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It's spring break, and goodness gracious do I need it. I've spent a good chunk of time in lab, and it's been productive while still not giving the type of results that I'd like. Done a lot of cooking (both as a de-stressing activity and to use up ingredients that were going bad) and will attempt chicken noodle soup some time before the week is out (and then freeze it for use in case of illness later in the semester, thereby guaranteeing that I won't get sick). The job search is chugging along. Poke at me for details if you're curious and/or want to recieve the mass e-mail I'll probably send out some time in April when it's time to make a decision.
And now, articles.
A series of apparently coordinated explosions in the Hindu holy city of Benares killed at least 15 people and injured as many as 101 (New York Times version of the story)
BBC article on the same subject
Taiwan Scraps Council on Unity With China
Uzbekistan Jails Opposition Leader and Rights Worker
In its first working session, the Hamas-controlled Palestinian legislature nullifed a law approved by the previous parliament that gave Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, power to name members of a constitutional court without parliamentary approval.
FL town to be Catholic
Text of a Missouri bill that promotes Christian prayer (not an article on it but the actual bill)
'Restorative justice' brings victims face-to-face with rapists
Brazil's Sex Workers Hand Out Government-Supplied Condoms
Slowly, Africa Starts to Care for AIDS Children
Sanctions Against Sudanese Officials Sought Over Darfur
Sudanese students demonstrate, reject U.N. troops
Aid Group Takes Out Insurance on Drought in Ethiopia
S. Arabia to host Israel boycott event
Leaders of conservative Judaism delay gay policy decision
Kwame Anthony Appiah, a professor of philosophy at Princeton and a noted scholar of African and African-American identity, was online to discuss his challenge to the concept of a 'clash of civilizations.'
Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami warned Saturday that tensions between the Islamic world and the West are taking the shape of a new Cold War.
A column on energy drinks that includes, "Whore that ancient mystical religious sect to death, you Madonna-sucking L.A. Kabbalah geniuses! God loves shameless co-branding!"
Wtf (Jewish white supremacists)?
A US Navy cruiser anchored in Mississippi for a week's shore leave.
The first evening, the ship's Captain received the following note from the wife of a wealthy plantation owner:
"Dear Captain, Thursday will be my daughter Melinda's Debutante Ball. I would like you to send four well mannered, handsome, unmarried officers in their formal dress uniforms to attend the dance. They should arrive promptly at 8:00 PM prepared for an evening of polite Southern conversation. They should be excellent dancers, as they will be the escorts of lovely refined young ladies. One last point: No Jews Please."
At precisely 8:00 PM on Thursday, Melinda's mother heard a polite rap at the door which she opened to find, in full dress uniform, four handsome, smiling black officers.
Her mouth fell open, but pulling herself together, she stammered, "There must be some mistake."
"No, Madam," said the first officer. "Captain Goldberg never makes mistakes."
And now, articles.
A series of apparently coordinated explosions in the Hindu holy city of Benares killed at least 15 people and injured as many as 101 (New York Times version of the story)
BBC article on the same subject
Taiwan Scraps Council on Unity With China
Uzbekistan Jails Opposition Leader and Rights Worker
In its first working session, the Hamas-controlled Palestinian legislature nullifed a law approved by the previous parliament that gave Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, power to name members of a constitutional court without parliamentary approval.
FL town to be Catholic
Text of a Missouri bill that promotes Christian prayer (not an article on it but the actual bill)
'Restorative justice' brings victims face-to-face with rapists
Brazil's Sex Workers Hand Out Government-Supplied Condoms
Slowly, Africa Starts to Care for AIDS Children
Sanctions Against Sudanese Officials Sought Over Darfur
Sudanese students demonstrate, reject U.N. troops
Aid Group Takes Out Insurance on Drought in Ethiopia
S. Arabia to host Israel boycott event
Leaders of conservative Judaism delay gay policy decision
Kwame Anthony Appiah, a professor of philosophy at Princeton and a noted scholar of African and African-American identity, was online to discuss his challenge to the concept of a 'clash of civilizations.'
Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami warned Saturday that tensions between the Islamic world and the West are taking the shape of a new Cold War.
A column on energy drinks that includes, "Whore that ancient mystical religious sect to death, you Madonna-sucking L.A. Kabbalah geniuses! God loves shameless co-branding!"
Wtf (Jewish white supremacists)?
A US Navy cruiser anchored in Mississippi for a week's shore leave.
The first evening, the ship's Captain received the following note from the wife of a wealthy plantation owner:
"Dear Captain, Thursday will be my daughter Melinda's Debutante Ball. I would like you to send four well mannered, handsome, unmarried officers in their formal dress uniforms to attend the dance. They should arrive promptly at 8:00 PM prepared for an evening of polite Southern conversation. They should be excellent dancers, as they will be the escorts of lovely refined young ladies. One last point: No Jews Please."
At precisely 8:00 PM on Thursday, Melinda's mother heard a polite rap at the door which she opened to find, in full dress uniform, four handsome, smiling black officers.
Her mouth fell open, but pulling herself together, she stammered, "There must be some mistake."
"No, Madam," said the first officer. "Captain Goldberg never makes mistakes."