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Featured Article - Short-term school closures may worsen flu pandemics

Featured Article - Short-term school closures may worsen flu pandemics: "Closing schools for less than two weeks during a flu pandemic may increase infection rates and prolong an epidemic, say University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published ahead-of-print and online in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. The findings, developed from a series of computer simulations based on U.S. census data, indicate that schools may need to be closed for at least eight weeks in order to significantly decrease the spread of infection."

Love. Why We Should All Get Some, How To, and I Heart Salon | Cleavage

Love. Why We Should All Get Some, How To, and I Heart Salon | Cleavage: "I think we have collectively lost faith in our ability to survive rejection and heart-break so we try and risk-manage the process up front, and in so doing, we neuter love. We clip its wings. Love requires abandon, irrationality, surrender, butterflies, feeling, vulnerabilty, risk. Get over the fear. It will all be fine. I know I will get rejected; it sucks; it hurts; but I will always be just fine. I have complete faith in my own resilience. I’ve recovered from heartbreak before and it was never pretty, but I’ve never regretted a love, even when I’ve suffered for it. Love is always a risk. The good stuff always is."

Why I Write About Sex (and why aren’t YOU?). A meditation, really. | Cleavage

Powerful and beautiful.

Dr. John Salerno: Why I Recommend Organic Foods To My Weight Loss Patients

Dr. John Salerno: Why I Recommend Organic Foods To My Weight Loss Patients: "I recommend organic foods for my weight loss patients because I want them to eat nutrient dense foods, thus you have to begin with the dirt. The overuse of pesticides, herbicides, and other chemical additives for the growth of monoculture genetically modified crops, including corn, soy, rice, canola, and others have wreaked havoc with the soil."

WP: Tiger does not stand alone - Washington Post- nbcsports.msnbc.com

WP: Tiger does not stand alone - Washington Post- nbcsports.msnbc.com: "Tiger Woods has an emotional void in his life. This void must be huge. For him to be where he is today, this deep emptiness must have consumed him, must be something he has been living with for a long time. Moreover, he has to live with his emptiness while being fully aware that everyone in the world knows just what a manufactured lie his image has been."

Gears : All & Sundry

The comments to this post are just awesome. Take a read. :->

Boola Boola, Boola Boola - Yale Says Yes, 4 Times - NYTimes.com

Boola Boola, Boola Boola - Yale Says Yes, 4 Times - NYTimes.com: "The Crouches’ perfect batting average represents a first for Yale — the first time in anyone’s memory that it has offered admission to quadruplets. It is also, of course, no small milestone for the siblings, who were born more than two months premature. (Ray was the last to be released from the neonatal unit, more than four months later.)

They made up for that rough start. Their class rankings range from 13 out of a class of 632 (Kenny) to 46 (Martina) — and they have sky-high SAT scores (including Carol’s perfect 800 on the verbal part of that exam)."

Jim Inhofe gets cool reception in Denmark - - POLITICO.com

Jim Inhofe gets cool reception in Denmark - - POLITICO.com

OMG this man is an idiot.

Dying man tried out his own coffin first - Healthzone.ca

Dying man tried out his own coffin first - Healthzone.ca: "'I've seen (critically ill) people in their 70s, some of them incredibly wealthy, pursuing the next deal. When I ask why, they say: `Because that's what I've been doing all my life.' I tell them, `It's not too late. What makes you happiest – that's what you need to focus on the most.'

Those things can be shockingly simple – fishing, writing poetry, spending time with family."

Featured Article - Couples who do the dishes together stay happier

Featured Article - Couples who do the dishes together stay happier: "A new study published by The University of Western Ontario reveals that couples who share the responsibility for paid and unpaid work report higher average measures of happiness and life satisfaction than those in other family models."

And, in the No S%^# I Told You So, Sherlock category:

"Researchers suggest that the shared roles model is advantageous to society in terms of gender equity and its ability to maximize labour force participation by all adults. It also leaves women less vulnerable in the case of separation, divorce or death of a spouse."

Featured Article - Valuable, rare, raw earth materials extracted from industrial waste stream

Featured Article - Valuable, rare, raw earth materials extracted from industrial waste stream: "Researchers from Leeds' Faculty of Engineering have discovered how to recover significant quantities of rare-earth oxides, present in titanium dioxide minerals. The rare-earth oxides, which are indispensable for the manufacture of wind turbines, energy-efficient lighting, and hybrid and electric cars, are extracted or reclaimed simply and cheaply from the waste materials of another industrial process."

