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Don’t have a Facebook account? Maybe you better get one fast or else you could be perceived as someone who has something to hide. The German magazine Der Taggspiegel went so far as to point out that accused theater shooter James Holmes and Norwegian mass murder Anders Behring Breivik have common ground in their lack of Facebook profiles.
Facebook has become such a pervasive force in modern society that increasing numbers of employers, and even some psychologists, believe people who aren’t on social networking sites are ‘suspicious.’ The common concern among bosses is that a lack of Facebook could mean the applicant’s account could be so full of red flags that it had to be deleted.
If you are an older, already productive adult, these judgments don’t apply.
And this is what the argument boils down to: It’s the suspicion that not being on Facebook, which has become so normal among young adults, is a sign that you’re abnormal and dysfunctional, or even dangerous. I’m sure Zuckerberg is pleased with this.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184658/Is-joining-Facebook-sign-youre-psychopath-Some-employers-psychologists-say-suspicious.html
Infected flea bites rat. Stray cat bites infected rat. Infected cat who bit the rat who was bit by the flea bites innocent human. A newly adopted stray cat is how the plague was most likely transmitted to Paul Gaylord of Bend, Oregon.
Initially, Mr. Gaylord thought he had the flu when he developed a fever after the bite.
After antibiotics failed to make him feel better, he was rushed to hospital when his lymph nodes swelled to the size of lemons.
‘His heart stopped. His lung collapsed. They told us he wasn’t going to make it,’ said his mother.
Mr. Gaylord spent nearly a month on life support. He still faces surgery to remove his withered, blackened fingers and toes – one of the symptoms of the terrible disease that gave it the name, the ‘black death’.
Although the welder will not be able to work again, he is lucky to be alive.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175008/Man-narrowly-develops-BUBONIC-PLAGUE-narrowly-escapes-death-cat-bite.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
In this case, the illusion was real. Russian illusionist Ilya Safronov was performing the illusion of swallowing a sharp hook then pulling it out of his eye, when he accidentally really DID swallow it. The hook became lodged in his throat. The illusionist’s brothers, who were part of the act, initially intended to remove the hook themselves.
Wisely, they decided against performing “on the spot” surgery on their unfortunate brother and sought legitimate medical assistance. He was taken to the local ER where his condition is not known.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170971/Illusionist-rushed-hospital-hook-eye-trick-goes-hideously-wrong.html
Would you do this? Or should I say, could you do this? Could you do it sober? ZipFlyer Nepal has created the world’s most extreme zipline adventure.
Climbing the Himalayas is widely considered to be one of the toughest tests of a mountaineer’s strength and endurance. Coming down the Himalayas via the ZipFlyer is also a test of nerves.
The ZipFlyer Nepal takes thrill-seekers over dense forest at speeds of up to 100mph from a platform overlooking the Himalayas.
The slide, built at Sarangkot, near the Nepalese city of Pokhara, has a vertical drop of almost 2,000 feet and covers a distance of 1.8 kilometers (that’s a little over one mile to you and me).
The trip down the mountain takes about one minute, with a magnetic brake bringing the pulley to a complete stop at the end of the run.
EXPERIENCE ZIPFLYER
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157700/ZipFlyer-Nepal-Worlds-extreme-zip-line-speeds-100mph.html#ixzz1yqT1U46B
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