Archive for August, 2008
Monday, August 18th, 2008
live science: Monsters are everywhere these days, and belief in them is as strong as ever. What's harder to believe is why so many people buy into hazy evidence, shady schemes and downright false reports that perpetuate myths that often have just one ultimate truth: They put money in the ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
news week: There's an irony in the fact that when Belgium laid out the month's "Programme of Work" at the U.N. Security Council, this last week was absent an agenda. Since Russia's invasion of Georgia, the diplomatic community has been rather preoccupied. The United States and Western Europe have flailed ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
red, green and blue: In a recent survey of over 3,000 Chinese citizens, environmental issues emerged as a big problem in the eyes of the majority of respondents.** The 2008 survey, conducted as part of the Pew Research Center’s Pew Global Attitudes Project, found that about three quarters of those ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
usa today: RALEIGH, North Carolina — College presidents from about 100 of the best-known U.S. universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.
The movement called the Amethyst ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
zen habits: What would you do if you had an extra hour a day?
This is a common barrier I run into when I write about making positive life changes: people don’t have time to pursue their dreams. People don’t have time to exercise. People don’t have time to get organized.
Well, ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
tennessean.com: SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Workers at the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day but will instead be granted the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr.
According to a news release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a new five-year ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
yahoo tech: A new study from the University of Michigan has found that more than 75 percent of banking websites are not completely up to snuff when it comes to security.
The study looked at 214 financial institution websites and focused on both design flaws and improper security practices. None of ...
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