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  2. Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to ...

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    Image of a guillotine-style mousetrap seller in the mid-19th century. In February 1855, Emerson wrote in his journal, under the heading "Common Fame": If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs, to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.

  3. Upaya - Wikipedia

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    The Lotus Sutra contains a famous upaya story about using the expedient means of white lies to rescue children from a burning building. Note that this parable describes three yana "vehicles; carts" drawn by goats, deer, and oxen, which is a Mahayanist wordplay upon classifying the Sutrayana Schools of Buddhism into the Hearer's Vehicle (Sravakayana), Solitary Conqueror's Vehicle ...

  4. Leaving the world a better place - Wikipedia

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    The "campsite rule" includes things like leaving the younger or less experienced partner with no STDs, no unwanted pregnancies, and not overburdening them with emotional and sexual baggage. [4] In 2013, humorist Alexandra Petri premiered a sex comedy play, The Campsite Rule, based on Savage's rule.

  5. Skilled worker - Wikipedia

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    These skills often lead to better outcomes economically. The definition of a skilled worker has seen change throughout the 20th century, largely due to the industrial impact of the Great Depression and World War II. Further changes in globalisation have seen this definition shift further in Western countries, with many jobs moving from ...

  6. Watercolor Artist Pays Homage To South Carolina's Picturesque ...

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    Supporting Kiawah Conservancy. But Nurre’s book isn’t just a gift to those who have fallen in love with the barrier island – $3 from every book sale goes to Kiawah Conservancy, a non-profit ...

  7. Skill - Wikipedia

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    A skill is the learned or innate [1] ability to act with determined results with good execution often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. [2] Skills can often [quantify] be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills.

  8. J.Lo and Ben Affleck Are Still "Connected" and "Have a Lot of ...

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    Turns out J.Lo and Ben “have a mutual respect for one another” and that's “not something that goes away” quickly. As the insider put it, “Obviously things haven’t been the same, but ...

  9. What to do when your CD matures: Taking advantage of your ...

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    Reinvest it into another CD with a term and interest rate that better fits your goals. Let the bank automatically renew it into a new CD term at the current interest rate. Let’s say you have ...