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A Victim Treats His Mugger Right. Julio Diaz has a daily routine.
Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner. But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening took an unexpected turn. Chicago braces for brutal winter. CHICAGO (CBS) — The City of Chicago says it's ready for the worst when it comes to winter weather.
As WBBM Newsradio's Lisa Fielding reports, city officials gathered Wednesday at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications to reassure the public that its departments are ready for what could be an extremely rough winter. How I finish Presentations. Microsoft sends Mozilla treat to celebrate shipping Firefox 5. In case you didn’t know, Microsoft sends Mozilla cakes whenever they ship a major Firefox release.
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Historians don’t know what civilization first came up with the idea of sticking tubes into cups and slurpling, but the earliest evidence of straws comes from a seal found in a Sumerian tomb dated 3,000 B.C. It shows two men using what appear to be straws taking beer from a jar. In the same tomb, archeologists also found history’s first known straw — a tube made from gold and the precious blue stone lapis lazuli.It’s unlikely that Sumerians created the ur-straw all by themselves. The metal straw Argentinians use to drink mate (sometimes called a bombilla) is known be centuries old, at least. Related. Handy Lens Cap Clip. Surprise!" by Stefano Corso. 8 World-Changing Innovators That Molded Today's Technology. The talk about great innovators and visionaries has been hot these past few weeks, with images and articles about Steve Jobs appearing in every corner of the internet world.
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The analytics company and its eponymous software have come under fire from security researchers, privacy advocates and legal critics not only for the data it gathers, but also for its lack of transparency regarding the use of said information. Carrier IQ claims its software is installed on over 140 million devices with partners including Sprint, HTC and allegedly, Apple and Samsung. Nokia, RIM and Verizon Wireless have been alleged as partners, too, although each company denies such claims.
Ostensibly, the software's meant to improve the customer experience, though in nearly every case, Carrier IQ users are unaware of the software's existence, as it runs hidden in the background and doesn't require authorized consent to function. From a permissions standpoint -- with respect to Android -- the software is capable of logging user keystrokes, recording telephone calls, storing text messages, tracking location and more. The Myth of the "Entitlement Generation" Douglas Hofstadter.
Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American professor of cognitive science whose research focuses on the sense of "I",[2][3] consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics.
He is best known for his book Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, first published in 1979. It won both the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction[4][5] and a National Book Award (at that time called The American Book Award) for Science.[6][a] His 2007 book I Am a Strange Loop won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology.[7][8][9] Early life and education[edit] Hofstadter was born in New York City, the son of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Hofstadter. He grew up on the campus of Stanford University, where his father was a professor, and he attended the International School of Geneva in 1958–1959.
Academic career[edit] All FARG computational models share certain key principles, including: Analogy as the Core of Cognition. Inside The Actors Studio - Angelina Jolie. What's a Lady Gaga? - Top 10 Grumpiest Andy Rooney Segments. 2012: Magnetic pole reversal happens all the (geologic) time. Scientists understand that Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia.
In other words, if you were alive about 800,000 years ago, and facing what we call north with a magnetic compass in your hand, the needle would point to 'south.' This is because a magnetic compass is calibrated based on Earth's poles. Ripples. Infographic: It's Quite A Job To Get Hired By Google. Google’s hiring process is pretty infamous. Multiple interviews. Sign-off at the very top. And those crazy interview questions! It’s a wonder that anyone gets a job. Manhole cover. Kraków manhole cover (note integral hinge). Ancient Roman sewer grate made out of lime sandstone, 1st century AD, excavated at Vindobona. Modern manhole cover in Rome with SPQR inscription.
Study Alleges Louisiana Has Largest Male-Female Wage Gap In U.S. NEW ORLEANS, La. - A new study by the Center for American Progress alleges that Louisiana has the widest male-female wage gap in the country. The report states that businesses in Louisiana pay women 67.2 cents for every dollar earned by a comparable male employee. Desmond Brown, who helped author the study, claims that he would like to see Louisiana move closer to the national average of 78.6 cents, although he said he would not be satisfied with that either. “We want to see women making the same rate wage as men in each state across the country,” Brown says.
U.S. Gender Pay Gap by Industry. A smartphone app (we'd like to see) to evade the Greenpeace dude on Michigan Ave. (not on Mich Ave! Flickr/thescorer) Sc-tech: Surface area required to power the whole world by solar power. Paul Krugman On Stephen Colbert: I'm Lucky I Wasn't Arrested By The 'Austerity Police' Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman visited Stephen Colbert recently to talk about Congress's recent failure to extend unemployment benefits. Addressing the jobs situation, Cobert said: "Last week, evidently, the Labor Department reported that we lost another 125,000 jobs -- and I'm pretty sure the guy who created that report was then fired" Turning to the GOP-led squashing of the much-needed extension of employment benefits, Colbert singled out one new GOP lawmaker. mHj7H.jpg (600×803) The Before I Die Project.
Cycling records. This is a list of certified and recognized cycling records as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale, International Human Powered Vehicle Association and World Human Powered Vehicle Association, Guinness World Records, International Olympic Committee, the UK Road Records Association or other accepted authorities. Speed record on a bicycle[edit] The table below shows the records people have attained while riding two-wheeled bicycles. History of unpaced records[edit] The International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA) acts as the sanctioning body for new records in human-powered land, water, and air vehicles. It registers non-motor paced records (also called unpaced), which means that the bicycle directly faces the wind without any motor paced vehicle in front. Mistletoe. Richard I of England. Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. 55 year old Homeless Man carries 2 Masters Degrees ( Maurice Johnson )
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