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The Chinese state news agency reported Monday that at least 140 people were killed and 816 injured when rioters clashed with the police in a regional capital in western China after days of rising tensions between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese.
Philadelphia's public transit passes are (binary) gender-specific and that's being enforced in such ( Read more... )

During the last couple of weeks I've been trying to use up my non-kosher-for-Passover staples. To use up some couscous (and some leftover celery that was starting to go bad) I served it with this sweet potatoes and chickpeas dish. Honestly I think that the celery is rather strange for a curry, but if you aren't similarly prejudiced it's a nice ( Read more... )

It feels like forever since I've last posted, though it's only been a little over a week...I've actually been doing a fair amount of work, motivated largely by finally starting to get it through my thick skull that this process needs to be directed by me (while I have faith that if I send my adviser something he'll give helpful feedback, he isn't ( Read more... )

Once again, my links post is insanely long, so I broke it into chunks in the hopes that doing so makes for easier reading.  The sections are "Israeli Politics and the Occupied Territories", "World", "U.S. Election", "Other" and "Fun Stuff" (that last one is mostly cooking stuff rather than links).

ISRAELI POLITICS AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES ( Read more... )

( Behind the cut is a list of 100 things that VGT thinks every good omnivore should have tried at least once in hir life. )

Apparently my sister, in addition to her school librarian duties and her coursework to turn her provisional librarian license into a permanent one, is teaching a math class indefinitely (i.e. until they succeed in hiring more than one of the three teachers for whom they were searching this summer). Wish her luck (though it's a course she's taught ( Read more... )

Music:
So I've downloaded everything that was recommended (that's easily available) and have listened to almost all of it. If you're curious which of your recommendations I especially liked, just ask (and if you'd like the complete list rather than just the stuff you recommended please let me know so I can email the Excel sheet that has it). ( Read more... )

I think I've officially switched from being a pseudo-Jewish-mother to a psedu-Jewish-grandmother (possibly from the southeast U.S.)...( 'cause in the dorm I now have: )

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 ( Read more... )

Delayed happy b.day to Michelle ( Read more... )