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"The Madam Curie Complex" Sample Chapter: Part Two "Louis Leakey's 'Primitive' Feminism" [Thus Spake Zuska] Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:47PMThis is part two of a multi-part presentation of a sample chapter from a forthcoming book, The Madam Curie Complex. Part One can be found here . Recently I was approached with an offer to share with my readers a sample chapter from a forthcoming book called The Madam Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science . A caveat: I have not read the whole book, and offering the sample chapter ...
Komodo dragons: luxury cruise in Indonesia Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:49AMGavin Bell encounters Komodo dragons every bit as daunting as their gruesome reputation.
Lifesaving Station's survival may hinge on finding buyer Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:16AMCharlie London, president of the Saving Our Station Coalition, and Peg Fulton want to preserve the Ocean City lifesaving Station, which was built in the 1880s and still features a cupola that the lifesaving crew used as its lookout.
CliffsNotes-To-Go App Series Grows to 36 Titles in the App Store Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:16AMModality and Wiley Publishing, Inc., Build on Success of Mobile Literature Notes to Bring More Interactive Study Guides to iPhone® and iPod touch® (PRWeb Mar 9, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/modalityinc/cliffsnotes/prweb3702154.htm
CliffsNotes-To-Go App Series Grows to 36 Titles in the App Store Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:00AMModality and Wiley Publishing, Inc., Build on Success of Mobile Literature Notes to Bring More Interactive Study Guides to iPhone® and iPod touch®
A man who can’t find his Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 9:34PMIn reply to Texting The Void : A man who can’t find his way out of “King’s Canyon” could hardly be expected to lead the nation anywhere significant!
Perhaps, the desert, where Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 9:34PMIn reply to Texting The Void : Perhaps, the desert, where prophets come from, inspired Abbott with his latest (not run through his own party ) theory on six months paid maternity leave paid for by a few wealthy companies. I loved the pic of him manfully swallowing that grub thing.. Take that Kev. !! He might actually win the next election if he stays in the bush!!!
What is scary is that Tony Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 9:27PMIn reply to Texting The Void : What is scary is that Tony Abbott seems to have struck a chord if the latest poll is anything to go by. This is what I wrote to my friends: “…Which brings us to the next major ¿Qué? Moment… the Mad Monk (Tony Abbott- the current leader of the opposition in the Australian Parliament)’s little sojourn in Central Australia: As reported by Dan Moss in the Centralian ...
Great tips for dealing with the in-laws: Getting together Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:33PMIt's thoughtful to bring flowers or wine for your in-laws when they invite you over for a nice dinner. I know it may not always be possible, but they'll notice such a nice gesture when you do.
Walder guides Wasps to victory Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:45AMDavid Walder scored 19 points as Wasps closed in on the Guinness Premiership's top four with a 24-19 home victory over Gloucester. Related Stories Visser treble in Edinburgh win Bath end Newcastle hopes Saints keep pressure on Tigers Leeds boost survival hopes Leinster go top
Bath end Newcastle hopes Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:45AMNewcastle's hopes of a rare double over Bath disappeared as the visitors scored two second-half tries to come back from 10-5 down and win 17-13 at Kingston Park. Related Stories Yachvili drafted in by Les Bleus Visser treble in Edinburgh win Walder guides Wasps to victory Saints keep pressure on Tigers Leeds boost survival hopes
Leeds boost survival hopes Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:30AMLeeds made it three Guinness Premiership wins from three to move off the bottom of the table with a narrow 19-12 victory over faltering Saracens. Related Stories Visser treble in Edinburgh win Bath end Newcastle hopes Walder guides Wasps to victory Saints keep pressure on Tigers Leinster go top
Saints keep pressure on Tigers Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:14AMTries from wings Paul Diggin and Chris Ashton saw Northampton make light of a woeful goal-kicking display from fly-half Stephen Myler to keep the pressure on leaders Leicester at the top of the Guinness Premiership with a 15-7 win at Sale. Related Stories Visser treble in Edinburgh win Bath end Newcastle hopes Walder guides Wasps to victory Leeds boost survival hopes Leinster go top
Visser treble in Edinburgh win Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:44AMEdinburgh ran in five tries to record a bonus-point 33-17 win over Ospreys in the Magners League. Related Stories Bath end Newcastle hopes Walder guides Wasps to victory Saints keep pressure on Tigers Leeds boost survival hopes Leinster go top
Clegg fires Quins to win Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:22AMRory Clegg proved the perfect stand-in, hammering home a long-range penalty to hoist Harlequins clear of the Guinness Premiership's danger zone with a 14-11 defeat of Worcester. Related Stories Leeds boost survival hopes Saints keep pressure on Tigers Bath end Newcastle hopes Walder guides Wasps to victory Leinster go top
Flood will be fine - Cockerill Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:23AMLeicester head coach Richard Cockerill insisted on Saturday that Toby Flood will be fit for England's Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland in a week's time. Related Stories Leeds boost survival hopes Saints keep pressure on Tigers Bath end Newcastle hopes Walder guides Wasps to victory Leinster go top
Tough love for Jackson Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:19PMJackson Health System CEO Eneida Roldan has offered tough medicine for what ails Miami-Dade's premier healthcare institution: shut down operations at its North and South Dade hospitals. It would result in laying off 4,400 workers to save $160 million.
