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Little girl's reaction to being told she's going to be a big sister

2015-04-02T08:04:00.000-07:00

Mime Through Time

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How A Car Engine Works

2013-10-05T02:53:00.000-07:00

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Ryan Bingham-Until one with you

2013-10-04T12:29:00.000-07:00

The bridge theme song -Until i am one with you by Ryan Bingham

Lyrics Below
Until I'm one with you
Until I'm one with you
My heart shall not pass through
Only be forsaken

Until I'm one with you
My world is torn in two
Until I'm one with you
Our love will be mistaken

Until I am one with you
My death they will pursue
Until I'm one with you
My life will be degrading.

Until I'm one with you

How to be irresistibly attractive

2013-04-03T13:27:00.005-07:00

Be true to your values. Be honest. Do your best. Do things that bring you closer to your dreams. Take care of yourself, your family, and your friends. Treat people with respect. Be the person that makes others feel special. Be known for your kindness and honesty.

In other words, invest love into your life. Because when you love life, life will love you back. And there’s no attraction greater than love. People will notice the goodness surrounding you, and they will be naturally attracted to you.

Do the right thing. – Never be afraid to do what you know in your heart is right, especially if the well being of another person’s feelings is at stake. There is no punishment in the world more severe than the wounds we inflict on our soul when we do what we know is wrong.
Stop the gossip and superficial judgments. – Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and small minds gossip about people. Life is much too short to be lived talking about people, gossiping, and stirring up trouble that has no substance. If you don’t understand someone, ask questions. If you don’t agree with them, tell them. But don’t judge them behind their back to everyone else.
Lift others up. – If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else up. To be happy and free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the happiness and freedom of others. When you put faith, hope, and love together, you can nurture positive ideas, relationships, and dreams in a negative world.
Give words of encouragement to those in need. – A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success. We all hit a time when we lose hope and need someone to put their arms around us and say, “I’ve got you right now. You are not facing this alone.” Be that person when you can.
Be positive. – Think positively; speak properly; apologize rapidly; forgive quickly. Evolve your being and inspire yourself and others. Say it out loud, “I am sorry negativity, I have no time for you. I have far too many positive things to do.”
Embrace your uniqueness. – If you don’t embrace your uniqueness, you will spend your entire life striving to conform to the impossibility of being someone else. By celebrating what makes you different, rather than wasting time trying to be the same, you will discover your unique gifts that nobody else in the world has.
Do things for fun and passion. – When you stop doing things for fun and passion, you stop living and you start merely existing. If you truly want to change your life, you must first change your mind and your actions. Once you are ready to truly devote your time and energy to what calls to your soul, you will find your life unimaginably enriched. .
Be gentle. – When you least expect it, something great will come along – something better than you ever planned for. Mother Nature opens millions of flowers every day without forcing the buds. Let this be a reminder not to force anything, but to simply give beautiful things enough love and an opportunity to grow naturally.
Drop the need to always be right. – Someone else doesn’t have to be wrong for you to be right. There are many roads to what’s right. You cannot judge others by your own past. They are living a different life than you. Express your opinions freely and politely, remembering that if your purpose is to ridicule or prove others are wrong, it will only bring bitterness into the world. Respecting the opinion of others, without judging, always carries more weight than simply being right.
Be loyal. Be honest. – You can’t promise to love someone for the rest of their life, but you can sincerely love them for the rest of yours. When it comes to relationships, remaining faithful is never an option, but a priority. Loyalty and honest affection mean everything.
Be flexible and keep an open mind. – What looks like an obstacle or road block is oftentimes just life steering you in a better direction. Be flexible and keep an open mind to all the changes that are forcing you to grow, and helping you better align yourself with your vibration and purpose.
Believe in yourself and all that you are. – Know in your heart that there is strength inside you that is greater than the challenges you face. No one can do it for you – you have to choose to use your wings.
Believe in your dreams. – Who you hope to be someday is already a big part of who you are now. Your dreams are real. They do not exist in the past; they live in the present, and when you stay committed to doing what needs to be done, you carry them closer to reality as you walk through the gates of tomorrow.
Walk the talk. – You can make whatever you want out of your life, but first you have to not be afraid to try. We all have to start with ourselves. It is time to walk the talk. Take the journey of making the difficult decisions and taking action. Start removing things from your life that are taking away your happiness, and start adding things that bring joy in to your life. Read Psycho-Cybernetics.
Embrace the possibilities of tomorrow. – Don’t let your past dictate who you are, but let it be part of who you will become. No regrets. No looking back. Just hold onto life and move forward. We have no way of knowing what lies ahead, but that’s what makes the journey even more exciting – that’s what makes life worth living.

Source:marcandangel.com

Some Incredible Photos

2013-03-24T17:29:00.002-07:00

Thailand

Chances are you already know Steve McCurry as the man who took one of the most iconic photos of our time. It was of a 12-year-old Afghan refugee girl who's piercing green eyes told us her harrowing story. The image itself was named "the most recognized photograph" in the history of the National Geographic magazine and her face became famous as the cover photograph on their June 1985 issue.

Beyond just that one photo, McCurry has shot over a million images spanning 35 years. More than anything, he is one of a few that has that amazing ability to capture stories of our shared human experience. As he says, “Most of my images are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face. I try to convey what it is like to be that person, a person caught in a broader landscape that you could call the human condition.”

Looking through his large body of work, we get to experience fantastic faraway places we can only dream about visiting. It's in his incredible photos that we feel connected to the world at large, appreciating our similarities and our differences, our cultures and our histories, and our past and our present in a truly unique and inspiring way.

