junk Why It's So Hard to Junk Bad Decisions—Edging Closer to Understanding “Sunk Cost” By feeds.nature.com Published On :: 2018-10-11 Humans, rats and mice all exhibit the decision-making phenomenon, but new research suggests not all choices are equally vulnerable to it Full Article
junk Webinar: Space junk—Addressing the orbital debris challenge By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 17:09:27 +0000 Decades of space activity have littered Earth’s orbit with orbital debris, popularly known as space junk. Objects in orbit include spent rocket bodies, inactive satellites, a wrench, and even a toothbrush. The current quantity and density of man-made debris significantly increases the odds of future collisions either as debris damages space systems or as colliding… Full Article
junk Webinar: Space junk—Addressing the orbital debris challenge By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 17:09:27 +0000 Decades of space activity have littered Earth’s orbit with orbital debris, popularly known as space junk. Objects in orbit include spent rocket bodies, inactive satellites, a wrench, and even a toothbrush. The current quantity and density of man-made debris significantly increases the odds of future collisions either as debris damages space systems or as colliding… Full Article
junk Webinar: Space junk—Addressing the orbital debris challenge By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 17:09:27 +0000 Decades of space activity have littered Earth’s orbit with orbital debris, popularly known as space junk. Objects in orbit include spent rocket bodies, inactive satellites, a wrench, and even a toothbrush. The current quantity and density of man-made debris significantly increases the odds of future collisions either as debris damages space systems or as colliding… Full Article
junk Webinar: Space junk—Addressing the orbital debris challenge By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 17:09:27 +0000 Decades of space activity have littered Earth’s orbit with orbital debris, popularly known as space junk. Objects in orbit include spent rocket bodies, inactive satellites, a wrench, and even a toothbrush. The current quantity and density of man-made debris significantly increases the odds of future collisions either as debris damages space systems or as colliding… Full Article
junk Webinar: Space junk—Addressing the orbital debris challenge By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 17:09:27 +0000 Decades of space activity have littered Earth’s orbit with orbital debris, popularly known as space junk. Objects in orbit include spent rocket bodies, inactive satellites, a wrench, and even a toothbrush. The current quantity and density of man-made debris significantly increases the odds of future collisions either as debris damages space systems or as colliding… Full Article
junk Thrift stores are tired of getting people's useless junk By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:00:00 -0400 "Don't donate if you wouldn't give it to a mate." Full Article Living
junk No surprise here: junk food lobby wants federal ban on GMO labels By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:01:52 -0500 Major food conglomerates want to stamp out state-by-state efforts to label foods containing genetically modified ingredients with federal legislation. Full Article Business
junk George Monbiot on Junk Science, Rational Thought, and The Tragedy of Giving Up Nuclear (Podcast) By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:29:00 -0500 The Guardian's George Monbiot talks about climate deniers, junk science, and the need for nuclear. Full Article TreeHugger Radio
junk Throwaway Economy Headed for Junk Heap of History By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:48:00 -0400 The challenge is to re-evaluate the materials we consume and the way we manufacture products so as to cut down on waste. Full Article Energy
junk What just a week of junk food can do to your brain By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:16:52 -0500 Indulging in a Western-style diet for 7 days impaired the brain function in healthy young people and made them want to overeat, researchers find. Full Article Living
junk Brazil's junk food culture is driven by big business By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:04:00 -0400 A relentless sweet tooth, naïveté, and sneaky marketing are conspiring to create a health disaster in every corner of this country. Full Article Living
junk Kids see far too many junk food ads on the Internet By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:53:00 -0500 Unlike TV, the online world has no limits when it comes to advertising junk food to children and teens. This needs to change. Full Article Living
junk No more junk food ads on London transit By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:42:00 -0500 The mayor has cracked down on images portraying unhealthy food, in hopes that it will reduce child obesity rates. Full Article Living
