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Young Woman Holding a Mirror by Giovanni Bellini Date  of Creation: 1515 This video shows how women with full figures (considered overweight by many) were often regarded as having the ideal shape in their time.  An example of the opposite was the extremely skinny shape of the model Twiggy. The descriptions in this video are difficult to read because of the white print on a light background. The speed of the film is a little too fast.  It may be good to stop the video every so often so you can read the descriptions.

Here is a video of an eagle in flight with a camera strapped to its back. This is truly amazing! There are more videos on YouTube.

About 7 months old (9/4/14); he's excited by his new ability. Their dog Arctic gets into the picture. His dad, Ryan stands by ready to catch Miles if he falls.  His mom, Laurissa takes the pictures.   

Here's a good site for quickly looking over historical events.  I was never a good student of history.  It just wasn't that exciting for me. But this site interests me because it's brief and to the point. Link:     Macrohistory - World History

There's an interesting link about decision making called "Analysis Paralysis". The article points out how introverts are vulnerable to this problem, but I feel that this problem is not limited to introverts. All of us are affected by it. From the article: "As an introvert, you're a deep thinker and you like to consider every angle of a problem. And that's a good thing — except when it leads to something called analysis paralysis. What is analysis paralysis? It's what happens when you get so carried away analyzing every aspect of a situation that you can't come to a decision. Instead, you just sit there, paralyzed, doing nothing. As an introvert, you're prone to analysis paralysis..." Here's the link: Avoiding Analysis Paralysis - For Dummies Here are two quotes about how "Analysis Paralysis" affects all of us. "I come from an environment where, if you see a snake, you kill it. At GM, if  you see a snake, the fi