Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison Database Ever Used the Site

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Incense could be more harmful than cigarette smoke, researchers find

I was wondering when someone would figure this out.
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ap2.googleusercontent.com

At the Chicago Air and Water show last week
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How understanding the prisoner's dilemma can help bridge liberal and conservative differences

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Huckabee’s Spin on Iran

"IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano responded to the AP article by issuing a statement that said, “I am disturbed by statements suggesting that the IAEA has given responsibility for nuclear inspections to Iran. Such statements misrepresent the way in which we will undertake this important verification work.”
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015: Maximum Shelf: The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science |...

This looks like a must have!
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To laugh or cry

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I’m Chinese, and I Know Why There Aren’t More Asians in the Ivy League

Another perspective...
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It started with a futon in a dumpster. Now it's a student org that's changing the way we see waste.

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Guy Wasted An Hour And A Half Installing This Cat Door

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Researchers show that an iron bar is capable of decision-making

So maybe we should elect an iron bar to Congress. It may have more empathy than our political classes.
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Robots Read News Of Supreme Court Ruling

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Planned Parenthood Set To Sue The Criminals Behind Edited Video Smears

Good!
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Big Surprise: Harvard Study Shows that Sarcasm is Actually Good for You

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I got Laser Vision - Can You Actually See All The Colors?

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Misleading AP Story on Iran Deal Draws Fierce Critique

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Anton

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What’s Actually in Five-Spice Powder May Surprise You | The Feed

Now, let's get to the important stuff.
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Ashley Madison is like the lottery: many play, few win

In case you were wondering...
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Apple Hiring Autonomous Vehicle Experts, Including Tesla Engineer Now Working on 'Special Projects'

This could get interesting.
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Breitbart’s Racist Story About Shaun King Has Completely Imploded

Marilyn Krochmal Gelfand
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“The War on Drugs is Over, and We Lost,” Meet the Police Chief Who’s Starting a Revolution

This is important. How can we get the pols and bloggers on board?
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Clinical psychologist explains how Ayn Rand helped turn the US into a selfish and greedy nation

Needs to be discussed over Tea.
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In What Sense did Orthodoxy Believe the Torah to be Divine? - TheTorah.com

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“Bullshit” Now Fit to Print

Thank heavens. I can now accurately express myself in print!
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Should you go to graduate school? Yes. Maybe. Definitely not

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Conservative moralist Josh Duggar had an Ashley Madison Account

Why am I not surprised? I expect many famous moralists from all across the political spectrum to show up on the list.
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The Unofficial State Cars of America

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Beheaded Syrian scholar refused to lead Isis to hidden Palmyra antiquities

This eerily resonates with the plot of a play called "Inana" that was produced at the Timeline Theater in Chicago
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Nutritionist Attacked After Debunking ‘Glyphosate In Milk’ Study - Here's How She Responded

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Internet meme 'Deez Nuts' out-polls Walker, Fiorina, and Huckabee in North Carolina

Maybe polls are not so accurate after all
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Suitcase Cam Shows What It's Like To Be Luggage At The Airport

I bet they could sell rides on this!
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The Freedom of the Press: George Orwell on the Media’s Toxic Self-Censorship

"Mark Twain bewailed that “there are laws to protect the freedom of the press’s speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press” " The mantle of "the press" is being passed to bloggers and pundits and Facebook commentators (myself included) who are held to even lower standards.
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Traffic Armageddon Is Here: Expressway Lanes To Be Closed For Construction

You have been warned
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Feds: Planned Parenthood Did Nothing Wrong, Republicans Are Lying

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6 Reasons You Can't Trust Science Anymore

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3 Things You Should Know About Birthright Citizenship

Interesting.
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Politically-Challenged: Texas Tech Edition - Safeshare.TV

We are doomed.
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As Americans Figure Out the Roundabout, It Spreads Across the U.S.

Spinning headlong into the 20th Century...
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Madeleine Albright To Jeb: Stop Blaming Obama For Your Brother's Iraq Debacle

We need another Bush like we need another ISIS.
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SoFloAntonio

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Hummus Is the Dish of the Year for 2015

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Right-Wing Media Liken Trump's Immigration Plan To The Magna Carta

We are all descendants of immigrants - "First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
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Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed, says 140 years of data

"Findings by Deloitte such as a fourfold rise in bar staff since the 1950s or a surge in the number of hairdressers this century suggest to the authors that technology has increased spending power, therefore creating new demand and new jobs." It may be true, but it also implies that technology drives us to be drunks with well coifed hair.
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Tax Payers Pay $24,000 For 2 Pills: How The Drug War Is Bankrupting Our Country (VIDEO)

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The sad, sick life of the business traveller

This was my life through the 80s!
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Restoring Friendship - rebuilding burnt Friendship center in Tabgha Church

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Anger management

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Key West with the Family in 1998

Google's AI technique creates great memories!
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Pink Floyd officially breaks up: David Gilmour says he’s ‘done' after 48 years

Some people have no patience
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One Simple Thing: Flip-flops are not your friend

"Thirty minutes is a good estimate for too long to be in flip-flops"
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The Online Photographer: A Few More Pieces of the Vivian Maier Puzzle

The saga continues...
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Ten Things I’ve Learned in Fifty Years | Cole Thompson Photography

Thoughtful thinks...
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A Suggestion for Camera Clubs | Cole Thompson Photography

Stephen M. Levin recommended this blogger to me. Check out his blog (and Steve's as well) for interesting and excellent photographs.
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A new study has some startling data on gun ownership and police killings

This is a surprise?
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Transparency Weaponized Against Scientists

Politics pervades.
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Best ways to experience Chicago without a car

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I've visited 29/50 places on this list (top 3% of users). How many have you visited?

