August 2010
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“Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth...”
– Bob Marley
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Overheard...
Little kid: Grandma, smell this! It's 'Obsession for Men'!
July 2010
We Will Run Out of IP Addresses Within the Next 12...
Don’t panic, but we’re running out of internet addresses. Not domain names — those website names that you see at the top of this page and which always start with some semblance of “http://” and “www.” We’ve got plenty of those.
But, according to statements from prominent internet thinkers this week, we may run out of internet protocol — or IP...
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Song of the day: “Your Heart Is So...
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“Memory takes a lot of poetic license. It omits some details; others are...”
– Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie
God, I’m so miserable right now. I could use some relief and a wish granted. Oh, if only.
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“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever...”
– Jane Howard
Crap At My Parent's House →
Site of the day.
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Song of the day: “Asleep at the...
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“The mistake that a lot of people make is thinking that you can force ideas to...”
– Brad Bird
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11 Abandoned Hospitals/Asylums “Open” for... →
Site of the day.
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Song of the day: “My Conversation” by...
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“Maturity… is the ability to do something even though your parents have...”
– Paul Watzlawick
Rare 90-Year-Old Tree Flowers for the First Time...
One rare tree specimen in Ireland is proving that it’s never too late to try something new. Some 90 years after being planted on an estate outside of Belfast, a Goat Horn Trees, native to China, is flowering its pale, aromatic blossoms for the very first time ever. Sadly though, it’s attempt to find another tree with which to reproduce will likely be in vain as there’s only one...
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“Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it...”
– Audrey Hepburn
Benadryl, Tylenol PM found to cause cognitive...
Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions including insomnia, allergies, or incontinence negatively affect the brain causing long term cognitive impairment in older African-Americans, according to a study appearing in the July 13, 2010 print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
These drugs, called anticholinergics, block...
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Song of the day: “Witness the Fitness”...
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“Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.”
– Jean Jacques Rousseau
Advance in Quest for HIV Vaccine
HIV research is undergoing a renaissance that could lead to new ways to develop vaccines against the AIDS virus and other viral diseases.
In the latest development, U.S. government scientists say they have discovered three powerful antibodies, the strongest of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains, more than any AIDS antibody yet discovered. They are now deploying the technique used to find those...
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