Afghanistan

Sri Lanka

Yemen

Tibet

Cambodia

India

Burma

Eastman Kodak let McCurry shoot the last ever produced roll of Kodachrome transparency film. The film, known for its rich saturation and archival durability of its slides, was discontinued last year.

Thailand

Chances are you already know Steve McCurry as the man who took one of the most iconic photos of our time. It was of a 12-year-old Afghan refugee girl who's piercing green eyes told us her harrowing story. The image itself was named "the most recognized photograph" in the history of the National Geographic magazine and her face became famous as the cover photograph on their June 1985 issue.

Beyond just that one photo, McCurry has shot over a million images spanning 35 years. More than anything, he is one of a few that has that amazing ability to capture stories of our shared human experience. As he says, “Most of my images are grounded in people. I look for the unguarded moment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a person’s face. I try to convey what it is like to be that person, a person caught in a broader landscape that you could call the human condition.”

Looking through his large body of work, we get to experience fantastic faraway places we can only dream about visiting. It's in his incredible photos that we feel connected to the world at large, appreciating our similarities and our differences, our cultures and our histories, and our past and our present in a truly unique and inspiring way.

Afghanistan

Sri Lanka

Yemen

Tibet

Cambodia

India

Burma

Eastman Kodak let McCurry shoot the last ever produced roll of Kodachrome transparency film. The film, known for its rich saturation and archival durability of its slides, was discontinued last year.

Steve McCurry

Source:mymodernmet.com

Weirdest unexplained phenomenon

2013-03-22T18:21:00.003-07:00

Alabama -- The McCalla Hum

Image: Dwayne P / Wikipedia

One day in late 2011, the residents of McCalla, Alabama, woke to a strange, unidentifiable noise. Variously described as "sirens in the distance," "locusts," or "whirring of a helicopter," no source could be found for the constant hum, even though authorities thoroughly searched the town. Even more baffling, witnesses say that when they walk toward what they think is the source of the noise, the hum grows dimmer in that direction and louder in the direction from which they came.

Alaska -- The Ghost Soldiers

In the late 1990s, servicemen stationed on Alaska's Adak Island reported seeing strange apparitions. In one incident, a Marine on guard duty was shocked to see two lines of 1940s-era Japanese soldiers marching toward the island's Toothpick Bridge. This was not just a glance or a brief hallucination. The Marine watched the ghost soldiers march all the way up to the bridge, something that took several minutes before they finally faded away.

Arizona -- Close Encounter

In 2009, four young people encountered a huge UFO and its occupants in the desert west of Phoenix. Witnesses described the UFO as being three football fields long and three stories tall. Two witnesses approached the landed craft and were met by two humanoid occupants, one nine feet tall. The aliens told the witnesses they hoped to prevent humans from destroying the Earth. They also warned that a "horrible event, from the Middle East, bigger than 9/11" would happen someday soon. The witnesses were later stopped by the military and questioned extensively about the strange event.

Arkansas -- Mystery Quakes

Image: Arkyan / Wikipedia

Something weird has been shaking the small town of Guy, Arkansas. Last September, the tiny community just north of Little Rock experienced nearly 500 earthquakes in just a few weeks' time, including 15 quakes in one day. Officials from the U.S. Geological Survey say the quakes are happening less than a mile below the town. The theory that a local gravel company's operations were to blame was quickly discounted, leaving no explanation for the tremors.

California -- El Diablo's Nuclear Jellyfish

In April of 2012, an unprecedented invasion of jellyfish-like sea creatures forced a nuclear reactor on the California coast to shut down. A mysterious swarm of the gelatinous organisms, called salp, had so completely clogged screens used to filter the plant's cooling seawater, the utility company had to turn off its so-called El Diablo reactor. Salps are usually found farther out to sea, so why the creatures chose to attack the plant's filtration system en masse remains unknown.

Colorado — The Flying Men of the SLV

The San Luis Valley experiences more paranormal activity than any other place in America. UFOs are routinely spotted there, along with ghosts, strange weather, Bigfoot-like monsters, and so-called prairie dragons -- invisible slug-like creatures that invade people's homes. Strangest of all: reports of flying humans. Said to be a cross between Dracula and the infamous Mothman, these flying men soar above the valley in full view of witnesses. Nearly two dozen of the strange aerial creatures have been reported over the last two years, many by reliable people including policemen and local government workers.

Connecticut — Overrun By Creepiness

CT might be the third smallest state, but it ranks near the top on America's weirdness scale. In just the last year, the state has been besieged with hundreds of UFO reports, including one sighting described as "a cluster of alien ships, floating overhead." Dozens of encounters with unknown creatures were also reported, including a mysterious animal being hit and killed on one of the state's highways. Several rural towns report hauntings unexplained music. Most bizarre were the many reports from residents all over the state of horrific screams coming from nowhere.

Delaware -- UFOs Hang Out at Racetrack

The Dover Downs Racetrack in Dover, Delaware has apparently become a popular hangout for UFOs. Employees spotted the mystery objects over the racetrack day and night throughout 2012. Described as bright spotlights that turn on and off, the UFOs arrive in groups of three to six and hover as if they are watching what's going on below. Even more bizarre, just about anytime the UFOs are seen, all cell phones in the area go dead.

Florida -- The Haunted Launch Pad

Image: Bubba73 / Wikipedia

Cape Canaveral's Launch Pad 34 is said to be haunted by the ghosts of three astronauts who died there after a tragic accident. Spacemen Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed almost instantly on January 27, 1967, when a fire engulfed their Apollo I capsule as it was being tested for launch. Many witnesses, including NASA employees, say a weird feeling comes over all who approach the now-abandoned launch pad. More disturbing, the astronauts' dying screams can be heard at times. Though at one point NASA allowed visitors to tour the facility, due to what the agency calls "strange occurrences," the haunted launch pad is no longer open to the public.

