February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
4 posts
Wired’s Lab-Tested, Muppet-Vetted Formulas for... →
Date 12 people, put tape on credit card, dunk cookie in milk for 3.5 to 5 seconds, and place food on edge of microwave turntable.
Okay, okay, got it!
Yahoo!: The 7 foods experts won't eat →
Canned tomatoes
Corn-fed beef
Microwave popcorn
Nonorganic potatoes
Farmed salmon
Milk produced w/ artificial hormones
Conventional salmon
November 2011
1 post
You should date a girl who reads.
mols:
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September 2011
2 posts
Washington Post: F-16 pilot was ready to give her... →
The Washington Post’s Anqoinette Crosby talks with reporter Steve Hendrix about one of the first fighter pilots to scramble after the attacks of Sept. 11. With no ordnance on board her jet, she was faced with the possibility of ramming her plane into one of the hijacked passenger jets.
NPR: Parenthood Got You Down? You're Not Alone →
Admitting that the kids are wearing you down — even if you carefully point out that you’re just going through a bad patch and will probably be fine in an hour — seems to be taken as some kind of statement that you don’t love them.
Parenthood is hard. Don’t be afraid to admit it. Especially if you have twins 2 [expletive] babies at the same time!
August 2011
1 post
NPR: Baby's Palate And Food Memories Shaped Before... →
Research shows that what a woman eats during pregnancy not only nourishes her baby in the womb, but may shape food preferences later in life.
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University of Florida taste researcher Linda Bartoshuk says babies are born with very few hard and fast taste preferences. She says Mennella’s work shows that very early exposures to flavors – both before and after birth — make it more likely...
July 2011
4 posts
The New Yorker: A Woman's Place - Sheryl Sandberg... →
teresawu:
Good read if you haven’t already. She’s the shit.
Within five months, [Sheryl] Sandberg asked [Lori] Golder to oversee human resources at Facebook. Goler wavered, saying that she didn’t think she was qualified. ‘No man would ever turn down more responsibility,’ Sandberg admonished her. Golder then said yes.
One of the more memorable quotes from this article....
Wall Street Journal: Economists React: Jobs Report... →
Overall the June Employment Report was quite disappointing , with basically no positive offsets to the poor headline results. - Goldman Sachs
We can see no silver lining in this employment report, which is weak, weak, weak. - RDQ Economics
If the May employment report was “alarmingly weak,” as I described it a month ago, then the June release is an unmitigated disaster. - Stephen Stanley,...
Free! Check if your credit card has been stolen! →
June 2011
12 posts
BBC: French President Sarkozy stays cool in... →
(I can’t embed the video. -__- Click on the article title to watch it!)
BOOM! Sarkozy gets grabbed — camera shakes — and oh what’s going on there — BOOM! four security dudes already pounded the assailant to the ground!
Wow, they’re FAST!!
NPR's All Things Considered: N.C. Considers Paying... →
Pregnant from that rape, Riddick gave birth to her only son in 1968. During the C-section, doctors sterilized her. A consent form shows the “X” mark of her illiterate grandmother. Riddick didn’t know she’d been sterilized until she was 19, married and ready to have more children. She’s now 57 and shared her story — through tears — at a hearing of state officials...
Lifehacker: Give Berries a Hot Water Bath to... →
It may sound difficult to believe, but a 30-second dip in hot water – not boiling, but close to it – can keep your berries from molding without cooking the insides. An old tip from New York Times food writer Harold McGee, giving your berries a quick dunk in water between 120 and 140 degrees will keep them from molding for a few extra days.
Damn you Lifehacker, you published this 6 days too late!
NPR: What Does It Mean When A Politician Takes... →
npr:
What does it mean to “take responsibility”?
This question came up a few weeks ago when Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would “take responsibility for the hurt [he] had caused” by fathering a child with a member of his household staff and keeping it a secret from his wife for more than 10 years….
NPR: Heading To The Voting Booth? Bring Your Photo... →
Several states have passed a new law requiring individuals to show government-issued photo IDs to vote. The law’s supporters say it will help deter voter fraud, while opponents argue it will make it difficult for minorities, students and the elderly to cast their ballots. Host Michel Martin discusses both arguments with long-time civil rights activist and former Presidential candidate Rev....
