Pennies Are BAD
Found a link to this video on the Freakonomcis Blog and thought it was great. Easy to understand, entertaining, and it points out the foolish decisions that we keep making with our coins.
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Do we really know how to study???
Check out this link from the NY Times that talks about some of the latest research on how to really study effectively Basically, don’t believe anything that you learned in school or that you read in the average back to school, get you kid on a schedule article online or in the newspaper. Even if…
What is the human cost of playing in the NFL?
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Publishing without a Publisher
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Music Appreciation Project Followup
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