Georgia — Jurassic Park Comes to Life

In July 2008, two men on a hunting trip in northern Georgia encountered a lizard-like creature about 100 yards ahead of them. Both men confirmed the beast looked exactly like a Jurassic Park raptor -- five feet tall, long tail, huge claws on both feet and smaller claws on its short, stubby arms. The hunters said the creature stopped for a moment, sniffed the air, and then disappeared back into the bushes.

Hawaii -- The Night Marchers

Hawaii is full of strange things, none more so than the Hawaiian Night Marchers. Numbering in the hundreds, these shadowy figures appear on deserted beaches long after dark, carrying blazing torches, They walk in formation, continuously moving forward all night long — hence their name. Hawaiian legend says the Night Marchers appear when a deceased family member wants to warn his living relative to leave the ghosts in peace.

Idaho -- The Mist

Image: Emily L. Ferguson / Flickr

Just outside Emmett, Idaho, is a swimming hole called Sawyer's Pond. One night in 2012, a young couple drove to the pond, but upon arriving, felt something was not right. Walking to the water's edge, they were suddenly enveloped in a strange fog so dense they couldn't see anything. Then the boyfriend felt something squeeze his shoulder and the couple blindly ran back to their car. The man claims to have seen a human-shaped figure moving in the mist. Since then, several people have reportedly drowned at the pond.

Illinois -- The Enfield Horror

On the evening of April 25, 1973, a young boy was playing in his yard in Enfield, Illinois, when a creature attacked him. The monster was described as having three legs, a thick body, arms that came out of its chest, and two red eyes. The creature tore at the boy's feet before the youngster could get away. Soon after, a neighbor saw the same creature and shot at it with a rifle, only to see it bound away at incredible speed. Other townspeople, including a TV newsman, had subsequent encounters with the beast. A similar creature reportedly attacked people in a nearby town during the 1940s.

Indiana -- The Elizaville Monster

An unusually large number of people have been reported missing from the tiny town of Elizaville, Indiana, over the past 100 years. There is no scientific explanation for the disappearances, but current residents swear that a seven-foot tall "man beast" has been spotted at night wandering the town's fields and haunting its cemetery. Locals say that if a person screams anywhere in the small town between the hours of 1 and 3a.m., the monster will track them down, kill them, and then eat them, bones and all.

Iowa -- Flying Dragon

A number of Burlington, Iowa, residents have reported seeing a dragon flying over their city in recent years. Two witnesses described it as brown-skinned with a long, snake-like body and 15-foot bat-like wings. Its head was shaped like a seahorse and it had a skinny tail flowing behind it. They watched the dragon slither through the air until it flew high up in the night sky.

Kansas -- Gateway to Hell

Image: Ryan Metcalf

The small town of Stull, Kansas, has a notorious reputation. It is said that its small cemetery, and a place halfway around the world in India, are the only two spots on Earth where Satan appears in person, having been materializing there since the 1850s. The evidence? Visitors to the Stull Cemetery tell of being assaulted by a strong wind that fixes them to the ground, temporary paralyzing them. Interestingly, the town's name was changed from Skull to cover its association with black magic.

Kentucky -- Return of the Goblins

Goblin-like creatures have attacked a family located in rural Kentucky on a regular basis since 2011. Reportedly, these beings stand four feet tall with large heads and eyes, slits for mouths, and green skin. They frequently try to break into the family's home. The local police blame wild animals for the problem. In the fall of 1955, identical creatures besieged another rural Kentucky home. In what became known as the Hopkinsville Goblins Case, dozens of witnesses saw nightly attacks by little green men before they abruptly stopped later that same year.

Louisiana -- The Morgan City Monster

In December of 2010, a nature photographer checked on a trail camera he'd set up to film wild animals in a reserve in Morgan City, Louisiana. The camera was smashed, but its SIM card survived. When the photographer uploaded the camera's final images he was shocked at what he found. Instead of a wild animal, his camera caught the image of a ghostly, near-transparent humanoid figure. The anonymous photographer let a local news station run the footage, but no one could explain the humanoid.

Maine -- Real-Life Vampire

Image: The Smoking Gun

Police say a Maine man, charged with three counts of kidnapping and murder in Massachusetts, could be a real-life vampire. The man told police he drank the blood of himself and others. The defendant, who has undergone extensive surgeries to create devil-like horns on his forehead, had previously served time in prison after slashing a young girl's neck and lapping up her blood. Now known as "Caius Veiovis," (Veiovis being a Roman god of the underworld and Caius the name of a vampire from Twilight), the suspect, who was born Roy Gutfinski, is currently on trial.

Maryland -- The Beltsville Goatman

In 2000, construction workers near Bowie, Maryland, came face to face with a 300-poound, seven-foot-tall furry creature. The workers said the beast had the legs, hooves, and horns of a goat but the upper-body of a man. It may have been The Goatman, a monster that had been bedeviling nearby Beltsville for years, often attacking cars with an axe. Rumor has it the beast was once a scientist who was conducting an experiment on goats when things went horribly, horribly wrong.