junk Junk food causes irreversible damage to young men's fertility By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:30:00 -0400 New research shows that a Western-style diet can permanently kill off sperm-producing cells by age 18. Full Article Living
junk Mohamed El-Erian warns the Fed's pledge to support junk bonds could create 'zombie companies' By www.cnbc.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 16:12:27 GMT "My own sense is the Fed went too far in going into the high-yield market," the Allianz economic advisor told CNBC on Monday. "You get people who shouldn't be borrowing raising money." Full Article
junk Junk Book Marketing: Pay-to-Play Magazines By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 18:28:00 +0000 Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® Scroll down for updatesOn this blog and elsewhere, I spend a lot of time warning about junk book marketing services: so-called marketing and promotional services that are cheap to provide, but can be sold at a big markup, and for the most part are of little worth for book promotion or can more effectively be done by the author him/herself. Some examples: press releases, email blasts, book trailers, book fair display, social media setup, and social media advertising.All these and more are hawked to writers at exorbitant prices by assisted self-publishing companies like the various Author Solutions imprints--and also, increasingly, by their scam imitators. Either way, they're a ripoff...but the scammers demand even bigger fees, tell even bigger lies, and deliver even more shoddy results. And that's when they're not just taking your money and running.A few weeks ago, I focused on pay-to-play radio interviews--another junk marketing service--and why they're not worth the huge fees charged by providers. This week, I'm going to talk about pay-to-play magazines. (You'll note that all the companies discussed below are on my Big List of Publishing and Marketing Scams.)Have you ever received a solicitation like this one?Or this one?Or this one?Of course the books haven't undergone "extensive evaluation", or been "carefully chosen", or showed to "a team" that "really like[s] your vision". Such solicitations are just spam, blasted out to addresses scraped from the internet or stolen from self-publishing company customer lists.Nor are these real magazines, in the sense of publications that are widely available to the public. Instead, they're collections of ads, interviews, and "feature articles" sold to writers at huge prices, sometimes interspersed with general interest pieces (often really badly written) or, in the case of New Reader Magazine, with fiction, poetry, and art. These "publications" are never circulated in any meaningful sense; they may be posted online, but their primary mode of distribution is from tables in company booths at book fairs...where many of the authors buying ad or interview space have already paid a premium for display.The prices the faux magazines charge for placement can be enormous. For instance, here's the "Executive Full-Spread Ad" from Paperclips Magazine, which is owned by (not "partnered with" as claimed in its solicitation email) publishing and marketing scammer Legaia Books:A "Showcase" full-page ad costs $3,698 ($2,218.80 on sale), and a "Premier" half-page ad clocks in at $2,599 ($1,299.50 on sale). Paperclips' parent company, Legaia Books, also sells publishing and marketing services at high prices, using deceptive sales tactics to target small press- and self-published authors.Here's one writer's not very satisfactory experience with Paperclips. I've gotten emails from many others.New Reader Magazine--which looks quite legit if you don't know better--is owned by New Reader Media. Though the magazine actually appears to provide small payments for content acquired via general submission, it charges anywhere from $5,000 and up for the magazine feature and "partnership" mentioned in its solicitation email. Like Legaia, New Reader Media also sells publishing and marketing services at gigantic prices, as well as book-to-screen services (always a scam).New Reader has accumulated some online complaints due to its aggressive solicitation and poor performance. It has also been caught making false claims, such as that it was responsible for Christopher Paolini's bestselling novel Eragon being made into a movie.The Christmas magazine that's the subject of EC Publishing's solicitation can be seen here (if you're brave, you can also check out the Las Vegas Edition, produced for the Las Vegas Book Festival). Like most of the pay-to-play magazines, it's a compilation of author-purchased ads and features, laughably badly-written general interest articles, and a smattering of actual advertising. Prices for inclusion range from a few hundred to several thousand dollars, depending on how much space is purchased.Thanks to its aggressive soliciting, EC Publishing is the subject of a warning from the Australian Society of Authors.Authors Press's Authorial magazine has its own website (note the "notice of non-affiliation and disclaimer" that pops up if you