Ancient Amazon civilisation laid bare by felled forest - life - 10 December 2009 - New Scientist

Ancient Amazon civilisation laid bare by felled forest - life - 10 December 2009 - New Scientist: "Signs of what could be a previously unknown ancient civilisation are emerging from beneath the felled trees of the Amazon. Some 260 giant avenues, ditches and enclosures have been spotted from the air in a region straddling Brazil's border with Bolivia."

George and Barbara Bush | Parade.com

Charming and interesting article.

China’s 863 Program, a crash program for clean energy : The New Yorker

China’s 863 Program, a crash program for clean energy : The New Yorker

A fascinating article I hope to finish reading someday when I'm not supposed to be studying for exams. :->

What is Conservative Culture?: Observatory: Design Observer

What is Conservative Culture?: Observatory: Design Observer: "And they certainly will not mention the John Birch Society meetings in suburban parlors nationwide, in which chapters no bigger than two dozen members — a cell structure ostensibly to prevent Red infiltration but that, as it happened, was also the ideal size for a cocktail party — plotted how to forestall the Communist takeover of the PTAs by taking them over first. 'I just don't have time for anything,' a Dallas housewife told Time in 1961. 'I'm fighting Communism three nights a week.'"

BBC News - Octopus snatches coconut and runs

BBC News - Octopus snatches coconut and runs

Wow, you have to check this out. Video is very cool, but even cooler is the evidence of invertebrates USING TOOLS. :->

'Greatest mayor we never had,' David Pecaut dies at 54 - thestar.com

'Greatest mayor we never had,' David Pecaut dies at 54 - thestar.com: "'His heart and passion are with Toronto, and he always finds ways to make things happen,' says the Mayor. 'It was impossible to say 'no' to him because he worked miracles to find common ground where the only answer was 'yes.'' Inspired by Pecaut, more than 6,000 people became involved in Alliance projects, tackling everything from immigrant integration to income security reform to cultivating emerging leaders.

'He taught us all civic responsibility and engagement,' explains Deans. 'I have never met anyone with David's intellectual curiosity, his passion for serving others well and creatively, and his ability to convene people and facilitate solutions that lead to action and change.'"

Featured Article - Math goes viral

Featured Article - Math goes viral: "The approach is a marriage of science and math, subjects the researchers say seem to exist in separate worlds at a secondary-school level, but that when brought together can effectively bring real-world scenarios into the classroom to enhance learning and understanding.

Not to mention answering that ages old high-school student question: 'why do I need to know this?'"

Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor | World news | The Observer

Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor | World news | The Observer: "Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations' drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer."

Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor | World news | The Observer

Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor | World news | The Observer

Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor | World news | The Observer

Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor | World news | The Observer: "Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations' drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer."

The Ultimate Vanity Plate - Matt Taibbi - Taibblog - True/Slant

The Ultimate Vanity Plate - Matt Taibbi - Taibblog - True/Slant

Featured Article - Facebook profiles capture true personality, according to new psychology research

Featured Article - Facebook profiles capture true personality, according to new psychology research: "Online social networks such as Facebook are being used to express and communicate real personality, instead of an idealized virtual identity, according to new research from psychologist Sam Gosling at The University of Texas at Austin."

Featured Article - Aspirin, tylenol may decrease effectiveness of vaccines

Featured Article - Aspirin, tylenol may decrease effectiveness of vaccines: "With flu season in full swing and the threat of H1N1 looming, demand for vaccines is at an all-time high. Although those vaccines are expected to be effective, University of Missouri researchers have found further evidence that some over-the-counter drugs, such as aspirin and Tylenol, that inhibit certain enzymes could impact the effectiveness of vaccines."

Featured Article - Aspirin, tylenol may decrease effectiveness of vaccines

Featured Article - Aspirin, tylenol may decrease effectiveness of vaccines: "With flu season in full swing and the threat of H1N1 looming, demand for vaccines is at an all-time high. Although those vaccines are expected to be effective, University of Missouri researchers have found further evidence that some over-the-counter drugs, such as aspirin and Tylenol, that inhibit certain enzymes could impact the effectiveness of vaccines."