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Having relied on this for a few years I was a little annoyed to see that someone else wrote the article I should have been working on. Well, not the same, completely different in fact, and much, much better.
Link: https://longreads.com/2017/12/13/the-human-cost-of-the-ghost-economy/
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His reach is long and his wrath is fatal. And wonder why the US would rule this an accident? Look to it's leader.
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OK, they're not exactly math puzzles, but demonstrate different styles of reasoning, with the associated personality traits.
Here are the questions:
1. A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? ____cents
2. If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets? _____minutes
3. In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake? _____days
Write down your answers before clicking through the read-more to the answers.
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A handy tool that shows the distribution and frequency of documented invasive species.
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This is old news:
Not that I buy Obama's integrity (he's demonstrated, again and again, that it's been compromised at best and at worst there was none), but - history is often comparative, and he's looking pretty good now...