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by jdmitch 13y ago
Hurt's study enrolled only full-term babies so the possible effects of prematurity did not skew the results. Doesn't this mean that their selection sample effectively excluded any babies that had a noticeable physical reaction (
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A good hustler must consider that–if he has nothing to lose by asking–it might be because his self worth is nothing. That's quite a harsh judgment - I think the hustler is generally aware that they are on the losing end of the power
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If I was to unpack "Successful People create Religions" I would say it is composed of "successful people create objects of worship/adoration" and then "successful people create an ideology/aesthetic/b
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Jay Z's 99 problems(probs99.tumblr.com)
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A South African gentleman once told me that New York in August was hotter than any place he knew in Africa, yet people here dressed for a northern city. From my experience this has almost certainly reversed, at least in reference to place
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In the meantime, Snowden may be transferred to a refugee center. These "refugee centres" are known as Temporary Accomodation Centres (TACs), about which Refugee Legal aid [1] states: Temporary Accommodation Centres: TACs are lo
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I find it very odd that this article, along with most, repeatedly claims that Snowden needs to have a travel document in order to claim asylum. Many asylum seekers have no travel document at all when they enter the country where they seek a
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Hobbits’ Size Not Likely Linked to Growth Disorders(nytimes.com)
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How a group of game developers beat the odds to create the Kenyan game industry(polygon.com)
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Firstly, saying one third of kenyans use M-Pesa doesn't really reflect its impact fully - from the Economist's article on mobile money in East Africa last week: "17m of Kenya’s 19m adults are signed up to M-PESA. Cash equiva
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Very interesting analogies, I thought this one was particularly poignant: “These people are having sex with a lot of people. Obviously, they don’t mind having sex with other people, and that gives me the right to have sex with them, by for
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If you "do something that obviously took a lot of effort and time" doesn't that just make an employer think that you are a bit desperate, and sacrifice any leverage you might have at a later point in negotiations?
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Amazon's response to higher demand (anticipated or real) for dedicated instances outside of the US to avoid the NSA's prying eyes?
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I wish I had that when I was a kid!
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Solar headphones can charge mobile phones(bbc.co.uk)
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It seems to be the same hardware as the ZTE V790 but with half the memory : http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5134&idPhone2=...
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America: A review(mcsweeneys.net)
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Coup in Egypt(aljazeera.com)
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If VALITOR processes both Visa and Mastercard aren't they both breaking ranks? Sure, MC has "made clear to VALITOR that it no longer desires to blockade WikiLeaks" but Visa's no response means the same thing. Assuming th
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The embryo repair technique (1st of the 2 diagrammes) seems to cross a different line than the egg repair technique, in that it doesn't involve fertilising both eggs. I would think some people might object to destroying the two fertili
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Surely there has been some manipulating of the search results (this non-standard version of) Lorem Ipsum to get those results form google translate. A more standard Lorem Ipsum text comes up with a pretty standard translation (it actually s
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this is a bit of a humblebrag isn't it...
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Great punchline: >even one friend that isn’t a bottle is a better than none.
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>Instead I had things to talk about related to the books I had just been browsing Ironically, it still required external ideas/stimulus to come up with topics of conversation. I was expecting the OP would say it gave them time to re
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> "Oversized financial sectors also “capture” the economies and the political systems of finance-dependent countries, crowding out alternative sectors. The political “capture” is particularly strong in small financial centres and ta
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Visual Studio 2013 Preview Available Now(blogs.msdn.com)
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original announcement here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/ and Somasegar's MSDN blog post on it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2013/06/03/
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I love the not-so-veiled threats to send bouncers knocking on their door and rip them to pieces with their bare (bear?) hands!
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> "If somebody gives up their Bitcoins because they were beaten by a monkey wrench, then we will know that we’ve unequivocally entered a new era." Doesn't seem quite as far off as it might have before the Snowden situation
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This also looks really useful for learning applications, for example where the learner needs to be guided remotely by a teacher, mentor or peer. Could even facilitate some fascinating collaborative learning exploration if it is extended a b

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