Massachusetts -- The Bridgewater Triangle

Image: JS Custadio

Located in southeastern Mass., the Bridgewater Triangle is a large swamp that has been the site of many UFO incidents, reports of glowing orbs and flying balls of fire, giant snakes, monstrous dinosaur-like birds, even Bigfoot sightings. Plus, more than a dozen confirmed homicides have taken place inside the Triangle over the past 30 years. Legend has it that Native American tribes cursed the swamp centuries ago after receiving poor treatment from early colonial settlers.

Michigan -- The Dogman

Sightings of The Dogman have been reported in Michigan since 1987. That July, police found an empty cabin near the town of Luther scarred by deep claw marks around its door and windows, prompting reports that an "unknown animal" had tried to get in. Ten years later, a witness camping in the forest near Luther heard a chilling howl, something more human-like than a wolf or coyote. Later that night, the witness saw a creature across a narrow river bed from him, standing larger than a bear, with black fur, a long skull, and reflective yellow eyes. The beast howled again, then ran up the bank and disappeared. Most startling of all, the creature ran not on all fours, but on two legs, like a human.

Minnesota -- Ghost Train

In 2006, a group of friends in Elk River, Minnesota, went night fishing at a pond next to a long-abandoned railroad track. Soon after arriving, the anglers were stunned to hear a train approaching. As the train sped by, the witnesses heard a blood-curdling scream and saw something fly off the last car, disappearing into some bushes. Suddenly a disturbance erupted from the bushes that enveloped the fishermen in an earth-shaking wind. The group fled the area without discovering the cause of the blast.

Mississippi -- The Carrot-Top Aliens

One of America's most famous -- and strangest -- UFO incidents happened in Pascagoula, Mississippi. On the night of October 11, 1973, two men fishing from a pier reported that a large cigar-shaped craft suddenly appeared in front of them. Three creatures emerged from the craft, described by both witnesses as humanoid in shape, five feet tall, with lobster-like claws and only one leg. Most unusual, there were three carrot-like growths on the creature's. The men say they were probed and examined by the creatures before being released.

Missouri -- Black-Eyed Child

In 2009, a Lawson, Missouri, housewife answered a knock at her front door to find a young girl she did not recognize. The child, about seven years old and wearing a white dress, had dirty hair and bad breath. She said she needed help and pleaded to come inside, but the woman noticed the girl's eyes were coal black. The woman immediately closed the door and locked it; she was so traumatized that she needed medical attention and refused to leave her house for days. Dozens of reports of black-eyed children appearing at people's doors have surfaced from around the world in recent years.

Montana -- The Timber Creek Monster

An unidentified creature has been wandering the hilly terrain around Timber Creek, Montana, for several years. The creature viciously attacked sheep herds in the area -- in one month alone it killed three-dozen ewes and injured 70 more. The beast's killing pattern is bizarre. While wolves and coyotes take only one or two sheep at a time, the mystery beast seems to kill just for the thrill of it. The creature's hunting habits are like those of a hyena, but that animal is found only in Africa and Asia.

Nebraska -- Cowboys & Aliens

On June 6, 1884, in a remote part of Nebraska, a group of cowboys rounding up cattle saw a fiery aerial object crash to the earth a few miles away from them. Investigating the crash site, the cowboys discovered the remains of a fifty-foot long cylindrical object glowing with intense heat. Two days later, a local newspaper described the object as "an air vessel belonging to some other planet." Four days after that, the paper reported a heavy storm had passed over the crash area and that rainwater had melted the craft's remains into a substance resembling salt.

Nevada -- The Ghost of Elvis

Taxi drivers in Las Vegas swear this happens every Halloween. Sometime around midnight an unsuspecting cabbie will pick up a customer dressed like Elvis. The customer will ask to be taken to the Desert Inn, which was actually demolished years ago. Thinking the customer is just another Halloween drunk, the cabbie drives him to The Wynn, where the Desert Inn once stood, but before arriving, the customer suddenly disappears, the cab mysteriously empty except for a $20 casino chip left on the back seat.

New Hampshire -- The Dover Jazz Ghost

A young woman newly relocated to Dover, New Hampshire in the 1960s was at a jazz club late one night when she saw a man dressed in black and carrying a saxophone staring at her from the shadows. When the woman returned home, she saw the man again, sitting on a neighbor's lawn. Later that night, she heard sax music and looked out to see the same man on the neighbor's lawn, now playing his sax. After informing her neighbor of the disturbance, the neighbor said that her brother was a musician and would often sit out on her lawn and play his sax -- but he had died tragically three years before.

New Jersey -- The Mystery Shirts

On or about October 17th, 1999, in a swamp located just off U.S. Route 70 in Brick, New Jersey, someone hung 17 men's dress shirts across a small patch of dead trees. The shirts were white, pressed and clean. Each one was hanging about 20 feet up, fastened to the tree with nails. Twelve days later, the number of shirts increased to 29, hung in the exact same manner. No one has ever determined who placed the shirts there or why.

New Mexico -- The Weeping Woman

Colfax, New Mexico, was once a thriving Old West town — that is, until 1890, when a ghost returned to haunt the local church. Always sitting in the back row and sobbing uncontrollably, reports say her spirit — that of a grieving mother who died shortly after her young son -- was seen so frequently people started moving out of Colfax. Eventually, the place became a real ghost town.

New York -- The Ghost Plane of 1933

One of New York's oldest unsolved mysteries is the Ghost Plane. On December 26, 1933, every airport in the New York City area was asked to turn on their landing lights in hopes that an airplane heard circling the city during a snowstorm might be able to land. Attempts to contact the plane by radio had failed; no one knew who was flying it or where it had come from. By nightfall, the NYPD was fielding numerous calls from people seeing and hearing an airplane flying dangerously close to the ground, as if looking for a place to land. But then the ghost airplane simply disappeared. No crashes were reported, nor were any airplanes or pilots ever reported missing. Nearly 80 years later, the ghost plane and its pilot is still a mystery.

