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    25 Most Precarious Places On Earth
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    If you are one of those people whose palms get sweaty just thinking about being close to the edge then you should prepare yourself because in a few minutes your hands will most likely be drenched. With everything from the underbelly of the highest suspension bridge in the world to what is almost indisputably the most dangerous road on the planet, these are the 25 most precarious places on Earth.

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    Trift Bridge, Switzerland
    Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
    CN Tower Edgewalk, Toronto
    Devil's Pool at Victoria Falls
    The Eiger, Switzlerand
    Golden Rock, Myanmar
    Trolltunga, Norway
    Tyrol Platform, Austria
    Gozo Cliffs, Malta
    Llangollen Canal, Wales
    Preikestolen, Norway
    Meteora Monasteries, Greece
    Gordon's Bay, Cape Town
    Atlanterhavsveien, Norway
    The Huntington Ravine Headwall, New Hampshire
    Xuankong Temple, China
    Kjeragbolten, Norway
    Mont Margeriaz, France
    Grand Canyon, Arizona
    Swallows Nest, Ukraine
    Anzhaite Long-span Suspension Bridge, China
    Mount Hua Plank Walk, China
    Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
    Perrine Bridge, Idaho
    Yungas Road, Bolivia
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    Think. Do. Done.
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    Happiness is within the pursuit thereof
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      Vero C'est justement ce que j'ai besoin de faire.
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    Infinity and Beyond!
    What you see is what you get
    what you get is what you got
    what you got is good

    treat it that way
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    Australian Scientists Develop Printable A3-Sized Solar Cells (mashable.com)
    Solar energy sounds like a dream, but buying and installing the equipment necessary to harness the power of the Sun can be expensive. But what if you could print your own solar panels?

    The researchers at Australia's Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) — a collaboration between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the University of Melbourne, Monash University and industry partners — have managed to print photovoltaic cells the size of an A3 sheet of paper.

    "There are so many things we can do with cells this size. We can set them into advertising signage, powering lights and other interactive elements. We can even embed them into laptop cases to provide backup power for the machine inside," said CSIRO materials scientist, Dr. Scott Watkins.

    These cells produce 10-50 watts of power per m2, and could be used to laminate the windows of skyscrapers, giving them an additional source of power. Or they could be printed onto materials such as steel, meaning they could be embedded into roofs of buildings.

    Photovoltaic cells — the building blocks of solar panels — have been printed before, but the printing process was different.

    For their printable solar cells, the VICOSC team used photovoltaic ink, a $200,000 printer, and techniques similar to those you'd use "if you were screen printing an image on to a t-shirt."

    One of the most important aspects of this approach, claims Watkins, is accessibility. "We're developing our processes to be able to use these existing printing technologies so that the barrier to entry for manufacturing these new printed solar cells is as low as possible," he said.

    Image courtesy of CSIRO
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    StarShine
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    The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever (rollingstone.com)
    The Illuminati were amateurs. The second huge financial scandal of the year reveals the real international conspiracy: There's no price the big banks can't fix.

    This comes as no surprise to anyone with a lick of sense who has been watching the global state unfold in the "information era" The reason I resonated so much with this article is sourcing, Rolling Stone! One of the biggest and most respected magazines is APOLOGIZING for looking down at financial conspiracy buffs in lieu of the truths that have emerged in recent years about our financial institutions total corruptness.
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    Mark Twain’s Top 9 Tips for Living a Kick-Ass Life (positivityblog.com)
    “It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”

    “Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.”

    “When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.”

    You may know Mark Twain for some of his very popular books like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He was a writer and also a humorist, satirist and lecturer.

    Twain is known for his many – and often funny – quotes. Here are a few of my favorite tips from him.

    1. Approve of yourself
    2. Your limitations might be just in your mind
    3. Lighten up and have some fun



    Full article on: http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2008/05/16/mark-twains-top-9-tips-for-living-a-kick-ass-life/
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    These Aren't Flowers (gizmodo.com)
    These little things look exactly like flowersâand that's because they're meant to. But in real life you'd never be able to spot them, because they are in fact microscopic crystals grown on the surface of a razor blade.
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    Chats with mom may keep students healthy
    College students eat better and get more exercise on days when they communicate more with their parents, according to researchers.

    “It is likely that communication with parents has both direct and indirect effects on college students’ eating and physical activity behaviors,” says Penn State researcher Meg Small.




    Full story at: http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/chats-with-mom-may-keep-students-healthy/
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      We Aum HMmm that reminds me
      i should place a call to a real special person!
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    Message to Graduate
    No matter what your age, if you’ve finally gotten that coveted diploma this season, we wish you all the congratulations in the world and a few words of wisdom from Incidental Comics’ Grant Snider.

    As opposed to that droning graduation speech, though, this message comes with pictures!



    Via Incidental Comics.

