“Washington just doesn’t attract people willing to sink their lives into something that won’t either change the world or make them rich.”
the best description of dc, like, ever. -LDP,
Coffeeshoponomics [WCP] (via feastingwithgans)
apt.
Syrup makers toil this winter
- Record winter temperatures are wreaking havoc with maple tree systems, forcing syrup producers to tap trunks early to catch the best, most sugary sap.
Meanwhile, in New England…
Upstate is NOT a part of New England, but we produce a hell of a lot of MAPPPPPPPPLE!
Elaine: Why do you keep watching?
Jerry: I don’t know, I’m obsessed with it. It’s like a spider in the toilet struggling for a survival. And even if you know it’s not going to make it, you kind of root it for awhile.
Elaine: And then you flush.
Jerry: Well, it’s a spider.(via The Cafe)
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10 Novels That Will Sharpen Your Mind [Interactive]
Novels may be made up, but the emotions they evoke are real. These feelings grow out of our connection to the novel’s characters and the relationships between a protagonist and others in the context of the broader society. As we follow the ups and downs of a carefully crafted story, we build connections within the social and emotional regions of the brain. The result, according to recent research, is a better understanding of other human beings and a deeper empathy for others, leading to improved social skills. Historians have also claimed that great works of fiction have lent support to the concept of human rights. (For more on the psychology of fiction, see “In the Minds of Others,” by Keith Oatley, Scientific American Mind, November/December 2011.)
Click the link and check out the interactive features.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9wwarlhn1qbchbvo1_1280.png)
10 Novels That Will Sharpen Your Mind [Interactive]
Novels may be made up, but the emotions they evoke are real. These feelings grow out of our connection to the novel’s characters and the relationships between a protagonist and others in the context of the broader society. As we follow the ups and downs of a carefully crafted story, we build connections within the social and emotional regions of the brain. The result, according to recent research, is a better understanding of other human beings and a deeper empathy for others, leading to improved social skills. Historians have also claimed that great works of fiction have lent support to the concept of human rights. (For more on the psychology of fiction, see “In the Minds of Others,” by Keith Oatley, Scientific American Mind, November/December 2011.)
Click the link and check out the interactive features.
(Source: approachingsignificance, via inothernews)
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Interspecies Intermingling of the Day: Anuska and Sadie, the real-life Tod and Copper, are inseparable according to their owner Brian Bevan.
The art teacher says he adopted the eight-month-old kit from a farmer who took her and her eight siblings in after their mother was run over.
Bevan says Anuska loves playing catch and jumping around just like his ten-year-old Jack Russell terrier, so it’s no wonder the two took to each other immediately.
“The second we introduced Anuska to Sadie they got on really well and played happily together,” he said. “There was no hostility, they took to each other brilliantly.”
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Interspecies Intermingling of the Day: Anuska and Sadie, the real-life Tod and Copper, are inseparable according to their owner Brian Bevan.
The art teacher says he adopted the eight-month-old kit from a farmer who took her and her eight siblings in after their mother was run over.
Bevan says Anuska loves playing catch and jumping around just like his ten-year-old Jack Russell terrier, so it’s no wonder the two took to each other immediately.
“The second we introduced Anuska to Sadie they got on really well and played happily together,” he said. “There was no hostility, they took to each other brilliantly.”
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God help us all.
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Plan B6 of the Day: Officials at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania were asked to explain their decision to offer students access to the emergency contraception pill Plan B through a vending machine inside the school’s health center.
“We had some conversations with them and did a survey of the student body and we got an 85 percent response rate that the students supported Plan B in the House Center,” said Ship’s Vice president of Student Affairs, Dr. Roger Serr.
One dose of the so-called “morning-after pill,” which can legally be purchased over-the-counter by individuals 17 or older, will set students back $25. The university says it uses money made from sales to purchase more pills. Some 350 to 400 doses are sold each year.
“The vending machine is just a way to dispense it,” said Dr. Serr. “It’s provided, it’s not necessarily promoted on a large scale.”
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Plan B6 of the Day: Officials at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania were asked to explain their decision to offer students access to the emergency contraception pill Plan B through a vending machine inside the school’s health center.
“We had some conversations with them and did a survey of the student body and we got an 85 percent response rate that the students supported Plan B in the House Center,” said Ship’s Vice president of Student Affairs, Dr. Roger Serr.
One dose of the so-called “morning-after pill,” which can legally be purchased over-the-counter by individuals 17 or older, will set students back $25. The university says it uses money made from sales to purchase more pills. Some 350 to 400 doses are sold each year.
“The vending machine is just a way to dispense it,” said Dr. Serr. “It’s provided, it’s not necessarily promoted on a large scale.”
Marion Barry loves twitter.
(Source: musingmadman)