School Notes Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:41AMROMONA SCHOOL
The Labor Movement in Haiti: A Personal Reflection Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:15PMThe most impressive strength of the Haitian labor force is its resiliency and resourcefulness.
Tourism Report Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 10:02AMKristi Brown, Ponca City Tourism coordinator, has returned from the St. Louis Women's Survival Show, where she was with a large delegation from Oklahoma Tourism. The booth was at the entrance to the event.
Comcast SportsNet Northwest turns search for outdoors host into reality show Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 7:49AMNine finalists will endure mental and physical challenges to be the last person standing on "WANTED: Adventure Host."
That's me, scout's honour Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 4:01PMSEE that toned body? Singer-actor Daren Tan, champion of Project Superstar Season 2, has scouting to thank for it, at least in part.
Life is a rat race Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 4:20PMCarole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on reader's problems. This week: competition Under pressure From an anonymous teen Dear Carole, I'm in 6th form and ever since GCSE revision I feel I have been on a treadmill. I have to compete in sport against other schools, I've got A-level revision now and college or university is ahead of me, and thus more and more exams to pass ...
Twitter Phished? It’s an Easy Mistake to Make Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:02PMTwitter phishing attacks caught some users off-guard this week, and some expressed surprise that such attacks remain effective. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised: Not only do we tend to trust direct messages sent by friends, but the rise of short URLs and a trend towards federated login systems ( Facebook Connect et al) may further confuse new users. That’s the topic of my CNN column this week ...
In search of world's rarest and most endangered gorilla Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:04AMWe shouldered our packs -- leaving behind us a small town of wooden shacks, and making our way up a steep climb into the Mbe mountains and Nigeria's last rainforest.
After Lives: a guide to heaven, hell and purgatory, By John Casey Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:30PMThe after-life is a pretty well-explored destination, both in the sense that, if most of the world's great faiths are to be believed, all of us end up there, and in that it has been the subject of some of the most enduring works of literature known to humankind. They include Dante's Divine Comedy, Milton's Paradise Lost, the Book of Job, Swedenborg's New Jerusalem and, juxtaposing traditional ...
Correction of Final Results to 30 June 2009 Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:20AMINTERACTIVE PUBLISHING PLC ('IP', 'the Company' or 'the Group') CORRECTION OF FINAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2009 The statutory accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 June 2009 have now been signed and filed at Companies House. During the course of the auditors' final review, an adjustment to the amount of the provision necessary against the Group's intangible fixed assets was ...
Pen Hadow hit polar bear with a saucepan Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:26AMExplorer Pen Hadow has told how he fought off a polar bear with a saucepan.
DeLand's Cultural Arts Center battles to survive Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 3:38PMSome people like sudoku. Others fiddle with Rubik's Cubes. Accountant Parke Teal's puzzle of choice, these days, is figuring out how to make DeLand's Cultural Arts Center survive. Teal, a former president of the Cultural Arts Center (CAC), has stepped back into the presidency to usher the nonprofit ...
Ontario High School Students Give MPPs a Lesson in Lifesaving Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:05AMTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 24, 2010) - Queen's Park, Committee Room 2, First Floor, West Wing - At 11:45 a.m., the Honourable Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of Education and the Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, will address MPPs, students and guests about the important addition of AED training to the ACT High School CPR Program in Ontario - a first in Canada.
