WEB BOHEMIAN
(Wednesday, November 14, 2012)
(1)- SOUTHERN
ITALIAN ETHOS: – … defined by a narrow dedication to the one’s own
interests, immediate family, a thoroughgoing absence of intellectual or
political integrity, disinterestedness, trust…
(2)- NEW
YORKER FACTS -- Fact-checking has become a big part of The New Yorker’s
editing process… To try to make things
work out. To try to not obstruct publication, but to get things as right as
they can be…
(3)- MACHO
MAN -- Men can tolerate more pain than women, tend to act stoically when
they are hurt and are less likely to show their immediate reaction to it because they want to be macho,
researchers have found.
(4)- RUSSIAN
SHOW TRIAL -- Some Russian activists draw parallels between a potential
'mega-trial' for leftist leader Sergei Udaltsov and Stalin's show trials in the
1930s. But the comparison remains controversial.
(5)- SCIENCE --
‘We live, it seems, between the shaman’s pole and Galileo’s plank; between our
continuing wish to be enchanted and our eagerness to disenchant the world
through science. Which is it to be?
(6)- THE
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CRISIS -- Scientists offer new insight into what to
protect of the world's rapidly vanishing languages, cultures, and species.
(7)- THE
BRAIN LIKES A CHALLENGE -- It’s an odd thought. Why would anyone make their
work more difficult than it already is? Yet we know that difficulty can pay
unexpected dividends.
(8) – THE
THRONE OF ZION – Herein a report concerning a pilgrimage to Sao Jorge da Mina,
Ghana’s oldest and most notorious slave castle. Chattel Without Rights, The
Trafficking in Persons Report…
(9)- LEARN TO LIKE
CASSAVA -- Climate change could lead to crops from the banana family
becoming a critical food source for millions of people. Cassava and the
little-known cowpea plant could be much more important food crops as
temperatures rise.
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