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What Keeping Secrets Does To Your Brain

New research now reveals the truth behind secrets—and it’s not what you’d expect. First, 97% of people have one or more secrets at any given time. But most common is 13 secrets per person… whoa! What does keeping a secret do to your brain? Here are the 2 biggest problems.





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Rurrenabaque Pink Dolfins Piranha FishingAnaconda hunting

Sept 27Oct 1stIt was really nice seeing John at the airport when I arrived. THe altitude of La Paz considering it is the highest capital in the world didnt affect me like I had assumed it would. I did purchase a coca cola which helps and John and I




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Camping in Stockholms Archipelago Finnhamn and Ingmars

Got the wonderful suggestion from my boyfriend James that we start a travel blog together and keep a track of our trips and travels and of our expanding adventures as we get to see and learn more about our mysteriously beautiful planet. Being a bit of a




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The leaders’ debate: option paralysis and the wriggling opinion worm | Charlie Brooker

What sort of person can’t decide who to vote for, but can rate how much they like whatever they’re hearing out of five, and wants to sit there tapping a button accordingly?

As the general election scuttles closer, the campaign grows more confusing by the moment, so it’s good that last week’s seven-way leaders’ debate brought some much-needed mayhem to the situation. Not so long ago we were bemoaning the lack of choice in a two-party system. Now we’ve got option paralysis.

It had its moments. Nigel Farage complained about foreigners with HIV who enter Britain and immediately start wolfing down expensive medicine: greedy as well as sick. You’d think Farage might welcome immigrants with grave illnesses on the basis that they’re less likely to hang around as long, but apparently not. Say what you like about him – say it, write it down, daub it in 3ft-high cherry-red letters up the side of a prominent overpass on his regular commute if you must – but it’s undeniably refreshing to see a politician determined to speak his mind, indifferent to the absurd constraints of spin or basic human empathy. Never mind HIV sufferers – how much is Britain spending on refugees with cancer? Maybe he could put that statistic on a sandwich board and patrol the country in it, perhaps while ringing a bell and loudly commanding passersby to picture a nation under his command.

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Interview with Lawyer of Football Leaks Informant Rui Pinto

Rui Pinto is the whistleblower behind Football Leaks and has been in jail in Portugal for months. In an interview, his lawyer William Bourdon talks about how his client is doing and what he is doing to get Pinto out of prison.




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Md. Gov. Hogan vetoes sweeping education legislation

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Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino and Dellin Betances among Dominican stars helping Pedro Martinez with coronavirus relief

Dominican Yankees and Mets stars are working with Pedro Martinez to respond to the coronavirus pandemic in their homeland.




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Does Economics Make You Sexist? -- by Valentina A. Paredes, M. Daniele Paserman, Francisco Pino

Recent research has highlighted unequal treatment for women in academic economics along several different dimensions, including promotion, hiring, credit for co-authorship, and standards for publication in professional journals. Can the source of these differences lie in biases against women that are pervasive in the discipline, even among students in the earliest stages of their training? In this paper, we provide evidence on the importance of explicit and implicit biases against women among students in economics relative to other fields. We conducted a large scale survey among undergraduate students in Chilean universities, among both entering first-year students and students in years 2 and above. On a wide battery of measures, economics students are more biased than students in other fields. Economics students are somewhat more biased already upon entry, before exposure to any economics classes. The gap is more pronounced among students in years 2 and above, in particular for male students. We also find an increase in bias in a sample of students that we follow longitudinally. Differences in political ideology explain essentially all the gap at entry, but none of the increase in the gap with exposure. Exposure to female students and faculty attenuates some of the bias.




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Chinese Loans Pose Risks to Developing World

China is the largest creditor in the world, funding infrastructure projects in the developing world in exchange for access to raw materials. A new study shows that the risk of a new debt crisis is significant.




