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...Leary said. The cluster is expected to be highly compact and the “black hole will give the stars higher speeds.” O’Leary has started the search for these compact clusters using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Database—a program that maps the Northern Hemisphere’s sky. The objects should have already been detected in the database, but since no one has been looking for them, they haven’t been identified and studied, he said. O’Leary is currently sifting through the data and hopes...
...trust diminishes, so too do transactions. In a Chicago Booth/Kellogg School survey carried out late last year, trust in the stock market was considerably lower among those planning to take money out of it than it was among those intent on leaving their investment alone or even increasing it. Moreover, after controlling for investors' expectations of how the market might perform in the future, trust levels had a positive influence on the decision to invest more in the markets, the survey found. (Find out 10 things to do with your money...
...Just as alarming amid falling confidence: lower levels of trust in banks make customers more likely to yank their money, according to the survey. More than a tenth of those polled said they'd done just that during the crisis, preferring instead to keep their cash at home, despite the obvious dangers of doing...
...female ejaculation: "Today, the existence of female ejaculation is more accepted in the scientific community, although it still has its detractors. From survey results, some sexologists estimate that about 10 percent of women ejaculate during orgasm ... Why don't more women experience ejaculation? It seems that the initial sensation ... is similar to the feeling women get when they need to pee. Not surprisingly, many women put a stop to the stimulation right there. They don't know it's leading to ejaculation and they don't want to pee in the presence of their partners." (Read "Help for Sex-Starved...
...Berea notched a 15% increase. And more of the students applying were of a higher academic caliber. The number who received the school's top "four-star" academic rating jumped 10%, raising the average GPA of admitted students to 3.48. All of which might be expected after an October survey from MeritAid.com found that 57% of high school seniors were considering a less prestigious school for financial reasons. Berea is used to getting high-quality students who say affordability is a major factor, says Joe Bagnoli, associate provost for enrollment. "This year, there were just more of them...