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Jul. 13th, 2010 04:16 pmit is fascinating how the same people who scream about "pirates" have no compunctions about robbing the creative cream blind.
'Hollywood Accounting' Losing In The Courts
RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians Rarely Make Money From Album Sales
'Hollywood Accounting' Losing In The Courts
RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians Rarely Make Money From Album Sales
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/11digi.html
Economists are trying to measure a home computer’s educational impact on schoolchildren in low-income households. Taking widely varying routes, they are arriving at similar conclusions: little or no educational benefit is found. Worse, computers seem to have further separated children in low-income households, whose test scores often decline after the machine arrives, from their more privileged counterparts.
...the negative effect on test scores was not universal, but was largely confined to lower-income households, in which, the authors hypothesized, parental supervision might be spottier, giving students greater opportunity to use the computer for entertainment unrelated to homework and reducing the amount of time spent studying.
...The expansion of broadband service was associated with a pronounced drop in test scores for black students in both reading and math, but no effect on the math scores and little on the reading scores of other students.
...“there was no evidence linking technology immersion with student self-directed learning or their general satisfaction with schoolwork.” When devising ways to beat school policing software, students showed an exemplary capacity for self-directed learning. Too bad that capacity didn’t expand in academic directions, too.
Economists are trying to measure a home computer’s educational impact on schoolchildren in low-income households. Taking widely varying routes, they are arriving at similar conclusions: little or no educational benefit is found. Worse, computers seem to have further separated children in low-income households, whose test scores often decline after the machine arrives, from their more privileged counterparts.
...the negative effect on test scores was not universal, but was largely confined to lower-income households, in which, the authors hypothesized, parental supervision might be spottier, giving students greater opportunity to use the computer for entertainment unrelated to homework and reducing the amount of time spent studying.
...The expansion of broadband service was associated with a pronounced drop in test scores for black students in both reading and math, but no effect on the math scores and little on the reading scores of other students.
...“there was no evidence linking technology immersion with student self-directed learning or their general satisfaction with schoolwork.” When devising ways to beat school policing software, students showed an exemplary capacity for self-directed learning. Too bad that capacity didn’t expand in academic directions, too.
некий русский патриот пишет:
тут делаются два предположения (ложность которых очевидна любому жителю забугорья):
Мне интересно, откуда у этого патриота таки идеи.
Я вижу два варианта:
Какой правильный?
Есть ещё варинаты?
Хорошо, что русские пилоты так удачно выступают на международных соревнованиях по высшему пилотажу: буржуины видят, на что способны простые любители и думают, что строевые лётчики ещё круче, и не рискуют напасть
тут делаются два предположения (ложность которых очевидна любому жителю забугорья):
- буржуины глупы: они покупаются на советско/русскую байку про "любителей"
- буржуины аггрессивны и хотят напасть на Россию
Мне интересно, откуда у этого патриота таки идеи.
Я вижу два варианта:
- Пропаганда: пациент дошёл до того, что верит советской пропаганде
- Проекция: пациент проецирует на буржуинов своё отношение к миру (доминанта российского государственного мышления всегда состояла и состоит в том, что расширение империи необходимо для её защиты)
Какой правильный?
Есть ещё варинаты?
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Jul. 8th, 2010 12:41 pmПочему, если мужчина, считает что он марсианин или торт Наполеон, то его лечат в психушке; а если мужчина считает, что он - женщина, то его права пытаются защищать?
Why a man who thinks he is an alien or Napoleon is institutionalized, but a man who thinks he is a woman has his rights protected?
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Why a man who thinks he is an alien or Napoleon is institutionalized, but a man who thinks he is a woman has his rights protected?
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Jul. 7th, 2010 04:35 pmhttp://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/
Drowning is the number two cause of accidental death in children, age 15 and under (just behind vehicle accidents) – of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening.
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Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them: “Are you alright?” If they can answer at all – they probably are. If they return a blank stare – you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents: children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.
Drowning is the number two cause of accidental death in children, age 15 and under (just behind vehicle accidents) – of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening.
( Read more... )
Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them: “Are you alright?” If they can answer at all – they probably are. If they return a blank stare – you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents: children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.
Power Line Panic and Mobile Mania
Jun. 29th, 2010 01:32 pmUnless one is willing to discard the concept of photons, Planck’s law, and the interaction between photons and atoms—and thus the entire body of quantum physics—it is simply not possible for the photons associated with either a power line or a cell phone to cause cancer. Mobile phones have caused major problems, especially auto accidents from distracted driving, but one thing that need not be feared is the possibility of the “radio waves” causing cancer. The presence of power lines can spoil the view, can lower market value, or even psychologically irritate one, but there is simply no reason to worry about cancers of any variety from their presence.
