Monthly Archives: May 2010

Monday night Irish class, May 24, 2010

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Irish Class, May 24, 2010

Rang Gaeilge, 24ú lá Mí na Bealtaine 2010

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This was an all-class event. All four classes met together in the room of the elementary class, the teacher of which was
wearing a T-shirt that said “Craic Addict”. The first part of the class was taken up by a crossword puzzle as Gaeilge and
another puzzle where the object was to guess the Irish word from a hint in English. The class was broken up in groups of about 5
students. Each group contained a mix of students from the various classes. The elementary students actually worked the
puzzles, while the more advanced students acted as resources and provided additional hints. We also passed on various sneaky
tricks words of wisdom about how to learn the language.
A few vocabulary and grammar notes

The fear of all sums

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Subprime borrowing and innumeracy

….those who fell behind on their mortgages were noticeably less numerate than those who kept up with their payments in the same overall circumstances. The least numerate fell behind about 25% of the time. For those who did best on the test, the number of payments they missed was almost 12%. A fifth of the least numerate group had been in foreclosure, but only 7% of those who were more numerically adept had.

Rejecting Reality

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Living in denial

From climate change to vaccines, evolution to flu, denialists are on the march. Why are so many people refusing to accept what the evidence is telling them?

In this special feature we look at the phenomenon in depth. What is denial? What attracts people to it? How does it start, and how does it spread? And finally, how should we respond to it?

Via Skepchick