NPR: Female Prison Inmates Trained To Start... →
For seven months, the students receive business training as well as soft skills such as setting goals and taking care of themselves. One student, Saresa Whitley, who is serving a five-year sentence for an assault charge, has a job lined up after her release in January. She also plans to start her own small business selling handicrafts.
It’s like how college seniors have jobs lined up for...
LifeHacker: It’s Not OK to Eat That: Mold Goes... →
Are Molds Only on the Surface of Food? No, you only see part of the mold on the surface of food — gray fur on forgotten bologna, fuzzy green dots on bread, white dust on Cheddar, coin-size velvety circles on fruits, and furry growth on the surface of jellies. When a food shows heavy mold growth, “root” threads have invaded it deeply. In dangerous molds, poisonous substances are...
NPR: If Not Threats Of War Or Sanctions, Then... →
“The word ‘pressure’ is very often used by the press to describe a process that is much more subtle and, in effect, represents appeals to another country’s best interests,” says John Campbell, a former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria.
INTERESTINGG. I would’ve never guessed that a few minutes with the POTUS was so coveted! But it all makes sense.
BBC: Global war on drugs has 'failed' say former... →
Their report argues that anti-drug policy has failed by fuelling organised crime, costing taxpayers millions of dollars and causing thousands of deaths.
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“Political leaders and public figures should have the courage to articulate publicly what many of them acknowledge privately: that the evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that repressive strategies will not solve the drug problem,...
May 2011
9 posts
Associated Press: Battle over condoms enters... →
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The president says he is ready to face excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church for advocating free access to condoms. A boxing champion says he is the best example of why birth control should never be allowed.
Interesting — a leader of a country who’s willing to toss his religion aside for the sake of accomplishing his goals. Henry IV of France,...
Transgender, Transexual, and Transvestite: There's...
mgamboa-the-aguila:
-Transgender: person’s current gender identity does not match their physical identity at birth
-Transexual: person that has taken hormones or undergone surgery to draw physically closer to their chosen gender identity
-Transvestite: cross-dresser; person who wears the clothing of the opposite sex, majority of which are male.
^ evidence that I’m studying for Sociology...
“What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?”
– Langston Hughes
April 2011
3 posts
angry asian man: christian bale starring in new... →
I’m glad that someone with star power like Christian Bale has stepped into a role that will draw more attention to this horrifying moment in history. But I’m also rolling my eyes that this is yet another other movie set in Asia with a western protagonist at its center. Or, as one reader puts it, “more white man in China adventures.”
February 2011
2 posts
January 2011
3 posts
Stanford Report: Civilians 'suffer first, last and... →
Helen Stacy, a Stanford scholar in international and comparative law, noted that “civilians, often women and children, who played no role in the conflict – these are the people who suffer first, last and in the middle.
Richard Goldstone, a former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, characterized the last hundred years as “a very bloody century” when...
December 2010
5 posts
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
– Virginia Woolf
KPCC: Calif.'s high speed rail gets an extra boost →
Earlier this month, I explained why the first segment’s of California’s high speed rail was set to run from Borden to Corcoran, a decision that prompted some to call the project the “train to nowhere.” Luckily for all, plans have changed! The first leg of the rail line’s now expected to be twice as long, running from Fresno to Bakersfield. The bigger and better plans came as a result of extra...
New York Times: As Bullies Go Digital, Parents... →
Maj. Glenn Woodson’s daughter, Sierra, has a shortened leg because of a congenital condition. One night, when she was in sixth grade, she received a text message showing a stick figure of her lying prostrate, eyes crossed out, another girl holding a bloody blade over the body. It had been sent by three girls in Sierra’s grade. Major Woodson, who lives on an Army base in Monterey, Calif.,...
WatchFox News: South Korean Lawmakers Lay the Smackdown
I can’t help but repeat “lol!” in my head whenever I see these videos. HAHA. What are they doing?!
Huffington Post: State Department To Columbia... →
From: Office of Career Services Date: Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:26 PM Subject: Wikileaks - Advice from an alum To: “Office of Career Services (OCS)” Hi students, We received a call today from a SIPA alumnus who is working at the State Department. He asked us to pass along the following information to anyone who will be applying for jobs in the federal government, since all would...
November 2010
9 posts
