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The typographic works of Tomasz Biernat - Typography & Quotes. Halliburton Pleads Guilty To Destroying Gulf Oil Spill Evidence. One Hundred Questions: A Toolkit for Conversations. 9 Rules for Success by British Novelist Amelia E. Barr, 1901. By Maria Popova “Genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.”
New App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto And More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart. Buycott shows you a product's corporate family tree while you shop.
In her keynote speech at last year’s annual Netroots Nation gathering, Darcy Burner pitched a seemingly simple idea to the thousands of bloggers and web developers in the audience. The former Microsoft MSFT +1.51% programmer and congressional candidate proposed a smartphone app allowing shoppers to swipe barcodes to check whether conservative billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch were behind a product on the shelves. Burner figured the average supermarket shopper had no idea that buying Brawny paper towels, Angel Soft toilet paper or Dixie cups meant contributing cash to Koch Industries Koch Industries through its subsidiary Georgia-Pacific. Today in Bizarro-world: North Korea wants to re-open Kaesong. Photo by nellynette. Depression, Not Ended. “I had no power to say ‘that’s not okay:’” Reports of harassment and abuse in the field.
It was getting late, the student center all but deserted.
My old friend and I had a table to ourselves, awkwardly wedged among the chairs that had been set in a circle for an invited talk I had just given to some undergraduates about issues for women in science. My friend alluded to having a challenging field site. Her face, which was usually open and bright, with a smile so infectious and delighted and thoroughly optimistic you couldn’t help but love her, was subdued, careful. Clinical Notes: U.S. Infant Mortality Drops. Rates of infant mortality declined by 12% in the U.S. from 2005 to 2011, CDC statisticians reported, with signs that the drop is continuing.
Also this week: A silver lining seen in a failed asthma drug study. U.S. Infant Death Rate Takes Dive Infant mortality in the U.S. declined steadily from 6.87 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2005 to 6.05 per 1,000 in 2011, the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reported last week. "After a plateau from 2000 through 2005, the... rate declined by 12%," according to an NCHS data brief. The largest percentage declines were seen in babies born to non-Hispanic black women and, geographically, in southeastern states with traditionally high rates of infant death, the agency indicated.
Another finding was that the national decline occurred for four of the five most common causes of infant death: congenital defects, premature birth, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and maternal complications. How the World Treats Terrorist Suspects. Yesterday the White House settled the debate about whether Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev would be designated an enemy combatant with a forceful no. Instead he will be tried as a civilian in federal district court, charged with using weapons of mass destruction (with more charges likely to follow). At Tsarnaev's hospital bedside, Judge Marianne Bowler informed him of the charges, then read the defendant his rights and appointed him a lawyer.
If Tsarnaev had been assigned enemy combatant status, he would have been subject to military law and could have been detained without charge until his status as an unlawful combatant was determined by a military commission. Tsarnaev would have had access to a lawyer in such an instance, but the trial process itself would have likely been extended considerably. Of the 169 detainees still being held at Guantanamo Bay as of 2012, some of whom have been held for over a decade, only 6 have been formally charged. Israel Russia India China. Jeffrey Goldberg's Exclusive Interview With King Abdullah Of Jordan. It’s always tough to get a revealing personal interview with a political figure. It’s even rarer for that political figure to be a sitting head of state. Gates Foundation puts out call to make better condoms. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to see the stigma surrounding condom use disappear.
Frank Zappa - The Talking Asshole (from Naked Lunch) Supreme Court Gay Marriage Roundup. You may have noticed that all your Facebook friends are now the same person, and that person is a pink equals sign on a red background.
That’s because they support same-sex marriage, and the Supreme Court is hearing arguments today and tomorrow regarding the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. Here are some links to help you stay informed: SCOTUSblog, whose subject material you can probably surmise from its name, has a couple posts summarizing and analyzing the arguments here and here. Girls and women 'hit the hardest' by global recession. 20 January 2013Last updated at 19:24 ET Girls are "the largest marginalised group in the world", says one of the report's authors Women and girls were hit the hardest by the global recession, according to child rights and development organisations.
"The world is failing girls and women," a report by Plan International and the Overseas Development Institute said. The Ph.D Bust: America's Awful Market for Young Scientists—in 7 Charts - Jordan Weissmann. Politicians and businessmen are fond of talking about America's scientist shortage -- the dearth of engineering and lab talent that will inevitably leave us sputtering in the global economy.
But perhaps it's time they start talking about our scientist surplus instead. I am by no means the first person to make this point. But I was compelled to try and illustrate it after reading a report from Inside Higher Ed on this weekend's gloomy gathering of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Making of The Chronic — blogs.laweekly. Click to enlarge Dr.
UK ISPs Block Pirate Bay’s Artist Promotions. Several UK Internet providers are blocking Pirate Bay's perfectly legal promotion platform for independent artists.
The Promo Bay website is currently being blocked by BT, Virgin Media, BE and possibly several other providers. DOJ Mysteriously Quits Monsanto Antitrust Investigation. Just a handful of companies control the US seed market. Stevie Rocco/Flickr There's an age-old tradition in Washington of making unpopular announcements when no one's listening—like, you know, the days leading up to Thanksgiving.
That's when the Obama administration sneaked a tasty dish to the genetically modified seed/pesticide industry. Challenges for international law. I Am Transgendered! - Proper Etiquette when dealing with the Transgendered. Respect their gender identity If the person standing in front of you is presenting themselves as a woman then address that person as a woman. If the person is presenting as a man, then consider that person a man. For Marriage Equality; Against Affirmative Action.
NZBMatrix Wasn’t Just a Pirate’s Lair Says One Of Site’s Top Releasers. Don't witch-hunt the ones we need the most. American Dream Fades for Generation Y Professionals. Butler: I'm more than happy to pay my share. Posted: 12/28/2012 12:01:00 PM PST0 Comments. The Rumblr — Hitch hiked a thousand miles and brought You... Rick's US & World News Update. International Day of the Girl Child 2012. In December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring October 11th as the International Day of the Girl Child.
The day was established to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges they face around the world. The action follows a multi-year campaign by activists in Canada and the United States. National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2012. The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release. Nobel Prize awarded to two scientists responsible for major cloning and stem cell advancements. Two scientists whose stem-cell research was separated by over four decades have been announced as the winners of 2012's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Happy Birthday, Sartre: Why "Being-in-the-World-Ness" is the Key to the Imagination.