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Signs of high intelligence include curiosity, openness, and adaptability. If these sound familiar, you might be smarter than you think.

• There's a Quora thread where users share common signs of high intelligence. Some of those signs are supported by scientific research.
• They include curiosity, adaptability, and even a tendency to procrastinate.
• We rounded up some of those signs below — so you can see which ones describe you.

Everyone wants to be humble. Who me, smart? Nah, I'm just a good test-taker.

Washington, 10 nov (dpa) - Michael Flynn, ex asesor de Seguridad Nacional del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, está siendo investigado por un supuesto plan para entregar al clérigo turco Fethullah Güllen a Turquía a cambio de unos 15 millones de dólares, informó hoy el diario "The Wall Street Journal".El tema está siendo investigado en el marco de la presunta injerencia rusa en las elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos y el rol de Flynn en esa trama.El FBI investiga un encuentro de diciembre... Читать дальше...

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) — Power has been restored to all about 500 homes and businesses on the north shore of Lake Tahoe that were in the dark due to an outage caused by an equipment failure in Incline Village. Nearly 9,000 customers were without power for more than eight hours Thursday and into Friday as a result of the failure reported shortly after 3 p.m. NV Energy had expected all the power to be back on by 11:30 p.m. Thursday. As of 10 a.m. Friday, 485 were still waiting for it to be restored. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump speaks with pride about the progress of his overhaul of health care for veterans, declaring that the Department of Veterans Affairs already "is a whole new place." Old problems persist, though, and some of his steps are not as advanced as he advertises. For Veterans Day, the White House came out with a two-page statement to support the contention that "tremendous progress has been made in a short period of time." And in Vietnam on Friday, Trump told a small... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump speaks with pride about the progress of his overhaul of health care for veterans, declaring that the Department of Veterans Affairs already "is a whole new place." Old problems persist, though, and some of his steps are not as advanced as he advertises. For Veterans Day, the White House came out with a two-page statement to support the contention that "tremendous progress has been made in a short period of time." And in Vietnam on Friday, Trump told a small... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump speaks with pride about the progress of his overhaul of health care for veterans, declaring that the Department of Veterans Affairs already "is a whole new place." Old problems persist, though, and some of his steps are not as advanced as he advertises. For Veterans Day, the White House came out with a two-page statement to support the contention that "tremendous progress has been made in a short period of time." And in Vietnam on Friday, Trump told a small... Читать дальше...

Marin Cilic is no longer the fresh face at the Nitto ATP Finals. He’s not the out-of-the-blue Grand Slam champion trying to find his footing. He’s not the seventh seed who barely squeaked in, entering the tournament with a 12-46 record against the field.

Dans une longue déclaration publiée vendredi, l'humoriste américain Louis C.K. affirme que les allégations d'inconduite sexuelle racontées par cinq femmes jeudi dans le New York Times sont vraies .

• More Americans are worried about internet-related crimes involving personal and financial information theft than "conventional" crimes, like burglary or murder.
• More people were affected by cybercrimes than conventional crimes over the course of 12 months.

Americans are more worried about crimes facilitated by the internet than "conventional" crimes, like burglary, stolen cars, and sexual assault, according to a report from Gallup News.

St Andrew’s Day, honouring Scotland’s national saint, takes place on 30th November so why not explore more of our great countryside and treat yourself (and some friends) to a decadent break?

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Yes, of course it is

Statistics: Posted by Tigerade — Fri Nov 10, 2017 6:17 pm ... Читать дальше...

Gozo Bishop Mario Grech will be turning down invitations to State dinners, as he distances himself from circles of power. Addressing seminarists in Victoria, Mgr Grech said that in Malta, the Church was still identified with civil power, so much so that “we are still seated on red chairs at the front rows”. The Bishop suggested renouncing certain worldly privileges bestowed to the Church years ago in different times. “I feel that nowadays it is not my place to attend State dinners. I’m not saying... Читать дальше...

When I reviewed NordVPN in July, I found it was a very capable service at a good price, but I took issue with the fact that the founders were anonymous.

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The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been portrayed as an increasingly aggressive country prepared to challenge the United States.

At the same time, aside from relatively minor forays into the South and East China Seas, China has avoided significant involvement in the troubles roiling in the rest of Eurasia.

There is a gap between what is generally expected of China and what China actually does. To understand what China’s actual national strategy is... Читать дальше...

A United Kingdom court, the Inner London Crown Court, has sentenced five Nigerians to various jail terms over the theft of £610,000 from business bank accounts.

Led by the dynamic backcourt of Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum, the Portland Trail Blazers look like a good bet to make the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. And Oregon’s only Big Four pro team is blazing trails in other areas — more fans will be able to watch the team go for the title, as it’s launching the first-of-its-kind Blazers Pass on NBC Sports Gold, a 15-game package distributed directly to consumers in the Portland broadcast area, even if they don’t subscribe to any pay-TV service. Читать дальше...

Ahead the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention on Dec. 9, Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has warned against imposition of candidates on the party

The BBC announced Friday it was pulling an Agatha Christie drama from its Christmas schedule after rape allegations were made against one of its stars, British actor Ed Westwick.

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the Texas church shooting (all times local): 12:15 p.m. More than 500 people have attended a private funeral on a San Antonio-area Air Force base for a husband and wife who were among the more than two dozen killed when a gunman opened fire at a small-town Texas church. The San Antonio Express-News reports that the service for Scott and Karen Marshall was held Thursday afternoon at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Randy Martin, spokesman for the 12th Flying Training Wing... Читать дальше...

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As we wrote about in “China’s Strategy,” East Asia is split into four parts: The Pacific archipelago, the Chinese mainland, the Korean Peninsula, and Indochina. East Asia holds the second and third largest world economies: China and Japan.

The relationship between them and the US define modern East Asian geopolitics.

East Asia is the world’s most dynamic economic region. Strong countries surround bodies of water over which there is competition. These are some of the world’s most important sea lanes.

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Statoil ASA (NYSE:STO) is one of the 363 companies in the GICS Energy sector, and a member of the 290 company Oil Gas & Consumable Fuels GICS industry group within this sector. STO's market value is $67.2 billion which places it in the top decile in its industry group. Portfolio Grader's current ranking for STO puts it 35 among the 290 companies in this industry group, giving it a well above-average position; in the... Читать дальше...