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  • There are three kinds of people...

    02/07/2021 4:53:41 AM PST · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 30 replies
    Anecdotal | 7 February 2021 | Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin
    There are three kinds of people: 1. Those who make things happen. 2. Those who watch others make things happen. 3. Those who ask, "What happened?"
  • Trial lawyer payoffs axed

    08/24/2011 12:42:13 PM PDT · by SmithL · 5 replies
    San Francisco Examiner ^ | 8/23/11 | David Freddoso
    Here’s a tip for you: Listening to really, really loud sounds over long periods of time can damage your hearing. Perhaps you already knew that. But a few years back, a group of clever trial lawyers decided they could make some serious money by arguing in court that you are too stupid to know it yourself. They filed 26 consumer-fraud lawsuits in multiple states against Motorola and other manufacturers of Bluetooth headsets. They alleged that consumers were not warned sufficiently about the dangers, and that they “would not have purchased their Bluetooth headsets but for defendants’ false advertising.” That led...
  • Extinct Ibex Clone Dies at Birth

    02/14/2009 7:52:25 AM PST · by GodGunsGuts · 63 replies · 2,162+ views
    ICR ^ | February 14, 2009 | Brian Thomas, M.S.
      Extinct Ibex Clone Dies at Birth by Brian Thomas, M.S.* The last of a type of wild mountain goat was found dead in the mountains of northern Spain in 2000. The Pyrenean ibex, characterized by its curved horns, was officially declared extinct, but not before tissue samples were collected and preserved in liquid nitrogen.Scientists used DNA extracted from the samples and, replacing the genetic material in eggs from domestic goats, cloned a female Pyrenean ibex—the first extinct animal to be cloned. Unfortunately, the clone died shortly after birth “due to physical defects in its lungs. Other cloned animals, including...
  • What kind of thinker are you?

    06/04/2004 10:30:24 PM PDT · by swilhelm73 · 326 replies · 3,846+ views
    BBC ^ | N/A | N/A
    Quiz here