North Carolina — The Poop Monster

Something very creepy is living in the sewers of Raleigh, North Carolina. Caught in a video that has since gone viral, the creature has been labeled the Poop Monster, because that's exactly what it looks like. A spokesperson for the city's public utilities commission confirmed "Poopy" appears to be a living creature, but offered no idea what it could be.

North Dakota -- The Haunted Fort

Located in southwestern North Dakota, Fort Abraham Lincoln is one of the most haunted places in the state. Witnesses say they see a woman wearing a black dress pacing in front of the fort's barracks. They also hear the sound of children crying and the clamor of invisible horses stomping dirt in the stables. Why is the place so ghostly? Maybe because it was from here in June of 1876 that George Custer and his 7th Cavalry left to do battle at the Little Big Horn, never to return.

Ohio -- The Thrice Haunted Lake

An eleven-foot-tall, 1,000 pound ape-like monster known as Orange Eyes has been terrifying residents near Ohio's Charles Mill Lake since 1959. But the popular recreation site is also said to be the home of an armless, web-footed, green-eyed creature known simply as the Mill Lake Monster. Even stranger, in October 1973, there was a bizarre encounter between a UFO and a military helicopter over the lake, leading many people to believe Orange Eyes and the Mill Lake Monster might be extraterrestrial in origin.

Oklahoma -- The Oklahoma Octopus

A mysterious creature is said to inhabit Oklahoma's Lake Thunderbird. It resembles an octopus, with long tentacles and leathery, brown skin. It may be more than a coincidence that an unusually large number of drowning deaths have been reported at the lake since sightings of the monster first began. While octopuses are normally saltwater creatures, certain species of jellyfish have adapted from saltwater to freshwater, and some cryptozoologists say the same adaptation is also possible for an octopus.

Oregon -- The Mysterious Rocks of Nehalem Bay

Nehalem Bay is located on the northern coast of Oregon. Legend says that when a 16th century gold-laden galleon was shipwrecked there, its crew buried their African slaves alive with the treasure, hoping to keep the local tribes away. These days, unusual piles of rocks mysteriously appear overnight near the rumored burial ground. Sometimes they consist of single piles, other times, of elaborate stacks. No one has ever determined who is responsible for these strange displays.

Pennsylvania -- When A Ghost Calls

One night in 2011, a paranormal investigator based in Danville, Pennsylvania, received a message from a man who wanted his home inspected for ghostly activity. Identifying himself only as "George," the man left a phone number different than the one from which he was calling. The investigator called the number and asked the woman who answered if he could speak to George. After a long pause, the woman replied that George had been killed in a house fire ten years before. When the investigator told her the number George had called from, the woman confirmed it was from a phone George owned before he'd died.

Rhode Island -- The Pawtucket Werewolf

On December 16, 2008, three boys playing hooky decided to explore some deep woods near Pawtucket, Rhode Island. While walking along a streambed, the boys saw a dark figure running through the brush nearby. The figure was humanoid in appearance except for its face, which was elongated like a wolf's. The creature stopped and looked at the boys for a few moments, then disappeared into the woods. The truants later told police they were convinced the creature was a werewolf.

South Carolina -- The Gray Man of Pawley's Island

For the past 100 years, prior to any hurricane making landfall on South Carolina's Pawley's Island, a mysterious man appears on the beach and warns all who see him to leave the island. There are numerous documented instances of witnesses encountering this strange man, dressed all in gray, as the stormy weather is approaching. Even stranger, those residents who take the Gray Man's advice always find their homes undamaged after the storm. Those that don't invariably have their homes destroyed.

South Dakota -- Deadwood

Seth Bullock moved to Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1876 to build a hotel that still carries his name. Though Bullock died in 1919, many guests have reported seeing his ghost in various areas of the hotel. Even stranger, the ghost seems to want to make sure the hotel staff works hard, because unexplained events always seem to happen whenever staff members are goofing off. Plates and glasses shake, lights turn themselves on and off, and items move on their own any time an employee finds he has a few spare minutes on his hands.

Tennessee -- Troll

One night in October 2008, a man driving to a relative's home in rural Tennessee nearly hit a dark figure sitting on the side of the road. The figure was wearing a black hat and a shabby looking black coat and had long, oddly shiny black hair. Its body was lumpy, as if stuffed with leaves. As he drove by, the figure turned and looked at him. It had glittering black eyes and a horrible, wrinkled, sunken-in face. The driver hit his gas and left the scene as quickly as possible. The man later did some research and improbably concluded what he had seen was a real-life troll.

Texas -- Ghost Light

The Texas Ghost Light can be found near Saratoga, Texas, on a dirt path called Bragg Road. The light appears at random times at night, changing from yellow to white and swaying from side to side like someone waving a lantern. While some witnesses have attempted to approach the light with no success, others claim it has followed their vehicles. Though local legend says the weird illumination is a lantern being carried by the ghost of a railroad worker who'd been killed in an accident nearby, exactly what causes the light remains a mystery.

Utah -- Bulletproof Wolf

Soon after moving to a new ranch in central Utah, a family found an unusually large wolf sitting at their front door. Though the strange animal acted as if it were their pet, when it tried to snatch a farm animal, the rancher shot the creature six times at point-blank range. But his bullets had no effect. Not even bleeding, the wolf casually trotted across a field and disappeared. Since then, the ranch has been plagued by a strong musky odor and the constant buzz of ghostly voices talking day and night.

