Honestly, I couldn't bring myself to post this any other time but after hearing about Whitney, I figured that since R.I.P. most people cant even fathom what its like to be trapped in the spotlight, reading this might help them out. Death, a shape, a thing. Death, a sound, a movement. Death ... Read more...
Many of us have constant access to information. We are so used to looking up the answer to any question immediately that it can feel like withdrawal when we have to wait. Of course, storing information outside of our brains is nothing new. I came across this interesting study... Read more...
Greenspeed from Greenspeed on Vimeo. A student club at Boise State University has set a speed record for a vegetable-oil powered vehicle, using a mixture of cottonseed and sunflower oil for fuel. In a 1998 S-10 pickup, the team of students bested the former record standard of 109 mph two co... Read more...
Normally when you hear a story about an athlete from the old days having lots of medical work done, it's a boxer or football player. But this surgery saga is about an NBA legend. "Earl The Pearl" Monroe, who starred in the backcourt with Walt "Clyde" Frazier on the New York Knicks, is undergo... Read more...
WAITING TO INHALE examines the heated debate surrounding marijuana and its use as medicine in the United States. As patients demand laws to protect their right to use medical marijuana, opponents claim their argument is just a smokescreen for a different agenda- to legalize the drug altogether. ... Read more...
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19/01/2012,
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There is no longer a need for dire predictions, hand-wringing, or apprehension about losing a generation of black boys. It is too late. In education, employment, economics, incarceration, health, housing, and parenting, we have lost a generation of young black men. The question that remains is will... Read more...
Two US congressmen today asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate recent accusations that Facebook tracks its users even after they log out of the social network, an issue the company says it has since fixed. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Joe Barton, a Texas Republica... Read more...
One in seven Chicagoans age 19 to 24 are dropouts and the costs to the city and state are staggering, according "High School Dropouts in Chicago and Illinois: The Growing Labor Market, Income, Civic, Social and Fiscal Costs of Dropping Out of High School," a report Northeastern University research... Read more...
In case big email providers like Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo hadn't already been scared stiff by recent online communication trends, this news should wake them up. A huge French company has just banned the use of email within the company. Instead, having concluded that the vast majority of email i... Read more...