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/power_line_panic_and_mobile_mania
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/power_line_panic_and_mobile_mania
are people waking up? люди просыпаются?
Jun. 29th, 2010 12:11 pmHelen Thomas, Turkey, and the Liberation of Israel
The world cares deeply about refugees, disputed territory, and divided cities — when Israel is involved. Otherwise, otherwise.
Anti-Semitism as displayed by both Thomas and Turkey’s leaders is not predicated on criticizing Israel, much less disagreeing with its foreign policy. Instead, it hinges upon focusing singularly on Israeli behavior, and applying a standard to it that is never extended to any other nation.
Хелен Томас, Турция и освобождение Израиля
Мир испытывает глубокую озабоченность по поводу беженцев, спорных территорий и разделённых городов – в тех случаях, когда к этому имеет отношение Израиль. В других случаях дела обстоят иначе.
Антисемитизм, продемонстрированный как Томас, так и турецкими лидерами, не основан на критическом отношении к Израилю, и уж тем более на несогласии с его внешней политикой. Он сосредоточен только на поведении Израиля и на применении к нему стандартов, которые не применяются ни к какой другой стране.
The world cares deeply about refugees, disputed territory, and divided cities — when Israel is involved. Otherwise, otherwise.
Anti-Semitism as displayed by both Thomas and Turkey’s leaders is not predicated on criticizing Israel, much less disagreeing with its foreign policy. Instead, it hinges upon focusing singularly on Israeli behavior, and applying a standard to it that is never extended to any other nation.
Хелен Томас, Турция и освобождение Израиля
Мир испытывает глубокую озабоченность по поводу беженцев, спорных территорий и разделённых городов – в тех случаях, когда к этому имеет отношение Израиль. В других случаях дела обстоят иначе.
Антисемитизм, продемонстрированный как Томас, так и турецкими лидерами, не основан на критическом отношении к Израилю, и уж тем более на несогласии с его внешней политикой. Он сосредоточен только на поведении Израиля и на применении к нему стандартов, которые не применяются ни к какой другой стране.
http://zhurnal.lib.ru/j/jakubowich_e_l/mondial.shtml
Дорогие болельщики, мы ведем наш репортаж со стадиона в Южной Африке, где сегодня встречаются сборная Израиля и сборная Палестины. Команды выходят на поле. Что это? У полевых игроков команды Израиля руки связаны за спиной.( Read more... )
Дорогие болельщики, мы ведем наш репортаж со стадиона в Южной Африке, где сегодня встречаются сборная Израиля и сборная Палестины. Команды выходят на поле. Что это? У полевых игроков команды Израиля руки связаны за спиной.( Read more... )
Манна небесная
Jun. 23rd, 2010 03:09 pmhttp://actualcomment.ru/daycomment/533/
...Уникальность всей этой ситуации еще и в том, что палестинцам охотно помогают народы (в первую очередь, мусульманские), гораздо менее обеспеченные, чем сами палестинцы. Этому есть два простых объяснения: во-первых, ТВ исламских стран никогда не рассказывает о реальной ситуации в Секторе, во-вторых, исламскую ментальность можно упрекнуть во многом, но жадность – это не про неё. Меж тем, в блокадном регионе персональный компьютер уже есть у каждого пятого, сотовый телефон – у четырех из пяти, а по уровню жизни Палестина находится на 100-й строчке – всего на три пункта ниже, чем Грузия, и на 14 выше, чем Молдавия....
...Уникальность всей этой ситуации еще и в том, что палестинцам охотно помогают народы (в первую очередь, мусульманские), гораздо менее обеспеченные, чем сами палестинцы. Этому есть два простых объяснения: во-первых, ТВ исламских стран никогда не рассказывает о реальной ситуации в Секторе, во-вторых, исламскую ментальность можно упрекнуть во многом, но жадность – это не про неё. Меж тем, в блокадном регионе персональный компьютер уже есть у каждого пятого, сотовый телефон – у четырех из пяти, а по уровню жизни Палестина находится на 100-й строчке – всего на три пункта ниже, чем Грузия, и на 14 выше, чем Молдавия....
http://scienceblog.com/35508/children-with-home-computers-likely-to-have-lower-test-scores/
politicians and education activists have sought to eliminate the “digital divide” by guaranteeing universal access to home computers, and ... high-speed Internet service.
these efforts would actually widen the achievement gap in math and reading scores. Students in grades five through eight, particularly those from disadvantaged families, tend to post lower scores once these technologies arrive in their home.
