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Beautiful and nice song, enjoy :-) Don't forget to Thumbs UP and Subscribe ! LYRICS: Doing it right Everybody will be dancing and will Feeling it right Every...
2013-05-24 02:20 AM
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Boy, this sure takes the wind out of Blaise Pascal's sail, doesn't it? I guess we won't be hearing about that wager anymore! (not that it was worth listening to)
Pope Francis Says All Who Do Good Are Redeemed - Atheists Included
Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists.
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Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists.
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2013-05-23 08:53 AM
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Partly cloudy, cool breeze, decent weather--go to the gym for an hour, walk out--HURRICANE!
2013-05-21 02:23 PM
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This water slide won't ride itself, anyone want to join Amber?
2013-05-19 02:34 PM
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"First - and arguably foremost - there is virtually no difference among upper, middle and lower classes in Iceland. And with that, tension between economic classes is non-existent, a rare occurrence for any country. A study of the Icelandic class system done by a University of Missouri master's student found only 1.1% of participants identified themselves as upper class, while 1.5% saw themselves as lower class. The remaining 97% identified themselves as upper-middle class, lower-middle class, or working class. On one of three visits to Althing, the Icelandic parliament, I met Bjorgvin Sigurdsson, former chairman of the parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Alliance. In his eyes - as well as those of many Icelanders I spoke with - equality was the biggest reason for the nation's relative lack of crime."
Why is violent crime so rare in Iceland
Violent crime is rare in Iceland. Andrew Clark investigates the mystery behind this peaceful nation.
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Violent crime is rare in Iceland. Andrew Clark investigates the mystery behind this peaceful nation.
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2013-05-17 02:31 PM
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"The researchers, at Oregon Health and Science University, took skin cells from a baby with a genetic disease and fused them with donated human eggs to create human embryos that were genetically identical to the 8-month-old. They then extracted stem cells from those embryos. The embryo-creation technique is essentially the same as that used to create Dolly the sheep and the many cloned animals that have followed. In those cases, the embryos were implanted in the wombs of surrogate mothers."
Cloning Is Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells
Researchers fused skin cells with donated human eggs to create human embryos that were genetically identical to the person who provided the skin cells.
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Researchers fused skin cells with donated human eggs to create human embryos that were genetically identical to the person who provided the skin cells.
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2013-05-17 11:18 AM
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2013-05-16 11:08 AM
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Not an endorsement--I just found it fascinating. "Current marijuana users had significantly smaller waist circumference than participants who had never used marijuana, even after adjusting for factors like age, sex, tobacco and alcohol use, and physical activity levels. They also had higher levels of HDL ("good cholesterol"). The most significant differences between those who smoked marijuana and those who never or no longer did was that current smokers' insulin levels were reduced by 16 percent and their insulin resistance (a condition in which the body has trouble absorbing glucose from the bloodstream) was reduced by 17 percent. People who had previously used marijuana, but not in the past thirty days, tended to have similar outcomes, but to a much lesser degree. In addition, none of these measures were impacted by how much marijuana people reported smoking."
Study: Why Pot Smokers Are Skinnier
Marijuana users had smaller waists and scored higher across several measures of blood sugar regulation.
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Marijuana users had smaller waists and scored higher across several measures of blood sugar regulation.
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2013-05-15 02:49 PM
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""It's clear that triclosan targets some bacteria but not all, but it's not effective against viruses, and viruses cause the majority of illnesses in a community setting,&r" said Allison Aiello, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor. "It seems strange to support or promote a product that targets specific bacteria but doesn't actually target the viruses that cause most of the illnesses in a household. To me, that doesn't make much sense.""
Why You Should Skip Sanitizer, Just Wash Hands : DNews
As the FDA considers a ban on a common chemical in antibacterial soaps, research suggests that hand-washing with regular old soap is still your best bet.
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As the FDA considers a ban on a common chemical in antibacterial soaps, research suggests that hand-washing with regular old soap is still your best bet.
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2013-05-15 02:45 PM
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'From Nowhere' is OUT NOW on iTunes (http://bit.ly/FromNowhere) and all other digital outlets! Also available on 7" from http://dancroll.bigcartel.com and at...
