August 1, 2015 § 12 Comments Lisa Feldman Barrett has an interesting piece up in yesterday’s New York Times that I think is worth some attention here. Barrett is the director of the The Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory, where she studies the nature of emotional experience. Here is the key part of the article, describing her latest findings: The Interdisciplinary … Continue reading What Concepts and Emotions Are (and Aren’t)
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MOTHER JONES
Teddy Roosevelt once called Mother Jones "the most dangerous woman in America" when she was 87 years old. Mary Harris Jones, or "Mother Jones", was born to a tenant farmer in Cork, Ireland, in 1837. Her family fled the potato famine when she was just 10, resettling in Toronto . She immigrated to North America with … Continue reading MOTHER JONES
WAL-MART’S HIDDEN TAX FREE PROFITS
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-17/wal-mart-has-76-billion-in-overseas-tax-havens-report-says The study, researched by the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union and published Wednesday in a report by Americans for Tax Fairness, found 90 percent of Wal-Mart’s overseas assets are owned by subsidiaries in Luxembourg and the Netherlands, two of the most popular corporate tax havens.
The Geometry of Circles
Is it arbitrary that a circle had 360 degrees and angles bisecting a circle reduce to the number 9? Thomas W. Yale writes: I'll go over the items in this video one by one: 1. "Why are there 360 degrees in a circle?" The system of measuring 360 degrees in a circle originates from ancient Babylonian … Continue reading The Geometry of Circles
BOB DYLAN WENT ELECTRIC 50 YEARS AGO
http://www.npr.org/2015/07/25/424977355/50-years-ago-bob-dylan-electrified-a-decade-with-one-concert?ft=nprml&f=1002 50 Years Ago, Bob Dylan Electrified A Decade With One Concert In the early 1960s, burgeoning folk music scenes were burbling up all over the country, and the Newport Folk Festival was their confluence. By the middle of the decade, the reigning king was a young Bob Dylan, the man who gave them the now-standards … Continue reading BOB DYLAN WENT ELECTRIC 50 YEARS AGO
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DID YOU KNOW HUNTER S. THOMPSON?
Today, July 18 2015, is the birthday of Hunter S. Thompson (books by this author), born in Louisville, Kentucky (1937). When he was in high school, his father died of myasthenia gravis, leaving the family impoverished. Thompson's mother had to take a job as a librarian to support the family, and she turned to the bottle to cope … Continue reading DID YOU KNOW HUNTER S. THOMPSON?
July 15, 1945
On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the first atom bomb was successfully detonated at White Sands Proving Ground in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The assembled scientists wore welder's goggles and shared suntan lotion. Enrico Fermi took bets on whether the atmosphere would ignite and destroy just the state of New Mexico, or the entire … Continue reading July 15, 1945
BLOOD TEST FOR BREAST CANCER
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11542425/Simple-blood-test-for-breast-cancer-could-be-more-accurate-than-mammograms.html Simple blood test for breast cancer could be more accurate than mammograms A new type of blood test could predict breast cancer up to five years before it develops, Danish scientists say for complete article press above link
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