Just as poetic discussion of the weather is not meteorology, so an issuance of moral pronouncements or political creeds about the economy is not economics.--Sowell
According to author Andrei Soldatov, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) never tried to tip off the FBI about the Boston Marathon murderers. The FSB actually requested information from the FBI and the CIA but they failed to provide the reasons for their information requests so the intelligence cooperation went nowhere. Then, after the bombing happened, everybody started to say it was all about warnings and intelligence sharing.
A pack of cigarettes in NYC costs 12 dollars. 58% of cigarettes sold in NYC are smuggled.
A pack of cigarettes in NYC costs 12 dollars. 58% of cigarettes sold in NYC are smuggled.
Jackie Robinson attended the University of California at Los Angeles, where he was the first athlete to letter in four varsity sports: baseball, basketball, football and track. After financial difficulties forced Robinson to drop out of UCLA, he joined the army in 1942 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. After protesting instances of racial discrimination during his military service, Robinson was court-martialed in 1944. Ultimately, though, he was honorably discharged. He was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and played his first major league game in 1947.
Who is...David Mamet?
8,200 aspiring doctors will take the Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, and will find a very different exam than their predecessors took.
The new test, the first major revision in 25 years, is longer (by 3 hours), broader (covering four more subjects), and more interdisciplinary than past versions. Throughout, students will need to demonstrate not just what they know, but how well they can apply it, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, which develops and administers the MCAT.
The changes are designed in part to mirror the evolution of health-care delivery and even the nature of illness, the AAMC says.
The new test, the first major revision in 25 years, is longer (by 3 hours), broader (covering four more subjects), and more interdisciplinary than past versions. Throughout, students will need to demonstrate not just what they know, but how well they can apply it, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, which develops and administers the MCAT.
The changes are designed in part to mirror the evolution of health-care delivery and even the nature of illness, the AAMC says.
To that end, a large new section—one quarter of the test—covers psychology, sociology and the biological foundations of behavior. Official review material includes concepts such as social inequality, class consciousness, racial and ethnic identity, “institutionalized racism and discrimination” and “power, privilege and prestige.”
Other new sections test critical-thinking skills and statistical reasoning; students might be given data from mock experiments and asked whether the conclusions drawn are valid. Physics and general chemistry will be tested—but only as they relate to biological systems, like the chemistry of stomach acid.
The writing section—which asked test-takers for two essays, responding to given statements—was dropped in 2013 amid planning for the new MCAT.
The test lasts over seven hours.
Other new sections test critical-thinking skills and statistical reasoning; students might be given data from mock experiments and asked whether the conclusions drawn are valid. Physics and general chemistry will be tested—but only as they relate to biological systems, like the chemistry of stomach acid.
The writing section—which asked test-takers for two essays, responding to given statements—was dropped in 2013 amid planning for the new MCAT.
The test lasts over seven hours.
If someone admires an Iraqi’s possession, such as a vase, the Iraqi will usually insist that the person takes it. Therefore, it is proper etiquette to avoid lavishly praising another person’s possessions.
"In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward, with the muck-rake in his hand; who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake himself the filth of the floor.... Now it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing.....But the man who never does anything else, who never thinks or speaks or writes save of his feats with the muck-rake, speedily becomes, not a help to society, not an incitement to good, but one of the most potent forces for evil."--Theodore Roosevelt.
Scientists have found that your height appears to be inversely correlated with your risk of heart disease.
The government is trying to get to the financial sources of scientists whose publications do not agree with the dogma of man-made global warming. Scientists and corporations are being investigated. The head of the National Academy of Sciences has said: "Scientists must disclose their sources of financial support to continue to enjoy societal trust and the respect of fellow scientists."
So this government bureaucrat is trying to help the dissenting scientists enjoy trust and respect? This is very creepy stuff.
So this government bureaucrat is trying to help the dissenting scientists enjoy trust and respect? This is very creepy stuff.
