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Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrong

Taking notes during class? Topic-focused study? A consistent learning environment? All are exactly opposite the best strategies for learning.

29 Chinese missing after militant attack in Sudan

Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote worksite in a volatile region of Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday.China has close political and economic relations with Sudan,  …

Handcuffs, Ropes, and an Open Window: How I Escaped My Abusive Childhood -

Five kids die from abuse daily in the U.S. alone. Meet a survivor: Genyfer Spark, a California businesswoman with a searing past. As told to Abigail Pesta. Please, God, don’t let me wake up, I prayed that night. Don’t ever let me wake up again.

Family convicted in Canada 'honor murders'

Kingston, Ontario (CNN) -- A Canadian jury Sunday convicted three members of a family of Afghan immigrants of the "honor" murders of four female relatives whose bodies were found in an Ontario canal. Mohammed Shafia, 58; his wife, Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 42; and their son,  …

Iran says to stop some oil sales, inspectors visit

Iran sent conflicting signals in a dispute with the West over its nuclear ambitions on Sunday, vowing to stop oil exports soon to "some" countries but postponing a parliamentary debate on a proposed halt to such sales to the European Union. The Islamic Republic declared itself o …

Thomas Paine - Born January 29, 1737

“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” ~ Thomas Paine

FBI arrests Connecticut cops accused of racial profiling

The men allegedly threatened and assaulted detainees, made false arrests -- including one against a local clergy member -- and later conspired to cover up evidence of their conduct by falsifying reports and blocking an investigation, prosecutors said Tuesday during a news confe …

Woman Slept with More Than 1,000 Men Due To Parent's Divorce

A 42-year-old woman has notched up more than 1,000 lovers, and had already chalked up 40 by the time she was just 17. Crystal Warren, a retail manager from Brighton puts her sex addiction down to witnessing the painful breakdown of her parents marriage when she was five-years- …

How Fox News Is Destroying The Republican Party

Wannabe kingmaker Roger Ailes is facing an open revolt. More and more  despondent conservatives are expressing alarm over the unfolding Republican primary season and what they see as the party's dwindling chances of defeating President Obama in Novembe …

Rape is worse when it happens to men, reports the New York Times | Radfem Hub

Recently, the New York Times reported that rape is worse when it happens to men than when it happens to women.“There is no arena in which rape takes place between men and women that it does not take place between men and men[.]“Like women, men who are raped feel vio …

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