SimCity Baghdad:
eutenant Colonels Matthew Moore and Kevin Mindak repaired the airport, the bus terminal, and the water-treatment plant. They silenced three insurgent groups and won the support of many in Al-Hamra’. But the mayor, Anwar Sadiq, still spoke out against the U.S. Army battalion stationed in his town. Sadiq was causing similar headaches for Lieutenant Colonels Brian Payne and Isaac Peltier. “We may have to remove him from office,” Peltier said. “Why is he not on board?” Payne wondered. “We fixed…
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An economist’s view of racial segregation (video):
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Methamphetamine as a treatment for hay fever:
thamphetamine was first synthesized from ephedrine in Japan in 1893 by chemist Nagayoshi Nagai.[2] In 1919, crystallized methamphetamine was synthesized by Akira Ogata via reduction of ephedrine using red phosphorus and iodine. In 1943, Abbott Laboratories requested approval for from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of narcolepsy, mild depression, postencephalitic parkinsonism, chronic alcoholism, cerebral arteriosclerosis, and hay fever. via en.wikipedia.org Join over 320,000 readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: New Neuroscience Reveals…
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Cell phone exposure may protect against and reverse Alzheimer’s disease
e millions of people who spend hours every day on a cell phone may have a new excuse for yakking. A surprising new study in mice provides the first evidence that long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves associated with cell phone use may actually protect against, and even reverse, Alzheimer's disease. The study, led by University of South Florida researchers at the Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC), was published today in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. "It surprised us to…
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What NOT to say when buying a car:
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What Makes a Great Teacher?
a theatlantic.com As Farr and others had noticed, great teachers tended to reflect on their performance and adapt accordingly. So people who tend to be self-aware might be a good bet. “It’s a perfectly reasonable hypothesis,” Ayotte-Hoeltzel says. But in 2003, the admissions staff looked at the data and discovered that reflectiveness did not seem to matter either. Or more accurately, trying to predict reflectiveness in the hiring process did not work. What did predict success, interestingly, was a history…
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You can rig a coin toss. Here’s how:
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Women Who Live With A Mate Get Heavier:
is widely known that women tend to gain weight after giving birth, but now a large study has found evidence that even among childless women, those who live with a mate put on more pounds than those who live without one. The differences, the scientists found, were stark. After adjusting for other variables, the 10-year weight gain for an average 140-pound woman was 20 pounds if she had a baby and a partner, 15 if she had a partner…
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