Golden oldie:
The Carthaginians under Hannibal attacked Spain and were opposed by Rome. Hannibal decided to attack Rome itself over the Alps. Five months after setting out from Spain, Hannibal reached the plains of northern Italy, but lost half of his army along the way. But all thirty-seven elephants survived. Hannibal's army roamed Italy for fifteen years. He reached the gates of Rome but failed to take the city. Roman armies meanwhile expelled the Carthaginians from Spain and then invaded north Africa, forcing Hannibal to withdraw from Italy to defend his homeland. In 202 BC, the two armies met at Zama to the south-west of Carthage and Carthage was destroyed. Amazingly, relieved of the expense of war, Carthage had a remarkable economic recovery and, worried about their enemy's success, Rome returned and, after a three year siege, annihilated it in 146B.C.. Annexed by Rome, the land of the Carthaginians was called Provincia Africa. It was a name taken from a small Berber tribe known as Afri, but later used to describe the entire continent.
It costs, on average, $623 for a guest to attend a wedding. 36% of guests borrow money to go to a wedding.
Clement: adj: 1. mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate: A clement judge reduced his sentence. 2. (of the weather) mild or temperate; pleasant. Clement came to English in the mid-1400s from the Latin word meaning "gentle, merciful." There have been a number of popes named "Clement," including three anti-popes. Three famous, real popes include Pope Clement V (1305–1314) who suppressed the Knights Templar and moved the papacy to Avignon, Pope Clement VI (1342–1352) who was the Pope during the Black Death, and Pope Clement VII (1523–1534) who refused to overturn the special dispensation from Pope Julius II and thereby annul Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. (He was a Medici Pope but not very able in either religion or politics. Under his papacy Rome was sacked by religious, then political enemies.)
DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, still unsurpassed in the majors, ran from May 15 to July 17, 1941, when it was stopped in Cleveland by a negligible pitcher named Al Smith. The next day he began a streak that lasted for an additional fifteen games.
The original intent of the American Geographical Society was to be a resource for exploration; it was founded to discover the lost Sir John Franklin polar expedition. Today the collection stands at roughly 500,000 maps, 200 globes and 12,000 atlases.
Once a powerhouse of exploratory resources, the organization experienced a decline of interest--and finances--was forced to sell its imposing neo-classical headquarters in Manhattan’s Washington Heights, and began a search for a new home. In 1978 they sent their collection to the campus of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a newer school created 20 years earlier that had considerable space in their new library. It took 16 trucks to move the vast collection, where it lives and is actively curated today in the Golda Meir Library. Incredibly, the precious collection is publicly available.
Government doesn’t have customers, who can use its products or try a competitor’s instead, so it’s difficult to decide when government is doing a good job.--David Boaz
'I have always considered myself a voice of what I believe to be a greater renaissance – the revolt of the soul against the intellect – now beginning in the world,’ wrote a 27-year-old W B Yeats in 1892. Historian Paul Kléber Monod has pointed out in his book Solomon’s Secret Arts (2013), the Enlightenment was obsessed with the occult. From Isaac Newton (whom the British economist John Maynard Keynes called ‘not the first of the age of reason’ but ‘the last of the magicians’) to the secret societies of the Rosicrucians, the Freemasons and the Bavarian Illuminati, we find a culture simultaneously obsessed with attaining a perfect mastery over nature and the universal patterns pervading all spiritual traditions. J Robert Oppenheimer was immersing himself in theoretical physics and was also learning Sanskrit and compulsively reading (and comparing himself to) ancient Vedic scripture. The rocket scientist Jack Parsons while co-founding the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Cal Tech would chant Aleister Crowley’s hymn to the Greek God Pan before every rocket test, and he claimed his discovery of solid rocket fuel in 1942 (which laid the groundwork for the Apollo space program) derived from his mystical ‘intuition’.
