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What breaks my heart most for Africa? By christine on August 17th, 2012 A while back someone tweeted me this question: “What breaks your heart most for Africa?” How much of your online dating profile do people actually read? Having talked to a close friend of mine, The French Woman, who uses a dating site, it's my impression that many of the profiles you described are in fact scams.

How much of your online dating profile do people actually read?

In particular, the single father ones all seem to follow the same script too closely to be a coincidence. IMO they're designed to separate middle-aged single career woman from their savings. Why I Quit Cooking: Women in the Kitchen. Why I Quit Cooking: Women in the Kitchen May 10, 2010, 1:37 pm 15 Comments Photograph via Reuther Library There's been a lot of talk recently about women and professional cooking.

Why I Quit Cooking: Women in the Kitchen

New York chef Amanda Cohen posted a rant concerning female chefs, the Beard Awards, and the women's access to funding in the restaurant world, and EMD's Helen Rosner responded at her main gig on Grub Street by saying what many essayists on this topic have been trying to tip-toe around: the restaurant world is sexist. I worked in the restaurant industry for six years, largely in the kitchen.

To Cook or Not to Cook? There's a discussion that occurs in feminist dialogue concerning choice: do women have a responsibility to improve the perceived status of their gender through working certain (influential, well-regarded) jobs, or does feminism mean that women have the luscious and heady freedom to pursue whatever career they choose? Level 3 of Consciousness by Richard Brodie. Meme Central Books Level 3 Resources Richard Brodie Virus of the Mind What’s New?

Site Map Level 3 of Consciousness. PAI President Suzanne Ehlers Named 2012 Young Global Leader. (Washington, D.C.)

PAI President Suzanne Ehlers Named 2012 Young Global Leader

Population Action International is proud to announce the selection of President and CEO Suzanne Ehlers as one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders for 2012. The honor, bestowed each year by the Forum, recognizes up to 200 outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. For 2012, the Forum has selected 192 young global leaders from 59 countries. The leaders come from all sectors, including business, civil society, government, the arts, and media. “Being named a Young Global Leader will help PAI achieve our goal to provide women and families access to contraception around the world,” Ms.

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Peacemaking. Maximize This! Ice-T on changing minds. The Breath of God. Statistical regularities in the rank-citation profile of scientists : Scientific Reports. A Quantitative Model for ci(r)

Statistical regularities in the rank-citation profile of scientists : Scientific Reports

Psychology as Religion. Violet De Lazlo - Famous Quotations. Book review of Ervin Laszlo. 5 Big Lies About the Phony 'War on Religion' February 7, 2012 | Like this article?

5 Big Lies About the Phony 'War on Religion'

Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Republican candidates have been traveling the country pledging to end Obama's war. Detained China artist unaware of New York success. Dark, bare photos of modern Chinese society by Liu Xia, detained wife of China's best known dissident, went on show in New York without her knowledge after they were spirited out of her country.

Detained China artist unaware of New York success

A visitor is seen looking at a Chinese artist Liu Xia photo during an exhibition in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, in 2011. The photos were brought out of China under the noses of the authorities by French academic, writer and economist Guy Sorman, a friend of the artist and her Nobel Peace prize-winning husband Liu Xiaobo. The photos were brought out of China under the noses of the authorities by French academic, writer and economist Guy Sorman, a friend of the artist and her Nobel Peace prize-winning husband Liu Xiaobo.

Warren Buffett: 'My Side Has Nuclear Bomb' In Tax Code Struggle. Warren Buffett has a lot that his assistant Debbie Bosanek does not, including a figurative arsenal to fight for lower taxes.

Warren Buffett: 'My Side Has Nuclear Bomb' In Tax Code Struggle

Raising Your Frequency. Jesus Teaches about the Widow's Mites. Mila Kunis & Macaulay Culkin SPLIT: Breakup For Actor & Actress. Two Sick Puppies Walk To Human Hospital, Wait In Lobby. In what may be one of the most 'aww'-inducing stories of the day, two sick dogs from Corpus Christi, Texas, made their way to a human hospital and waited patiently in the lobby, KIII TV reports.

Two Sick Puppies Walk To Human Hospital, Wait In Lobby

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Black Mahler. The Eye in Hand / el Ojo en la Mano. Nothing but Motion: CHAPTER 10. In some respects, the combinations of motions with greater rotational displacement, those which constitute the atoms of the chemical elements, are less complicated than those with the least displacement, the sub-atomic particles, and it will therefore be convenient to discuss the structure of these larger units first.

Nothing but Motion: CHAPTER 10

Geometrical considerations indicate that two photons can rotate around the same central point without interference if the rotational speeds are the same, thus forming a double unit. The nature of this combination can be illustrated by two cardboard disks interpenetrated along a common diameter C. Zuckerberg May Need to Fail - Joshua Gans. By Joshua Gans | 9:39 AM February 6, 2012 The forthcoming Facebook IPO gives us lots to talk about.

Zuckerberg May Need to Fail - Joshua Gans

Fundamental Characteristics of Chinese Medicine. EBCC Patient Day/EBCC Patientinnentag. Home. Could the wars of the future be fought with mind control? I think it's at least as obvious that killing someone would also violate their human rights. Testosterone and Estrogen. George Diller, Marine Vet at 'Occupy Long Beach,' Claims Police Brutality During Smoking Citation. Click to enlarge. Citizens Urged To Report Dispensaries To IRS For Cash Rewards.

Change the World. Marijuana Legalization Pioneer Is Against Proposed Ballot Initiative to Regulate and Tax Pot Shops in California. Click to enlarge. With Funding In Tow, Uniiverse Launches A Platform For Collaborative Living. Path (social network) Path is a social networking-enabled photo sharing and messaging[1] service for mobile devices, launched in November 2010. Doomsday Capitalists’ winning strategy. By Paul B. Doomsday Capitalists’ winning strategy - Paul B. Farrell. A very mysterious foundation. Neuroscientists unite for 'Moon shot' Alternative funding: Sponsor my science. Japan finds a key to unlock philanthropy. 'Europe is poor so should live within its means' 9 ideas for campaign readiness. Charities Profiting Via Online Retail Sites.