| Car culture recklessly puts all of us at risk
L B from Canada writes: As a bicyclist, I heartily agree. I get to see the worst of drivers, and because I am relatively slow, I get to see more of them than another car driver does. People seem to take even more risks around cyclists, because hey - they won't get hurt! Instead of thanking cyclists for taking another car off the road (meaning less congestion and less pollution), drivers get angry because we are too slow. "
I like cycling however I've found that many cyclists are a sanctimonious lot who think they don't have to obey the rules of the road (like running Stop signs, riding on the sidewalk, going down the street the wrong way, running Red lights, etc.). Just ask a pedestrian how they feel about some cyclists -- I vouch you'd get an earfull! It'd be nice to have real bike lanes like The Netherlands.
Centris Consulting Forms Strategic Partnership with River Logic, Inc ...
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Students round on ministers over loans and university funding
Ministers were yesterday accused of "laying the ground work for top-up fees" as student leaders attacked the amount of money the Scottish Government is spending on universities. Senior figures within student unions at 10 universities also hit out at last week's announcement by John Swinney, the Finance Secretary, that the SNP would not fulfil its pre-election promise to service the debts of Scots students because there was not enough money to pay for it. Opposition parties have accused the government of implementing a real terms cut in the amount of money it will spend on universities. .
White House Awards Weill Cornell's Bruce McCandliss The Highest Honor ...
Dr. Bruce McCandliss, a psychologist at the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology and associate professor of psychology in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, has received a commendation by the President of the United States in the form of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government for outstanding scientists and engineers in the early part of their independent research careers.
Granted to him at a ceremony at the White House on Nov. 1, the award recognizes Dr. McCandliss' research into the biological basis for language development and dysfunction in developmental disorders such as dyslexia. Using insights of cognitive neuroscience, including brain imaging, he has helped develop methods to alleviate reading disabilities.
Created Equal
Trans fats cause ADHD and herpes. (For Human Nature's take on banning trans fats, click here.) Nicotine output increased every year in every cigarette category over seven years, according to a Harvard analysis of Massachusetts government data. During this period as a whole, nicotine yield from every major tobacco company increased. Tobacco companies' spin: It's random variation, since some individual brands didn't increase. Researchers' rebuttal: When yields from every category and every producer go up, that's not random. Outraged reaction: The nicotine infusion violates the industry's legal agreement to discourage youth smoking. Casual reaction: Who cares, since cigarette sales steadily declined during this period. (For recent updates on banning smoking in cars, click here, here, and here.) .
Hip-Hop Rumors: Jay Warns LL? Cassidy & Gillie Make Peace? Diddy ...
They are suppose to be on the show tonight together to squash it. So I'll try and hit you up so let you know how it goes. Philly has a lot of murders already this year and a peace treaty between these two would represent a lot.
GUCCI MANE IS TOO REAL!
All of a sudden, I am a Gucci Mane fan and the guy disowns his own CD, Trap-A-Thon! I guess Gucci Man is trying to be Gucci CEO.
“It has come to my attention that my former record label, Big Cat, is trying to put out an unauthorized release of my music. Not only was this done with out my approval, but the music they are trying to release is unfinished and does not represent who I am today as an artist.
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