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Humans Just Visited A Massive Penguin Colony For The First Time
The existence of a 9,000-strong colony of emperor penguins in East Antarctica has been confirmed by three people who visited it for the first time.Signs of the penguins were spotted by satellite, which...
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More Than 20 Million Americans Own Their Homes Outright [MAP]
As federal regulators and banks argue over whether new lending standards will make mortgage credit too tight or too expensive, one important fact about the housing market goes largely overlooked: More...
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How To Send A Woman A Drink At The Bar Like A Gentleman
You're out. You're having a blast and you just caught a glance from that pretty little something down the bar.What do you do next? Be the gentleman that you are and send her a drink. This isn’t as easy...
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11 Great Stephen Hawking Quotes For His 71st Birthday
When Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at age 21, doctors thought he’d only survive a few more years. But the theoretical physicist defied the odds: Hawking turned 71 this week...
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The Philly Fed Revised All Of Its 2012 Manufacturing Survey Data Today
Here is the problem with all economic analysis - data revisions. Each month economists, analysts and the media work off reported numbers to make assumptions about the economy. However, the problem is...
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Google Talks Tough In North Korea, While Rolling Over In China
“AS THE world becomes increasingly connected, their decision to be virtually isolated is very much going to affect their physical world.” So declared Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, to a...
View ArticleMy Work on Agent-based Models
Today there is a New York Times article on my work on agent-based models and related points. The paper the article refers to is linked to here. And there is related discussion, dealing with stress...
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Life In America Really Is Nasty, Brutish, And Short
Now some new fodder for the gun-control debate that the horrid events in Connecticut suddenly stirred into a frenzy, though it had been snoozing through the daily drumbeat of murders in Oakland, CA, a...
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Obama Is About To Betray The Democrats Over Entitlements
In order to be able to understand the current debt-limit battle in Washington, here is the essential historical background:The U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment states very clearly that “the validity...
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'Dark Knight Rises' Shooting Suspect Ordered To Stand Trial For Massacre
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ordered the Colorado theater shooting suspect to stand trial, but his attorneys say they're not ready to enter a plea.District Judge William Sylvester ruled...
View ArticleHow To Win When You're The Underdog
Yes, size matters. But it's not the only thing. An ecommerce entrepreneur shows how to compete when you're out manned and out-spent.If your competitors have a head start in your industry, they have the...
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This Costly Retirement Mistake Lets Uncle Sam Wreak Havoc On Your Savings
With trillions upon trillions of dollars locked away in tax-deferred accounts like traditional IRAs and 401(k)s, should come as no surprise that the largest asset you own is probably your retirement...
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Here's What Happened When Watson The Supercomputer Learned Every Entry On...
"OMG, that's a bullshit question. Eat one, you doofus."One as-yet-to-be-determined day in the future, computers will talk back to us in this manner.But, thankfully, it would appear that Computers with...
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This Map Shows Why The 113th Congress Isn't As Diverse As Everyone Is Saying...
The 113th Congress convened for the first time last week, and the freshman class has been billed as particularly diverse. But overall, the House of Representatives is still mostly white and mostly...
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Here Are The Leaks In Your House That Will Send Heating Costs Soaring
Before you turn the thermostat up another notch or pile another blanket on the bed, it may be time to figure out how and where your house is losing heat.Whether you’re the victim of a poorly insulated...
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Lakshman Achuthan's Imaginary Recession Is Now In Its Seventh Month
The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) rose in the latest public data. It is now at 128.3 versus the previous week's 126.6 (which is an upward revision from...
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Why Popcorn Pops
First off, popcorn isn’t just any old corn. It’s a cultivated strain of flint corn known as zea mays everta. Its kernel is also a whole grain—it consists of the bran (the hull or outer covering), the...
View ArticleEmbrace Chaos If You Want To Succeed As An Entrepreneur
Every startup founder I know talks about the chaos of their business, which they usually attribute to that burst of growth that is required to get to positive cash flow.They envision a stable...
View ArticleWhy A Train Filled With Biofuels Crossed The Canadian Border 24 Times And...
NOTE: This post was originally published by Zero Hedge on January 2, 2013.Wondering why rail traffic has been somewhat surprisingly consistent despite uncertainty? Concerned at government's tenticular...
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Why Iran Supports Chuck Hagel
President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel was meant to send a message, and it has: That President Obama is not serious about stopping Iran’s nuclear weapons program, and that Tehran has an...
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