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Numerous studies in fields ranging from social psychology to magazine cover design have proved that nothing grabs people’s attention more than other people, especially other people’s faces. We are hard-wired with a desire for congenial places to gather. That’s why it’s particularly surprising how much we overlook the importance of public places today. Jay Walljesper…
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I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy – people scolded me about the shocking grammar to be found online – but I was talking about fundamentals: quite simply, you can’t use the net unless you can read. Reading and writing, like everything else, improve…
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SKULLFOOD: NEW MODEL SF
SKULLFOOD: NEW MODEL SF kidshirt: Assume the following to be true: 1) Within 10 – 20 years there will be so much degraded space-junk and ping-ponging micro-debris in orbit that launching satellites, let alone leaving the Earth on a space ship will become impossible, so Mankind will become auto-imprisoned on our own planet. Scratch rocket-ships…
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SECTION 1–The Racquet A.The racquet blade shall be constructed exclusively from natural wood or wood products. B. The striking surface or surfaces shall be covered with a sandpaper sheet. If both sides of a racquet are used, then both sides shall have the exact sandpaper covering. The sandpaper covering shall be uniform with no alterations…
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(via United States Sandpaper Table Tennis Association: News)
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Table 1 – Difference between a “Liha” and a Sandwich rubber “Liha” / Sandpaper Sandwich Rubber ( Pips out and inverted) Longer rallies Shorter rallies Less Spin More spin Less speed More Speed smaller ball ( 38 mm) bigger ball ( 40mm) Easier rules More complicated rules less advantage in service can gain advantage in…
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SANDPAPER RESURGENCE aka ‘LIHA’ FORWARD: By Mike Babuin – The following information has been provided by the Philippine Liha (Sandpaper) delegation. Liha is a neo-classic revival of classic table tennis in America prior to the advent of hard rubber. Sandpaper was used in the early part of the 20th Century following the initial use of…
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Bogotá had been “a cause,” as Mr. Mockus put it. Now it has become a problem. “We’re Latin,” he explained. A deadpan, wry, highly unconventional politician and former mathematics and philosophy professor, Mr. Mockus famously mooned student protesters as a university president and as mayor went on television while taking a shower to demonstrate the…
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Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez is suffering from dementia and has been forced to stop writing, his brother told students at a lecture in Cartagena, reports the BBC. Jaime Garcia Marquez is the first to talk about his brother’s health woes publicly as the number of rumors surrounding his memory problems have increased. The Nobel…
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emmyc: kateordie: Today will forever remain in history as The Day I Trended In Canada, and also The Day J H Williams III Retweeted Me. If you’re not following my twitter, there’s a whole conversation about sexist attitudes towards comics you might be into. SO AWESOME