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We didn’t know exactly what would pan out—the headline could have been that chocolate improves sleep or lowers blood pressure—but we knew our chances of getting at least one “statistically significant” result were pretty good.
- Invaders from Mars - Charlie's Diary antipope.org
<blockquote>"The rot set in back in the 19th century, when the US legal system began recognizing corporations as de facto people. [...] We are now living in a global state that has been structured for the benefit of non-human entities with non-human goals."</blockquote>
The first ever Chelsea Fringe will begin on Saturday 19th May and run for three weeks, at a host of different venues and settings across London.
One goal of this was to figure out how much of the variance in score comes from the tile order and how much comes from the board, given that a tile order would be expected. It turns out to be about half-bag, half-board. [...] The blank is worth about 30 points to a good player. [...] The Q is a burden to whichever player receives it, effectively serving as a 5 point penalty.
- WORDOID - Creative Naming Service wordoid.com
Wordoids are words that are made-up, but sound right. They follow the rules of phonetics, and if done properly, roll off the tongue. The need to have an online presence has increased the need for unique product and company names and has led to these wordoids. Yet, even with a made-up name, it’s important for the name to convey something about what the product or business actually is.
- Plain English Nuclear: Yet another Japan reactor post plainenglishnuclear.blogspot.com
That's better.
- BBC Radio 4b kevan.org
Built upon that sinking feeling of tuning into Radio 4 and hearing people acting at you, Radio 4b plays you a string of random programmes from Radio 4's factual archive. [...] You will not hear middle-class actors tapping a teaspoon and talking about divorce.
- Fuel to the fire | Media Standards Trust mediastandardstrust.org
- RFID Record Player | Flickr - Photo Sharing! flickr.com
Rather fine indeed.
Discover when the golden hour is at your current location, explore visually how the golden hour changes with the seasons and where you are in the world. [...] We calculate sunrise and sunset times. the elevation and azimuth of the sun and of course, display the golden hour.
- LVMF - 2009 - London Sight Line Map hayesdavidson.com
Map of primary areas where height is constrained through the definition of the Viewing Corridors, Lateral or Background assessment areas of protected vistas.
- Opening Times opening-times.co.uk
"Enter a UK town or postcode to find out when nearby shops are open". Brilliant.