2013-05-12 09:53 PM
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Video - Ze Frank reads the sad cat's diary. I have't had a cat in a long time, but that didn't stop me from laughing nearly the entire time watching this.
The diary of sad cats everywhere :( Music : http://bit.ly/1479bzw Credits :: Film Footage courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc., Used by Permission Watering the Cat...
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2013-05-10 06:23 PM
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Time lapse of the Tri-city area, pretty cool.
Google Earth Engine
Develop, access and run algorithms on the full Earth Engine data archive, all using Google's parallel processing platform.
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Develop, access and run algorithms on the full Earth Engine data archive, all using Google's parallel processing platform.
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2013-05-10 04:39 PM
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"“There’s very good evidence” that high-intensity interval training provides “many of the fitness benefits of prolonged endurance training but in much less time,” says Chris Jordan, the director of exercise physiology at the Human Performance Institute in Orlando, Fla., and co-author of the new article." I'm going to throw this out there: This would only work for those who cannot exceed their own weight in resistance training. For me to maintain my bench press strength (with my body weight) would be impossible--I already bench well more than I weigh. Still a cool story, bro!
The Scientific 7-Minute Workout
In 12 exercises deploying only body weight, a chair and a wall, it fulfills the latest mandates for high-intensity effort, which essentially combines a long run and a visit to the weight room into about seven minutes of steady discomfort — all of it based on science.
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In 12 exercises deploying only body weight, a chair and a wall, it fulfills the latest mandates for high-intensity effort, which essentially combines a long run and a visit to the weight room into about seven minutes of steady discomfort — all of it based on science.
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2013-05-10 04:28 PM
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"Our public officials are certainly free to make decisions about the best use of the public’s money. But to single out one discipline out of the many that receive federal support seems pernicious, especially when that discipline is focused on such basic questions about the quality of our government and its abilities to improve people’s lives. The answers to these questions are neither cheap nor obvious; they require support and expertise to answer. As Congress considers its next budget resolutions, we strongly encourage its members to support restoring full funding to the NSF political science program. This represents only a very narrow sliver of the federal budget, but it makes an enormous difference to scholars, their students, and, ultimately, anyone who cares about the functioning of their government." via John Sides @themonkeycage
Colorado professors: Restore the National Science Foundation's political science funding » The Idea
In late March, Congress passed a continuing budget resolution, funding the federal government for another six months. Included in that resolution was an amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., prohibiting the National Science Foundation from funding political science research unless that research is…
In late March, Congress passed a continuing budget resolution, funding the federal government for another six months. Included in that resolution was an amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., prohibiting the National Science Foundation from funding political science research unless that research is…
2013-05-10 04:23 PM
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"Chua’s book was a somewhat tongue-in-cheek memoir of her experiences raising her two daughters with her (non-Asian) husband, which involved hours of forced music practice every day, severe restrictions on extracurriculars, outright bans on social activities like sleepovers, and punishment and shaming on the rare occasions her children failed to attain their mother’s high expectations. Chua eased off as her kids grew older, and she admitted that she might have been wrong in some instances. (Mainstream media coverage portrayals were somewhat less nuanced). Nonetheless, the story of a Yale-professor mother who had pushed her child until she landed at Carnegie Hall seemed to confirm that Asian-American parents are tough, demanding—and they consistently produce whizzes. " [...] "Chua’s book was a somewhat tongue-in-cheek memoir of her experiences raising her two daughters with her (non-Asian) husband, which involved hours of forced music practice every day, severe restrictions on extracurriculars, outright bans on social activities like sleepovers, and punishment and shaming on the rare occasions her children failed to attain their mother’s high expectations. Chua eased off as her kids grew older, and she admitted that she might have been wrong in some instances. (Mainstream media coverage portrayals were somewhat less nuanced). Nonetheless, the story of a Yale-professor mother who had pushed her child until she landed at Carnegie Hall seemed to confirm that Asian-American parents are tough, demanding—and they consistently produce whizzes. " “Tiger parenting doesn't produce superior outcomes in kids.”
