Toward simple confusion
Check out Publication 17 from the IRS regarding income taxes on stolen merchandise:
Stolen property. If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner.
[Shamelessly copied from this digg.com news article.]
Check out this article about the creator of instant ramen. I used to eat alot of instant ramen, but in recent times, I have been able to get my hands on fresh ramen. I would have to agree with him though. Peace comes when people are well-feed. Well atleast at the basic level…. The dude gets two thumbs up in my book.
Ando was inspired to develop the instant noodle after coming upon a long line of people on a cold night shortly after World War II. They were waiting to buy freshly made ramen at a black market food stall.
The experience convinced him that “peace will come to the world when the people have enough to eat,” according to Nissin.
In 1971, Nissin introduced the Cup Noodle featuring instant ramen in a waterproof plastic foam container. Dubbed the “Ramen King,” Ando is credited with expanding Nissin into the No. 1 company in the industry and was well-known for his dedication to his work.
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In July 2005, Nissin introduced a vacuum packed instant noodle specially designed for Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi to eat during a mission aboard the U.S. space shuttle Discovery.
Showcasing his Space Ram noodles, Ando said, “I’m happy I’ve realized my dream that noodles can go into space.”
Check out this postwith a picture of a guy in a Magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanners. MEG scanners are used to detect instanteous changes in brain activitiy. Pretty cool thinking cap.
Check out this site with some creative ways of recycling old stuff and/or creating novel things. Check out:2. Cd cases into a mini greenhouse and 18. Old candle cases into picture frames.
Check out this article that discusses how the high cost of child bearing could have drivin the evolution of menopause. And thanks to modern technology and medicine, we have birth control.
“One of the other problems we’ve been trying to explain in human reproduction is why women all over the world have been having fewer children whenever they get access to contraception or more education,” says Dr. Penn. “If women bear a higher cost for reproduction than men, then this might help explain why, when they get control over their reproduction, they would have fewer children.”