A Supreme Court order issued today closes the book on (or perhaps merely ends this chapter of) more than a decade of legal warfare between Google and the Authors Guild over the legality of the former’s scanning without permission of millions of copyrighted books. And the final word is: it’s fair use The order is… Read More »
This paper is a manually-entered copy of the complete published text of the 1979paper. The author thanks the editors of erstwhile Perceptual and Motor Skillsfor thisspecial permission. The published text pagination has been preserver, except thathyphenated words and REFERENCES crossing page boundaries have been gathered tothe page on which they were begun.In addition to this… Read More »
Judges rule that the state’s job protections for teachers do not deprive poor and minority students of a quality education, or violate their civil rights. Source: California Appeals Court Reverses Decision to Overturn Teacher Tenure Rules – The New York Times LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court ruled on Thursday that the state’s job… Read More »
Most last a few days, but some stick around longer than you think. This article was originally published by The Influence, a news site that covers the full spectrum of human relationships with drugs. Follow The Influence on Facebook or Twitter. Source: This Simple Graph Shows How Long Different Drugs Remain in Your Blood | Alternet
The prohibition of MDMA and hallucinogenic mushrooms restricts “cognitive liberty,” according to some activists. By the time drug-policy lawyer Charlotte Walsh took to the stage on the final day of the recent Horizons Psychedelic Conference, we had already heard several persuasive talks on the benefits of psychedelic substances. Rick Doblin had spoken about the successful… Read More »
According to Peter Lawford and others (not just Kitty Kelley), Nancy worked her way through Hollywood by giving the best blow job in town, and was rumored to have sucked off Frank Sinatra in the Oval Office. It said that Nancy had invited Sinatra to the White House for lengthy luncheons and instructed staff not… Read More »
Scientists clarify the recent confusion The global warming “hiatus,” a controversy that spawned congressional hearings and thousands of skeptical blog posts before being curbed last year, is back. The “hiatus” refers to the observation that global warming has slowed in the past 15 years. The planet is still warming, but just not as quickly as… Read More »
But many of the women she met on the streets and through harm reduction organizations were smart, self-aware, and independent. Evie took on more responsibility and became an active participant in the sex worker rights movement, presenting about sex work and drugs at conferences, summits, workshops, and trainings across the country. She advocates for visibility… Read More »
For the three guys looking to score at a dark sports bar about an hour outside Las Vegas, it’s a buyer’s market. There’s a stripper pole, a pool table and three TVs mounted above the bar. One is playing “Law & Order.” The other two display a slideshow of women flashing come-hither looks. “Paloma here… Read More »
Japan has officially stated to the UN that it did not force Asian women to become sex slaves during World War II. This comes despite the Japanese government signing a landmark deal with South Korea, settling the issue of “comfort women” a month ago. Japan has officially stated to the UN that it did not… Read More »
Source: Police charge Florence City School nurse with sex crime against student | WHNT.com The Florence Police Department has arrested and charged a Florence City School staff nurse Tuesday with two felonies for having a sexual relationship with a student. Lorie Gean Earwood, 45, surrendered to police Tuesday. Florence Police Chief Ron Tyler said Earwood… Read More »
Last December, the United States joined 194 other countries in signing the first ever agreement to address climate change. While the delegates in Paris were tinking wine glasses over the 12-page agreement, politicians in Washington were grumbling about how bad the deal was for America. Those grumbles continued today in a hearing of the House… Read More »
The Miami-Dade police officer pulled over by a civilian for allegedly speeding, the scene captured on video that has now gone viral, was identified Monday as Daniel Fonticiella, a former Hammocks District officer who now works at PortMiami. Police released little other information on Fonticiella — like his age or years of service with the… Read More »
A comprehensive review, which has sifted through data from 70 trials of the most popular drugs for the treatment of depression, shows that antidepressants may up risk of suicide, aggression. Study authors also found that big pharmas often fail to report critical side-effects of their products along with drug-related deaths. The review found that antidepressants… Read More »
What Deters is describing is the basic function of every police department across the country. Everyone from the street cops to the mayor depends on drivers being extorted for traffic violations. It’s what pays their salaries. Arlington Heights, OH — For years, locals knew that the stretch of road running through the village of Arlington… Read More »