Kids of Tiger Moms Get Worse Grades and Are More Depressed
When Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother came out in 2011, it sparked controversy among many people but especially psychologists and experts in child development. The book, they felt, had lodged in the culture certain stereotypes about an Asian parenting style that was not well-studie...
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When Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother came out in 2011, it sparked controversy among many people but especially psychologists and experts in child development. The book, they felt, had lodged in the culture certain stereotypes about an Asian parenting style that was not well-studie...
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2013-05-10 10:44 AM
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I'm not a Nancy Grace fan. At all. But I don't think this is her fault, CNN of late has been embarrassing--they need to stop competing with FOX for most ridiculous news outlet.
Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield Hold Split-Screen Interview in Same Parking Lot
In a bizarre television and spatial anomaly late Tuesday morning on CNN, the blanket coverage of two true-crime stories led two news anchors to conduct an odd "satellite" interview from the very same parking lot, background traffic and all.
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In a bizarre television and spatial anomaly late Tuesday morning on CNN, the blanket coverage of two true-crime stories led two news anchors to conduct an odd "satellite" interview from the very same parking lot, background traffic and all.
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2013-05-08 11:13 AM
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"Although the students had been told at the outset that they should “study something important, including homework, an upcoming examination or project, or reading a book for a course,” it wasn’t long before their attention drifted: Students’ “on-task behavior” started declining around the two-minute mark as they began responding to arriving texts or checking their Facebook feeds. By the time the 15 minutes were up, they had spent only about 65 percent of the observation period actually doing their schoolwork."
The New Marshmallow Test: Students Can’t Resist Multitasking
Living rooms, dens, kitchens, even bedrooms: Investigators followed students into the spaces where homework gets done. Pens poised over their “study observation forms,” the observers watched intently as the students—in middle school, high school, and college, 263 in all—opened their books and turned...
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Living rooms, dens, kitchens, even bedrooms: Investigators followed students into the spaces where homework gets done. Pens poised over their “study observation forms,” the observers watched intently as the students—in middle school, high school, and college, 263 in all—opened their books and turned...
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2013-05-06 10:54 AM
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Rare Caterpillar Resembles Donald Trump's Hair : DNews
A recently videotaped caterpillar bears an uncanny resemblance to bigwig Donald Trump's hair. Continue reading →
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A recently videotaped caterpillar bears an uncanny resemblance to bigwig Donald Trump's hair. Continue reading →
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2013-05-06 10:50 AM
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Photo - Pallet Bon fire al la beer falls, good times!
2013-05-05 12:06 PM
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Video - The xx - Chained
Buy the new album Coexist: http://thexx.info/coexist Get the lyrics to Chained here: http://bit.ly/ThexxChainedLyrics Chained is taken from The xx's new albu...
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2013-05-04 04:33 PM
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"When groups of generally healthy medical patients aged 50 and over were instructed to play a video game that increased in difficulty and complexity with each new level, researchers at the University of Iowa found that they gained years of cognitive processing improvement after one year of play. Those who played at least 10 hours, either at home or in a lab, saw their mental acuity improve by three years, while those who received an additional four hours' worth of game training experienced four years' worth of improvement. A paper describing the research appeared Wednesday in the online journal PLOS ONE."
More Proof That Elderly People Should Play More Video Games | IdeaFeed | Big Think
University of Iowa researchers found that test subjects who played a particular video game for at least 10 hours exhibited a delay in cognitive processing loss by several years.
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University of Iowa researchers found that test subjects who played a particular video game for at least 10 hours exhibited a delay in cognitive processing loss by several years.
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2013-05-03 11:00 PM
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Super interesting for those of you like me that were captivated by the movie Kids.
Legends Never Die
Two decades after a low-budget film turned Washington Square skaters into international celebrities, the kids from "Kids" struggle with lost lives, distant friendships, and the fine art of growing up.
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Two decades after a low-budget film turned Washington Square skaters into international celebrities, the kids from "Kids" struggle with lost lives, distant friendships, and the fine art of growing up.
