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Engineers are troublesome expert loners, says prof • The Register

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:31:57 -0700

"Engineers are troublesome expert loners, says prof" by Lewis Page

From the page: "Finally, [engineering] students would procrastinate about actually starting work, leaving a task until the last possible minute and deliberately completing it under severe time pressure. Leonardi says this was not laziness, but rather a form of boasting designed to show off one's competence among other students."

king-nothings blog - StumbleUpon

Sat, 02 May 2009 14:49:42 -0700

Why women hate sex.

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:40:17 -0700

"Why women hate sex"

From the page: "In Chinese, the symbol for crisis is the same as opportunity. I haven't looked that up, but I heard it from a man so it's probably true because us men have something called integrity. This means that in a time of crisis, we men are at our show stopping best. Take a flat tire on a moonless night for instance. While a man is out changing nuts and bolts and doing all manner of screwing on the side of the road, will a woman so much as think to grab a flashlight and help? No."

Joe Queenan on why he thinks new classical music is absolute torture | Music | The Guardian

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:54:25 -0700

"Admit it, you're as bored as I am" by Joe Queenan

From the page: "The singer preened, acted a bit goofy, stared at the score, made a few weird sounds, fell down, squatted, pouted, kissed the music stand, stretched out and simulated falling asleep. He was succeeded by a young woman who regaled the crowd with six or seven minutes of sing-song gibberish. It was pretty radical stuff, all right. In a couple of hundred years, maybe it'll be as mainstream as Haydn's Creation. But I'm not holding my breath."

&x2018;Let&x2019;s melt down the railings to make bicycles&x2019; | The Spectator

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:32:10 -0700

Boris Johnson talks to Mary Wakefield

From the page: "You've said that the most important political issue facing  Britain is that too many children leave school without the basics of  reading, writing and maths. How do you plan to fix this?  

Synthetic phonics; multiplication tables by heart; more male teachers; academic competition; a grand smashing of Playstations and making them all learn two poems a term."

Il Sussidiario.net :: AFRICA/ Green (Harvard): as a liberal, I say the Pope is right

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:47:19 -0700

Interview with Dr. Edward Green, Director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard School of Public Health and Center for Population and Development Studies.

From the page: "The Pope's statement about AIDS and condoms is at the centre of a sharp debate and many - from Mr. Kouchner to Mr. Zapatero, including the EU Commission - have claimed his position to be abstract and eventually dangerous. What is your opinion?

I am a liberal on social issues and it's difficult to admit, but the Pope is indeed right. The best evidence we have shows that condoms do not work as an intervention intended to reduce HIV infection rates, in Africa. (They have worked in e.g. Thailand and Cambodia, which have very different epidemics)"

http://Sileno.stumbleupon.com/review/30601962/

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:24:20 -0800

Q: Why won't you answer my private messages?

A: I just don't have the time, dear newbie/unpopular stumbler. Daily, I have to delete what amounts to half of my Gmail mailbox capacity worth of private messages and friend requests. Yes, I'm that cool.

Q: How do you manage to be that cool?

A: Easy: I show engaging interest for subjects I don't really understand and write wordy comments on them, always feigning a little indignation with all things Republican. It helps to throw in a few celebrated quotes whenever possible. And paintings. Let us not forget word formatting and text boxes. And Obama pictures.

Q: Are you really from Brazil?

A: No, I just wanted to add some exoticality to my virtual persona. I figured that'd be a popular move after a meticulous analysis of flag-counter panels from various top-stumblers. The only thing I know about Brazil is that Rio is beautiful.

Q: May I add you as my friend?

A: As soon as you're cool enough. Keep trying.

rightwingchicks blog - StumbleUpon

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:51:41 -0800

UN backtracks on claim that deadly IDF strike hit Gaza school - Haaretz - Israel News

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:37:11 -0800

"UN backtracks on claim that deadly IDF strike hit Gaza school" by Amos Harel

From the page: "The United Nations has reversed its stance on one of the most contentious and bloody incidents of the recent Israel Defense Forces operation in Gaza, saying that an IDF mortar strike that killed 43 people on January 6 did not hit one of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools after all. "

Sergey P. Iron | Glamour shots

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:13:37 -0800