Save your life with "The Survivors Club" Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:37AMSurvival guides are a dime a dozen, and many times when an individual succumbs to one of these lengthy books, they are often left looking for the chapter on how to survive reading to the end. Fortunately there is a new book that teaches readers how to survive harrowing situations through stories of people who have experienced such things, including having been attacked by a lion, jumping off the ...
111 failings cited in race death Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:16AMThe person who took an emergency call about a man who died during last year's Motatapu Icebreaker mountain bike event made several errors and caused delays, a coroner's court was told yesterday. read more
Scouting for leadership, Guiding to success Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 9:15PMScouts and Guides have been busy beavers for decades and this past year was no different.
The gunplay's the thing in Reservoir Dogs Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 12:48PMBy Perry Tannenbaum You wouldn't want to see a stage production of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs that left out the gunplay from the movie. So before you walk in to the current Citizens of the Universe production, you'll find a jarful of complimentary earplugs to bring in with you. As COTU's lead guerilla, director James Cartee, tells us, we don't need the protection until Act 2, but when ...
Oh, baby: The great pacifier debate Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 6:13PMHave a newborn? Here’s some advice from the book “Oh, Baby! Loving (and Surviving!) Your Newborn’s First Year” (Hundreds of Heads Books, www.hundredsofheads.com, $14.95), straight from people who’ve done it:
Ellen James Martin: Factor retirement into home purchase Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 2:08AMSmart Moves: Practical real estate advice
Bill Monroe: When it comes to high-tech, wildlife have us beat Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 12:02PMWild animals use an invisible network to read our minds and mock our efforts to harvest them.
Briefly: Feb. 20 Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 9:19AMUpcoming meetings, concerts, noteworthy events and more for the Plymouth area.
Paperback Nonfiction Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 11:50PMTop 5 at a Glance 1. THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis 2. THE LOST CITY OF Z, by David Grann 3. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 4. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler 5. THE SURVIVORS CLUB, by Ben Sherwood
What Babies Know and We Don't Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 10:07AMBy Michael Greenberg The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life by Alison Gopnik The most elusive period of our lives occurs from birth to about the age of five. Mysterious and otherworldly, infancy and early childhood are surrounded later in life by a curious amnesia, broken by flashes of memory that come upon us unbidden, for the most part ...
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories video game review Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 6:09PMSilent Hill: Shattered Memories is one of the best survival horror games we've seen in many years.
Press Release Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 3:10AMTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif.,
Portland students trek Appalachian Trail Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 1:04PMPORTLAND — Thirty seventh-graders from Lincoln and Moore middle schools left this morning on a four-day winter camping excursion along the Appalachian Trail in Rangeley.
Centocor Ortho Biotech Products and Amgen Finalize ESA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) With FDA Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 8:58AMCentocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. and Amgen Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents , which include PROCRITÂ® , AranespÂ® and EPOGENÂ® . Â The FDA has determined that a REMS is necessary for ESAs to ensure the benefits of these drugs outweigh the risks of shortened overall ...
Amgen and Centocor Ortho Biotech Products Finalize ESA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) With FDA Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 8:50AMAmgen Inc. and Centocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents , which include AranespÂ® , EPOGENÂ® and PROCRITÂ® . Â The FDA has determined that a REMS is necessary for ESAs to ensure the benefits of these drugs outweigh the risks of shortened overall ...
Sugar Bowl opens up backcountry with new lift Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 3:46AMWhen Sugar Bowl Resort opened for business 70 years ago, it boasted the first chairlift in California and lift tickets were a mere 25 cents.
'The husband I love has left me. What can I do to get him back?' Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 1:47AMIn Lifeclass this week, Lesley Garner assures a reader that there can be good times after the collapse of a marriage.
Tarpon took huge hit from Keys January cold spell Saturday, February 13, 2010 @ 10:13AMThe big chill in January may have wiped out much of the newly hatched tarpon in Florida, says an expert on the species.
Briefly: Feb. 13 Saturday, February 13, 2010 @ 9:17AMSee what's happening in and around Plymouth.
Teen With Mechanical Heart Gets Real One Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 5:29PMFor most folks being "big hearted" is a wonderful virtue, but such is not the case for a young man from Edinburg, Texas.