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2013-05-03 05:16 PM
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Video - What happens when things are not going wrong on Russian dash cams.
2013-05-03 05:08 PM
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I can't explain why, but this had me cracking up waaaay more than it should have. Refrigerator Buscemi watches you sneak snacks...
so my parents were gone for 2 days and I switched...
so my parents were gone for 2 days and I switched most of our family photos with pictures of steve buscemi…
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so my parents were gone for 2 days and I switched most of our family photos with pictures of steve buscemi…
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2013-05-02 02:40 PM
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Video - "Why do we put our mouths up to other people’s mouths in order to establish some form of affection and intimacy? Vsauce delves into philematology – the scientific study of kissing – in order to answer the question, “Why do we kiss?” "
The scientific study of kissing is "philematology" http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Sources and links to learn more: Kissing facts: http://www.psychologytod...
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2013-05-01 04:42 PM
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Video - Stop motion created by manipulating single atoms as pixels.
You're about to see the movie that holds the Guinness World Records™ record for the World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film. The ability to move single atoms — the...
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2013-05-01 03:38 PM
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"It’s a tough world from the moment of conception for a sand tiger shark. When a female gets pregnant, it’s usually with multiple offspring of several different male sharks. As soon as the fetuses are old enough, they begin a cannibalistic battle for primacy in utero, with only one surviving."
For sand tiger sharks, a deadly, cannibalistic battle inside the womb is part of evolution
A deadly pup-eat-pup rivalry before birth is part of evolutionary strategy for tiger sharks, new study says.
A deadly pup-eat-pup rivalry before birth is part of evolutionary strategy for tiger sharks, new study says.
2013-05-01 03:08 PM
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"If methane hydrate allows much of the world to switch from oil to gas, the conversion would undermine governments that depend on oil revenues, especially petro-autocracies like Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Unless oil states are exceptionally well run, a gush of petroleum revenues can actually weaken their economies by crowding out other business. Worse, most oil nations are so corrupt that social scientists argue over whether there is an inherent bond-a "resource curse"-between big petroleum deposits and political malfeasance. It seems safe to say that few Americans would be upset if a plunge in demand eliminated these countries' hold over the U.S. economy. But those same people might not relish the global instability -- a belt of financial and political turmoil from Venezuela to Turkmenistan -- that their collapse could well unleash. On a broader level still, cheap, plentiful natural gas throws a wrench into efforts to combat climate change. Avoiding the worst effects of climate change, scientists increasingly believe, will require "a complete phase-out of carbon emissions... over 50 years," in the words of one widely touted scientific estimate that appeared in January. A big, necessary step toward that goal is moving away from coal, still the second-most-important energy source worldwide. Natural gas burns so much cleaner than coal that converting power plants from coal to gas-a switch promoted by the deluge of gas from fracking-has already reduced U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions to their lowest levels since Newt Gingrich's heyday." via kottke.org
What If We Never Run Out of Oil?
New technology and a little-known energy source suggest that fossil fuels may not be finite. This would be a miracle—and a nightmare.
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New technology and a little-known energy source suggest that fossil fuels may not be finite. This would be a miracle—and a nightmare.
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2013-04-30 03:34 PM
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Video - Incredible how quickly this happens!
A National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400 freighter on behalf of US Mobility Command, registration N949CA performing cargo flight N8-102 from Bagram (Afghanistan) ...
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2013-04-30 03:32 PM
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The good ol' U.S. may be of some service here. "Oslo, a recycling-friendly place where roughly half the city and most of its schools are heated by burning garbage — household trash, industrial waste, even toxic and dangerous waste from hospitals and drug arrests — has a problem: it has literally run out of garbage to burn."
Oslo Copes With Shortage of Garbage It Turns Into Energy
Oslo, where roughly half the city and most of its schools are heated by burning garbage, is forced to import garbage to supply its waste-to-energy incinerating plants.
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Oslo, where roughly half the city and most of its schools are heated by burning garbage, is forced to import garbage to supply its waste-to-energy incinerating plants.
