story Coronavirus plunges California into worst budget deficit in state history By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:00:38 -0400 California's state government faces a $54-billion budget deficit through next summer, according to an analysis released Thursday. Full Article
story 'That's when it changed.' Story of how 2009 team put IU baseball on the map By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 13:43:07 +0000 "I look at that group — it was not sexy at that time to play for Indiana. They made it sexy." Full Article
story Darius Leonard won't be happy unless he makes history with Colts By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:41:58 +0000 Leonard has made 284 tackles, 12 sacks and seven interceptions in his first two years, but says he only met 3 or 4 of his 15 goals last year. Full Article
story These biting cartoons tell the story of the impeachment fight this week By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:14:06 +0000 Did Pelosi or Trump gain the upper hand? Full Article
story ‘Black Widow’ trailer gives us a fallen Avenger whose origin story is very much alive By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:46:26 +0000 Scarlett Johansson is back for a solo movie, coming out May 1, 2020. Full Article
story The five best lightsaber battles in Star Wars history By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:58:15 +0000 Darth versus Luke. A levitating Yoda. And the greatest duel of them all. Full Article
story ‘Watchmen’ was the boldest, blackest superhero story ever told on-screen. But what comes next? By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 03:07:33 +0000 The black comics audience should be more demanding after seeing what the HBO series accomplished. Full Article
story ‘Arise: A Simple Story’ is a game of symbolism and the stages of life By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:30:48 +0000 “Arise: A Simple Story” coasts on its gentle visual language, but is a good option for those looking for a family-friendly game. Full Article
story Are we telling the right story of America? By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:45:21 +0000 Review of "This America" by Jill Lepore and "The Heartland" by Kristin L. Hoganson Full Article
story The Scaramucci story ends like all the others: With a Trump tweetstorm By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 22:34:52 +0000 Welcome to the Resistance, Mooch. Better late than never. Full Article
story How Trump’s failure to learn from history is making your whiskey a lot more expensive By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 23:39:39 +0000 It’s another way in which the president’s supposedly narrowly focused tariffs have trickled down. Full Article
story News24.com | International Covid-19 news: US job losses 'worst in history', 'critical' shortage of testing kits By www.news24.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:51:51 +0200 All the latest Covid-19 updates from around the world. Full Article
story History of Machu Picchu By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:50:09 +0000 History of Machu Picchu Archaeological evidence uncovered around the site suggests that the area was first used for agricultural purposes back in 760 B.C. The war of Vilcambamba Pachacutec in 1440 established the first settlement at the site. It was called the Tahuantinsuyo Empire which was later followed by the formation of the government of Manco Capac. It is thought that Machu Picchu was first inhabited by 300-1000 inhabitants, who were of the highest Class or "llactas". The valleys around these areas were important for their agricultural contribution, however after death of the Emperor Pachacutec, it lost it's importance, with the establishment of new sites like Ollaytantambo and Vilcambamba. The building of these new sites by his successors, in more accessible terrain made Machu Picchu less appealing. From 1527 to 1532, two brothers Huáscar and Atahualpa fought against each other in a civil war over the Inca Empire. Their father, Inca Huayna Capac had given each brother a section of the empire to manage, one in Huáscar in Cuzco and Atahualpa in Quito. When Huayna Capac and his heir, Ninan Cuyuchi, died somewhere between 1525 and 1527, the two brothers Atahualpa and Huáscar went to war over who should rule. The population who had come to live in the Machu Picchu area from rural or remote locations left after the war ended to return to where they came from. Later another brother, Manco Inca was sent into exile in Vilcambamba, and Machu Picchu was deserted. Antonio Raimondi was an Italian geographer and scientist from Milan who visited Machu Picchu in 1851. In 1867 Augusto Berns arrived to mine the site. Hiram Bingham re-discovered the ruins in 1911. He documented and publicised his "discovery". Hiram Bingham Full Article Machu Picchu Inca Trail