( Read more... ) The data allowed researchers to compare the same children’s reading and math scores before and after they acquired a home computer, and to compare those scores to those of peers who had a home computer by fifth grade and to test scores of students who never acquire a home computer. The negative effects on reading and math scores were “modest but significant,” they found.
( Read more... )
Vigdor and Ladd concluded that home computers are put to more productive use in households where parental monitoring is more effective. In disadvantaged households, parents are less likely to monitor children’s computer use and guide children in using computers for educational purposes.
The research suggests that programs to expand home computer access would lead to even wider gaps between test scores of advantaged and disadvantaged students, Vigdor said.( Read more... )
politicians and education activists have sought to eliminate the “digital divide” by guaranteeing universal access to home computers, and ... high-speed Internet service.
these efforts would actually widen the achievement gap in math and reading scores. Students in grades five through eight, particularly those from disadvantaged families, tend to post lower scores once these technologies arrive in their home.
( Read more... ) The data allowed researchers to compare the same children’s reading and math scores before and after they acquired a home computer, and to compare those scores to those of peers who had a home computer by fifth grade and to test scores of students who never acquire a home computer. The negative effects on reading and math scores were “modest but significant,” they found.
( Read more... )
Vigdor and Ladd concluded that home computers are put to more productive use in households where parental monitoring is more effective. In disadvantaged households, parents are less likely to monitor children’s computer use and guide children in using computers for educational purposes.
The research suggests that programs to expand home computer access would lead to even wider gaps between test scores of advantaged and disadvantaged students, Vigdor said.( Read more... )
Western Capitalism in Decline
Jun. 11th, 2010 12:52 pmhttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/Western-Capitalism-in-tsmf-3665715476.html?x=0
Democratic capitalism is not flawed. Rather, government policy-makers are destroying a system that took mankind from dark feudal superstitions to cracking the secrets of life with deceptions, delusions and abuse.
...politicians have deceived voters by telling them pension systems can be constructed allowing retirement at ages 55 or 60. Whether funded by savings and investments or taxes, no solvent pension system is possible that permits educated professionals, unionized workers and government employees, who get most of the income and benefits, to work only 30 or 35 years and retire for another 20 or 25 years.
Politicians have deluded themselves into believing an education system that encourages young people to "find themselves" instead of "finding something productive" will give society enough scientists and engineers to solve the tough problems needed to perpetuate growth. They have deluded themselves into thinking that professors spending six hours a week or less teaching and the rest thinking great thoughts, or verbally pistol-whipping the society that supports them, is somehow wealth-creating.
[national leaders] have granted virtually free access to western markets for manufacturers from China. For its part, China maintains high tariffs and other arcane import barriers on western products, subsidizes exports through an undervalued currency, and offers other inducements to keep Chinese products artificially cheap on world markets. China grows at 10% a year, and the West sheds millions of "unworthy" manufacturing jobs and stagnates.
Meanwhile, in New York, London and elsewhere 30-year-old MBAs pull down bonuses of 1, 10 and $20 million a year for trading securities that really don't exist and creating havoc that have cost U.S. and European governments upward of $4 trillion to clean up.
Democratic capitalism is not flawed. Rather, government policy-makers are destroying a system that took mankind from dark feudal superstitions to cracking the secrets of life with deceptions, delusions and abuse.
...politicians have deceived voters by telling them pension systems can be constructed allowing retirement at ages 55 or 60. Whether funded by savings and investments or taxes, no solvent pension system is possible that permits educated professionals, unionized workers and government employees, who get most of the income and benefits, to work only 30 or 35 years and retire for another 20 or 25 years.
Politicians have deluded themselves into believing an education system that encourages young people to "find themselves" instead of "finding something productive" will give society enough scientists and engineers to solve the tough problems needed to perpetuate growth. They have deluded themselves into thinking that professors spending six hours a week or less teaching and the rest thinking great thoughts, or verbally pistol-whipping the society that supports them, is somehow wealth-creating.
[national leaders] have granted virtually free access to western markets for manufacturers from China. For its part, China maintains high tariffs and other arcane import barriers on western products, subsidizes exports through an undervalued currency, and offers other inducements to keep Chinese products artificially cheap on world markets. China grows at 10% a year, and the West sheds millions of "unworthy" manufacturing jobs and stagnates.
Meanwhile, in New York, London and elsewhere 30-year-old MBAs pull down bonuses of 1, 10 and $20 million a year for trading securities that really don't exist and creating havoc that have cost U.S. and European governments upward of $4 trillion to clean up.
