Interestingly enough, and I may not get this statistic exactly right but I’ll be in the ball park, I believe it’s around 78% of Facebook users scroll through their news feed with no audio capabilities on. If you have a Facebook ad that has a voiceover that somebody has to hear, ...
The sky was turning from black to grey when the Melnibonéan fleet reached the open sea and turned its prows south towards the Boiling Sea and the Southern Continent beyond. […] The slaves who pulled the oars were full of a drug which increased their speed and their strength for a score...
My hair has always grown fast and long. I can hardly wait to see what it will do with no chemicals! By the end of my 18 month transition, the back of my hair was longer than my relaxed hair had ever been. Natural hair shrinks up so much it’s hard to tell, but I was thrilled...
B. A fortunate combination of cash and Black Friday sales allowed us to replace various broken appliances, so I no longer have to clean my petticoats by beating them on a rock down at the local creek. C. The Kicker turned two, and is trying to be the twoiest two ever. Good thing s...
Elsa (on whom MUCH more in a minute) has cryokinetic powers. She just has them. We don’t know why Elsa has them instead of her sister, or if that’s just something that happens to blondes in Sweden. It’s just left to the viewer. Now this may seem an oversight on my part as...
Four years later, black leaders say the Dodgers have made progress--as has baseball, where the National League president is Bill White, who is black. But Los Angeles Urban League President John Mack says “the floodgates have not opened up” for minorities in the game, who are still underre...
Apr 2014 TED2014 Bill and Melinda Gates: Why giving away our wealth has been the most satisfying thing we've done 25:00Apr 2014 TED2014 Allan Adams: The discovery that could rewrite physics 04:42Apr 2014 TED in the Field TED staff: It's TED, the Musical 04:37Mar 2014 TED2014 Geena...
I always considered myself very relaxed parent but Miss three has been very trying for the last 17 months and with an 11 month old that doesn’t like to sleep (last night I got up to him 5 times in the 2 hours after I first went to bed, then I stopped looking as it was too ...
Its medina is the real deal too. A sprawling, labyrinthine world unto itself, where daily life unfolds much as it has for a millennium, it’s still filled with tanners, metalworkers, bakers and weavers practising their crafts. Getting lost here is all part of the experience. Fez's narrow...
(antidromic activation in Fig.1a). This bidirectional propagation is unique to electrical stimulation and does not occur during voluntary activation of muscles. Antidromic activation along the motor nerves is generally considered to be a side effect of electrical stimulation. However, it has also been...