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    Beauty Unveiled
    Do you ever feel like your surrounded by those who dont understand? I do, but then I catch a glimpse of another being of light unleashing their full potential :-)
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    10 Reasons Why You’re Lovable - Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improveme... (pickthebrain.com)
    You may not even realize it, but someone else seeâs all the amazing things about you and why you are so loveable. So let this be a reminder of how truly magnificent you are ⦠just because youâre YOU.
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    3 Effortless Ways to Get More Done - Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improv... (pickthebrain.com)
    Do you ever wonder how on some days you seem to get so much accomplished, while on others, you barely get a few things checked off your to-do list?
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    Why It’s Important to Cook Your Own Meals | Mark's Daily Apple (marksdailyapple.com)
    When was the last time you made a great meal? From-scratch prep, serious gratification result. This morning? Last week? Last month? Although I imagine Primal folks cook much more often than most non-Primal types, we all get caught up in the busyness of life. Eating – even healthy eating – often gets boiled down to [...]
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    3 Steps to Getting Toned Beach Arms | My Fitness Hut Blog (myfitnesshut.blogspot.com)
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    Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe- Conscious Rock! (larisastow.com)
    chanting and high vibration rock!
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    Landmark operation evicts illegal ranchers from Yanomami land - Survival Interna... (survivalinternational.org)
    At least three of the ranches, in the region of Ajarani, have been closed down so far.
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    How to Start a Startup
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    Save Tiny the Pig (firstgiving.com)
    …a special appeal for a special pig

    Tiny really is SOME pig! Pardoned from the slaughter line as a piglet and brought to the Lewis Oliver Farm in 2008 at 10 months old and 200 lbs, Tiny has grown to be a 700lb bundle of joy and the star attraction on the farm. With his pink nose, black spots and a giant frame dwarfed only by his love for attention and belly rubs, Tiny continues to win the hearts of everyone he meets.

    Tiny has brought many smiles and lasting memories for all who love to visit him. He has been a good friend to many and now he needs our help!
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    Recycled Wood Planter Boxes (etsy.com)
    Wooden planter for decorative succulents and cacti. We use mill end waste cedar to help reduce demands on our natural resources. Smooth
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    Chickadee
    Chickadee on our woodpecker feeder. For more information:
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/101399345/wooden-bird-feeder-woodpecker-feeder
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    Bending Spoons, Bending Reality & Loving Schrödinger’s Cat (consciouslifenews.com)
    Excellent consciousness expanding article!

    “ . . .The creative advance into novelty – is part of the prehension of each and every being in existence, and the creative-part cannot be ripped from the being‑part without severe violence.” – Ken Wilber
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    Papa Dish Music (papadish.com)
    "what an epic name: Papa Dish"

    Papa Dish Music features the political folk songs of Papa Dish, with mp3's, lyrics, and cover art.
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    Higher Journeys (higherjourneys.blogspot.com)
    "Stop looking for the guru 'out there'. They are no measure to the Guru you already know. You are The Guru; The Shaman; The Light Worker; The Creator of your own life!"
    -Alexis Brooks (from Conscious Musings)
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    Take one minute! (facebook.com)
    http://www.holisticdad.net/ FB
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    The Freecycle Network (freecycle.org)
    "It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by local volunteers (them's good people). Membership is free. To sign up, find your community by entering it into the search box above or by clicking on 'Browse Groups' above the search box. "
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    Your Approach to Mistakes Defines your Success! (blog.penelopetrunk.com)
    Here is an amazing story of perseverance and optimistic "damage control". I snipped the main points for you below, but I would recommend reading the full article (don't worry it's not that long).


    1. Focus on the big idea.
    My favorite is to focus on the big picture rather than the problem at hand.

    I told him he’s a revolutionary. He must keep going. I told him he might have to kill hundreds of pigs and lose thousands of dollars, but someone needs to do that in order to lead the pork industry to a more humane way of economically raising pigs. Someone has to be a leader, and leaders lead by failing and trying again. I told him the happiest people have the hardest jobs.

    My speeches do not inspire him. Revolutionaries seldom do that sort of thing in order to get attention as a leader. They do it because it is right, and they want to do what’s right. Revolutionaries are driven by something more important than ego.

    So he told me to stop talking to him about it.

    2. Take action.
    Matthew personality type is ISTP. So he needs to focus on taking action as a way to get past a bad mistake.

    He revised his system so that the next week of freezing rain didn’t kill any pigs. They were all dry and cozy.

    And he is thinking about the next season of pigs, and the next set of problems. Like, I planted 20,000 bulbs last fall and the free-range piglets have dug up about 2000.

    Matthew’s question is how to treat pigs more humanely and still have a profitable business. Every time he solves one problem, he gets another one. People talk a lot about what makes a successful entrepreneur, and the answer is that they don’t quit. Each time a huge problem arises, an entrepreneur has a choice to work on solving it, or stop trying.

    3. Surround yourself with people making mistakes and surviving.
    The reason entrepreneurs hang out with each other is because it’s inspiring to watch people work on problem after problem.

    And of course, that is true for life, as well.

    Our lives are defined by the problems we take on. Every day I look out our window and I feel so lucky to have the piglets running around. They are a wonder to watch, and they create more and more problems, and Matthew is a wonder to watch solving them.
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    Why Should Managers Meditate? (triplepundit.com)
    If you want to change the world, start first with yourself. Just as past performance does not indicate future financial returns, we cannot innovate our way to a sustainable future with old mindsets. This article will explore how increasing mindfulness yields positive triple bottom line results.