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education life

Jeff Milner Autobiography

…Images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffmilner/sets/72157624935640311/show/ (to be played simultaneously with the audio) Transcript of the audio: I began my school life in the autumn of my sixth year. Over the next 12 years…

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Sport

Foothills Charity Triathlon for Kid’s Hope Ethiopia

…wouldn’t surprise my former swim teammates if I tried. http://www.foothillscharitytriathlon.com/ Wish me luck, and if you’re in the Calgary/Okotoks area, come and cheer for my team! The race happens Saturday,…

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life

Battle for the Beard

…anyway? Well, for one thing, it’s my face, my body; it’s a matter of autonomy. Men with beards are ascribed attributes of masculinity, wisdom, sexual virility, and high status. Who…

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Art

Captain Cunuck

…country, familiar landmarks, and national in-jokes; casually depicted in TV, movies, and comic books. But for me, this was something completely new. The closest thing I had ever known as…

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Photography

The Flickr/Yahoo! Situation

…m.flickr.com or the new Yahoo! Go program for mobiles, available at: http://go.yahoo.com. 95% of your fellow Flickrites already use this system and their experience is just the same as yours…

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education life

Memories of a Forth Grade AIM Class

…because my fellow test taker, Christine, who finished it the day previous, told me, “contrary to popular belief it was Captain James Cook that discovered America.” Why WOULDN’T I believe…

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Science

DNA Folding

…talk from September 2007. Hit play or watch Paul Rothemund: The astonishing promise of DNA folding. See also—Paul’s other talk on DNA folding, Paul Rothemund casts a spell with DNA….

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backmasking psychology religion

Jay-Z and his Unconscious Influence

…rhymes, Christian, satanic, pornographic, and advertising. 19.4% accuracy (20% expected on the basis of random assignment) Upon the completion of their experiments Vokey and Read concluded, “we could find no…

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life travel

The Plains of Abraham

…attack was taking so long. He decided to try a new strategy. Earlier, [Wolfe] had spotted a break in the cliffs west of the city, at a cove called l’Anse-au-Foulon….

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life work

Is it a Near Miss or a Near Hit When You Almost die?

…miss, but I think a near hit is a more accurate description. I also don’t think anyone reported the incident. “No blood; no foul” I guess. I can’t wait to…