Vermont -- The Pigman

One night in 1971, a farmer who lived in Northfield, Vermont, heard strange noises coming from his backyard. Expecting to find a raccoon going through his garbage, the farmer turned on an outside light to find a hideous creature hovering over his trash. Covered with white hair, the beast had the body of a man but the facial features of a pig. After a few seconds of staring at each other, the monster ran off into the woods. Dubbed The Pigman, it was seen by dozens of residents a few days later lurking outside a high school dance. Since then, the Pigman has been spotted many times by motorists driving Northfield's country roads at night.

Virginia -- Ghost of Bunnyman Bridge

Bunnyman Bridge in Fairfax, Virginia got its name from a 1904 incident in which a patient escaped from a Fairfax insane asylum and survived for years in the nearby woods by eating raw rabbits. Reportedly, every Halloween the lunatic would emerge from the woods dressed as a rabbit and murder trick-or-treaters with an ax, hanging their bodies near the bridge. The killer became known as the Bunnyman. It is said that if a person stands under the span and intones his name three times the hare-like ghost will reveal itself to them.

Washington -- The Haunted Elevator

The Landmark Theater in Tacoma is seriously haunted. Shortly after the building opened in 1929, a ghost was spotted in the audience during a performance. Since then, eerie shapes have been frequently seen in the theater's balcony. Adding to the spirit count, one of the theater's janitors was accidentally killed in 1972 and his ghost has been riding the service elevator ever since. Witnesses say the elevator goes up and down on its own and stops at random floors where the doors will open for several seconds, as if an unseen person is walking in or out.

Washington, D.C. -- The White House

You saw this one coming, didn't you? It's been said that Honest Abe roams the White House corridors, his business as President forever unresolved (in his mind)...

West Virginia -- The Bluefield Gargoyle

Is there a gargoyle living in Bluefield, West Virginia? In 2004, a boy was playing near a house surrounded by high hedges and strings of barbed wire. Suddenly, there was a rustling in the hedges; a moment later, a creature resembling a huge misshapen frog popped out. It had sharp teeth, green skin and webbed feet that faced inward. The beast hissed, then vanished back into the hedges.

Wisconsin -- Strangeness at Bong Park

The extensive UFO sightings here probably won't come as a surprise to regular visitors of the appropriately named Bong Park. On top of the UFOs, there have been numerous reports of alien abductions, ghostly apparitions, strange fogs, mysterious noises, and unexplainable lights. The park has a labyrinth of tunnels beneath it, leftover from when the area housed a military airbase, but access to these tunnels is forbidden by federal law.

Wyoming -- Haunted High School

In 1940, a student rehearsing for a play at Natrona High School in Casper, Wyoming, was tragically killed before the play could open. The school's auditorium has allegedly been haunted ever since. Not only has the student's ghostly figure been seen on stage many times, if someone sits in a certain front row seat during a performance, something invariably goes wrong and the performance has to be stopped. The girl's ghost has also been known to laugh hysterically during quiet moments of a show.
Written by Mack Maloney.
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The World’s Fastest Workout Video

2013-02-12T16:20:00.000-08:00

The World’s fastest workout! diet.com No time to work out? Try this 4 minute interval workout video aka the world’s fastest workout. Personal trainer and body transformation expert Stephen Cabral takes diet.com host Sarah through the fat burning Tabata interval cardio fitness routine also known as HIIT

50 Adorable Animals

2013-02-09T14:53:00.002-08:00

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Psychological Experiments That Went Wrong

2013-02-09T14:32:00.003-08:00

Psychology as we know it is a relatively young science, but since its inception it has helped us to gain a greater understanding of ourselves and our interactions with the world. Many psychological experiments have been valid and ethical, allowing researchers to make new treatments and therapies available, and giving other insights into our motivations and actions. Sadly, others have ended up backfiring horribly — ruining lives and shaming the profession. Here are ten psychological experiments that spiraled out of control.

10. Stanford Prison Experiment

Prisoners and guards

In 1971, social psychologist Philip Zimbardo set out to interrogate the ways in which people conform to social roles, using a group of male college students to take part in a two-week-long experiment in which they would live as prisoners and guards in a mock prison. However, having selected his test subjects, Zimbardo assigned them their roles without their knowledge, unexpectedly arresting the "prisoners" outside their own homes. The results were disturbing. Ordinary college students turned into viciously sadistic guards or spineless (and increasingly distraught) prisoners, becoming deeply enmeshed within the roles they were playing. After just six days, the distressing reality of this "prison" forced Zimbardo to prematurely end the experiment.

9. The Monster Study

Wendell Johnson, of the University of Iowa, who was behind the study

In this study, conducted in 1939, 22 orphaned children, 10 with stutters, were separated equally into two groups: one with a speech therapist who conducted "positive" therapy by praising the children’s progress and fluency of speech; the other with a speech therapist who openly chastised the children for the slightest mistake. The results showed that the children who had received negative responses were badly affected in terms of their psychological health. Yet more bad news was to come as it was later revealed that some of the children who had previously been unaffected developed speech problems following the experiment. In 2007, six of the orphan children were awarded $925,000 in compensation for emotional damage that the six-month-study had left them with.

8. MK-ULTRA

Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, also seen top

The CIA performed many unethical experiments into mind control and psychology under the banner of project MK-ULTRA during the 50s and 60s. Theodore Kaczynski, otherwise known as the Unabomber, is reported to have been a test subject in the CIA's disturbing experiments, which may have contributed to his mental instability. In another case, the administration of LSD to US Army biological weapons expert Frank Olson is thought to have sparked a crisis of conscience, inspiring him to tell the world about his research. Instead, Olson is said to have committed suicide, jumping from a thirteenth-story hotel room window, although there is strong evidence that he was murdered. This doesn't even touch on the long-term psychological damage other test subjects are likely to have suffered.

