Friday, September 16, 2011

Tuesday Takeaway (Sept 20th)



World:

Pictures from the gold rush in Senegal.

Drug cartels in Mexico are using social media to promote fear.

Hip Hop: The music of rebellion and justice in Libya.

Building toilets to stop sexual assault in South Africa.

Random:

Tuition for UC Universities might increase by 81% over the next 4 years! Most staggering statistic: Average tuition at a UC in 2000: $4,000. Average tuition at a UC in 2015: $22,000.

Brad Pitt confessions

I am a photic sneezer. are you?

Why whiners don't win. "According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 71 percent of human resources managers say they place more emphasis on emotional intelligence -- a person's ability to control his or her emotions, sense the emotions of others and build relationships -- than they do on IQ. Fifty-nine percent of employers even said they wouldn't hire someone who had a high IQ but low EI."

Is Hillary Clinton back for 2012? Polls say so, but Clinton will not.

What would you promise yourself?

A free text by Epictetus. Go stoicism!

The CIA pitches to Hollywood.

The exodus of 'primary caregiving' women from prisons in CA. Lawsuits in the future?

So this is where blond jokes come from.

Raising awareness in Boulder about Homelessness.

Healthcare and Medicine:

Gates Foundation: Reinventing the toilet...swapping water for fertilizer.

What do you know about Celiac Disease?

Gamers solving scientific quandaries.

Patients like me: Finding a disease based support group...virtually.

The man who was cured of HIV.

U.S. healthcare taught by Dr. Seuss.

Does extra safety as a physician mean bad medicine? It certainly means unnecessary costs.

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