“I would put my money on the sun and solar energy,” Thomas Edison told Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone in 1931 shortly before he died. “What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”
In 1775 Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language was published. Johnson's dictionary is considered the first significant work of its kind in English, most notable for the precision of its definitions and the inclusion of exemplary quotations, drawn from Johnson's favorite literary sources. It is also legendary as a reflection of Johnson's wit, style and quirky personality. It took Johnson nine years to assemble his 40,000 words, along with their pronunciations, etymologies, definitions and illustrations.
Some examples of his definitions: He defined "oats" as "a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people"; being a Tory, he defined "Whig" as "the name of a faction"; having been snubbed in his effort to obtain financial backing for his Dictionary from Lord Chesterfield, he defined "patron" as "commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery." (In a letter he wrote of "patron," "Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?" (Steve King)
Some examples of his definitions: He defined "oats" as "a grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people"; being a Tory, he defined "Whig" as "the name of a faction"; having been snubbed in his effort to obtain financial backing for his Dictionary from Lord Chesterfield, he defined "patron" as "commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery." (In a letter he wrote of "patron," "Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?" (Steve King)
The Miami Heat are unhappy about planned NBA outreach to Cuba, one of many hurdles as Washington and Havana work on improving their relationship, according to the WSJ.
In David Mamet's book The Secret Knowledge he discusses the motives of movie moguls, producers and executives. All the motives, however coarse, are reducible to the success of the film's appeal to the audience. The audience has the final say. So, it is in the general market. "In the Free Market the individual can prosper only through providing for the desires of others."
Mariota scored a 33 out of 50 on the test and Winston a 27, Yahoo! Sports has reported, citing multiple league sources, later posting Mariota's score via Twitter. That puts both in good company among NFL quarterbacks: Andrew Luck scored a 37, while Aaron Rodgers had a 35, Tom Brady a 33 and Philip Rivers a 30. Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Russell Wilson each scored a 28, while Joe Flacco had a 27 and Ben Roethlisberger recorded a 25.
The Wonderlic is a 50-question test administered to all combine participants that measures cognitive ability. The time limit is 12 minutes. A score of 20 is indicative of "average" intelligence and roughly equivalent to an IQ of 100. Former Bengals punter Pat McInally, who attended Harvard, is the only prospect known to have scored a perfect 50 on the test.
31% of U.S. households are providing financial help to their adult children. @1% of children are providing financial help to their parents.
Collateralized Loan Obligations, those darlings from 2008, are back. But not in the U.S.. The Americans are repackaging them and selling them to Japanese banks where they are repackaged as "high grade" in Japan, according to a Standard & Poor’s March 24 pre-sale report. An example: The Repackaged CLO Series GG-A1 Ltd. Essentially, it transforms $249 million worth of a $331 million U.S. CLO managed by Guggenheim Partners Investment Management into highly-rated Japanese-yen denominated bonds, according to an April 15 Moody’s Investors Service report.
The Wonderlic is a 50-question test administered to all combine participants that measures cognitive ability. The time limit is 12 minutes. A score of 20 is indicative of "average" intelligence and roughly equivalent to an IQ of 100. Former Bengals punter Pat McInally, who attended Harvard, is the only prospect known to have scored a perfect 50 on the test.
31% of U.S. households are providing financial help to their adult children. @1% of children are providing financial help to their parents.
Collateralized Loan Obligations, those darlings from 2008, are back. But not in the U.S.. The Americans are repackaging them and selling them to Japanese banks where they are repackaged as "high grade" in Japan, according to a Standard & Poor’s March 24 pre-sale report. An example: The Repackaged CLO Series GG-A1 Ltd. Essentially, it transforms $249 million worth of a $331 million U.S. CLO managed by Guggenheim Partners Investment Management into highly-rated Japanese-yen denominated bonds, according to an April 15 Moody’s Investors Service report.
AAAAAaaaaannnnnndddddd.....a hard-to-believe picture of a pre-Taliban Afghanistan music store (vinyl days) when Afghanistan had a constitution with women's rights (Viralnova):
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