7. Elephant on LSD

In 1962, Warren Thomas, the director of Lincoln Park Zoo in Oklahoma City, injected an elephant named Tusko with 3,000 times the typical human dose of LSD. It was an attempt to make his mark on the scientific community by determining whether the drug could induce "musth" — the aggressiveness and high hormone levels that male elephants experience periodically. The only contribution Thomas made was to create a public relations disaster as Tusko died almost immediately after collapsing and going into convulsions.

6. Milgram Experiment

The Milgram Experiment underway

In 1963, in the wake of the atrocities of the Holocaust, Stanley Milgram set out to test the hypothesis that there was something special about the German people that had allowed them to participate in genocide. Under the pretense of an experiment into human learning, Milgram asked normal members of the public to ask questions to a man attached to an electric-shock generator and shock him in increasing measure when he answered incorrectly. The man was an actor, the shocks fake; but the participants didn’t know this. The terrifying part? People overwhelmingly obeyed the commands of the experimenter, even when the man screamed in apparent agony and begged for mercy. A little evil in all of us, perhaps?

5. Tony LaMadrid

Many medicated schizophrenics enrolled in a University of California study that required them to stop taking their medication in a program that started in 1983. The study was meant to give information that would allow doctors to better treat schizophrenia, but rather it messed up the lives of many of the test subjects, 90% of whom relapsed into episodes of mental illness. One participant, Tony LaMadrid, leaped to his death from a rooftop six years after first enrolling in the study.

4. Pit of Despair

A rhesus monkey infant in one of Harlow's isolation chambers

Psychologist Harry Harlow was obsessed with the concept of love, but rather than writing poems or love songs, he performed sick, twisted experiments on monkeys during the 1970s. One of his experiments revolved around confining the monkeys in total isolation in an apparatus he called the "well of despair” (a featureless, empty chamber depriving the animal of any stimulus or socialization) — which resulted in his subjects going insane and even starving themselves to death in two cases. Harlow ignored the criticism of his colleagues, and is quoted as saying, “How could you love monkeys?” The last laugh was on him, however, as his horrific treatment of his subjects is acknowledged as being a driving force behind the development of the animal rights movement and the end of such cruel experiments.

3. The Third Wave

Running along a similar theme similar to the Milgram experiment, The Third Wave, carried out in 1967, was an experiment that set out to explore the ways in which even democratic societies can become infiltrated by the appeal of fascism. Using a class of high school students, the experimenter created a system whereby some students were considered members of a prestigious order. The students showed increased motivation to learn, yet, more worryingly, became eager to get on board with malevolent practices, such as excluding and ostracizing non-members from the class. Even more scarily, this behavior was gleefully continued outside of the classroom. After just four days, the experiment was considered to be slipping out of control and was ceased.

2. Homosexual Aversion Therapy

In the 1960s homosexuality was frequently depicted as a mental illness, with many individuals seeking (voluntarily or otherwise) a way to "cure" themselves of their sexual attraction to members of the same sex. Experimental therapies at the time included aversion therapy — where homosexual images were paired with such things as electric shocks and injections that caused vomiting. The thought was that the patient would associate pain with homosexuality. Rather than "curing" homosexuality, these experiments profoundly psychologically damaged the patients, with at least one man dying from the “treatment” he received, after he went into a coma.

1. David Reimer

David Reimer

In 1966, when David Reimer was 8 months old, his circumcision was botched and he lost his penis to burns. Psychologist John Money suggested that baby David be given a sex change. The parents agreed, but what they didn’t know was that Money secretly wanted to use David as part of an experiment to prove his views that gender identity was not inborn, but rather determined by nature and upbringing. David was renamed Brenda, surgically altered to have a vagina, and given hormonal supplements — but tragically the experiment backfired. "Brenda" acted like a stereotypical boy throughout childhood, and the Reimer family began to fall apart. At 14, Brenda was told the truth, and decided to go back to being David. He committed suicide at the age of 38.

Source:brainz.org

One Of The Most Photogenic Kitten

2013-02-09T14:17:00.001-08:00

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Samsung Galaxy S4

2013-02-07T13:55:00.002-08:00

The Galaxy S4 remains a mystery, but a better picture of the Galaxy S4 is coming together thanks to rumors and leaks. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is expected in two colors, black and white, but little is known about what the device looks like. This isn’t stopping various renders from showing what the Galaxy S4 could look like based on past Galaxy smartphones. The Galaxy S4 will almost certainly use a 4.99-inch Full HD 1080P display with a pixel density of 441 ppi.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Rumored for May or June in U.S.

Source:gottabemobile.com

DUBLIN Gangnam - Skanger Style

2013-02-01T14:14:00.001-08:00

Amazing designed rooms

2013-01-22T14:31:00.002-08:00

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Great Snow Wall drive in Tateyama-Japan

2013-01-19T11:27:00.000-08:00

Great Snow Wall drive in Tateyama -Japan

iPhone 5 Official Promo , September 12th

2012-09-12T13:22:00.000-07:00

New iPhone 5 unveiled ( the thinnest phone ever according to Apple)

2012-09-12T10:47:00.000-07:00

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Here are the highlights based on pdates from CNET’s live blogging:
* 4G LTE capability: “LTE has a single chip for voice and data, single radio chip, and a “dynamic antenna” Started with the iPhone 4S, and can now switch antenna connections between different networks,” CNET says
* The iPhone 5 is 18 percent thinner than the 4S, the world’s thinnest phone
* New screen features 4-inch display. Retina Display 326 pixels per inch is same as old model.
* It’s made entirely out of glass and aluminum.
* Updated software, more e-mail and Web pages in Safari
* Vertical pixels add a 5th row of icons to the home screen
* Calendar showing more events

Why not get to know Romania?