Restaurant tells diners to eat up or else
Jun. 8th, 2010 04:40 pmhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100604/od_nm/us_restaurant_rules_odd
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – An Australian restaurateur fed up with the waste left by diners has ordered her customers to eat everything on their plates for their sake of the earth or pay a penalty and not return.
Chef Yukako Ichikawa has introduced a 30 percent discount for diners who eat all the food they have ordered at Wafu, her 30-seat restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, that describes itself as "guilty free Japanese cuisine."
"To contribute toward creating a sustainable future we request a little more of our guests than most other restaurants," she says in a list of her restaurant's policies that is pinned on the door to the eatery.
This list includes finishing all dishes ordered which are organic and free of gluten, dairy, sugar and eggs and the chef and her staff tell people who don't clear their plates to choose another restaurant next time.
"Finishing your meal requires that everything is eaten except lemon slices, gari (sushi ginger) and wasabi," says the menu.
"Please also note that vegetables and salad on the side are NOT decorations; they are part of the meal too."
Wafu's strict policy has been welcomed by some but criticized as overbearing by some reviewers. Ichikawa is undeterred.
"Wafu is not just a restaurant; it is an extension of Yukako's personal ethos toward nourishment and sustenance," says a statement on the restaurant's website.
"We are not only committed to serving meals that nurture and respect the body but are actively dedicated to the notion of waste prevention, and take seriously our responsibility toward the environment and sustainability for the future."
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – An Australian restaurateur fed up with the waste left by diners has ordered her customers to eat everything on their plates for their sake of the earth or pay a penalty and not return.
Chef Yukako Ichikawa has introduced a 30 percent discount for diners who eat all the food they have ordered at Wafu, her 30-seat restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, that describes itself as "guilty free Japanese cuisine."
"To contribute toward creating a sustainable future we request a little more of our guests than most other restaurants," she says in a list of her restaurant's policies that is pinned on the door to the eatery.
This list includes finishing all dishes ordered which are organic and free of gluten, dairy, sugar and eggs and the chef and her staff tell people who don't clear their plates to choose another restaurant next time.
"Finishing your meal requires that everything is eaten except lemon slices, gari (sushi ginger) and wasabi," says the menu.
"Please also note that vegetables and salad on the side are NOT decorations; they are part of the meal too."
Wafu's strict policy has been welcomed by some but criticized as overbearing by some reviewers. Ichikawa is undeterred.
"Wafu is not just a restaurant; it is an extension of Yukako's personal ethos toward nourishment and sustenance," says a statement on the restaurant's website.
"We are not only committed to serving meals that nurture and respect the body but are actively dedicated to the notion of waste prevention, and take seriously our responsibility toward the environment and sustainability for the future."
Caffeine addiction is such a downer that regular coffee drinkers may get no real pick-me-up from their morning cup
Bristol University researchers found that drinkers develop a tolerance to both the anxiety-producing and the stimulating effects of caffeine, meaning that it only brings them back to baseline levels of alertness, not above them.
Although frequent consumers feel alerted by caffeine, especially by their morning tea, coffee, or other caffeine-containing drink, evidence suggests that this is actually merely the reversal of the fatiguing effects of acute caffeine withdrawal.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65138U20100602
Bristol University researchers found that drinkers develop a tolerance to both the anxiety-producing and the stimulating effects of caffeine, meaning that it only brings them back to baseline levels of alertness, not above them.
Although frequent consumers feel alerted by caffeine, especially by their morning tea, coffee, or other caffeine-containing drink, evidence suggests that this is actually merely the reversal of the fatiguing effects of acute caffeine withdrawal.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65138U20100602
Google-itis
May. 17th, 2010 05:23 pmhttp://www.southtownstar.com/lifestyles/2273834,051610googleitis.article
More patients every day - at their office, on their lunch breaks, late at night - are searching the Internet to diagnose every oddity and symptom they find.
The increased numbers of patients self-diagnosing online has led to more cases of what Dr. ... calls "Google-itis" - when healthy people excessively type symptoms into the Google search engine.
what this practice does best is increase paranoia. Search engines are better at pointing a patient toward rare diseases, when it's more likely they're suffering from something more commonplace, he said.
More patients every day - at their office, on their lunch breaks, late at night - are searching the Internet to diagnose every oddity and symptom they find.
The increased numbers of patients self-diagnosing online has led to more cases of what Dr. ... calls "Google-itis" - when healthy people excessively type symptoms into the Google search engine.
what this practice does best is increase paranoia. Search engines are better at pointing a patient toward rare diseases, when it's more likely they're suffering from something more commonplace, he said.
