Woman finds snake head in bag of frozen green beans.
"Of the 141 choking deaths in kids in 2006, 61 were food-related."
I don't in any way discount the tragedy of those 61 deaths, but this the reason we have labels on chainsaws and circular saws sawing "Do not stop blade with any part of body."
As much as we might like to we cannot engineer every risk out of life.
More than all other factors safety is a behavior!
Jeff Smith-Luedke discusses behaviorism and linguistic discrimination.
This is actually very insightful. The ability to articulate is widely perceived at being roughly equal to intellect. I know several MENSA members who are often viewed as idiots because they are not very articulate or organized in their verbal patterns. Conversely I've interacted with many people who lack basic reasoning skills who can communicate well and are perceived as bright because of this.
Personally I would much rather deal with people in person or on the phone because I am not a gifted writer and my hand writing is bad. I do very well in face to face situations, but I don't come across as especially bright on this board, for example. I've given countless blocks of instruction, and I've spoken publicly to thousands of people with confidence, but I struggle to articulate my thoughts online.
I suppose the bottom line is that articulate does not always equal intelligent, bet it sure tends to look that way and vice versa.
Democracies are joining the dictatorships: Italy cracks down on Google
The state will have its way.
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Jeff Smith-Luedke discusses behaviorism and linguistic discrimination.This is actually very insightful. The ability to articulate is widely perceived at being roughly equal to intellect. I know several MENSA members who are often viewed as idiots because they are not very articulate or organized in their verbal patterns. Conversely I've interacted with many people who lack basic reasoning skills who can communicate well and are perceived as bright because of this.
Personally I would much rather deal with people in person or on the phone because I am not a gifted writer and my hand writing is bad. I do very well in face to face situations, but I don't come across as especially bright on this board, for example. I've given countless blocks of instruction, and I've spoken publicly to thousands of people with confidence, but I struggle to articulate my thoughts online.
I suppose the bottom line is that articulate does not always equal intelligent, bet it sure tends to look that way and vice versa.
Huh. I'm the exact opposite. In real life, people assume I'm a mook, mainly because of my accent, the fact that I stammer a lot, and the fact that, well... I look like a mook. Not to mention my horrible people skills.
Here, I can voice my opinion in writing, which is much more conducive to my thought processes.
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World's Largest Ice Maze
It even has a buffalo in the maze... okay, so it's not exactly a minotaur, but it's close! And yes, I'm thinking about that one module.
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Officer uses pepper spray on burning man.
Ouch! Well, I guess it's time to change the color of the pepper spray to differentiate it from the fire extinguisher. Interesting though, riot control sized pepper spray dispensers.
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Higher IQ linked to concepts of monogamy, atheism, and liberalism. Not terribly surprising, from my point of view.
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Higher IQ linked to concepts of monogamy, atheism, and liberalism. Not terribly surprising, from my point of view.
I had heard about the positive association between IQ and atheism before, but the others are new. Thanks.
Radioactive pedophile on the run from authorities.
Why, Hulk, why?
Radioactive pedophile on the run from authorities.Why, Hulk, why?
You bastard, did you know I was drinking something right at that moment?
At work!
Radioactive pedophile on the run from authorities.Why, Hulk, why?You bastard, did you know I was drinking something right at that moment?
At work!
What a coincidence- so am I! ;-)
Massive Search Underway for Missing California Honor Student
From my neighborhood, this sucks.
Whatever happened to that tsunami?
Whatever happened to that tsunami?
It came and went, as most waves do, he he
Nah, people seem to be up in arms over a flaw in the warning system, unless I misunderstood.
Nah, people seem to be up in arms over a flaw in the warning system, unless I misunderstood.
They need to get over themselves, don't they remember what happened with the Aisa Tsunami?
This does not look good:
Lots of Route 1 needs upgrading.
Frogs can't catch a break these days
"The EPA have already considered the question of whether or not atrazine will affect frogs' sexual development, and the answer to that is clearly no," Pastoor told AFP.
I wonder if it's a mutagen as well as a teratogen or if they will even classify it as a teratogen.
Ironically only the ethylene glycol is listed as teratogenic in the MSDS.