There are multiple ways to determine if that carton of milk in your fridge should be thrown out (smell test, taste test or just checking the “sell-by” date). But what’s the best way to figure out if your food should be tossed or saved? “Sell-by” dates may seem like an easy way to tell when… Read More »
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Balcony Scene (Or Unseen) Atop the World; Episode at Trade Center Assumes Mythic Qualities By SHAILA K. DEWAN Published: August 18, 2001 The affair of the balcony ended, if indeed it ever began, with the appearance in July of a slender book of curious title, obtainable in very few places, one of them being an art… Read More »
Now Source: There are six quintillion gallons of water hiding in the Earth’s crust – LA Times
Theranos, the Silicon Valley biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes at age 19, is under close watch after a Wall Street Journal investigation was published in October. Source: Theranos … in 2 minutes: $9 billion startup in the spotlight – Nov. 12, 2015
The American Society of Clinical Oncology unveiled its framework for assessing cancer drugs earlier this summer, breaking new ground in helping doctors size up competing treatments. Now, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network is going a few steps farther.As Reuters reports, the NCCN will offer a tool to compare various drugs by their costs, benefits and… Read More »
American healthcare has received heavy criticism in recent decades due to its cost/outcome profile. The sources of poor performance in the United States are many, to be sure, and yet one source rarely gets mentioned, namely, primary care. Anyone following healthcare trends in the United States over the past decade will find few critiques of… Read More »
Mixing a brew of biblical prophecies, the Hebrew calendar, a volatile economy, world politics, a reported near-death experience and astronomical occurrences, hordes of Utahns have become convinced that calamitous events are imminent — maybe by month’s end — and are taking every precaution.They are called “preppers” and are buying up food-storage kits, flashlights, blankets and… Read More »
There was a moment at a recent rally when the nature of the tuition beast was suddenly, and unforgettably, revealed; when “Mandy,” an anonymous NYU junior, took the stage to tell exactly how, and why, she had no choice but to become a prostitute to meet NYU’s soaring price. Source: With No Other Choice, This… Read More »
Three-time Olympic runner Suzy Favor Hamilton has written a book about her post-athletics foray into the world of high-priced escorts.In “Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness,” Hamilton chronicles her struggles with undiagnosed bipolar disorder that began in earnest after the 2000 Summer Games and eventually drove her into thrill-seeking behavior.See the most-read stories… Read More »
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In those days, California’s water supply was far more reliable than today. Gigantic water projects of reservoirs and aqueducts largely planned while Edmund Brown, Sr., was governor (father of the current governor), comfortably supplied all the water California’s population needed.Since then, California’s population has grown from about 20 million in 1970 to 39 million today… Read More »
A Kentucky mom shared her frustrations with a local high school’s dress code after her daughter was allegedly sent to the principal’s office for wearing an outfit that revealed her collarbone. Mom Stacie Dunn posted a photo of her daughter Stephanie on the first day of school wearing the “inappropriate” outfit in question. In the caption,… Read More »
Placing the sex toy — which resembles a woman’s private parts — on the coffee table, I gently demonstrate to our client how to perform oral sex. “Think about what you’re doing with your tongue,” I tell him. “It’s a little like what I taught you about French kissing last week.” My husband, Rob, who… Read More »
Feds to stop tipping off colleges on student choices 5 Comments Shares Tweets Stumble Email More + For years, the federal government has been delivering inside information to colleges about an applicant’s school preferences that has harmed some students’ chances for admission and awards. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has been serving… Read More »
Of course in the article at Jezebel nowhere does it suggest actually fucking your husband yourself. God (along with all gay misandry twisted female predators) forbid suggesting any kind of affection be acted out upon a male such as a simple hand job, or the never allowed to be mentioned fellatio. Fuck no. Just keep… Read More »
Northern California police department is reviewing a video showing one of its officers pulling a gun on a man who was recording him on his cellphone. The video, posted on YouTube, shows a Rohnert Park Public Safety officer driving toward Don McComas as he’s filming. As McComas moves in closer to record the license plate number… Read More »
Most teens start school too early in the morning, which deprives them of the sleep they need to learn and stay healthy, a new study says. The American Academy of Pediatrics last year urged middle schools and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. in order to allow teens — who are biologically programmed to… Read More »