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The Human Microchipping Trend Sweeping Sweden

Employees at the Swedish unit of the German travel conglomerate TUI are volunteering to have a microchip implanted in their hands. The technology literally opens doors, but also raises numerous ethical questions.




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Justice Department dropping Flynn’s Trump-Russia case




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Baseball execs with Salt Lake Bees, Ogden Raptors and Orem Owlz hoping for best, preparing for worst




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Switzerland pays $3.48 million for condo in Pinnacle building

Switzerland paid $3.48 million for a four-bedroom, 5,300-square-foot condo in the Pinnacle building in downtown Chicago.




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Off-duty FDNY firefighter busted for DWI after found sleeping in parked car

Police discovered firefighter Lenzell Ross, 28, snoozing in his parked Tesla on the side of the Belt Parkway near Shore Parkway in Lindenwood about 2:30 a.m., authorities said.




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SEE IT: Home invader with knife walks through sleeping man’s home in Brooklyn

Creepy video of an intruder with a knife roaming through a sleeping man’s kitchen in Brooklyn was released by police Sunday night.




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Suspect with knife captured on video in sleeping man’s home may have also slipped into Brooklyn building: police

Cops are looking into the possibility a man who stalked through a Brooklyn home with a knife may have trespassed through another nearby location the night before.




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Brooklyn teen accused of swiping more than $1 million from dozens of victims in cryptocurrency scam

Yousef Selassie, 19, pleaded not guilty to first-degree grand larceny, identity theft and other charges at his Manhattan Supreme Court appearance for the lucrative scheme that operated from January through May this past year.




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Vision uh-oh: Two more pedestrians killed by vehicles in Manhattan and Brooklyn, capping off deadly three days across NYC

The Friday morning deaths capped off a deadly three days across the city.




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Pistol-whipping Russian mobster explodes at prosecutor at Brooklyn sentencing: ‘I can’t listen to these lies!’

Aleksey Tsvetkov, 40, blew up while an Assistant U.S. Attorney recited his criminal history during his sentencing hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court on racketeering charges..




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Caring New Yorkers increasingly lend a helping hand to neighbors in need as war against coronavirus gets local

While the COVID-19 pandemic keeps New Yorkers separated by face masks and social distancing and self-quarantine, a growing number of city residents are connecting through local mutual aid groups now sprouting across the shuttered boroughs.




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Repeat Signage in Philippine retail stores

Repeat Software are delighted to welcome Optima Digital Inc., as a reseller partner in the Philippines. Optima Digital has more than 60 PLDT stores in the Philippines using Repeat Signage Media Wall software.




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Quayside Shopping Centre displays Repeat Signage software

Sligo's busy Quayside Shopping Centre promotes its shops and events on four display screens throughout the centre, keeping shoppers updated with dynamic content.




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Vimeo, Pinterest and iTunes Content Sources Just Added

Now you can generate self-updating content feeds with recent pins of any Pinterest user or Pinterest board, with fresh videos of any Vimeo user or Vimeo channel, and with recent media from iTunes USA.

The post Vimeo, Pinterest and iTunes Content Sources Just Added appeared first on RSSground.com.




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Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino and Dellin Betances among Dominican stars helping Pedro Martinez with coronavirus relief

Dominican Yankees and Mets stars are working with Pedro Martinez to respond to the coronavirus pandemic in their homeland.




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Many cocoa farm workers aren’t reaping the benefits of Fairtrade certification

In Côte d’Ivoire, employees at Fairtrade-certified cocoa cooperatives have higher salaries and better working conditions than those at non-certified organizations. Farm laborers, on the other hand, don’t fare as well.




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Venus flytraps’ ultra-sensitive hairs help determine if an insect is worth trapping

Good news for bugs that weigh less than a sesame seed.




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Pinkbike Poll: How Often Do You Drive to Your Local Trails?



Are you lucky enough to have trails in your backyard, or do you need to drive to ride?
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Editorial: Coronavirus is wiping out L.A.'s budget. We need federal help — and so do other cities

At a time when L.A. residents are demanding more from their local government's safety net, their city has significantly less money to help.




