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Paper Cuts: A Blog About Books
This blog is "about books and other forms of printed matter, written by Dwight Garner, senior editor of The [New York Times] Book Review. Look here for book news and opinion, interviews with writers, regular raids on the Book Review's archives, and other special features."Includes posts on topics such as the 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road"in 2007 and playlists of songs from writers. From The New York Times. Understanding Endangered Frog's Diet And Environment May Save It
A brightly-colored tropical frog under threat of extinction is the focus of a new research project hoping to better understand how environment and diet influence its development and behavior. Loss of habitat in its native Costa Rican rainforest, combined with global declines in amphibian populations generally through a combination of environmental change and disease, have all contributed to the splendid leaf frog's precarious situation. Cell Phone Users Drive Like Old Folks
If you have been stuck in traffic behind a motorist yakking on a cellular phone, a new University of Utah study will sound familiar: When young motorists talk on cell phones, they drive like elderly people, moving and reacting more slowly and increasing their risk of accidents. Handbook On Pay and Leave Benefits For Federal Employees Affected By S
"Provides a general summary of the many pay and leave benefits available to assist Federal agencies and employees who must cope with severe weather emergencies or other emergency situations and their aftermath. ... Since many of the benefits discussed in this Handbook may be granted at the discretion of each employing agency, employees should contact their agency's human resources office for further information."Opens directly into a PDF file. From the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Surgery, Radiation Gives Early Survival Advantage In Bile Duct Cancer
Researchers are reporting the discovery of an early survival advantage when a combination of surgery and radiation therapy is used for patients with a rare but deadly bile duct cancer. "Surgery and radiotherapy shows an early response benefit. It shows that the addition of radiation is potentially reasonable for the first-line treatment,"said the principal investigator of the study. New 'Cherry Chocolate Rain' Remix Pushes Dr Pepper
Tay Zonday remakes his own widely spoofed web hit (and cashes in while he's at it). Civil-Military Relations in Iraq (1921-2006): An Introductory Survey
Overview of civil-military relations in Iraq starting with the establishment of the first unit of the Iraqi army on January 6, 1921. Includes statistics and references. From the May 2006 issue of Strategic Insights, "a monthly electronic journal produced by the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California." Scientists Discover Remarkable Editing System For Protein Production
Even small mistakes made by cells during protein production can have profound disease effects, but the processes cells use to correct mistakes have been challenging to decipher. Recent work however, has uncovered two surprising new methods for such editing. 'Empty Nester' Parent Birds Use Recruitment Calls To Extend Offspring
By studying a habituated population of pied babblers (Turdoides bicolor) in the Kalahari Desert, researchers have discovered a surprising new way in which parent birds can extend the period of their care of offspring. The findings are reported by Andrew Radford of the University of Cambridge and Amanda Ridley of the University of Cape Town and appear in the September 5th issue of Current Biology, published by Cell Press. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying...
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