“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”--Frankl
Chris is leaving today for Italy to see his girlfriend, the warrior Alyssa. Alyssa, by the way, finished 15th in her division in a recent Ironman competition, so hide the women....Oh, wait....
Liz is really working hard.
Chara played. Boston got a bad no-call.
A law that former Governor Jerry Brown signed last year that requires utilities in California to, by 2030, produce 60 percent of their electricity from renewable sources. Yes, that's right.
“We didn’t ‘spy’ on anyone’s campaign,” writes former FBI director James Comey in a recent Washington Post op-ed. “We asked a federal judge for permission to surveil” former Donald Trump campaign adviser Carter Page,” but that’s not “spying.” Before that (unmentioned in the op-ed), we infiltrated an informant into the campaign to gather information on its operations, but that’s not “spying.” (from Knapp)
The female share of Computer Science degrees more than doubled from 13.6% in 1971 to 37.1% in 1984, and then decreased steadily and stabilized at about 18-19% a decade ago.
Just one day after CNBC’s Jim Cramer called it a ‘terrific’ buy-and-hold fintech play, noted short seller Andrew Left of Citron Research has issued a damning report on FleetCor Technologies Inc. that calls it the ‘largest clean energy fraud’ in U.S. history.
The John S. McCain, a destroyer named after three generations of McCains — two legendary admirals and the late Arizona senator — was in port in Japan during the president’s recent visit. Before his arrival there, someone from the White House asked the Navy to move the ship “out of sight.”
Huh?
Saudi Arabia has "significantly" expanded its ballistic missile program through recent purchases from China, CNN reported on Wednesday.
WHO said in a fresh report that every day globally there were more than one million new cases of treatable sexually transmitted diseases (STD) or infections (STI).
On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution for independence to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia; John Adams seconded the motion. Congress agreed to delay the vote on the Lee Resolution until July 1. In the intervening period, Congress appointed a committee to draft a formal declaration of independence. Its members were John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert R. Livingston of New York and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson, well-known to be the best writer of the group, was selected to be the primary author of the document, which was presented to Congress for review on June 28, 1776.
Un-Bee-Lievable
For the first time ever, the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended with not one spelling champion or even two co-champions, but with eight winners. Winnowed down from 562 starting contestants, the final eight spellers had proved unconquerable through 20 rounds.
These were the winners, along with the final word each spelled correctly:
So, who the hell are Erin Howard and Christopher Serrao?
Certainly no one wants to make any generalization here but there is a coincidence that might be noticeable; many of these names may be of Indian origin. Now for the really bad news: Since 1999, the children of immigrants from South Asia have dominated the world's most prestigious spelling bee. In our belief in equality of outcome, this is more than disturbing, this is virtually treason. What is going on? What circumstances or series of circumstances has unfairly created this unnatural disparity? We know this kind of imbalance implies injustice. But something of this scope has to be more than simple bigotry. It has to be a conspiracy.
Chris is leaving today for Italy to see his girlfriend, the warrior Alyssa. Alyssa, by the way, finished 15th in her division in a recent Ironman competition, so hide the women....Oh, wait....
Liz is really working hard.
Chara played. Boston got a bad no-call.
A law that former Governor Jerry Brown signed last year that requires utilities in California to, by 2030, produce 60 percent of their electricity from renewable sources. Yes, that's right.
“We didn’t ‘spy’ on anyone’s campaign,” writes former FBI director James Comey in a recent Washington Post op-ed. “We asked a federal judge for permission to surveil” former Donald Trump campaign adviser Carter Page,” but that’s not “spying.” Before that (unmentioned in the op-ed), we infiltrated an informant into the campaign to gather information on its operations, but that’s not “spying.” (from Knapp)
The female share of Computer Science degrees more than doubled from 13.6% in 1971 to 37.1% in 1984, and then decreased steadily and stabilized at about 18-19% a decade ago.
Just one day after CNBC’s Jim Cramer called it a ‘terrific’ buy-and-hold fintech play, noted short seller Andrew Left of Citron Research has issued a damning report on FleetCor Technologies Inc. that calls it the ‘largest clean energy fraud’ in U.S. history.
Huh?
Saudi Arabia has "significantly" expanded its ballistic missile program through recent purchases from China, CNN reported on Wednesday.
WHO said in a fresh report that every day globally there were more than one million new cases of treatable sexually transmitted diseases (STD) or infections (STI).
WHO found that there were more than 376 million new cases of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis and syphilis registered around the world in 2016.
On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution for independence to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia; John Adams seconded the motion. Congress agreed to delay the vote on the Lee Resolution until July 1. In the intervening period, Congress appointed a committee to draft a formal declaration of independence. Its members were John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert R. Livingston of New York and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson, well-known to be the best writer of the group, was selected to be the primary author of the document, which was presented to Congress for review on June 28, 1776.
Un-Bee-Lievable
For the first time ever, the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended with not one spelling champion or even two co-champions, but with eight winners. Winnowed down from 562 starting contestants, the final eight spellers had proved unconquerable through 20 rounds.
These were the winners, along with the final word each spelled correctly:
Rishik Gandhasri: auslaut.
Erin Howard: erysipelas.
Saketh Sundar: bougainvillea.
Shruthika Padhy: aiguillette.
Sohum Sukhatankar: pendeloque.
Abhijay Kodali: palama.
Christopher Serrao: cernuous.
Rohan Raja: odylic.
So, who the hell are Erin Howard and Christopher Serrao?
Certainly no one wants to make any generalization here but there is a coincidence that might be noticeable; many of these names may be of Indian origin. Now for the really bad news: Since 1999, the children of immigrants from South Asia have dominated the world's most prestigious spelling bee. In our belief in equality of outcome, this is more than disturbing, this is virtually treason. What is going on? What circumstances or series of circumstances has unfairly created this unnatural disparity? We know this kind of imbalance implies injustice. But something of this scope has to be more than simple bigotry. It has to be a conspiracy.
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