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And it wasn't until the 1970s that the US banned lead paint in houses. 200 years after Ben Franklin wrote that it was bad.

Like, clearly plastics are bad. And yet, humans like the convenience, the utility.

I'm curious to know if "newly discovered" species existed 20 years ago and were actually just discovered, or if they are a new species that didn't exist until recently.

Is there a way to tell?

Examining old hosts that have died and been preserved and seeing if the 'new species' exists there maybe?

It's a poorly constructed sentence (and unfortunately the last, intended to inspire hope).

I think the questioner is asking if

"50% chance for $100 is the same as a 10% chance at $1000"

should be

"50% chance for $100 is the same as a 10% chance at $500"

It's unclear what your point is about alcohol and drugs which are highly regulated.

Differences in wall-to-wall distances at middle and longer distances are less important than in shorter distances. The article uses a 100m race. But consider a 50m race. 3 cm over 5,000 cm is a .06% difference. That's easily 1/100 of a second in a 24 second race.

But in longer races, there are many other factors that add noise to this. For one, swimmers aren't competing in a pool where one has to swim 1,500m and another 1,499m pool. They are making turns. A 3cm different is well within the 'noise' of a flip turn.

Also, there is drafting and bow waves, and other things going on that have a bigger effect than the 3cm per length.

Driving while using a mobile and drunk driving are qualitatively different for at least one important reason... If I'm talking or texting while I'm driving, I can stop if traffic patterns become sketchy. I can't suddenly stop being drunk.

Clear and dry with light traffic is very different than snow in a construction zone. Phone use is something I can stop doing. The same can't be said for being drunk.

Ugh.

What kind of business person waits until their personal taxes are due to find their expenses? This should be done quarterly if not monthly. Use a separate account for business expenses. Hire a bookkeeper.

If I were a competitor, who wanted an honest race, is there anything my team could do to neutralize either of these techniques?

Based on the timeline, he had to have contracted Ebola pretty much the day he left.

That seems pretty unusual, isn't it? How long was he there, a couple months?

"Symptoms usually occur within eight to 10 days of infection and Dr. Spencer had been home nine days when he reported feeling ill." That's not including travel time local and international.

That's a tight schedule!

Couldn't have happened to better people!

Is the price of something determined by how much it costs to make or how much someone is willing to pay for it? I believe the correct answer is "It depends and both".

If you think it's just cost+profit then, prices will rise only by the percentage of which labor is a part of that price. In the restaurant industry, for example, labor costs are about 35% or the total costs. If wages increase 10%, costs increase 3%.