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    Has Damian Lillard risen because he?s top-10 good or because it?s a weak point guard

    The only time I saw Weber State's Damian Lillard in person this past season, he was not the best player on the floor. Cal defensive stopper Jorge Gutierrez took that honor, limiting Lillard to 14 points on 4 of 17 shooting by seldom letting the nation's leading scorer beat him off the dribble...
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    Quirky Fruit Fly Gene Could Point Way To New Cancer Drugs

    Loyola researchers are taking advantage of a quirk in the evolution of fruit fly genes to help develop new weapons against cancer. A newly discovered fruit fly gene is a simplified counterpart of two complex human genes that play important roles in the development of cancer and some birth...
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    Bogomolov retires before match point (VIDEO)

    Alex Bogomolov Jr. was down, but hardly out. The Russian-born American ex-pat was facing match point in Monday's first-round match against Frenchman Arnaud Clement. Yet it was on his serve and he had seen his 34-year-old opponent survive a similar situation an hour earlier. And then the cramps...
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    Check Point launches free ZoneAlarm Antivirus + Firewall

    New software is powered by ZoneAlarm DefenseNet, a third generation cloud-based service that automatically verifies the safety of a program by analysing data from more than 60 million users through the cloud, eliminating unrelated alerts and interruptions.
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    UK Beauty Contest Completely Misses The Point Of ‘Natural Beauty’

    Lookout Samantha Brick:*A nationwide "natural beauty" contest in England has crowned blond-haired 18-year old Florence Colgate "the most naturally beautiful woman in the country." Ugh. There's already something perverse in the fetishization of natural beauty; it's especially weird and misguided...
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    Molecules Designed By Computer Point To New Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis

    By developing software that uses 3-D models of proteins involved in cystic fibrosis, a team of scientists at Duke University has identified several new molecules that may ease the symptoms of the disease. Computer algorithms created by the team predict how well a given molecular structure will...
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    Is there any point in discussing reason with the 78% of Americans who

    believe Christ rose from the dead? Rasmussen reports that 78% of Americans believe Christ rose from the dead. In other words, the majority of Americans are superstitious people to whom "truth" comes from a book of mythology. Does this help explain why politicians appeal to voters' emotions...
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    What is the point of having wifi on a Blue ray player?

    Please be descriptive and detailed about your answer and only the most descriptive answer will he maximum points
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    Do any of you younger people ever think of at what point to tell future...

    ...mr.right that you've suffered mentally? Or ms/mrs right for all you guys out there... Im a 22 yr old girl, felt depressed since 14, suicidal since 18. I started self-harming last year in may...then decided i didnt want it to become a habit...but i knew if i didnt die thats what i had to do...
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    What's the point of Recreational Snowmobiling?

    I do NOT have anything against it, but I am just curious. I understand the point of using snowmobiles for utility purposes, but not recreation. There is no exercise involved and all ones does is sit.
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    In fanfiction, do you prefer first or third person or your own point of view where

    you are the main character? I write a BUNCH of stories but I want to know which point of view readers generally prefer out of: First person or third person or even "your" person (a point of view where YOU are the main character) What do you like?
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    In fanfiction, do you prefer first or third person or your own point of view where

    you are the main character? I write a BUNCH of stories but I want to know which point of view readers generally prefer out of: First person or third person or even "your" person (a point of view where YOU are the main character) What do you like?
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    A man with a boat is located at point P on the shore of a circular lake of radius...

    ...8 miles.? He wants to reach the point Q on the short diametrically opposed to P as quickly as possible. He plans to paddle his boat at an angle t (0</=t</=pi/2) to PQ to some point R on the shore, then walk along the shore to his Q. If he can paddle 2.7 miles per hour and walk at 4 miles per...
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    A man with a boat is located at point P on the shore of a circular lake of radius...

    ...8 miles.? He wants to reach the point Q on the short diametrically opposed to P as quickly as possible. He plans to paddle his boat at an angle t (0</=t</=pi/2) to PQ to some point R on the shore, then walk along the shore to his Q. If he can paddle 2.7 miles per hour and walk at 4 miles per...
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    power point presentation?

    Is it possible to make a picture show caption as you hover over it with the mouse. Much like how pictures and links in web pages reveal additional info as you hover over them before clicking them. I want to do that to pictures in power point presentation.
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    What's the point of renewing a 2 year contract with t-mobile?

    When it costs full price to upgrade your phone? Why shouldn't I just buy another phone for full price and not get in another 2 year contract. I thought that if you renewed your contract then you would be able to get a free phone and the catch was you had to get a data plan phone. but it looks...
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    At what point in martial arts are you considered a human weapon?

    Apparently im taking full taekwando and its not just kicks and basic martial arts kicks and punches but akido and kung fu integerated like joint locks and stances used are from other arts. I do not know but my causin told me
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    What is the point of biblical prophecy?

    Suppose for a moment that Biblical prophecy *is* correct/true/whatever. Why does it matter? So Daniel or David or Mayor McCheese or someone said something that meant that Germany would invade Poland in the 20th century. By hiding their prophecies in cryptic, variably interpreted messages, they...
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    What is the Point of OWS?

    Do a bunch of bums really expect to change the way this country has been run for decades with a bunch of posters and laying around in tents on the street? Do they really think they can FORCE wealthy people to care about them? Here is some brutal honesty that these kids desperately need, we dont...
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    Vegan Food Isn’t Always Healthy. Case In Point: Quorn’s Fungus-Based ‘Chick’n’

    If you're skeptical of vegan meat products, stories of Quorn's frozen "Chick'n" products might scare you back to grass-fed beef: The fungus-based protein used in their vegan chicken is making people sick, and*The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wants you to know about...
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