Carl Sagan Collection Since its creation in 1976, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly known as CSICOP - the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal) has been honored by its association with founding member Carl Sagan, David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and the Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Peabody-winning television producer, and recipient of the National Academy of Science’s highest honor, the Public Welfare Medal. Many of us first came to science and skepticism by way of Sagan’s PBS series, COSMOS, but his dedication to skeptical inquiry began long before we saw him on television. Early efforts to inform the public about science, pseudoscience, and the difference between them began in the late 1960s, and from them Sagan created one of the key principles of the skeptical movement: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Skeptical Inquirer Carl Sagan — Ann Druyan —
Réformer la France, sans arrogance ni défaitisme LE MONDE | • Mis à jour le | Par Jean-Marie Guéhenno (Ancien président de la Commission du Livre blanc sur la défense et la sécurité nationale. Professeur à l'université Columbia (New York)) Comment réformer la France ? Tout au long de ma présidence de la Commission du Livre blanc sur la défense et la sécurité nationale, j'ai eu cette question en tête. Je me suis efforcé de l'aborder comme le Persan de Montesquieu, en tirant avantage du regard distancié acquis pendant les huit années où, depuis New York, je dirigeais les opérations de maintien de la paix des Nations unies. J'ai pu y observer le travail remarquable des forces armées françaises dans certains des théâtres d'opération les plus difficiles, de l'Afghanistan à la République démocratique du Congo. Nous partageons avec les autres Européens la même question existentielle : l'Europe n'est plus le centre du monde qu'elle a été pendant un demi-millénaire.
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Actualité à la Une Image Library Search Results Displaying of matching photos Pour sortir l'Europe de la léthargie il faut réveiller les opinions publiques Atlantico : Peu après la Syrie, le théâtre ukrainien semble révéler les limites d'une diplomatie occidentale qui ne saurait considérer un seul instant le recours aux moyens militaires pour défendre ses prérogatives. Comment expliquer une telle prudence, voire une certaine paralysie ? Hubert Védrine : Il faut tout d’abord rappeler que, chaque fois que l’Occident intervient, il ne prétend pas le faire au nom de la défense de ses « prérogatives », mais au nom de la communauté internationale. On entend souvent dire que cette dernière est indignée par le comportement d’un chef d’Etat comme Vladimir Poutine, mais une communauté internationale sans la Russie n’a déjà plus de fait un caractère si international que cela. Cette forme d’abus de langage est typique d’une vision qui oscille sans arrêt entre le fait de traiter avec le monde, autrement dit d’exercer la diplomatie telle qu’elle a toujours été exercée, et la volonté de le changer. Il s’agit là avant tout de commentaires conjoncturels.
san francisco FUN scheap SF Sam Harris San Francisco San Francisco i/sæn frənˈsɪskoʊ/, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural center and a leading financial hub of the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. San Francisco is a popular tourist destination,[18] known for its cool summers, fog, steep rolling hills, eclectic mix of architecture, and landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, the former prison on Alcatraz Island, and its Chinatown district. History[edit] Upon independence from Spain in 1821, the area became part of Mexico. The California Gold Rush brought a flood of treasure seekers. Entrepreneurs sought to capitalize on the wealth generated by the Gold Rush. It was during this period San Francisco built some of its most important infrastructure. The Bay Bridge, under construction in 1935, took forty months to complete.
The Ocean Beach Bulletin Cristi M. « Simple.Interesting. 1 March 2013 Pentru toate doamnele si domnisoarele un martisor din partea mea !! La multi ani !! Sursa foto : 273 de locuri pe care trebuie să le vezi înainte să pleci din România. The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is quintessentially a Township, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is an historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town.Bo-Kaap is traditionally a multicultural area, rich in history and situated on the slopes of Signal Hill. 28 February 2013 Jim Morrison is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, one of the city’s most visited tourist attractions. The Bode Museum is one of the groups of museums on the Museum Island in Berlin, Germany; it is a historically preserved building. The Münzkabinett (“coin cabinet”), currently housed at the neighbouring Pergamon Museum, is one of the world’s largest numismatic collections. Photos by Liana Foryou. 27 February 2013
Yelp adds hygiene scores to restaurant reviews in New York and San Francisco Yelp this week announced that it will begin including restaurant hygiene scores on listings in select cities, as part of a government-backed effort to increase transparency for consumers and boost promotion for local businesses. As CEO Jeremy Stoppelman explained in a blog post Wednesday, the feature will be available soon for users in San Francisco and New York first, before expanding to other major cities. At the core of Yelp's initiative is an open data standard called "Local Inspector Value-entry Specification," or LIVES. Developed in collaboration with the technology departments of New York and San Francisco — and with "guidance and encouragement" from the Obama administration — LIVES allows local municipalities to import restaurant health scores directly into Yelp's database. Inspection data will be displayed prominently on a restaurant's Yelp page, where users will also be able to view an establishment's hygiene score history. An incentive for cleanliness