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My philosophy for a happy life | Sam Berns

Just before his passing on January 10, 2014, Sam Berns was a Junior at Foxboro High School in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where he achieved highest honors and was a percussion section leader in the high school marching band. He also achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Sam was diagnosed with Progeria, a rare, rapid aging disease, at the age of 2. He is featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary Life According to Sam, which premiered on HBO on October 21, 2013, 2 days before his 17th birthday. . In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organiz...

An Internet Mystery

On the 4th of January, 2012, a user on 4chan posted this image to the sites infamous /b/ or random board. The anonymous author, who went by the four-digit pseudonym 3301, challenged users to uncover a message hidden within the image. Unbeknownst to those who stumbled across it, someone had just set in motion one of the most elaborate scavenger hunts the internet has ever seen. Within minutes of the image being posted someone discovered that by opening the file using a text editor an appended string of readable text could be found. The string contained a cipher that, once deciphered, formed a link to yet another image. At first this appeared to be a dead end but using an application known as Out Guess users were able to extract hidden information embedded within the first image. The extracted information lead to a subreddit which in turn contained information about a book. The book along with a code could then be used to uncover a phone number that, when called, played this prerecorded ...

Jack Ma's Ultimate Advice for Students & Young People

 This is Jack Ma's Ultimate Advice for Students and Young People. Now one of the richest men alive, it took him 4 years to get into college and upon graduating he applied for 30 different jobs and was rejected by all of them. My advice to the young people 25 years old, make enough mistakes, don’t worry You fall you stand up. You fall, you stand up Enjoy it, I mean, 25 years old enjoy the show, enjoy the show. From 30 to 40 years old, you have to think very clearly Were you working for yourself if you really want to be entrepreneur. So 40 to 50 think about, how can you focus on things that you are good at But when you are 50 to 60 years old work for the young people because young people can do better than you. So rely on them, invest on them making sure they’re good. So 25 years old  Don’t worry Any mistake is an income, is a wonderful revenue for you. In the future, it’s not about the competition of knowledge. It’s the competition of creativity, it’s a competition of imaginati...

Earth's Model MEGACITY

 Tokyo is the most successful metropolis in the history of the world with 39 million residents, 50% more people than any other urban area. It is the safest big city on the planet and has a two trillion dollar GDP - an economy larger than all but eight entire countries. The most successful metropolis in the history of the world has 39 million residents, 50%m more people than any other urban area. It is the safest big city on the planet, and with a two trillion dollar GDP, its economy is larger than all but eight entire countries. This is Tokyo, Earth’s model megacity. Our story begins 561 years ago when a samurai warrior built a castle on the shore of a fishing village called Edo. Its rich soil was ideal for growing rice and attracted farmers from far and wide. In 1600, the great commander Tokugawa Ieyasu won the Battle of Sekigahara, a pivotal moment in history that secured Edo’s status as the most important place in Japan. Unfortunately, the buildings of the expanding city were ma...

Making amazing sausages

Dine well and you’ll be able to think well, sleep well, and live well. Cupcakes are muffins that believed in miracles. For some reason, food tastes better when it’s somebody’s treat. Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti. It's not true that money can't buy happiness. I mean, have you tried buying ice cream? It’s the same thing! Dinner is one of life's greatest pleasures.

Eating DELICIOUS Fried Noodles & Spring Rolls, Cambodian Street Food

Phnom Penh Street Food, Eating DELICIOUS Fried Noodles & Spring Rolls, Cambodian Street Food All the foods look so delicious. Are you from Battambang Province The prices of street food in Cambodia are quite reasonable. More importantly, they are all palatable.

Unbelievable Places That Actually Exist

This waterfall is in Chestnut Ridge Park in New York . Although Eternal Flame Falls isn’t massive, it has an interesting element, fire. Near the bottom of the waterfall, there is a tiny cavern that natural gas flows out of. When lit, the gas produces a flame that can be seen yearlong. Although, sometimes the fire goes out and has to be ignited again. Eternal Flame Falls wasn’t originally a popular tourist destination, but as it gained more recognition from the media, people started visiting it more often. It has also been studied by several geologists, who discovered that it emits more propane and ethane than other natural gas-secreting places. This stunning landscape is found in Linze County, China. These rocks are like Ogres; they have layers. They’re much more stunning than Shrek’s relatives, however. They appear velvety, but form pointed, jagged peaks. The striped, multicolored stone is due to the different types of minerals that were deposited throughout the landform's sandsto...

Most Dangerous Ways To School | NICARAGUA

 Every morning, the three sisters Julia, Yulissa and Kenya climb into their dugout in order to row to school. They live on the east coast of Nicaragua, one of the world’s poorest countries, and the youngest of them has just turned five; the oldest is nine. They row across the Rio Escondido. Not only is it one of the largest rivers in the country, it is simultaneously one of the most dangerous routes to school. While they have to watch out for snakes lurking in the trees over the river, the three sisters also struggle against the current and must ensure the dugout does not fill up with water - because it has multiples holes and could sink at any minute. Other classmates do not necessarily have it easier, because they live far from the river, and their journey to school takes them through the deep jungle. One of these classmates is 11-year-old Greyven. His daily trip di lui takes him through the so-called 'snake field', in which coral snakes and the infamous boa constrictor resid...