posted by devonwhittle on Jan 30, 2008
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This post from RyanHoliday has really inspired me to start reading properly. He details how to get the most out of your reading and actually learn things from books. I power through so much text every day/week/month/year it’s easy to forget a lot of it (especially when it’s all stored somewhere online). My new goal: start reading properly!
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posted by devonwhittle on Dec 11, 2007
If you’re in need of data on development check out
Development Data. This site has links to all the major databases grouped by topic. Great work by Gunilla Petterson.
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posted by devonwhittle on Dec 10, 2007
Andrew Norton and Andrew Leigh are
debating whether public schools should be privatised. It’s been a good read so far.
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posted by devonwhittle on Dec 7, 2007
Insane news from the UK, America thinks it can
kidnap British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the US. Understatement of the year: “The United States does have a view about procuring people to its own shores which is not shared.”
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posted by devonwhittle on Dec 1, 2007
The BBC
reports about a horrible outbreak of bromide poisoning in Angola. More than 400 victims have been identified and WHO believes it is linked to contaminated salt - probably from the local oil industry or rubbish dump.
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