So little time...
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The Neuroscience of Drumming: Researchers Discover the Secrets of Drumming & The Human Brain

Jacob Bokor Andrew Bokor
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"Linguists have a name for this kind of analysis"

Interesting analysis.
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FDA heroes reminds us of the need for government meddling

Well said!
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Why The Greenwich Prime Meridian Moved

So do we need to change all our maps?
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SpotHero's the best! Use my code for $5 in FREE parking.

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The Myth of a Better Deal

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What Do Iranians Think of the Iran Deal?

Things you should know.
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Massive Toxic Algae Blooms May Prove a Sign of Climate Change to Come

... not with a bang but a whimper.
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Why conservative billionaires have started talking like Bernie Sanders: “We are creating a caste...

It's not only billionaires that worry about this. Me and and some of my non-billionaire friends also worry. You should too.
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Bertrand Russell Quotes at BrainyQuote.com

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt - Bertrand Russel. This applies to most political discourse.
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11 Unexpected Health Benefits of Drinking Whisky

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The dreamboat next door

"He finds that for every 10% more children of the opposite sex among a student’s friends, his or her grade-point average (GPA) declines by 0.1 (GPAs range from 0 to 4)." Otherwise stated: For every decrease in GPA of .1, the student has 10% more opposite sex friends. Or: Dumb jocks get the girls!
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Crocs for horses: Plastic slip-on hooves that making nailing horseshoes a thing of the past

Next we need catalytic converters to clean up their exhausts.
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How To Break Free If Your Hands Are Bound With Duct Tape. This Could Save Your Life.

News you should never have to use.
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The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power

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Germany’s bizarre version of capitalism—where bosses and workers actually cooperate—is winning

Interesting analysis.
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The 21st Century Cures Act: The (Somewhat) Good, The (Mostly) Bad, and The (Very) Ugly

Interesting. I find it strange that scientific rigor needs to be (or can be) defined by an act of Congress, given that many congressmen begin their sentences with "I am not a scientist, but..." OTOH, unconstrained the drug companies will likely try to scare the public into taking all kinds of crap to cure imaginary illnesses. Remember where snake oil originated.
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I in Team

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College Board Caves To Conservative Pressure, Changes AP U.S. History Curriculum

Sad.
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Watch: Richard Feynman on why he can't tell you how magnets work

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Upchuck: Senator Schumer’s Disingenuous Iran Deal Argument

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Dilbert Comic Strip on 2015-08-09 | Dilbert by Scott Adams

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Studying human psychology turned me into a political liberal

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How good is your mathematical sense of humour? Quiz

9/10
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The House I Live In | Independent Lens

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Scientists discover an unexpected natural hangover cure that actually works

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Two leaders, two countries, two international standings

If we get a President like Putin, war with Russia may be inevitable. Sit down, put your head ... you know how it does.
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What Really Happened At Last Night's Fox News Debate

Let's see if they can keep up the charade. I will give them the benefit of the doubt - for a while.
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Meet RollJam, the $30 device that jimmies car and garage doors

If you are wondering where your car is...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Donates $992 Million to Charity Funding Planned Parenthood

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23 Illustrations Of Life Struggles That Every Introvert Will Relate To

Indeed.
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Scott Adams Blog

he has a point - of sorts...
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Language Log » Statistical cognition in the media

Great take down of the statistical BS typically found press reports of science.
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Fix sexism in air conditioning, save the planet | Ars Technica

Almost everyone complains that buildings are too cold. Why is it so hard to figure that out. Take a survey!
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Father and Son Take the Same Picture Every Year for Nearly 3 Decades

Great project!
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Five Myths About New U.S. Climate Plan: What You May Not Know

Why do conservatives always resist the introduction of new technologies - and then they fight to retain them when they are no longer new?
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Why teachers can't hotfoot it out of Kansas fast enough

The spiral into 3rd world status continues
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Driving

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Two Proud Gun Nuts Second-Amendment Each Other To Death In Road Rage Incident

The only thing that will stop a dumb guy with a gun is another dumb guy with a gun!
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Time-lapse of Montrose Beach on Chicago’s North Side being evacuated as Sunday’s mid-afternoon supercell t-storm moves in

Chicago today.
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Portraits of Babies in Camera Bags

It's raining on Mackinac Island so here are some pictures of babies
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SHERIFF: Huron County woman shot dead by neighbor for mowing her lawn too late at night

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a lawnmower is a good guy with a gun?
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