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2013-04-30 03:17 PM
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"In England, researchers studying the psychology of surveillance recently discovered that putting posters of glaring eyes above bike racks seemed to ward off thieves. It was no small effect, either: In the three racks they monitored, the number of stolen cycles went down by an incredible 62 percent. There is a big caveat to their findings, though, which we'll get to in a minute."
Posters of Angry Eyes Actually Scare Off Bike Thieves
A British experiment showed that images of eyes reduced the amount of stolen bikes in certain locations by 62 percent.
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A British experiment showed that images of eyes reduced the amount of stolen bikes in certain locations by 62 percent.
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2013-04-29 05:27 PM
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Good news guys! "According to a recent study, women prefer men with a 10-day beard rather than being clean-shaven. The study was conducted by researchers from University of New South Wales who found that both men and women rated men with beards as more attractive and as people with high parenting ability. However, when it comes to clean-shaven faces, men and women fixed different levels of attractiveness; for women rated them the lowest, while men rated them just above men who had a light stubble."
Women Find Men with a 10-Day Beard Attractive, Masculine: Study
According to a recent study, women prefer men with a 10-day beard rather than being clean-shaven.
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According to a recent study, women prefer men with a 10-day beard rather than being clean-shaven.
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2013-04-29 11:34 AM
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The new video for "Line of Fire", from upcoming album 'Junip', out 22 April on City Slang (EU) and 23 April on Mute (US). Video directed by Mikel Cee Karlsso...
2013-04-28 01:19 AM
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"Remember sitting through high school math class while the teacher droned on about polynomial equations and thinking there wasn't a chance you'd ever use any of it in life? Well, if you're like most Americans, chances are your 17-year-old self was absolutely correct."
Here's How Little Math Americans Actually Use at Work
Less than a quarter of employees do any calculations more complicated than basic fractions, and blue-collar workers generally do more advanced math than their white-collar friends.
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Less than a quarter of employees do any calculations more complicated than basic fractions, and blue-collar workers generally do more advanced math than their white-collar friends.
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2013-04-26 08:35 AM
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Music video by Broken Bells performing The High Road. (c) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
2013-04-21 01:02 AM
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" “Our research shows that, while many Americans would like nothing more than to make sweeping, insensitive generalizations about these two individuals based purely on their ethnic identity, this process is largely impeded by the fact that 9 out of 10 Americans truly know next to nothing about Chechnya, including even the very barest details of what or where Chechnya is,” said lead researcher Dr. Tim Kinane, adding that a majority of American citizens are almost totally unaware of Chechen history and culture, how to locate Chechnya on a map, whether Chechnya is a country or a city or a region, or that a person from Chechnya is called a Chechen. “Clinical trials show that most individuals will make brief, fumbling attempts to stereotype Chechens based on what little they know about Russians, but eventually drop the subject entirely after running out of anything to say within seconds."
Study: Majority Of Americans Not Informed Enough To Stereotype Chechens
WASHINGTON—Following FBI reports this morning that the suspects implicated in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing are of Chechen descent, efforts to thoughtlessly stereotype the alleged terrorists were impeded by the majority of Americans’ ...
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WASHINGTON—Following FBI reports this morning that the suspects implicated in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing are of Chechen descent, efforts to thoughtlessly stereotype the alleged terrorists were impeded by the majority of Americans’ ...
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2013-04-20 09:31 PM
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Video - Daft Punk at it again
Here it is, the long awaited return of Daft Punk. This is a shortened radio edit of the first single off Random Access Memories. Entitled "Get Lucky" The son...
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2013-04-20 09:14 PM
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"My husband doesn’t think this way. He believes the money I earn is as important to our family as the money he earns. When I was talking about going back to work as a freelancer right after our daughter was born, I fretted over whether I would be making enough to pay for child care, and whether I should just try to write in the margins — at night and while the baby napped."
Why Do I Think My Salary Pays for Child Care?
Both working parents are equally in need of child care. So why do I suddenly think of my salary as paying that bill?
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Both working parents are equally in need of child care. So why do I suddenly think of my salary as paying that bill?
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2013-04-17 07:00 AM
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