Category — General

It’s Wednesday: do you need an attitude adjustment?: “

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(Via Inside the Mind of Gloria Brame.)

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sometimes people need an attitude adjustment.

News: “While the notion of people being “addicted” to love may send many eyes rolling up to heaven – even publicity-hungry celebrities rarely admit to it – it is a very real concept for some in the (highly lucrative) therapeutic world. It is treated in a number of private clinics in the UK, and sufferers can share their troubles at Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous meetings.”

(Via .)

poor sods.

Proof that girls are evil…: “”

(Via .)

heheheh

TheKCRAChannel.com – News – Letter From Telemarketer

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well, if you are going to be rude…. you should take care.

so far i’ve received one xmas gift, it is magical. it is a hohner blues harp in the key of c.

Science and power: “Isabelle Stengers’ The Invention of Modern Science is my favourite book on the historical relationship between science and culture, and a core text for my sociology of science and technology course next term.

In this excerpt from Steven Shaviro’s review, he discusses how science negotiates truths, rather than illuminating The Truth:

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(Via Purse Lip Square Jaw.)

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also a book that i’ve enjoyed in the last few years.

Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941: “”

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apparently today is pearl harbor day…

Declaration from Buenos Aires – Social Forum of Information 2004: “Information, knowledge, documentation, archives, and libraries are communal cultural goods and resources. They are based upon and promoted by democratic values, such as: freedom, equality, and social justice, as well as tolerance, respect, equity, solidarity, communities, society, and the dignity of individuals.

Every documentation center contributes to democratic practice in the social and political spheres. Conscious of this dimension, the foundation and organization of these cultural goods and resources must be constructed under the principal of knowledge and information access that is free, open, and egalitarian for everybody.

Social and political elements also are present that librarians, documentalists, and archivists must take into account in order to contribute to the formation of cultural and civic identities sustained by civil and socially responsible values.
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this is important stuff…

Times Online – World: “The hospital said that it had drawn up guidelines on involuntary euthanasia and carried out four such killings of babies in 2003. All cases, done with the consent of parents and independent doctors, were reported to government prosecutors, but no proceedings were started.”

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finally someone does the right thing.

The New York Times > Job Market > Choosing a College Major: For Love or for the Money?: “Trudy Steinfeld, director of career services at New York University, tells students that majors should be less about preparing for one career and more about preparing for many options, and probably several careers, over a lifetime. She agrees with the Northeastern data showing that finance, accounting and technology degrees will lead to higher salaries. But she says she also sees liberal arts majors who become equally successful.”

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this is pretty clear…. individuals can become equally successful, but the populations cannot become equally successful…. so don’t fool yourself, being the exception to the norm means you can be on the high end, or the low end, but it is more likely that you will be normal.