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Literary Scene |
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July 2018 |
"Soon all such communications from relatives in Europe ceased. The Germans had turned from military conquest to genocide." |
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The Environment |
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July 2018 |
How many--and what kind of--trees are in the urban landscape? An algorithm developed at Caltech may provide the answer. |
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The Environment |
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July 2018 |
The classic triangular form in which land area uniformly decreases as elevation increases applies to about 1/3 of the world's mountain ranges, yet it guides conservation plans and research related to climate change. |
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Athletic Arena |
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July 2018 |
"The founding documents of baseball that would shape the modern game as our national pastime were ironed out in January and February 1857 at a convention called by the Knickerbockers Base Ball Club in New York." |
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Medicine & Health |
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July 2018 |
"Until the TARP legislation was passed, patients were the owners of their medical records, which could not be shared without their knowledge or permission." |
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The Environment |
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July 2018 |
". . . Because more birds have the potential to move into national parks than move out, public lands will continue serving as important bird habitats despite a changing climate." |
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American Thought |
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July 2018 |
"#MeToo is going to unleash a new torrent of gender and race quotas throughout the economy and culture, on the theory that all disparities in employment and institutional representation are due to harassment and bias." |
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Life in America |
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July 2018 |
"You tell yourself that no one understands him except for you, making you want him even more. He soon will become your No. 1 priority and you will grow emotionally attached to him. . . . Too bad it will end in havoc and mayhem." |
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Life in America |
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July 2018 |
"We have . . . created a community of strivers, as '1Lifers' are pulling each other to new heights, one young life, one inspiration, one Dare2Dream day at a time." |
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Religion |
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July 2018 |
The community needs to provde real, direct, personal assistance on an individual level to those facing these illnesses, as well as counsel & care so the patient & family can make a decision confident of the support that will stand with them in suffering. |
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Literary Scene |
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July 2018 |
The definitions vary--anywhere from two to four murders, with significant time in between each murder, the murders taking place over more than a month. This is different from mass murderers or spree killers. |
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Religion |
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July 2018 |
"It is common for a sick individual to seek God's help. On the other hand, illness itself often is viewed as God's wrath." |
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Worldview |
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July 2018 |
Change in Sub-Saharan Africa must come from within. |
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Education |
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July 2018 |
College graduates are considered underqualified for jobs in their field because they have no experience. They are overqualified for jobs that do not require a degree. Colleges advise them to pursue a master's degree, which will bury them further in debt. |
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Medicine & Health |
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July 2018 |
"Americans need to look behind the 'rights' rhetoric, see the chains, and follow the money." |
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The Environment |
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July 2018 |
"Carbon dioxide from Earth's interior is thought to be released into the atmosphere mostly via degassing from active volcanoes." |
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National Affairs |
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July 2018 |
Pompous broadcasters and obsessive Facebook and Twitter users reflect profound political divisions. There are so few moderate voices in the media because there are so few such voices among our political leaders. |
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World Watcher |
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July 2018 |
Approximately 10,000,000-20,000,000 tons of plastic end up in the oceans each year. An estimated 5.25 trillion plastic particles are floating in the word's oceans, resulting in $13,000,000,000 a year in losses from damage to marine ecosystems. |
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Frontier Horizons |
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July 2018 |
Alaska's first Russian governor, Aleksandr Andreievich Baranov "prevented a British takeover of Alaska so that, years later, the Russians could sell their colony to the U.S., which eventually became our 49th state." |
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Reel World |
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July 2018 |
Elaborate cigarette ads involving movie stars is unthinkable today. |
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Parting Thoughts |
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"Perhaps you have a lot of stuff, and now you are on the tiresome treadmill of stuff-maintenance. You work harder than you have to, just to pay for the storage unit, when instead you probably could get rid of a lot of 'that junk.'" |
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The Environment |
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July 2018 |
". . . Two separate effects of climate change combine to destabilize different populations of coral microbes . . . opening the door for bad bacteria to overpopulate corals' mucus and their bodies as a whole." |
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Science & Technology |
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"Recognizing the revelations of the early universe manifest by [the cosmic microwave background], we stand in a unique position in the history of humanity to bear witness to the echoes of heralds from an eternity ago." |
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Eye on Ecology |
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We've always assumed that oxygen was toxic to all methanogens. That assumption is so entrenched that global climate models don't allow for methane production in the presence of oxygen. We may be grossly underaccounting for methane in our existing models. |
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Under the Microscope |
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The underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM fields is a huge concern to policymakers and is the focus of many commissions and initiatives. Minority women face the strain of balancing careers and famiiles, and upholding their cultural roles. |
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Words & Images |
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July 2018 |
The #MeToo movement has been effective in raising awareness of sexual misconduct in the workplace--and that was needed, but without a new solution being proffered other than penalizing the offenders, it has moved to stoke fear, suspicion, and insecurity. |
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Life in America |
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July 2018 |
"I knew the boys loved us both and would need time with each of us. For them to be brought up well, they would need parents who were healthy human beings." |
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Medicine & Health |
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July 2018 |
I knew something was wrong when my wife of 16 years called in a panic and said she was lost, even though she was on the street in our home town that she took to her office every day for years. |
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Psychology |
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July 2018 |
". . . When a pet dies, the depth of your grief reflects your loss of a special relationship." |
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Health Beat |
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July 2018 |
When we say the "most vulnerable" need to be protected, does that mean the patients or academic research establishment? Organizations that determine standards of care? Medical journals? Pharmaceutical companies? Insurers? Pharmacy benefits managers? |
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Medicine & Health |
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July 2018 |
". . . Rationing systems devalue the benefits the disabled, elderly, or others with a lower life expectancy could receive from a given treatment." |
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Science & Technology |
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July 2018 |
"Ahuna Mons rises 13,000 feet and is 11 miles wide at its base. This certainlyw ould be an impressively large volcano on our own planet, but [the dwarf planet] Ceres is less than 600 miles wide." |
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Worldview |
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July 2018 |
Is it inevitable that the U.S. and China will go to war, or can the two nations continue to exist in an uneasy peace? |
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American Thought |
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July 2018 |
Todays paradigm shift must begin with women. They do not need to fight for equality because they already are equal. They must diligently work for the practical and tangible expressions of that equality with passion and strength, not resentment and anger. |
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Literary Scene |
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July 2018 |
"Maharishi . . . stopped and looked me up, down, and back up again. His face became stern. He looked through me, not at me--as though he were scanning hidden corners of my mind." |
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Economic Observer |
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July 2018 |
Congress has broken its promise to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Pres. Trump can keep his promises to free Americans from ObamaCare's disastrous costs and restrictions . . . by an Executive Order authorizing the needed changes. |
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Worldview |
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July 2018 |
China, like Russia, responds to its past humiliation by challenging American power. It would be naïve to expect the Chinese or Russians to be our friends; the best we can hope for is peaceful competition and cooperation in matters of mutual concern." |
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