Image via WikipediaPsychology: "Why Can't Men Love Like Women?"
"I was having one of "he can't connect emotionally" conversations. A friend was telling me about her relationship angst over his inability to understand her needs and to talk about his. Even though I'm in research and not therapy, as a psychologist, I get that a lot. As I listened, a question occurred to me: is she confusing love with the expression of love? In so doing, was she subjecting her perfectly warm and loving significant other to a test he was bound to fail?
Maybe... men just love differently.
Chet Raymo, “Is Economics a Science?”
I have been reading Naomi Klein's explosive critique of global economics, The Shock Doctrine. What I know about economics I could write on the back of a postage stamp, but I know greed when I see it, and whatever the merits of her arguments, greed is on full display.
"What Exxon's Deal With Russia Really Means"
Exploration will be performed under complicated ice conditions, with temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The ice pack and icebergs threaten drilling rigs and crews, and if an oil spill occurred in the winter, any cleanup efforts would take place in the dark. Even under better conditions, "cleanup" is a misnomer, since there is no reliable way to clean up oil. The most recent test of oil spill cleanup capability in the Alaskan Arctic was in 2000 and was described as a failure by NOAA since oil skimmers and booms in icy conditions simply don't work.
Novel method for increasing antibiotic yields
....controlled and stable amplification of antibiotic gene clusters might be possible, and that if it was, it would be a valuable tool for engineering high yielding commercial strains of bacteria
In research to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Prof Bibb and colleagues Dr Takeshi Murakami and Prof Charles Thompson, working at the University of British Columbia, together with the same Japanese pharmaceutical laboratory, describe a system for the targeted amplification of gene clusters. The researchers were able to engineer these components into genetic 'cassettes' and then insert these into another strain of Streptomyces. They successfully used the system to make Streptomyces coelicolor overproduce actinorhodin, a blue-pigmented antibiotic. They believe the system will work equally as well for many other Streptomyces strains and antibiotics, and have also shown that it functions in an unrelated bacterium, Escherichia coli.
Native Lands Ruling Opens Up New Questions
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice in mid-August ruled that the province, which has offered companies logging and mining rights in the past, cannot infringe on the traditional hunting and fishing privileges of the Grassy Narrows First Nation promised under an 1873 federal treaty.Alliance for Natural Health
A New Federal Vaccine Plan—and a Bad State Bill
The US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has unveiled a new roadmap for increased vaccination and immunization for the 21st century, the National Vaccine Plan or NVP. It calls for new vaccines, at a time when children already get far too many vaccinations, especially when given all at once and at too young an age.Why are the vaccines piled on top of each other in one doctor visit? Because the medical establishment is afraid to ask parents to bring their children back over and over again. So for reasons of “compliance” and “convenience” the child’s immune system is assaulted all at once.
As we have pointed out, HHS would have more credibility if the government had not entered the vaccine business itself as a partner of major drug companies. Much of the funding for new vaccine facilities as well as new vaccines is coming from the government itself; the government then legally requires parents to “consume” more and more of these products for their children.
This is a bailout for the drug industry, which is financially ailing at the moment. It is crony capitalism at its worst, and it directly affects the most vulnerable population of all, our children.
Despite the claim that vaccines are “generally safe,” even the IOM found convincing evidence of fainting, fever-triggered seizures, anaphylactic shock, a rare form of brain inflammation, shingles, pneumonia, hepatitis, meningitis, or, in the case of the chicken pox vaccine, chicken pox! There is no mention in the report of mercury in the flu vaccines, even in children’s shots or nasal inoculations, or the evidence that some vaccines do more harm than good.
Organic Versus Genetically Engineered Crops: Some Rays of Light
Recent court decisions may help. Plus, new research shows how dangerous Monsanto’s GMOs really are.Click here to learn more »
( Aspiring to Theocracy...which is what had Jesus killed )
The "Save Our Schools" Million Teacher March that took place in July was a response by teachers to the No Child Left Behind era of education policy.
Plausible sounding speculation of motive which alleges inability of planners to foresee results...rather like 'foreign policy' apologies ...or stories about 'stupidity' or 'weakness' in politics. I call bull.
Interpol adds Gaddafi to most wanted list
( Yet Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld walk free - not to mention ex Attorneys General...or Congress )
Legal double standards: Itamar and Awarta
US detention policy: Exposing the dark side
9/11 and its great transformations
After 9/11 we lost our way, but buried beneath many wrong turns is a character that has been redeemed in the past.
Suppression of one's own crimes is virtually ubiquitous among powerful states, at least those that are not defeated.
On May 1, the presumed mastermind of the crime, Osama bin Laden, was assassinated in Pakistan by a team of elite US commandos, Navy SEALs, after he was captured, unarmed and undefended, in Operation Geronimo.
The Underreported Story: The debt supercommittee's lobbying ties
Perry, Bachmann and spiritual war
dominionism takes the view that it is an obligation for Christians to rule and reclaim the world for Christ, not just in the realm of the church but in the realm of the state, as well, in a system based on Biblical law. Unlike traditional evangelicalism, which places the emphasis on salvation through individual conversion, dominionism emphasizes the creation of a state governed by Christian law and pits believers against non-believers in a struggle for control of society
( Aspiring to Theocracy...which is what had Jesus killed )
The Department of Education vs. Matt Damon
In July, actor Matt Damon spoke at the "Save Our Schools" rally, criticizing education policy and defending teachers. He also got into an exchange with a reporter that quickly went viral online.
The "Save Our Schools" Million Teacher March that took place in July was a response by teachers to the No Child Left Behind era of education policy.
The brainchild of the Bush administration, NCLB focuses education policy on standardized test scores. All schools are required to meet proficient standards by the 2013-2014 school year and also must demonstrate adequate yearly progress or face consequences, up to closing the school or turning it over to private management.
The emphasis on test scores has had a number of unintended consequences. The curriculum has narrowed, with schools cutting time spent on history, art, languages, music and other subjects not covered by the tests and putting pressure on teachers to teach to the test. Teachers in high-poverty schools or who teach disadvantaged populations face consequence for low test scores, despite facing daunting challenges.
Those in favor of NCLB and similar reforms view it as a concrete way of measuring educational progress, with one set of standards that schools and teachers must meet to be considered acceptable. They also point to performance-based evaluation as a motivating factor. The argument goes something like this: If teacher pay isn't based on performance, there's no reason for teachers to work harder. Proponents also argue that teacher pay isn't as low as it seems, citing the hours of the school day and the length of the school year for students, while glossing over the additional, unpaid hours that teachers spend preparing lessons, grading, and providing additional support to students.
While standardized test scores can provide a useful bit of data when evaluating school performance, there are also limitations to what they can measure.
Plausible sounding speculation of motive which alleges inability of planners to foresee results...rather like 'foreign policy' apologies ...or stories about 'stupidity' or 'weakness' in politics. I call bull.Interpol adds Gaddafi to most wanted list
( Yet Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld walk free - not to mention ex Attorneys General...or Congress )
Legal double standards: Itamar and Awarta
US detention policy: Exposing the dark side
9/11 and its great transformations
After 9/11 we lost our way, but buried beneath many wrong turns is a character that has been redeemed in the past.
Suppression of one's own crimes is virtually ubiquitous among powerful states, at least those that are not defeated.
On May 1, the presumed mastermind of the crime, Osama bin Laden, was assassinated in Pakistan by a team of elite US commandos, Navy SEALs, after he was captured, unarmed and undefended, in Operation Geronimo.
( Destroying a chance to show evidence - again )
Administration Has Settled on 3,000 Troops in Iraq Past 2011 Withdrawal Date
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