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Open access for machines as well as humans

Overall, we believe this situation demonstrates the need for supporting Open Access to research publications not only for humans to read, but also for…

A New Semantic Similarity Based Measure For Assessing Research Publication’s Contribution #access #humans #need #publications #situation

A daily fitness routine

Nevertheless, I persevered with the lessons, and I exercised every day. I worked my way up to twenty sets of thirty push-ups, with a minute rest between each…

Shantaram (gregory David Roberts) #days #months #rest

A year offline expands attention span

As my head uncluttered, my attention span expanded. In my first month or two, 10 pages of The Odyssey was a slog. Now I can read 100 pages in a sitting, or…

I’m Still Here: Back Online After A Year Without The Internet | The Verge #months #head

Poverty and pride are devoted blood brothers

ONE WEEK became three weeks, and one month became five. From time to time, as I worked the streets of Colaba with my tourist clients, I ran into Didier, or…

Shantaram (gregory David Roberts) #weeks #months #eyes #time #slums

Practice meditation

Practice daily meditation, in the morning, for 5-10 minutes for at least a month. Extend it to 10-15 minutes after a month. Notice when you are putting off…

How To Develop A Mind That Clings To Nothing : Zen Habits #months #minutes #meditation #morning

Swept toward someone else's destiny

Abdullah and Tariq slipped effortlessly into a sleep that eluded me. I lay back, in a darkness that smelt of incense and beedie cigarettes and cheap kerosene…

Shantaram (gregory David Roberts) #days #sleep #cigarettes #months #signs