story Sir David Attenborough and the BBC Studios Natural History Unit awarded Chatham House Prize 2019 for ocean advocacy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:13:54 +0000 19 November 2019 The 2019 Chatham House Prize is awarded to Sir David Attenborough and Julian Hector, head of BBC Studios Natural History Unit, for the galvanizing impact of the Blue Planet II series on tackling ocean plastic pollution. 2019-06-06-DavidAttenboroughB.jpg The Chatham House Prize is awarded to the person, persons or organization who is deemed to have made the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations in the previous year. The presentation ceremony and panel discussion with the winners will be livestreamed on Wednesday.The Blue Planet II series highlighted the damage caused by discarded plastics to the world’s oceans and marine wildlife. It is estimated that there are more than 150 million tonnes of plastic in the world’s oceans; resulting in the deaths of 1 million birds and 100,000 sea mammals each year. Dr Robin Niblett, director of Chatham House said: ‘Plastic pollution is one of the gravest challenges facing the world’s oceans, and undoubtedly an international issue. Sir David and the BBC Studios Natural History Unit played an instrumental role in helping to put this issue at the forefront of the public agenda. Blue Planet II spurred a passionate global response and generated clear behavioural and policy change.’This year the G20 agreed on an international framework to address marine plastic litter, acknowledging the increasing urgency of the issue and the need for an international solution. This follows action from the UK government, including a plan to ban common plastic items and investment in global research.See full award citationRead more about Chatham House's research work in this areaOther nomineesDr Niblett thanked Chatham House members for voting and acknowledged the outstanding achievements of the 2019 nominees:Abiy Ahmed, prime minister of Ethiopia, nominated for his efforts to transform civic leadership and promote plural politics, free speech and peace in Ethiopia Katrín Jakobsdóttir, prime minister of Iceland, nominated for her commitment to gender equality and women’s financial inclusion in Iceland EventThe Prize was presented to Sir David and Julian Hector by Her Majesty The Queen at Chatham House on Wednesday 20 November.Watch video from the eventFor more information please contactChatham House Press Officepressoffice@chathamhouse.org+44 (0)207 957 5739BBC Studios Natural History Unit Communications ManagerLynn.li@bbc.co.uk+44 (0) 7513 137893About the Chatham House PrizeThe Chatham House Prize is voted for by Chatham House members, following nominations from the institute’s staff. The award is presented on behalf of the institute's patron, Her Majesty the Queen, representing the non-partisan and authoritative character of the Prize.The Chatham House Prize was launched in 2005. Previous recipients of the Prize include the Committee to Protect Journalists, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos, president of Ghana John Kufuor, Médecins Sans Frontières and Melinda Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Chatham House is a world-leading policy institute based in London. Our mission is to help governments and societies build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world. We engage governments, the private sector, civil society and our members in open debate and private discussions about the most significant developments in international affairs. Our research and policy ideas involve rigorous analysis of critical global, regional and country-specific challenges and opportunities.About BBC Studios Natural History Unit BBC Studios Natural History Unit produces the world’s most iconic natural history programmes, such as Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II, which have been watched by more than a billion people globally. Ranging from technically challenging live shows and super-landmarks to long-running series and children’s content, The Natural History Unit programmes include Dynasties, Blue Planet Live, Springwatch, Animal Babies: First Year On Earth, Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures as well as the currently on air Seven Worlds, One Planet presented by Sir David Attenborough and third-party commissions for Discovery, Apple, Quibi, National Geographic and BBC America. The Natural History Unit is part of BBC Studios, a subsidiary of the BBC, which develops, produces and distributes bold, British content, making over 2,500 hours of content each year, operating in 22 markets globally and generating revenue of around £1.4bn. In the year to March 2019, it returned £243m to the BBC Group, complementing the BBC’s licence fee and enhancing programmes for UK audiences. Related pages Managing Natural Resources Energy, Environment and Resources Programme Full Article
story The Human Plasma Proteome: History, Character, and Diagnostic Prospects By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2002-11-01 N. Leigh AndersonNov 1, 2002; 1:845-867Reviews/Perspectives Full Article
story Why Britain’s 2019 Election Is Its Most Unpredictable in Recent History By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:33:23 +0000 7 November 2019 Professor Matthew Goodwin Visiting Senior Fellow, Europe Programme @GoodwinMJ LinkedIn Google Scholar Leadership concerns and a collapse of traditional party loyalties make the December vote uncommonly volatile. Explainer: UK General Election - Five Things to Watch On 12 December, Britain will hold the most consequential election in its postwar history. The outcome of the election will influence not only the fate of Brexit but also the likelihood of a second referendum on EU membership, a second independence referendum in Scotland, the most economically radical Labour Party for a generation, Britain’s foreign and security policy and, ultimately, its position in the wider international order.If you look only at the latest polls, then the outcome looks fairly certain. Ever since a majority of MPs voted to hold the election, the incumbent Conservative Party has averaged 38%, the opposition Labour Party 27%, the Liberal Democrats 16%, Brexit Party 10%, Greens 4% and Scottish National Party 3%. