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Some good economic news!
The employment rate is plunging faster than a hundred kilogram bolide entering the atmosphere at a normal angle to the plane surface of the Earth [thank 49er!]. Manufacturing is down…
I should be happier
According to CareerCast.com and the Wall Street Journal, I should be one happy guy. This is because Career Cast has done a "study" to rate the best jobs, and mine…
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Obama’s salary cap seem like a good idea to you?
The Law of Unintended Consequences is set to strike again. Obama et al. want to cap salaries at $500,000 at those companies that receive government "bailout" money. Why, the argument…
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Why I will never fly US Air
You will have heard by now that US Air has offered the Hudson crash survivors a full year's worth of upgrades for their trouble. "Sorry you nearly died. Here's a…
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The MIT Dahn Yoga Brain Respiration Experiment: Part V
NOW I lost track of Sung, and had not given much thought to Dahn Yoga or KIBS in a long time. But my memory was jogged when I finally saw…
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The MIT Dahn Yoga Brain Respiration Experiment: Part IV
AFTERMATH The test was clearly a failure, the kids bombed. The only time they succeeded was when the opportunity---and temptation---for cheating was available. It was not just that they couldn't…
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The MIT Dahn Yoga Brain Respiration Experiment: Part III
THE EXPERIMENT The test was filmed by several cameras, most from the KIBS people (I have been unable to find any videos on line). The KIBS staff itself was large,…
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The MIT Dahn Yoga Brain Respiration Experiment: Part II
STUDY DESIGN As I mentioned last time, it is crucial to design a test that eliminates all possibility and suspicion of cheating. If the KIBS kids were going to demonstrate…