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HOW TO WRITE GOOD
The first set of rules was written by Frank L. Visco and originally published in the June 1986 issue of Writers' Digest. My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules: 1. Avoid Alliteration. Always. 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. 3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old … Continue reading HOW TO WRITE GOOD
Cannabis: The Most Important Vegetable on the Planet
http://wakeup-world.com/2015/08/02/cannabis-the-most-important-vegetable-on-the-planet/ Cannabis: The Most Important Vegetable on the Planet 7 Comments 2nd August 2015 By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World “If cannabis were discovered in the Amazon rainforest today, people would be clambering to make as much use as they could of all of the potential benefits of the plant. Unfortunately, it carries with it … Continue reading Cannabis: The Most Important Vegetable on the Planet
MATA HARI
It's the birthday of the Dutch dancer and spy Mata Hari, born Margaretha Zelle in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands (1876). She attended a teachers college and then married an army officer, Captain Rudolph MacLeod, in 1895. They lived in Java and Sumatra for a few years, and that's where she picked up her eventual byname. "Mata Hari" is … Continue reading MATA HARI
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NEW HARVARD STUDY ON PESTICIDES AND BEES
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/07/pesticide-found-in-70-percent-of-massachusetts-honey-samples/ Pesticide found in 70 percent of Massachusetts’ honey samples Harvard study says it's among class of pesticides implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder More than 70 percent of pollen and honey samples collected from foraging bees in Massachusetts contain at least one neonicotinoid, a class of pesticide that has been implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), … Continue reading NEW HARVARD STUDY ON PESTICIDES AND BEES
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AMERICAN PHAROAH WINS 8TH STRAIGHT RACE
This awesome horse was held back, but won conclusively, winning another 1.75 million dollar stakes. American Pharoah does it again, wins Haskell Invitational. Picking up exactly where he left off, American Pharoah comes away with the victory in the 2015 Breeders' Cup Haskell Invitational - his first win since claiming horse racing's triple crown. TRIPLE CROWN … Continue reading AMERICAN PHAROAH WINS 8TH STRAIGHT RACE
Antimatter, the discovery in 1932
Physicists began speculating in the late 19th century that there may exist particles and matter that are exact opposites of the matter that surrounds us, mirror-image anti-atoms and perhaps even whole anti-solar systems where matter and antimatter might meet and annihilate one another. But on this day in 1932, American physicist Carl Anderson discovered the first … Continue reading Antimatter, the discovery in 1932
What Concepts and Emotions Are (and Aren’t)
August 1, 2015 § 12 Comments Lisa Feldman Barrett has an interesting piece up in yesterday’s New York Times that I think is worth some attention here. Barrett is the director of the The Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory, where she studies the nature of emotional experience. Here is the key part of the article, describing her latest findings: The Interdisciplinary … Continue reading What Concepts and Emotions Are (and Aren’t)
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