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Why I haven't covered the state budget debacle much
by David Safier
I feel a little guilty for not doing a day-by-day narrative about the proposed budget cuts, especially those to education.
My only excuse is, I feel like I'm watching a multi-car highway accident unfolding in extreme slow motion. I know the crash is coming. The only questions left are, what will be the extent of damage to the vehicles and how many people will suffer injuries, have their lives ruined and -- this is the part that makes it hard for me to write about this -- how many will die because Republicans in power are failures as legislators and as people. Read more
El Camino Del Rey, Scariest path in the World
El Caminito Del Rey (sometimes referred to as El Camino Del Rey) is more than a century old walkway built along the steep walls of Gorge El Chorro situated in the south of Spain. El Caminito Del Rey is one meter in width and is over 100 meters above the River. The walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. Some parts of the concrete walkway have completely collapsed and all that is remaining is the steel beam originally in place to hold it up.
The Internet Nominated for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
By Ker Than, TechNewsDaily Managing Editor
posted: 11 March 2010 11:53 am ET
If some people have their way, you could be the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. "You" in this case being used broadly to mean the billions of people who log online daily.
Yes, the Internet is one of a record 237 nominations for the coveted prize this year.
Some groups have been advocating the Internet for the prize for months, but the nomination was officially accepted only this week, during the first meeting of the Norwegian Nobel Committee on March 9.
President Obama Discusses Three Strikes Anti-Piracy Law
For years the entertainment industry has been lobbying for tougher measures against online piracy. In France this has resulted in the implementation of a ‘three strikes and you’re offline’ regime and many other countries are considering similar measures.
Thus far the United States Government has kept relatively quiet on this issue, but that doesn’t mean that such plans are not being discussed behind close doors.
According to Ari Emanuel, a famous Hollywood talent agent and the model for the character Ari Gold in the hit series Entourage, Hollywood lobbyists are working hard to convince President Obama and others to ram through similar legislation in the United States. Read more
UPDATE: What the Liberal Democrat position on homeopathy IS
Since I previously wrote about what it was, and then wasn’t, I feel it is encumbant on me to include here what the official line on homeopathy now is: Read more
Liz "Sprinkles" Sidoti and the All Propaganda (AP)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Regular readers will recall that I occasionally refer to the AP as "all propaganda" (rather than the Associated Press). This is not without justification.
Let's take today's "analysis" piece by the AP in national newspapers originally captioned by The Associated Press: Analysis: Note to Washington: Voters say talk jobs.
In The Arizona Republic this piece was captioned Job-focused voters weary of D.C. games. Read more
the Common Core State Standards and active citizenship
Educational "standards" are general guidelines for what should be taught and assessed. They can have the force of law, and policymakers can be held publicly accountable for them. I think the general concept of explicit educational standards is good, because deciding what should be taught is a core democratic task, a matter of establishing values and priorities. The standards that govern our schools should be transparent. Of course, bad standards are worse than none, and many actual state standards are weak, miscellaneous and arbitrary, hopelessly unrealistic, or otherwise misguided. If Texas continues on its course to rewrite its social studies standards, Texas children would be better off with none. Read more
Swirl, Smell, Slurp, Read.
It has been a while since I've highlighted a new wine blog that has come across my radar in a positive way. But I couldn't help writing today about SWIRL, SMELL, SLURP, a newish wine blog that is every bit as fun to read as it is hard to say quickly. Read more
ScienceOnline2010 - interview with Russ Williams
Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here. You can check out previous years' interviews as well: 2008 and 2009.
Today, I asked Russ Williams from North Carolina Zoological Society and the Russlings blog to answer a few questions. Read more
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