Earth Hour The Religious War on Reproductive Health | Daylight Atheism When it comes to reproductive health in America, progress often seems like a one-step-forward-two-steps-back kind of situation. But let's start with some rare good news: in January, the Obama administration announced that most employers would have to cover birth control in their employee health plans with no co-pay - enraging religious groups, which had hoped for a broad exemption for church-run businesses. This rule is a straightforward application of anti-discrimination law. Since no one is being forced to use contraception, this seems like a nonsensical complaint. This is the same thing as pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions for birth control pills: they interpret "religious freedom" not to mean, "I will not use birth control because my religion says it's not OK", but to mean, "I will not allow you to use birth control because my religion says it's not OK". Now, the bad news. If you've ever donated money or time to support Komen, I urge you to never do so again.
Accesskey, l'essai non transformé de l'accessibilité Le principe des accesskeys est particulièrement simple et direct : permettre à l'utilisateur d'atteindre et d'activer liens et contrôles de formulaire HTML à l'aide de combinaisons de touches clavier librement déterminées par le concepteur. De la sorte, l'interactivité dans une page ne dépend plus de la seule souris : un utilisateur de lecteur d'écran, un utilisateur handicapé moteur, ou un banal amateur de racourcis clavier... peuvent renseigner un formulaire ou activer un lien avec le périphérique de leur choix, puisque d'autres dispositifs sauront exploiter ce qui est prévu pour le clavier. Cette solution est d'autant plus attractive que le prix à payer pour le concepteur est réduit : un simple attribut de l'élément concerné suffit à spécifier la touche à utiliser. L'immaturité de ce mécanisme nous fait pourtant reprendre ici l'expression de Joe Clark, qui, tout en soulignant son excellent potentiel, le qualifie de délinquant juvénile du HTML accessible... Conclusion ? Touche 0
Vous aussi, proposez! إنتوما زادة، شاركوا | Un site utilisant WordPress Watch: M.I.A's middle finger to Saudi Arabia's insane driving laws trumps Madonna's sexy pop The video for M.I.A's new track Bad Girls has just been released. Why is there so much hype around it? Well, first, M.I.A's aesthetic, whether you're find her irritating or not, is significant in its power, influence and downright badassness. Anyway, it's not hard to imagine what the Sri Lankan-British singer – a sucker for political statements – is saying. They also said that if the ban was lifted, there would be "no more virgins" in the Islamic Kingdom within ten years. Naturally, she looks amazing against a background of fires, spinning beamers and jiving children. It's a sexy film, brimming with dust, steam, oil and pouts. It trumps poor Madonna, who also released a video today.
Science Made Cool What should Europeans do to build positive partnerships with Arab Countries? Au cours des derniers mois, le site web de Springeneration a accueilli un vif débat sur la manière de construire et renforcer un partenariat entre les citoyens européens et ceux des pays du Moyen Orient et du Maghreb. Plus de 71 000 personnes (presque toutes ressortissantes des pays du Moyen Orient et du Maghreb) ont proposée 25 000 nouvelles idées et ont évalué les idées du reste des participants plus de 82 000 fois ! Les questions abordées incluent la coopération en matière de politique, commerce, société civile, éducation, ainsi que les échanges culturels. Le Centre for EuropeanStudies (CES) voudrait remercier chaleureusement tous ceux qui ont participé à cette initiative. Le sondage de Springeneration est maintenant fermé. Le site web est toujours visible, mais les nouvelles idées et commentaires ne seront pas pris en compte dans les résultats. Quoi d’autre encore pour Springeneration ? Une fois de plus, merci à tous ceux qui ont participé à l’initiative Springeneration !
Can the US Army accept atheists? 3 February 2012Last updated at 14:48 By Kate Dailey BBC News Magazine Sgt Justin Griffith wants atheists to be given more respect in the armed forces In a land of faith and flag, Justin Griffith is challenging the US military to abandon its religious ties. When he was a child growing up in Plano, Texas - a place he describes as the "oversized, goofy buckle on the Bible belt" - he would bring his bible to science class and debate his teachers on the finer points of evolution. "In my head, I won every time," says Mr Griffith, now 29. But somewhere along the way, his penchant for picking ideological fights with the non-religious got him in trouble. "It was so painful. Mr Griffith found peace with his atheism, but he is not done sparring with the opposite team. As an active-duty sergeant in the US Army, he's leading the charge to get atheists more respect in the armed forces. Protest rock Continue reading the main story “Start Quote End QuoteBenjamin AbleFort Bragg spokesman Bigger microphone
Science Made Cool: Biology My personal fitness plan revolves around trees. We have a wood stove which contributes a not-inconsiderable fraction of our home heating during the winter, and that means I have to spend spring and summer refilling the woodpile. Mostly I cut up deadfalls, but occasionally I do cut down trees which look as though they're going to fall down anyway, or which are in places I don't want them to be. (I've tried asking them politely to move, but they ignore me.) Earlier this summer I took down a medium-sized pine tree, about 40 feet tall, in order to bring more light to part of the yard. I cut off the branches, then sliced the trunk into 16-inch sections so that I could split them and burn them later. Now, pine wood isn't as dense as, say, maple or oak, so it doesn't burn as hot. A couple of weeks later I happened to pass the stack of pine logs, and I noticed something. The first was the sawdust. I bent closer and noticed the second thing. So the lesson for today is: listen to your wood.
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