linger on the home page: the scammers read Writer Beware). Writers can buy a spot in the magazine, starting at fees of a few hundred dollars; ad space or "features" are also included in some of the more expensive promotional packages Authors Press offers. Authorial's BEA 2019 issue consists of more than 75 pages of author ads, interviews, and excerpts. Just imagine the thousands of dollars in revenue generated by all those pages, some of which include ten or more ads. Also have a peek at Authorial's gallery page, which features photos of the dozens of books displayed in Authors Press's BEA booth. In 2019, writers were being charged anywhere from $1,000 to $3,500 for presence in the booth, depending on what level of activity they chose. Now multiply all of this by the seven book fairs Authors Press attended in 2019. It's not chump change.From URLink Print and Media comes Harbinger Post. Like the others, it's nearly all paid content, interspersed here and there with staff-written features. Here's an example of the caliber of that writing:Other scammy publishing and marketing companies that sell space in proprietary magazines (I've received multiple complaints about all these companies):Global Summit House: Global Summit HouseLitfire Publishing: WayFairerAuthorCentrix: AuthorCentrix MagazineStonewall Press (defunct): GoldCrest MagazinePrint advertising is expensive, and how useful it is for book marketing is an open question. But if it is to be effective at all, it must offer the possibility of being seen by a large audience of potentially interested readers and buyers.That means circulation, subscriptions, and quality content beyond mere advertising--not ad-stuffed, error-ridden, proprietary publications whose only exposure to the public is a "free, take one" stack on a side table in a book fair booth. Even if the ad slots weren't insanely expensive--and even if writers didn't have to pay for what real magazines never charge for, such as interviews--buying space in these fake publications would be a waste of money.Writer beware.UPDATE 1/29/20: It's not just scammers that run this kind of racket. Via its PW Select - BookLife feature (which I discuss here and here), industry magazine Publishers Weekly has begun to sell a "very special" service:These prices rival the scammers'. And the promise of print exposure is not quite what it seems. Per PW's Q&A explainer, the interviews appear not in the body of the magazine, but in "PW’s BookLife supplement, which is published the last week of each month bound into that week’s issue of Publishers Weekly". In other words, easy for readers to ignore or skip over. PW actually has the wide circulation and industry audience the scammers only pretend to. But given the huge fees and the segregation of the interviews in a separate supplement--not to mention the open question of how useful any kind of print advertising is for book marketing--there's more than a whiff of the same kind of exploitation here. Full Article
junk Coronavirus outbreak: Supreme Court junks plea for quashing 75,000 FIRs for lockdown violations By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 5 May 2020 11:07:55 GMT The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a PIL by former Uttar Pradesh police chief Vikram Singh seeking direction to quash nearly 75,000 FIRs registered for violating orders of lockdown and petty offences during the coronavirus pandemic. The #SupremeCourt on Tuesday declined to entertain a PIL by former #UttarPradesh police chief Vikram Singh seeking direction to quash nearly 75,000 FIRs registered for violating orders of #lockdown and petty offences during the #coronaviruspandemic. pic.twitter.com/1xiNJ5qoqQ — IANS Tweets (@ians_india) May 5, 2020 A bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B.R. Gavai questioned Singh's counsel, "You want there should be no FIR and this (Section 188 IPC) should not be invoked...then how can the lockdown be enforced?" The bench wondered why such petitions were coming to the apex court? Singh's PIL sought quashing of nearly 75,000 FIRs registered under Section 188 of the IPC and other provisions for violation of the Covid-19 lockdown. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan said this person has been on the field and also has experience. "The submission is that we cannot have rule of law, which is selective. You cannot have one rule of law for those who have to travel by chartered flights...," said the advocate. Justice Kaul replied he "can see an agenda". The lawyer contended that if the law didn't permit registration of FIRs then the NDMA law cannot be allowed for registration of FIRs. He told the bench that cases have been registered against migrants and those withdrawing money from ATMs. Singh filed the PIL in his capacity as the Chairman of a think-tank -- Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC). He requested the apex court to issue directions, under the Disaster Management Act 2005, to state governments to not file complaints under Section 188 of the IPC or for other petty offences during the lockdown. "Police action on an individual who is perhaps suffering from distress and lack of information as a result of the circumstances has ramifications which can extend beyond the coronavirus lockdown, and cannot be good for a constitutional democracy. The situation needs to be handled humanely, and it will be best to avoid adding aspects of criminality, wherever possible," Singh's plea stated. Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates. Mid-Day is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Full Article
