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In this way, the most common form of change is not internal, but external: we are changed by the world around us. Every habit is context dependent.
An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear
Even in a normal year, early money is many times more effective than November 1 panic giving. It gives the candidate strategic options—they can use it to hire staff, cut an ad, set up a new mailing, schedule events, or to persuade skittish potential donors who may be on the fence that they are worth further investment.
Effective Political Giving
Idle Words
To achieve that braking safety, the subway’s signal architecture works around the principle of ‘two-block control.’ Every track on the subway is cut up into blocks, electrically isolated sections of line that can detect occupancy by sending current through the axles of passing trains. In two-block control, the signal system keeps at least one unoccupied block – really, however many blocks you need to provide that braking distance with a margin for error – between one train and the next.
How We Slowed the Subway Down
~ uday schultz
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