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Nokia patents vibrating tattoo that alerts you to a call in: Business, Science & Technology News, impactlab.net
Nokia’s idea would involve semi-permanent markings on the user’s body.
A patent application was filed by Nokia that would involve users having vibrating magnetic tattoos that alert them to incoming mobile phone calls or text…
Authoritarian pet owners—meaning individuals who do not think of their dogs or cats as family members and never let them sleep on the bed—were significantly more likely to hold conservative political positions than their more permissive pet-owning counterparts. The figure below, for instance, shows that the most authoritarian pet owners were about 25 percentage points more likely to disapprove of Obama and identify as Republicans and Conservatives than respondents who both considered their pets to be family members and always let them sleep on the bed—a relationship that holds after controlling for pet type and several demographic variables. (via YouGov US Opinion Center)
Cosmo sex tip #301:
Don’t be scared of doing something a bit more flexible. While you’re on top turn your head 360 degrees whilst screaming ‘the anti-christ has awoken’.
On Friday, I found out I was waitlisted for UChicago and I still can't believe it. I was expecting to be rejected, so to know that UChicago would like to have me at their school (even if they don't have the room) is incredibly humbling. My chances of getting off the waitlist are absolutely abysmal (statistically speaking, it's just over 3%), but I'm still thrilled to not be completely rejected.
Anyway, today I am flashing a just-released Ice Cream Sandwich ROM to my phone, making dinner for the walkupiers, and watching Kentucky's NCAA tournament game. Life is good.
“For the last three years, Mr. Obama has expanded government instead of empowering the American people… He’s put us deeper in debt, he’s slowed the recovery…” -Mitt Romney
As you can see, however, the President has presided over a smaller increase to government spending than any recent predecessor, except for Clinton.
White people don’t get to decide if something is racist. On a much smaller scale, allow me to represent this by punching you in the face. Then I get to decide, myself, whether it hurts or not.
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The new SimCity will let you take control of a city’s environmental destiny:
“You start your city without any money, and you could exploit the coal seams underneath the city and start digging coal out of the ground and make a city that’s pretty filthy, one that’s built on burning coal for power, might have a lot of coal-sustained industries around it and would make me a ton of money as a player. In the long term that would sort of blight the prospects of the city.” In that coal-dependent city, there would be little natural beauty and excessive air and ground pollution, not to mention citizens suffering from coal-related health problems.
Alternatively, players could opt for other sources of energy—gas-fired power plants, solar panels, wind turbines, or nuclear power. All of these sources have their drawbacks. Solar panels, for example, take up a lot of space and produce less power for the money when compared to coal…
you know what's great? breakfast for dinner.
you know what's even better? warm french toast topped with haagen dazs chocolate peanut butter ice cream, stephen colbert's americone dream ice cream, and warm syrup.
Al Jazeera is your only source on the Middle East and North Africa? Let me help you. Take a seat.
Ever since a member of the Qatari royal family took charge of the network, coverage was getting a bit weird. Don’t get me wrong, Al Jazeera can do some fantastic coverage on various matters in the region, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They also did an amazing job in the initial coverage on the Egyptian revolution. It’s all good. The Stream is also a great show, but only gets 30 minutes a day, which sucks.
Anyways, it’s been getting shady. Especially when they canceled the showing of a documentary on Morocco’s pro-democracy movement for no apparent reason. That was the last straw for me.
So! Here’s a list of English sources on the Middle East and North Africa. Most of them are just publications.
Jadaliyya: Amazing analysis from the top scholars and academics in every field pertaining to the Middle East and North Africa. Politics, culture, religion, gender studies—you name it. You can’t really be studying MENA politics without having read something from here.
Al Akhbar: The English version of one of the most prominent newspapers in Lebanon. They cover all things in the region though. Mostly newsy, but there are quality op-ed pieces and weekly blogposts from prominent voices.
Tunisia Live: They launched after the Tunisian Revolution and cover all things Tunisia. They also occasionally post pieces pertaining to other parts of the region, namely North Africa.
Arabist: Yes, this is a blog, but an amazing blog. Even if all you’re checking out is the weekly link roundup, that’s enough news to keep you updated. Most of the posts are on Egypt, but there is a sprinkle of other countries.
Magharebia: Okay, they’re funded by AFRICOM, yes. But they are one of the few sites that consistently publishes content on the Greater Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and the Western Sahara). It’s basic coverage, but if you come across a story that intrigues you, just do some more research.
Ahram Online: The English version of the “first newspaper in the Middle East.” It’s based in Egypt and provides coverage throughout the region.
This is a very basic list, and I’ll probably add to it. Though, with these alone, I’m confident you’ll stay informed and up to date on the ever-changing stories and situations in the Middle East and North Africa. All of the above sources are based from the region and/or have writers and editors based or are from the region.
This week is International Anti-Street Harassment Week, because spring is here for many of us and so are the catcallers. Read Holly Kearl’s Feministing guest post on what the week is all about and how you can be involved. And be sure to check out the official website for Meet Us on the Street, especially the page that gives you downloadable logos, posters and flyers in a number of languages for your posting pleasure.
Street harassment and catcalling are not an acceptable part of life, nor should they be considered complimentary. They are disrespectful, shaming and controlling and there should be no permissive public forum being made for the sexist rhetoric embedded in the gendered public harassment received by women and members of the trans community with disheartening regularity.
[Meet Us on the Street]
Cloned baby goat is a super-adorable terrifying monster of science
The Kashmir region of south Asia is economically dependent on cashmere (the homophonic name is not a coincidence). But populations of pashmina goats, which produce the expensive wool, have been dwindling. So scientists at Sher-i-Kashmir University decided to hurry the process along, cloning a pashmina goat named Noori with little more than a microscope and crossed fingers.
Noori is the first cloned pashmina goat in the world (though she’s hardly the first cloned animal), and the researchers don’t think she will be the last. The process they used, called “handmade” cloning, is comparatively cheap, requiring almost no specialized equipment. It’s fairly simple, too, as these things go – scientists basically just slice cells carefully under a microscope, then stick them together with other cells using electrical current. The Chandigarh Tribune is reporting that the researchers think they could make Noori a sister within six months.
It may seem a little ethically iffy to make lab-grown animals just to shore up a flagging economy. But on the other hand, we’re also talking about repopulating a dwindling species. Handmade cloning could be a relatively cheap way for scientists in less-developed countries to help pull critically endangered native animals back from the brink of extinction. It’s not exactly natural — but neither are the threats many species face.
It is probably best that we start with goats and sheep and whatnot, though. Let’s get the whole “hideous progeny turning evil and/or destroying us for our scientific hubris” potential problem worked out with ruminants, before we move on to leopards and wolverines.