junk Michael Milken, junk bond king wins pardon at last By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:14:20 GMT Decades of philanthropy pay off for one of Wall Street’s most complicated figures Full Article
junk Investors fear Italy is heading for ‘junk’ borrower status By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 03:00:10 GMT Coveted top-quality rating hanging by a thread as Moody’s decision looms Full Article
junk Private-equity backed companies dominate lowest depths of junk By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:00:50 GMT Two-thirds of companies with lowly ratings from Moody’s were bought by PE groups Full Article
junk Blood, guts and junk food! Fascinating new book delves into the lives of fishermen on trawler boats By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 01:19:04 GMT Lamorna Ash who took a break from her career in London as a playwright, spent months living with Cornish fishermen for a new book. Almost everyone she met has lost someone to the sea. Full Article
junk Star Wars-style lasers could help scientists accurately pinpoint space junk in orbit By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 17:19:03 GMT Millions of pieces of space junk are whizzing around the planet at around 20,000 miles per hour - providing a threat to future rockets and space craft. Chinese experts may have a solution. Full Article
junk Royal Mail deliveries could stop within three weeks as CWU says workers are delivering 'junk' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 08:33:01 GMT Postal workers are being advised to call in sick rather than risk catching the coronavirus. The Communications Workers Union is warning it could halt deliveries within three weeks as they deliver 'junk'. Full Article
junk Teenage girls encouraged to ditch the 'social junk food' and follow inspirational positive figures By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 06 Oct 2019 09:34:14 GMT A study at Cambridge university saw teenagers ditch negative influencers from social media in place of inspirational role models leading to a dramatic improvement in mental health. Full Article
junk Brandi Glanville and Kate Gosselin at the Celebrity Apprentice press junket By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:53:19 GMT It remains to be seen how they will fare on the 14th forthcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice. Full Article
junk Dean Wells reveals he's given up alcohol and junk food ahead of his debut on Dancing With The Stars By Published On :: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 10:07:00 +0000 He's the former Married At First Sight star who is set to put on his dancing shoes soon for Channel Ten's Dancing With The Stars. Full Article
junk Christian Wilkins stocks up on junk food as he emerges from isolation By Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 05:16:26 +0000 Christian Wilkins and his Dancing With The Stars partner Lily Cornish have been in isolation since last week, after Christian's father Richard tested positive for coronavirus. Full Article
junk Ice use so rampant in South Australia children are being exposed to the drug through junkie parents By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 08:14:09 GMT Doctors fear 'significant numbers' of children are being exposed to the illicit drug after seven were found with met in their system during autopsies conducted by Forensic Science South Australia. Full Article
junk Meet the man who's been clearing the nation's junk and now also offers Covid-19 deep cleans By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:51:33 GMT Brendan O'Shea started Just Clear with just his wife and a van. Now his franchise is nationwide, and has been hired to decontaminate thousands of buildings of Covid-19 Full Article
junk Earth's new mini-moon seen in full color, but experts questioning if the asteroid is space junk By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:07:05 GMT Astronomers have released the first colorful image of Earth's mini-moon that was spotted Feb 15. However, the lead expert says the asteroid may actually be human-made debris. Full Article
junk Insects are gorging themselves on 'junk' as rising CO2 levels make plants less nutritious By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 11:49:16 GMT Experts studying a grassland preserve in Kansas discovered that its grasshopper numbers have fallen by more than 30 per cent over the last two decades. Full Article