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his party continue to average an 11-point lead which, if this holds until the election, would likely deliver a comfortable majority.Johnson can also point to other favourable metrics. When voters are asked who would make the ‘best prime minister’, a clear plurality (43%) say Johnson while only a small minority (20%) choose the Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Polls also suggest that, on the whole, Johnson is more trusted by voters than Corbyn to deal with Brexit, the economy and crime, while Jeremy Corbyn only tends to enjoy leads on health. All of this lends credence to the claim that Britain could be set for a Conservative majority and, in turn, the passing of a withdrawal agreement bill in early 2020.But these polls also hide a lot of other shifts that are taking place and which, combined, make the 2019 general election unpredictable. One concerns leadership. While Boris Johnson enjoys stronger leadership ratings than Jeremy Corbyn, it should be remembered that what unites Britain’s current generation of party leaders is that they are all unpopular. Data compiled by Ipsos-MORI reveals that while Johnson has the lowest ratings of any new prime minister, Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn has the lowest ratings of any opposition leader since records began.Another deeper shift is fragmentation. One irony of Britain’s Brexit moment is that ever since the country voted to leave the European Union its politics have looked more ‘European’. Over the past year, one of the world’s most stable two-party systems has imploded into a four-party race, with the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats and Nigel Farage’s strongly Eurosceptic Brexit Party both presenting a serious challenge to the two mainstream parties.In the latest polls, for example, Labour and the Conservatives are attracting only 61 per cent of the overall vote, well down on the 80 per cent they polled in 2017. Labour is weakened by the fact that it is only currently attracting 53 per cent of people who voted Labour at the last election, in 2017. A large number of these 2017 Labour voters, nearly one in four, have left for the Liberal Democrats, who are promising to revoke Article 50 and ‘cancel Brexit’. This divide in the Remain vote will produce unpredictable outcomes at the constituency level.Embed this image <img src="https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/images/2019-11-07-Parliament.jpg" alt="The Houses of Parliament in autumn. Photo: Getty Images." title="The Houses of Parliament in autumn. Photo: Getty Images." />At the other end of the spectrum, the Conservatives are grappling with a similar but less severe threat. Nigel Farage and the Brexit Party are attracting around one in ten people who voted Conservative in 2017, which will make Boris Johnson’s task of capturing the crucial ‘Labour Leave’ seats harder. There is clear evidence that Johnson has been curbing Farage’s appeal, but it remains unclear how this rivalry on the right will play out from one seat to the next.One clue as to what happens next can be found in those leadership ratings. While 80 per cent of Brexit Party voters back Johnson over Corbyn, only 25 per cent of Liberal Democrat voters back Corbyn over Johnson. Johnson may find it easier to consolidate the Leave vote than Corbyn will find the task of consolidating the Remain vote.All of this reflects another reason why the election is unpredictable: volatility. This election is already Britain’s fifth nationwide election in only four years. After the 2015 general election, 2016 EU referendum, 2017 general election and 2019 European parliament elections, Britain’s political system and electorate have been in a state of almost continual flux. Along the way, a large number of voters have reassessed their loyalties.As the British Election Study makes clear, the current rate of ‘vote-switching’ in British politics, where people switch their vote from one election to the next, is largely unprecedented in the post-war era. Across the three elections held in 2010, 2015 and 2017, a striking 49 per cent of people switched their vote.This is not all about Brexit. Attachment to the main parties has been weakening since the 1960s. But Brexit is now accelerating this process as tribal identities as ‘Remainers’ or ‘Leavers’ cut across traditional party loyalties. All this volatility not only gives good reason to expect further shifts in support during the campaign but to also meet any confident predictions about the election result with a healthy dose of scepticism. Full Article
story History for Fantasy Writers: Do You Have a Moment? By mythicscribes.com Published On :: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 20:35:37 +0000 This is the second part of a two-part article on how time was perceived and measured in ancient and medieval Europe. In the last installment of History for Fantasy Writers I addressed years, months, weeks, and days. Now I turn to shorter lengths: days, hours and still shorter periods. I’ll close with a more general consideration of time and the awareness of time. Hours We carve the day into twenty-four hours, but in the past the hour was a malleable thing. There were twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of night, regardless of the season. The day began with zero at sunrise. Then came the first hour, the second, and so on. The twelfth hour fell at sunset. A winter daylight hour was therefore shorter than a summer hour. This feels a little nuts at first, but it’s actually pretty sensible. At least the word midnight makes sense in that system—it’s the mid-point of the night, regardless of how long is the night. All we have to do is abandon the notion that an hour is a unit of time, to consider it as marking portions of a day. Continue reading History for Fantasy Writers: Do You Have a Moment? at Mythic Scribes. Full Article History history for fantasy writers how time was perceived and measured
