFI Software announced plans to spin off its Security Business Unit in 2013, when ThreatTrack began operations as an independent company.

Yale Press Log | Yale ARTbooks Image Credit: Lina Bo Bardi, Yale University Press, 2013 Books from the prestigious Yale University Press art list, featuring news, interviews, ideas, and commentary about our titles, exhibitions, and the fascinating world of art at large. Visit the new Yale ARTbooks blog at Recent Posts: Don’t Paint Over This Post on The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti November 19, 2013 | Comments We’ve just been surprised and dismayed by the news of the spectacular Queens monument to street art,5Pointz, being painted over last night. Continue Reading From the Designer’s Desk: Leslie Fitch November 15, 2013 | Comments Book designers play an indispensable, if sometimes underestimated, role in the process of turning an author’s manuscript into a finished, printed book. Continue Reading The Houses that Louis Kahn Built November 13, 2013 | Comments The Houses of Louis Kahn, by George H. Continue Reading Veterans Day Photography November 11, 2013 | Comments Continue Reading

Conscientious Articles Contemporary Photographers Diane Meyer May 6, 2013 – According to the artist, Diane Meyer’s Time Spent That Might Otherwise Be Forgotten “is based on photographs taken at various points in my life and arranged by location. Book Reviews, Photobooks Review: Naked by Rimaldas Viksraitis May 3, 2013 – A few years ago, Rimaldas Viksraitis won the Discovery Award at the Arles photography festival for his work in the Lithuanian countryside, depictions of scenes that for many critics and viewers brought to mind photographers like Boris Mikhailov or Richard Billingham. Review: Kiev by The Sochi Project Apr 26, 2013 – The release of smaller, purely photo-centric books, has been a part of The Sochi Project for the past years now. Archives » Conscientious Extended Longer articles and interviews about fine-art photography and extended interviews with its leading practitioners. The Ethics of Street Photography By Joerg Colberg | Apr 3, 2013 Conscientious Extended »

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