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  • The Knitting Revival: A Quest for Life Purpose?

    The Knitting Revival: A Quest for Life Purpose?0

    A little over a year ago, a study conducted by the British-based Ordnance Survey discovered that many Brits believe basic life skills are becoming extinct. The skills in decline ranged from reading a map, to writing in cursive, to baking bread from scratch. But one of the items on the list may not be disappearing

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  • How Music Training Speeds Up Brain Development In Children

    How Music Training Speeds Up Brain Development In Children69

    Observing a pianist at a recital – converting musical notations into precisely timed finger movements on a piano – can be a powerful emotional experience. As a researcher of neuroscience and a pianist myself, I understand that the mastering of this skill not only takes practice, but also requires complex coordination of many different brain

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  • How ISIS Recruits and Coerces Children

    How ISIS Recruits and Coerces Children0

    Last week the world once again witnessed an Islamic State’s use of at least one child bomber, perhaps two. A child between the ages of 12 and 14 was reportedly the culprit behind a suicide attack – blowing up the wedding of Besna and Nurettin Akdogan in Gaziantep, Turkey and killing 54 people on Aug.

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  • Colin Kaepernick Should Do a Ride Along With Chicago Police

    Colin Kaepernick Should Do a Ride Along With Chicago Police0

    Colin Kaepernick set off a firestorm Friday when he refused to stand for the National Anthem, saying he will not “stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” Now, everyone agrees (or should agree) that Kaepernick has the right to remain seated during the

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  • University Kindly Grants Students Two Hours of Free Speech Per Week

    University Kindly Grants Students Two Hours of Free Speech Per Week0

    Via the Washington Times: A public university in Louisiana has a speech code that permits students to express their beliefs freely for two hours per week at three predetermined locations. The Northwestern State University policy requires students to apply 24-48 hours in advance before holding a public demonstration or assembly, and limits such activities to

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  • Texas Students Strap on Dildos to Protest Guns

    Texas Students Strap on Dildos to Protest Guns0

    On Wednesday afternoon at the University of Texas at Austin, several students engaged in an act of protest. They strapped on dildos. The phallus-inspired action was in reaction to Texas’ new campus-carry law, which allows people with licenses to carry concealed handguns on all of state’s public university campuses. At the same time, as the

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