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New guys Reggie Jackson, Marcus Morris try to step up without tripping the Clippers

As the Clippers struggle to find continuity, Reggie Jackson and Marcus Morris hope their arrivals don't throw off the team's rhythm.




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Granderson: NBA shouldn't be jumping to front of the line for COVID-19 testing

By getting tested for the coronavirus, the Lakers and NBA teams are doing what most of us would do. If we could.




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USC's basketball team is hoping for a favorable February this season

The USC men's basketball team has been hot, winning 10 of its last 12 games. But the Trojans are approaching February, a month that had been brutal for them.




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Clay Helton focused on keeping USC players safe amid concerns about the coronavirus

USC football coach Clay Helton isn't concerned about losing spring practice time. His focus now is on keeping his players healthy.




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Column: Feeling sad? Lethargic? Fearful? Happiness is just a bike ride away

Stuck in coronavirus lockdown, all I wanted to do was sleep in and eat toast. And then I rediscovered my bike.




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Joe Biden is struggling to reach Latinos. The coronavirus crisis isn't helping

Biden has 'work to do' to win Latino support and trust, and it's hard to get a message out in a pandemic.




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Ottawa Senators among teams helping out workers during NHL season suspension

The Ottawa Senators are among the NHL teams that will assist arena workers in danger of losing paychecks during the NHL's suspended season.




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How a chicken coop is helping four NHL players stay connected amid coronavirus shutdown

NHL players Logan Couture, Marc-Andre Fleury, Anze Kopitar and Ryan Getzlaf find plenty of time to show off on video chat amid the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino and Dellin Betances among Dominican stars helping Pedro Martinez with coronavirus relief

Dominican Yankees and Mets stars are working with Pedro Martinez to respond to the coronavirus pandemic in their homeland.




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Hot dog! How a Dodgers' minor league team relishes helping in coronavirus crisis

The Dodger Dog is not available at the ballpark right now, but the Dodgers will be distributing hot dogs from their ballpark.




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‘The Masked Singer’ renewed for fourth season, hoping to premiere later this year

The secret celebrity singing competition, in which Grammy Award-winning superstars, TV personalities, professional athletes and even politicians (Sarah Palin) square off under elaborately ornate costumes, is tentatively aiming for a fall premiere.




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Hilary Duff’s ‘Younger’ character is getting a spinoff

“Younger” isn’t getting old yet.




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A world cruise ended abruptly. Now the ship is hoping to dock in L.A.

The Pacific Princess left on Jan. 5 for a 111-day world cruise that was cut short in mid-March. It's currently making its way to L.A.




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Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino and Dellin Betances among Dominican stars helping Pedro Martinez with coronavirus relief

Dominican Yankees and Mets stars are working with Pedro Martinez to respond to the coronavirus pandemic in their homeland.




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UCLA and Chip Kelly hoping to garner some momentum in spring

UCLA opens spring football on Tuesday looking to find some answers after consecutive poor seasons under coach Chip Kelly.




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UCLA's Chip Kelly cites continuity, excellence in teaching as reasons for keeping Jerry Azzinaro

Jerry Azzinaro was the only UCLA assistant coach with an expiring contract who received just a one-year deal, his counterparts all receiving two-year extensions.




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Bubble popping: USC looks for sharp win over rival UCLA

USC has played pretty good basketball for most of the season, but will Trojans be rewarded with a good showing Saturday against a hot UCLA team?




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UCLA's Japreece Dean is hoping some WNBA team takes a chance on her

UCLA guard Japreece Dean was hoping a strong NCAA tournament would boost her chances of being drafted in the WNBA. She hopes her body of work is enough to convince a team.




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Now there's cushy camping on L.A.'s trail from Pacific Palisades to Malibu

A new outfitter brings all-inclusive camping to the 67-mile Backbone Trail.