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MySeaLegs
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Collecting Sediments on the Ocean Floor
“Collecting Sediments on the Ocean Floor - http://nyti.ms/jhW0To”My part was designing spiders and such.
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Peace Corps Volunteers Speak Out on Rape
Former volunteers are going public about being sexually assaulted while serving, prompting a Congressional hearing on Wednesday.The hearing won't help much. A house cleaning would be a start. Set the ones who stay to finding safer places. -
mspellerberg
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Blu Develops a Social Networking Device for Smokers
“Redefining the smoke break – it has always been social, but is this too social? http://nyti.ms/jaaJLP”It is a substitute for the stink. These are smokeless butts.
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Sasha Koren
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Showing Gay Teens a Happy Future
A new online video channel is reaching out to teenagers who are bullied at school for being gay. The message: life really does get better after high school.Sooner is better.
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Fed Retreat on Big Mortgages May Hurt Upscale Housing
Planned cuts in the size of a mortgage that can be backed by the federal government may hurt upscale housing markets in high-cost states like New York and California. -
CleverTitleTK
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Peace Corps Volunteers Speak Out on Rape
“cc @lizseccuro Peace Corps Volunteers Speak Out on Rape - http://nyti.ms/jMbnmh”
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The "blame the victim" attitude is world wide. I am not at all surprised that it permeates the support staff. For the US to charge in as avenging angels is equally intolerable. Arming the volunteers would destroy the image and run counter to the charter of the agency.
The only measure I can think of is a much more knowledgeable assignment group, both of the volunteers and the situations to which the volunteers are sent. More and better teaching for the volunteers would not be amiss.
No matter what measures are taken before the fact some of the volunteers will be victimized. There should be effective rehabilitation for them.
Rehabilitation is a black art to me. I think it starts with listening carefully. Very early the possible physical rehabilitation must be done. Perhaps it continues with explaining the broader situation. Pointing to opportunities to work toward change of the victimizing culture are not out of order. Enabling the victim is part of the process.
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ShannonMcPhee
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From the Cloud, Google Pulls Down an Energy Saver
“One step closer to RoboCars: From the Cloud, Google Pulls Down an Energy Saver - http://nyti.ms/mpQZAG”I want to ask what they are optimizing? If the trip power demands are that near the limit of a system it would be far better to choose a different system. Regenerative braking is a you have it or you don't have it. Range is speed and acceleration dependent. The range of variation is perhaps ten percent. If the optimum trip profile uses 90%of the maximum charge, you had better choose another vehicle for that trip. You will be stuck on the road. The kid has run to the store or the plug was knocked out early or there was a power failure or the battery is in less than good shape or the day was hot or the pavement was wet or a tire was soft. The driver will be stuck through no fault of hers. That is a five mile difference in a fifty mile trip. It is easy to spend that looking for a parking spot.
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Soumak
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A Tandoor Oven Brings India's Heat to the Backyard
“@kathy gori A Tandoor Oven Brings India's Heat to the Backyard - http://nyti.ms/kOcnXh.”I am regularly surprised by the lack of sophistication in the kitchen.Engineers don't cook. When they do we get salty corn snacks.I could make this. Better and or cheaper is a question.
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AliciasBusyMind
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Skype Investors Reap Windfall in Microsoft Deal
“Skype Investors Reap Windfall in Microsoft Deal - http://nyti.ms/jbhNnc”Here is the real story. It will be on the market again soon.
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Steve_Sanchez
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For Microsoft, Skype Opens Vast New Market in Telecom
“For Microsoft, Skype Opens Vast New Market in Telecom - http://nyti.ms/lzecpg”no. People who use skype will not use Microsoft if they can avoid it.
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mgavoor
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Fed Retreat on Big Mortgages May Hurt Upscale Housing
“Fed Retreat on Big Mortgages May Hurt Upscale Housing - http://nyti.ms/kkKGEr”What it really says is there is nothing in this price range or so I guess.
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Jeff Hall, a Neo-Nazi, Is Killed, and His Young Son is Charged
Jeff Hall’s young children were raised in a home where white supremacism was embraced. Now one of them has been charged with his murder.Another recovering toddler. There is more to this story than is in this report. -
CaleInTheKeys
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Why Twitter Will Endure
So you’re drowning in a sea of information. Perhaps the answer is more information.For the most part I am not riding the wave of fashion. Current events are not what I am following. I do look at the economy but a week should not make that much difference. Flash events are not my interest. It makes no difference if I get out of the market two weeks or a week ahead of the the collapse.
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SJWhipp
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Visa Advances Toward a Digital Wallet
“It's happening! @garyvee talked about this: Visa Advances Toward a Digital Wallet - http://nyti.ms/jpf0LY”I see these schemes from time to time. This is another scheme to capture the world by making spending easy. Debt slavery is far too easy as it stands. I have a copy of the family credit card to buy the groceries and fuel my car. I will keep it as a safety fall back. Cash is the way for me to go.
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Debra_Myers
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Home & Garden
“See Allen's Swan Centerpiece for the Lenox Hill House event in the NY Times- http://nyti.ms/9rUFcP”Very medieval. I understand that they don't taste that good.There is a fowl smell about them.It will be your party. I am just an excuse.
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Diana
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/05/04/fashion/20110505-browsing-5.html
Is there nothing that I have not been seeing for twenty years?
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kfmurph
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Caring for an Ill Spouse, and for Other Caregivers
“Caring for an Ill Spouse, and for Other Caregivers - http://nyti.ms/jIz16z”Not Alzheimer's not yet. She bathes herself. She dresses herself.She is very much herself. She does not remember what is in the house to eat. She panics about the bills. she does not remember how comfortable she is. It is depression time again as it was in her childhood. The numbers are twenty times as big.
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WikiWrites
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Showing Gay Teens a Happy Future
A new online video channel is reaching out to teenagers who are bullied at school for being gay. The message: life really does get better after high school.
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Catholic Professors Criticize Boehner in Letter
The budget that John A. Boehner shepherded through the House would hurt the vulnerable, the letter says. -
Rajaratnam Found Guilty
Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire investor who once ran one of the world’s largest hedge funds, was found guilty of fraud and conspiracy on Wednesday by a federal jury in Manhattan. He is the most prominent figure convicted in the government’s crack...
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