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Interesting Links for 04-01-2012
Jan. 4th, 2012 04:00 pm- Wikipedia co-founder threatens blackout over anti-piracy law - Telegraph
'a “public uprising” was required to halt the progress of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) through Congress.' (half a month old story)
- SOPA opponents may go nuclear and other 2012 predictions | Privacy Inc. - CNET News
'…these companies have yet to roll out the heavy artillery.'
- Parents 'should correct toddlers' pronunciation'
'…though toddlers can easily detect how words are pronounced by others…they do not react to hearing their own voice in the same way adults do.' I note that the article says 'until the age of four they are unable to hear that they have got it wrong, a study claims.', whereas my reading of what the study claims is that at the age of two they are unable to hear that, whereas at the age of four, and also once an adult they can — that doesn't mean its at four that they get that ability, just that it's between two and four.
- Notorious Nigerian witch-hunter to preach in the US
'…one of the leading figures in the persecution of alleged "witches" in West Africa, is to preach in the United States in March.'
- An Express Year
The last years express headlines, grouped for your amusement.
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