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Before alarm clocks existed, people used nails fixed onto candles to wake up. they knew hoe to calculate the burning time and put the nail at right position. As the candle melted, nail fell, made a noise and woke its owner
There were much more sophisticated variants. In some monasteries they used metal balls stuck inside the candle, which rolled on the ground.
If You Have To Look For Reasons To Accept Yourself, You’ll Never Find Them
Photo by Sam Moqadam
How many times have you looked in the mirror and had one of these thoughts?
- “I’ll stop hating myself when I reach weight X.”
- “When have job title X I’ll be happy”
- “When I get a girlfriend/boyfriend I’ll be happy”
- “When I fix personality flaw X I’ll be good enough”
That’s called conditional self-love. It’s attaching your self worth to some tiny fraction of who you are. Not only is it toxic, it makes the journey towards your goals miserable.
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An Incel Created a Social Brand By Harassing Women. Then the Assaults Began – Mel Magazine
Everything You Wanted To Know About John Travolta’s Brother – Ned Hardy
12 Strange Traditions Practiced Around The World – Van Life Wanderer
These super-plush bath towel is ridiculously cozy and drapes on you heavily like a dental x-ray vest. It’s made from long-staple Turkish cotton, and feels wonderfully soft after dozens of washes. I will never purchase another towel – Amazon
The 3 Minutes It Takes To Read This Will Improve Your Conversations Forever – Medium
Warhol’s ‘Marilyn,’ at $195 Million, Shatters Auction Record for an American Artist – NY Times
It’s Not Too Late. You Can Boost Your Brainpower at Any Age – Consumer Reports
GPU prices drop again, but there’s still a long way to go – Digital Trends
8 Ways to Move on After the Break Up of a Toxic Relationship – Stylist
Mathematicians Have Solved Traffic Jams, and They’re Begging Cities to Listen – Fast Co
‘Cash me outside’ girl Bhad Bhabie pays all cash for $6.1M Florida mansion – NY Post
It’s Not What You Think — 24 Seemingly “Dirty” Pics That Are Actually 100% Wholesome – Ruin My Week
Transporting your dog in the car can be pretty challenging, especially if your dog is heavy, senior, or has poor mobility. This car ramp can easily be extended, is lightweight, but strong enough to be used by heavy dogs and has a non slip surface – Amazon
Leader of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 dead bodies discovered during raid – Thai Enquirer
Tech giants lost more than $1 trillion in value in the last three trading days – CNBC
Adreian Payne, first-round pick in 2014 NBA draft, dies at 31 in Florida shooting – NBC
7 signs that you’re getting old – Linkiest
How Long Do Bear Markets Last? – Wealth of Common Sense
Tom Brady Reportedly Will Get 10-Year, $375M Contract from Fox Sports Upon Retirement – Bleacher Report
How to Grow Your Child’s Social Skills – Medium
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A Few Tips, Tricks And Hacks That Will Make Your Life A Whole Lot Easier
Those viral posts asking things like “Your stripper name is your first pet and your mother’s maiden name” are amazingly effective ways to reveal answers to common security questions you may be using elsewhere.
The next time you see a mass post or “share this on” message asking for information like this, remember you’re sharing important personal information which may be dangerous to share openly with others. There’s a good reason why so many of them rely on your funny answer being made up of your mother’s maiden name, first pet, favourite teacher or street you grew up on…Always be careful where you’re sharing information, consider whether it’s really necessary to share it, or consider using incorrect answers – either to the post, or to the security questions themselves (as long as you can remember what you set them to).
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A Few Glorious Videos For Your Consideration
How Much Harder Are Classes At An Ivy League School Compared To A Community College Or A State School?
I graduated from Dartmouth in the 1990s so my info may be old. I also have taken several classes in both the sciences and humanities at public state schools such UC Berkeley, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and my local California State University. The main difference as many answers here have noted is not so much the materials, instructors or professors, but the students’ abilities. Rather than giving statistics which you can google, here are my personal undergraduate experiences.
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Wife crashes her own funeral, horrifying her husband, who had paid to have her killed
Noela Rukundo is a Burundian-Australian woman who became notable for crashing her own funeral. In January 2015, she was presumed dead after her husband, Balenga Kalala, secretly paid several gunmen to kill her while she was in Burundi for her stepmother’s funeral.
How to Make Peace with Your Past
The only way to make peace with your past is to look it straight in the eye. For the majority of us, when we look back the past seems tinged with negativity. For every joyful moment there are many more regrets. For every memory of laughter there is a nagging sense of fear or anxiety.