The New Puritans
Today’s cultural scolds demand that artists pass ideological and behavioral purity tests.
Today’s cultural scolds demand that artists pass ideological and behavioral purity tests.
A new way to spot melanoma cells circulating in the blood has the potential to significantly improve the monitoring of cancer patients and guide future treatment. Edith Cowan University's Melanoma Research Group, in collaboration with Harvard Medical School and clinicians at Western Australian hospitals, has pioneered a new technique to detect circulating tumour cells (CTCs) that could provide a new avenue for cancer diagnosis and therapies.
Hotter and drier El Niño events are having an alarming effect on biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest and further add to a disturbing global insect collapse, scientists show.A new study focusing on the humble, but ecologically key, dung beetle has revealed for the first time that intense droughts and wildfires during the last El Niño climate phenomenon, combined with human disturbance, led to beetle numbers falling by more than half -- with effects lasting for at least two years.
(University College London) A place-based payroll tax incentive can be effective in stimulating employment in remote and underdeveloped regions, helping to address regional inequalities, according to a new UCL and University of Oslo study.
In addition to the technological modifications the project focuses on the aesthetic and functional redevelopment of the FAL Matera Central railway station. In order to give it greater importance, the station is no longer to be considered purely as an infrastructural node but rather as a true urban landmark in harmony with the Matera’s forthcoming role as the 2019 European Capital of Culture. The structure is thus directly connected to the pedestrian Piazza della Visitazione, redesigned and linked... Читать дальше...
Expanding the experience of connected revelers is among the goals of the Rosas de Ouro samba school and GS1 Brasil, which have partnered for an unprecedented high-tech project.
As a Vietnam-era veteran, I am aghast that President Trump didn’t confer with Secretary Ben Carson of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development about the cost of traumatic brain injury, also known as TBI.
Ken Starr, the former independent counsel, suggested in his defense of President Trump during the impeachment trial that the House of Representatives has resorted to impeaching the President too many times in the past century, implying that this constitutional power has transformed into a political weapon.
Toledo is famous for its affordable housing, but for too many Toledoans, too much of the city’s housing stock is not what most would consider livable.
It was bad enough when it happened at a North Toledo gas station in December. Now a gift shop on a Michigan college campus also has missed the obvious: Displays resembling black people hanging by their necks is way beyond bad form.
An impeachment trial without witnesses is not a trial. Senators cannot decline to be jurors; the chief justice cannot decline to preside; the Senate cannot decline to have a trial. The vote against witnesses was unconstitutional. The Senate Manual explicitly describes witness testimony.
I HAVE A BAD habit that I mean to break.
The golden age of Hollywood has lost its last leading man.
A look at recent actions in the U.S. Congress and the Ohio General Assembly and how lawmakers representing the area voted.
SWANTON — Thomas L. McGhee, a stockbroker by day whose commitment to the athletic programs in the Swanton schools included decades as announcer for Bulldogs football home games, died Friday at Swanton Health Care and Retirement Center. He was 88.
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“No.., no .., no.., maybe .., OMG what’s that?!” I say to my friend at lunch, while we peruse a selection of 16 unsolicited mugshots of men from across the country, that I am getting emailed on a daily basis.
Oh dear. Oh deary, deary dear. Dave doesn’t want to play with Don no more. And Don’s so fed up with Dave that he could cry. So Don’s gonna get a load of new friendz. And then he can be happy while Dave reflects on being a naughty, naughty boy. Merry Xmas Everybody. Welcome to Slade: The Final Chapter.
Moon Alert
Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Chicago time. The full moon in Leo peaks at 1:33 a.m.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
This is a tricky day. There’s lots of full moon energy out there, in addition to which there’s a moon alert for most of the day. Nevertheless, this is a social day, so you can expect unusual social experiences when dealing with others. Things are high-energy and “different!”
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
You feel... Читать дальше...
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. - Stillman College bounced back into the win column Saturday by sweeping the second day of the Peachtree City Classic. Stillman opened the day with an 11-9 win over Kentucky State University, and then defeated Clark Atlanta University, 16-5.
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Josh de la Mare on some of the big stories the FT is watching this week
Why potentially hinder a promising means of economic development and diversification?