Calcium and vitamin D supplements have been shown repeatedly to have no beneficial effect on preventing or treating osteoporosis, as I’ve pointed out here many times before. In fact, the evidence has not only demonstrated that calcium and vitamin D supplements do not reduce the risk of bone fractures, it has also found that they… Read More »
Guest post written by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Ms. Lavizzo-Mourey is the president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As a geriatrician who practiced for years in some of Philadelphia’s most disadvantaged communities, I have seen the profound impact that Medicare and Medicaid can have. These two programs help mothers, fathers, grandparents and children get… Read More »
Patients’ medical records sit on shelves in an office, pictured Nov. 7, 2015. The most expensive aspects of medical care in the United States—administrative costs, and fixing medical errors—can be addressed by expanding Medicare benefits, for which those same administrative costs are lower. Cultura/Alamy Medicare turns 50 this week. It was signed into law July… Read More »
Everybody knows if you don’t pay to repair your car, you limit its life. The same is true with people. We need medical care to avoid becoming clunkers. For a half-century, Medicare has enabled seniors to get that care. But now the Obama administration is pressuring hospitals to skimp. Last week, the administration announced the… Read More »
A new model of the Sun’s solar cycle is producing unprecedentedly accurate predictions of irregularities within the Sun’s 11-year heartbeat. The model draws on dynamo effects in two layers of the Sun, one close to the surface and one deep within its convection zone. Predictions from the model suggest that solar activity will fall by… Read More »
The record temperatures we keep reading about could be a fond memory in just 15 years’ time, which is when a new mini-Ice Age will hit the planet, a group of scientists is warning. The last “Little Ice Age,” which chilled the northern hemisphere from the year 1300 to 1870, lasted almost 600 years. The U.K.… Read More »
When They Won’t See It Your Way: Four Persuasion Approaches That Work The recent measles outbreak and re-emergence of whooping cough and pertussis in the United States has shone a spotlight on the anti-vaccine movement. According to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, 90 to 95 percent of the population must be immunized to… Read More »
(Repeats without change to widen distribution) By Leah Schnurr (Reuters) – Canada’s prim capital is suddenly focused more on the state of people’s affairs than the affairs of the state. One in five Ottawa residents allegedly subscribed to adulterers’ website Ashley Madison, making one of the world’s coldest capitals among the hottest for extra-marital hookups… Read More »
Tiger parenting is by now a well-documented phenomenon that has given pundits everywhere an extra column or two, and, for a certain original tiger mother, a New York Times best-seller. I have something of a strange tie to tiger parenting. I grew up in Silicon Valley, home of Apple, Google, and the new American dream,… Read More »
Earlier this month a guy named Todd Fassler was bitten by a rattlesnake in San Diego, KGTV San Diego reports. In itself this isn’t terribly unusual—the CDC estimates that roughly 7,000 to 8,000 people a year get bit by a venomous snake in the U.S. And somewhere between five and six people die from these bites… Read More »
People are social beings, we like to gather with like-minded people who are on the same wavelength as we are, and there is nothing wrong with having a small circle of friends for occasional social gatherings. It is a known fact that some people are more outgoing than others, but certain people simply fail to… Read More »
Communal Abuse and Cults Communal abuse is a type of abuse that is exerted, in part, by victims (survivors) upon each other in the course of aspiring for something good within a intentional community. Community abuse is almost always masterminded by a leader, and one hallmark of an abusive community is leader-on-member personal abuse. This… Read More »
Dick Cheney reemerges: Bloodthirsty veep is back to promote endless war — just in time for 2016 Dick Cheney and his silly advocacy group are back to preach neoconservatism to the converted Simon Maloy Follow Share 1K 163 Post 50 Topics: Dick Cheney, 2016 Elections, Liz Cheney, Republicans, Alliance for a Strong America, Neoconservatism, neoconservatives,… Read More »
In 2004, psychologist Barry Schwartz wrote The Paradox of Choice, a compelling manifestothat outlined the paralysis and dissatisfaction one feels when presented with too many choices. A decade later, Aaron Shapiro, the CEO of the global digital design agency Huge, has evolved Schwartz’s observations into a provocative scenario he calls “anticipatory design.” In Shapiro’s… Read More »
America’s Seniors Find Middle-Class ‘Sweet Spot’ – The New York Times.
We’re a culture obsessed with parenthood, or “parenting,” as we like to call it. Countless websites, books, and magazines provide advice for parents aspiring to perfection. And paramount on any good parent’s priority list is making sure our kids are safe and healthy. So we pay extra for organic milk and banish trans fats from… Read More »