junk Make in India: 1,500 workers and a week to clear the junk By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:20:00 +0530 They'll be dismantling 27 pavilions spread over 2,30,000 sq mt of land owned by MMRDA Full Article
junk Junkyard justice at Alang By indiatogether.org Published On :: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000 The Clemenceau has set sail for India, and the spotlight is on the ship-breaking industry at Alang, where workers' safety takes a last-row seat and owners operate without fear of regulatory enforcement or punishment. Ramesh Menon writes that the toxic cargo presents an opportunity to reverse this tide of disgrace. Full Article
junk Destination Space: Cleaning up space junk By feeds.reuters.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 21:35:40 +0530 It might be hard to imagine but space is getting crowded. ‘Space junk’ is becoming a dangerous hazard for orbiting satellites, and now some countries are joining forces to tackle it. Full Article
junk Feed Hawk Is Useful But Not Essential for RSS Junkies By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 09:00:00 -0400 Many information junkies keep up with their favorite Web sites by subscribing to their RSS feeds, pulling the latest updates from those sites into a central location for efficient perusal. complete article Full Article
junk Feed Hawk Is Useful But Not Essential for RSS Junkies By www.rss-specifications.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:52:41 -0400 Many information junkies keep up with their favorite Web sites by subscribing to their RSS feeds, pulling the latest updates from those sites into a central location for efficient perusal. I rely heavily on RSS to keep me abreast of the latest tech news. I am also addicted to political sites during this years bizarre presidential election, and I have tapped into a host of feeds to keep me up to date on the latest antics from the candidates. Feed Hawk Is Useful But Not Essential for RSS Junkies Full Article
junk This baby doll will be a junkie / Ulrike Montmann ; Kunst und Forschung: Projektbericht uber Abhangigkeiten und Gewaltraume By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:00:02 EDT Rotch Library - N6498.C66 T45 2018 Full Article
junk Environmental law across cultures : comparisons for legal practice / edited by Kirk W. Junker ; foreword by M.C. Mehta By prospero.murdoch.edu.au Published On :: Full Article
junk Analytical mechanics of space systems / Hanspeter Schaub, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, John L. Junkins, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 09:30:37 EDT Barker Library - QB350.5.S33 2018 Full Article
junk Time to junk captive mining policy By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T19:47:50+05:30 The way forward is to policy design a vibrant market for ore, so that steel and other metal producers face no uncertainty in procuring minerals and other raw materials at competitive rates. Full Article
junk Court junks plea for brain mapping test on Lashkar 'bomb expert' Tunda By archive.indianexpress.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:40:10 GMT Alleged Laskhar-e-Toiba bomb expert refused to give his consent for it. Full Article
junk Himachal HC reserves verdict on junk food ban By archive.indianexpress.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:12:14 GMT The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday reserved its judgement on the banning of 25 junk food items sold in plastic packaging in the state. Full Article
junk Rome Therapeutics launches to probe junk DNA for cancer drug discovery By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 27 Apr 2020 10:21:54 +0000 Biotech veteran Rosana Kapeller co-founded the start-up, which raised $50 million to develop small-molecule drugs Full Article
junk Rome Therapeutics launches to probe junk DNA for cancer drug discovery By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 01 May 2020 04:00:00 +0000 Biotech veteran Rosana Kapeller cofounded the start-up, which raised $50 million to develop small-molecule drugs Full Article
junk Endoscopic treatment strategy for upper GI tract neoplasms Junko Fujisaki, editor By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 07:32:02 EST Online Resource Full Article
junk Gujarat: Rajput outfit gives govt 10 days to junk Ambawadi clash FIRs By indianexpress.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 20:13:26 +0000 Full Article Ahmedabad Cities
junk ‘Migrants’ gathering one-off incident’: Bombay HC junks plea for assessment to deploy armed forces in Mumbai By indianexpress.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:38:26 +0000 Full Article Cities Mumbai
junk Delhi riots: Court junks bail plea of suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain By indianexpress.com Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 16:37:29 +0000 Full Article Cities Delhi
junk Junk food ‘lowers child’s IQ’ By indianexpress.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:24:22 +0000 Full Article Do not use - Food Lifestyle