Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Tuesday Takeaway (Oct. 4th)


Hank Williams Jr. flagged for offensive Obama comment. Monday night football will never be the same.

Man opens fire on the San Diego 805 Freeway.

Bank of America to charge for debit usage

Getting kids excited about reading
"Teachers and school administrators might want to consider this: in many schools, there's a tendency not to reward boys for reading books like "Guinness World Records" or "Sports Illustrated Almanac" or "The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll." Too often, boy-appealing books are disproportionately overlooked on recommended reading lists.
Big mistake. Tragic mistake. Avoidable mistake. It's all about attitude. If your kids' school library isn't a boy magnet, the school probably needs to check its attitude
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A practical step by step guide to setting up your own business.

From the Limits of Empathy: "Nobody is against empathy. Nonetheless, it’s insufficient. These days empathy has become a shortcut. It has become a way to experience delicious moral emotions without confronting the weaknesses in our nature that prevent us from actually acting upon them. It has become a way to experience the illusion of moral progress without having to do the nasty work of making moral judgments....People who actually perform pro-social action don’t only feel for those who are suffering, they feel compelled to act by a sense of duty. Their lives are structured by sacred codes....They would feel a sense of shame or guilt if they didn’t live up to the code."

Twitter study suggests that our "moods are driven in part by a shared underlying biological rhythm that transcends culture and environment."

Income taxes by country

The moment of revolution video of the protests in Wall Street.

More on the protests and mass arrests

Arrested Development coming back!

Amanda Knox can FINALLY breath a sign of relief.

Healthcare and Medicine:

Sometimes achieving global health goals is as easy as taking turns

Hi, I'm a doctor (of nursing). Why physicians are angry.

The battle between health access and overspending in Washington

Making women with cancer feel beautiful

Staging breast regression Hilarious.

The autism and vaccine rumor went a little too far...

1 comment:

  1. This is a really interesting study but I think the results were to be expected!

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