2012-09-08T16:35:00.000-07:00

20 most-watched TED Talks

2012-08-21T16:26:00.000-07:00

Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity (2006): 13,409,417 views
Jill Bolte Taylor‘s stroke of insight (2008): 10,409,851
Pranav Mistry on the thrilling potential of SixthSense (2009): 9,223,263
David Gallo‘s underwater astonishments (2007): 7,879,541
Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense (2009): 7,467,580
Tony Robbins asks Why we do what we do (2006): 6,879,488
Simon Sinek on how great leaders inspire action (2010): 6,050,294
Steve Jobs on how to live before you die (2005): 5,444,022
Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen (2006): 4,966,643
Brene Brown talks about the power of vulnerability (2010): 4,763,038
Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation (2009): 4,706,241
Arthur Benjamin does mathemagic (2005): 4,658,425
Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing your genius (2009): 4,538,037
Dan Gilbert asks: Why are we happy? (2004): 4,269,082
Stephen Hawking asks big questions about the universe (2008): 4,153,105
Jeff Han demos his breakthrough multi-touchscreen (2006): 3,891,251
Johnny Lee shows Wii Remote hacks for educators (2008): 3,869,417
Keith Barry does brain magic (2004): 3,847,893
Mary Roach 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm (2009): 3,810,630
Vijay Kuman demos robots that fly like birds (2012): 3,535,340

Source:ted.com

William Shatner Narrates Space Shuttle Documentary

2012-06-21T13:02:00.000-07:00

Steve Jobs - Billion Dollar Hippy

2012-06-21T12:55:00.000-07:00

What-is-the-single-best-thing-we-can-do-for-our-health?

2012-06-09T04:34:00.000-07:00

gTar: Fully digital iPhone-powered guitar hits Kickstarter

2012-05-22T11:01:00.000-07:00

Recently launched on Kickstarter by startup Incident, the gTar is a completely digital guitar with a built-in iPhone dock that uses sensors to relay what you are playing to a specially designed iPhone app. Unlike ION’s Audio Guitar Apprentice for iPad that we showed you at CES, gTar has strings and a fretboard layout designed to feel identical to a traditional guitar. However, like ION’s product, the gTar is marketed as more of a learning tool than a replacement to your main axe and includes LED lights that show you how to play certain songs preloaded in the app. It would be nice to have a built-in speaker, but you can always go with a pair of Bluetooth headphones instead.

gTar has 34 days to reach its $100,000 funding goal, and you will have to pledge at least $350 to get your hands on one when it ships in September. The product will eventually hit retail for $450. The company also plans to release an SDK for devs interested in building apps for the gTar. The images below are courtesy of Engadget which had great things to say about the device after recently going hands-on:

Next-generation iPhone with 3.9-inch display, 1136 x 640 resolution in testing

2012-05-22T10:41:00.000-07:00

Image via Niilo Autio

Apple is testing multiple next-generation iPhones, and we have independently heard that at least one of these devices sports a brand new display.
Apple’s iPhone display went mostly unchanged from the first iteration of the iPhone to the third, but for the iPhone 4, Apple took the iPhone display to new heights with the incredible 640 x 960 Retina Display. The display has always been 3.5 inches measured diagonally and a 3:2 aspect ratio. As we hinted yesterday, all of that is about to change…

Right now we know of a few next-generation iPhone candidates in testing. These prototype phones are floating around Apple HQ in thick, locked shells in order to disguise the exterior design to “undisclosed” employees. We know of two next-generation iPhones in testing with a larger display: the iPhone 5,1 and iPhone 5,2. These phones are in the PreEVT stage of development and are codenamed N41AP (5,1) and N42AP (5,2). Because Apple reserves certain models for internal-only usage (such as the N96 phone we previously reported on), we’re not sure which of the two devices will make its way into the world later this year.

Both of these phones sport a new, larger display that is 3.95 inches diagonally. Apple will not just increase the size of the display and leave the current resolution, but will actually be adding pixels to the display. The new iPhone display resolution will be 640 x 1136. That’s an extra 176 pixels longer of a display. The screen will be the same 1.94 inches wide, but will grow to 3.45 inches tall. This new resolution is very close to a 16:9 screen ratio, so this means that 16:9 videos can play full screen at their native aspect ratio.
We’ve also heard that Apple will be taking full advantage of their new pixels. Apple is currently testing builds of iOS 6 that are custom-built to the new iPhone’s display. These builds include a tweaked home screen with a fifth row of icons (besides the stationary app dock) and extended application user interfaces that offer views of more content. Apple is able to pull this off with the same sharpness as the current iPhone Retina Display because of the additional pixels.
In terms of hardware other than the new display, we’ve heard that both of these prototypes definitely include a home button and the previously-rumored smaller dock connector. Apple will be bringing these dock connectors to all of their iOS devices over time, and it is not exactly a “pill-shape” as rumored. It’s basically a much narrower version of the current squared off (on the corners) dock connector. It is between the size of a Micro-USB and Mini-USB connector.

Source:9to5mac.com

The Voice Australia: Rachael Leahcar sings La Vie En Rose

2012-04-25T11:02:00.001-07:00

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