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Slicked Back Hair

The World’s New Tallest Skyscraper Will Be in Azerbaijan

The World’s New Tallest Skyscraper Will Be in Azerbaijan

Those mighty Kingdom Tower guys are probably crying their eyes out right about now! In the spitfire race to build the tallest edifice on the globe, there’s a new frontfronner: Azerbaijan Tower, a kilometer-tall structure that’s set to break ground in 2015 in the Republic of Azerbaijan in Eurasia. If you don’t usually equate Azerbaijan […]

Asia luxury

http://youtu.be/XMD9NC_PTzI  Asia’s Ferrari-driving elite have sparked public outcry and served as a reminder that even the most glamorous brands have to tread carefully.

Book “Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers

Book “Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers

When Jared Dillian joined Lehman Brothers in 2001, he fulfilled a life-long dream to make it on Wall Street—but he had no idea how close to the edge the job would take him. Like Michael Lewis’s classic Liar’s Poker, Jared Dillian’s Street Freak takes readers behind the scenes of the legendary Lehman Brothers, exposing its outrageous and often […]

Paris Motorshow – Lamborghini New Gallardo LP 560-4

Paris Motorshow Automobili Lamborghini is presenting the most successful super sports car of its entire history with a new design — even more aggressive, and more extreme: the new Gallardo LP 560-4 and the LP 570-4 Edizione Tecnica. The new Gallardo LP 560-4 – equipped with permanent four wheel drive- has a new front end […]

Rare Animals – A Liger

http://youtu.be/AcH2BZaLt3g A liger is half lion half tiger.

The Power of Beauty

After reading these two articles, it really motivates oneself  into taking care of their appearance. This is unfortunate but has been scientifically proven. Please read >http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/insight/201012/why-great-looking-people-are-sexier-brilliant-people _____________________________________________________________________________________________ The uncomfortable competitive advantage of beauty in the workplace Published on July 24, 2010 by Ken Eisold, Ph.D. in Hidden Motives Economists have recently confirmed something most of us have known since the third […]

The Placebo Effect

Scientists have noticed that patients may experience improvements just from thinking they’ve had medicine, even if that medicine is fake. But why does the placebo effect work, and why do some researchers believe it’s growing stronger?

Donor

This short documentary film follows the story of Ryann and JoEllen as they discover online that they are sisters from the same sperm donor, donor #150 at the California Cryobank. Questioning the gap between expectations and reality, this film touches on issues of genetic inheritance and paternity. Screened at the 2008 Student Academy Awards (Finalist), […]

How the human brain works

An animated tour around the human brain

Mental health for all by involving all

Nearly 450 million people are affected by mental illness worldwide. In wealthy nations, just half receive appropriate care, but in developing countries, close to 90 percent go untreated because psychiatrists are in such short supply.

New technology

HULC a human assisting robot will be available to the handicapped in 5-10 years and will alllow them to walk again One wheel motor bike

New technologies promise energy efficient power

All over the world electricity grids distribute alternating current. Today though, thanks to new technologies, direct current would be more energy efficient. Multinationals are pushing for the switch, which promises to be good business.

The problem with eyewitness testimony

Scott Fraser studies how humans remember crimes — and bear witness to them. In this powerful talk, which focuses on a deadly shooting at sunset, he suggests that even close-up eyewitnesses to a crime can create “memories” they could not have seen. Why? Because the brain abhors a vacuum.

Africa Cup of Nations and U.S. Open Win

http://youtu.be/f7iXtZdt8S8  

Tech Investors Get Fashionable

Venture capitalists aren’t known for fashion, but a few show their style for a Forbes photo shoot. Tomio Geron talks with four investors about their sartorial propensities.

Merrill Lynch’s $100 Billion Woman

Training Students for Jobs in Washington’s Wine Industry

With more than 700 vineyards, Washington state has become a premier location for viticulture. One community college has created a wine-making degree that fosters economic, environmental and cultural sustainability in and around the city of Walla Walla where vineyards continue to sprout

Bet on Mexico like the billionaire

http://youtu.be/FS_n7PvPS_U

Orphan from Africa now an aspiring ballerina

Michaela DePrince is a professional ballerina currently with the Dance Theatre of Harlem company, who was adopted as a young child from Africa by a US family.

The agency: New Faces

Negotiations and the idea of beauty. http://www.vh1.com/video/shows/the-agency/140237/new-faces-act-2.jhtml#id=1555682 Unattractive for the agent? http://www.vh1.com/video/shows/the-agency/140238/new-faces-act-3.jhtml#id=1555682 Idea of beauty http://www.vh1.com/video/shows/the-agency/135702/model-contest-act-3-winner.jhtml#id=1553351 Troubles erupt when booking the models http://www.vh1.com/video/shows/the-agency/136920/new-model-act-3-showtime.jhtml#id=1553985  

Felipe Santana | Kick off

Felipe Santana is a man for all seasons. He’s been with Dortmund for four years. At 1.94 meters tall, he’s hard to overlook and the way he plays is uncompromising.  

Television tunes in to the future

IFA, the world’s leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances opened in Berlin. Up to 1500 exhibitors and 240,000 visitors tuned in to see how they might be watching television in the years ahead, surfing the net on a tablet or using their mobile smart phone to connect with all sorts of tasks. […]

Stupidity

http://youtu.be/IDsnCrSfzCQ

Discovering Qi Gong

http://youtu.be/0Z1Rm4ANFl8 http://youtu.be/WGab9Ux34A4

J. Craig Venter’s Adrenaline: Fight or Flight Response

J. Craig Venter’s Adrenaline: Fight or Flight Response

J. Craig Venter went on to receive his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego. When faced with immediate danger, the brain releases adrenaline, a hormone secreted from glands above the kidneys. In the case of a police officer confronted with a raging fire surge, adrenaline triggered the body to release stored ATP so […]