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Stephen Watson, RIP | BOOK Southern Africa

Stephen Watson

South African poet, essayist, academic and creative writing teacher Stephen Watson has died in Cape Town. Watson had taken ill from cancer several months ago. He was 56.

Maine Mural Projection Artists Discuss 'Photo-Bombing' (EXCLUSIVE)

Maine Mural Projection Artists Discuss ‘Photo-Bombing’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Maine Mural

Weird Science

Testimony from forensic experts can be the most persuasive evidence presented at trial, but often juries don’t realize that the analysis of hair, fire, and even fingerprints may not be so scientific. And as the story of deputy Keith Pikett, master of the dog-scent lineup, shows, investigations can sometimes lead to the greatest crime of all: putting innocent people behind bars.

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librietlibertas: Memories of sitting in the garden in the spring, the words on the page brought to life by a soft voice… tobeshelved: (via Jillian Tamaki Sketchblog)

librietlibertas:

Memories of sitting in the garden in the spring, the words on the page brought to life by a soft voice…

tobeshelved:

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What Your Favourite Book Then Says About You Now

blackbondbooks:

Everyone had a favorite book as a kid – you know, that tattered old thing you carried from room to room and made you parents read out loud to you over and over again, the one that you quoted until you were, um, a little too old to be doing so. We know our lives were shaped in part by the literature we loved as children, so inspired by this recent list of books every child should read, we got to thinking about what your favorite kids book back then might say about you now that you’re all grown up. Click through for our predictions, and do your best to take it with the grain of salt we intend – don’t worry, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lovers, we’re not really accusing you of advocating slavery. Be sure to add to the fun and make up your own in the comments!

— Emily Temple, Flavorwire

surgeries: Liquid Explosion Painting! (by markchadwickart)

surgeries:

Liquid Explosion Painting! (by markchadwickart)

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jtotheizzoe: Conservative and Liberal Brains Differ In Structure This study has been getting a fair amount of press, because who wouldn’t want to put a biological basis behind political views? It’s a very tempting story. Mostly because it would prove that [insert political party you don’t like] have brains after all! It’s really difficult to measure something complicated like political affiliation with brain structure, and this study doesn’t get to the bottom of anything like cause and effect. So please be careful with your conclusions. Like, don’t make any. What we really should be mentioning is that Colin Firth is a co-author on this study. Yes, that Colin Firth. (via Liberal vs. Conservative: Does the Difference Lie in the Brain?) (the highlighted area in this image is the anterior cingulate gyrus, enlarged in the liberals studied)

jtotheizzoe:

Conservative and Liberal Brains Differ In Structure

This study has been getting a fair amount of press, because who wouldn’t want to put a biological basis behind political views? It’s a very tempting story. Mostly because it would prove that [insert political party you don’t like] have brains after all!

It’s really difficult to measure something complicated like political affiliation with brain structure, and this study doesn’t get to the bottom of anything like cause and effect. So please be careful with your conclusions. Like, don’t make any.

What we really should be mentioning is that Colin Firth is a co-author on this study. Yes, that Colin Firth.

(via Liberal vs. Conservative: Does the Difference Lie in the Brain?)

(the highlighted area in this image is the anterior cingulate gyrus, enlarged in the liberals studied)

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A review from The Economist: Men, women and babies It just isn’t fair Who looks after the children? Shattered: Modern Motherhood and the Illusion of Equality. By Rebecca Asher. Harvill Secker; 262 pages; £12.99. Buy from Amazon.co.uk

A review from The Economist:

Men, women and babies

It just isn’t fair

Who looks after the children?

Shattered: Modern Motherhood and the Illusion of Equality. By Rebecca Asher. Harvill Secker; 262 pages; £12.99. Buy from Amazon.co.uk

Zapiro’s three last cartoons

Context for the Malema-Mandela cartoon is this: Julius Malema uses Nelson Mandela’s fragile health as a way to get votes in the in 18 May 2011 local elections. In the Eastern Cape, he asks people to put a cross for the ANC because Mandela will never survive if the ANC does not win. Malema said “President Mandela is sick and you don’t want to contribute to a worsening condition of Mandela by not voting ANC.”

ANC wins as miners starve - Times LIVE

Worker kills himself over unpaid salary - then Zuma’s nephew promises R1m to ruling party, writes Bongani Mthethwa

MICHAEL MORPURGO ON THE PITY OF WAR | More Intelligent Life

An account of a visit to Flanders

Buthelezi holds the Guiness record for the duration of the worlds longest speech

My kids like to mention this:

Acc. to Guinness World Records, longest legislative speech was by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, between 12-29 Mar. Spoke on 11 of 18 days, 2.5 hrs each day


Read more http://www.kgbanswers.co.uk/g-w-r-the-duration-of-the-worlds-longest-speech/2010702#ixzz1JEQLA8Ek

theeconomist: Daily chart: a brief history of manned spaceflight. Fifty years ago Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. In the missions that followed 18 astronauts lost their lives.

theeconomist:

Daily chart: a brief history of manned spaceflight. Fifty years ago Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. In the missions that followed 18 astronauts lost their lives.

jtotheizzoe: When you’re a neuron, being heard above your peers is tough, because you have about 100 billion peers. How do they get noticed above the background noise? (via Futurity.org – How neurons hear above the din)

jtotheizzoe:

When you’re a neuron, being heard above your peers is tough, because you have about 100 billion peers. How do they get noticed above the background noise?

(via Futurity.org – How neurons hear above the din)

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Anatomy of an Afghan War Tragedy

The Americans were using some of the most sophisticated tools in the history of war, technological marvels of surveillance and intelligence gathering that allowed them to see into once-inaccessible corners of the battlefield. But the high-tech wizardry would fail in its most elemental purpose: to tell the difference between friend and foe.

This is the story of that episode. It is based on hundreds of pages of previously unreleased military documents, including transcripts of cockpit and radio conversations obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the results of two Pentagon investigations and interviews with the officers involved as well as Afghans who were on the ground that day.

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