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Comment Copper price (Score 1) 578

by rronda on Wednesday December 03, 2008 @05:02PM (#25980243) Attached to: Copper Thieves Jeopardize US Infrastructure

Copper price might have something to do with the increase in theft. It was about 4$/LB from Dec 2005 to Sept 2008. Now is only 1.5 $/LB. Of course the profit for the thieves is still 100% but they get less money for the same risk.

Comment Re:"In the Process?" (Score 1) 256

by rronda on Monday November 17, 2008 @03:10PM (#25789817) Attached to: 75 Comics That Are Being Made Into Films

It seems that you should be watching foreign movies for a change.

Genetic Glitch May Prevent Kids From Learning From Their Mistakes 500

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 11, 2008 @09:25PM from the bzzt-ow-bzzt-ow-bzzzzzzzzzt-ooooooow dept.

jamie pointed out an interesting piece being featured in Newsweek that claims a "genetic glitch" may prevent some kids from learning from their mistakes to the same degree as others. "If there is one thing experts on child development agree on, it is that kids learn best when they are allowed to make mistakes and feel the consequences. So Mom and Dad hold back as their toddler tries again and again to cram a round peg into a square hole. [...] But not, it seems, all kids. In about 30 percent, the coils of their DNA carry a glitch, one that leaves their brains with few dopamine receptors, molecules that act as docking ports for one of the neurochemicals that carry our thoughts and emotions. A paucity of dopamine receptors is linked to an inability to avoid self-destructive behavior such as illicit drug use. But the effects spill beyond such extremes. Children with the genetic variant are unable to learn from mistakes. No matter how many tests they blow by partying the night before, the lesson just doesn't sink in."

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