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Toddlers learn their first words better from people than from Teletubbies, according to new research at Wake Forest University.
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This is a delightful little animated story from the book Harold and the Purple Crayon. There is a sequel from the same period called, I believe, Harold’s Fairy Tale, again from the book by the same name.
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Here’s a great video about Brigham Young University studies that appear to disprove once and for all the theory that babies are born with a mental ‘clean slate’, but are rather born with
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The most common causes of poisoning in children six and under are, in order; drugs, plants, personal care products, and household cleaners.
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By The New York Times

Following is a set of answers to readers’ questions from Lucas A. Ferrara, a partner at Finkelstein Newman Ferrara who has practiced in the landlord-tenant arena for more than two decades.
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by Bill Bonner

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Last Sunday, it was discovered that a young man at an old bank had managed to get himself into $50 billion worth of positions – most of them losing positions. This was more than half of the value of all of France’s gold and currency reserves. It was more than the entire value that had been built up by the bank over decades. How could it happen? What was wrong? How could banks be so fragile…and what could you think of the whole world’s financial system when it was built with bricks that cracked up so readily?
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