story History for Fantasy Writers: Bank on It By mythicscribes.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 20:47:23 +0000 Banks appear in a number of fantasy stories. George Martin’s Iron Bank is probably the best known, but banks and banking families can be found all around the fantasy landscape, especially in modern works. For writers considering including banks and bankers in their own stories, knowing something of the history can help add detail and color. Money Changers Europe in the High Middle Ages, say around 1100, had a bewildering variety of coinage (see my article on medieval money), a crazy cobweb of overlapping public authority, and an unreliable network of roads. Banking arose in response to the need of merchants to conduct large-scale business at a distance in that environment. As you might guess, with so many different coins, knowing how to convert from one currency to another was a fairly technical business. That business was handled by a money changer. In Florence and other north Italian towns, the money changers set up shop at markets and near merchant establishments—any place where there was plenty of commercial traffic. The benches they sat on are called banca in Italian. That’s where we get the term bank. Money changers knew more than just how to convert currencies. Continue reading History for Fantasy Writers: Bank on It at Mythic Scribes. Full Article History history for fantasy writers
story Power and Story: What is the Future for Journalism? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article
story Undercurrents: Episode 28 – The History of Women at Chatham House By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article
story Screening Room: Parts of a Circle - History of the Karabakh Conflict By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Full Article
story Deep history in western China reveals how humans can enhance biodiversity By www.chinadialogue.net Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve is one of China's most popular tourist attractions, drawing more than five million visitors per year to the sparsely populated mountains of north-western Sichuan. The reserve has been home to farmer-herders for thousands of years, but to conserve the biodiversity and scenic quality of the reserve, park policies prohibit residents from farming, herding and wood cutting. Full Article
story The End of Neoliberalism and the Rebirth of History By www8.gsb.columbia.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500 Ordinary citizens felt like they had been sold a bill of goods. They were right to feel conned. Full Article
story CBD News: The Natural History Museum (United Kingdom) launches its official International Year of Biodiversity website: www.biodiversityislife.net By www.biodiversityislife.net Published On :: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.biodiversityislife.net/ Full Article
story CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the United Nations and the American Museum of Natural History Event on "The Role of Biodiversity and Healthy Ecosystems in Sup By www.cbd.int Published On :: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
story CBD Communiqué: London's world renowned Natural History Museum joins forces with CBD for the implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
story CBD News: Indigenous peoples and local communities often refer to this Earth as Pachamama or "Mother Earth." The fate of Pachamama and of humans has been shaped over a history that has been intertwined. By www.cbd.int Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
story CBD News: It is a pleasure to join you here in Kuala Lumpur for the fourth session of the IPBES Plenary. We come together for a very exciting moment in the history of IPBES, when the Plenary will be presented with the first two assessments for its accepta By www.cbd.int Published On :: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT Full Article
story History show heads to Kowloon City By www.news.gov.hk Published On :: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0800 The Leisure & Cultural Services Department’s Community Oral History Theatre Project will be launched in Kowloon City District on January 15. An oral history theatre performance and a sharing session will kick off the project. The performance will feature an excerpt from the production of Sai Kung, Therefore I Live. It will be held at Hung Hom Community Hall. Admission is free with tickets. Click here for details. Full Article
story A Brief History of the Development of Diabetes Medications By spectrum.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2014-05-01 John R. WhiteMay 1, 2014; 27:82-86From Research to Practice Full Article
story The story of three African slaves during Spanish colonialism, as told by their bones By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 EDT (Cell Press) In a study appearing April 30 in the journal Current Biology, scientists tell the story of three 16th century African slaves identified from a mass burial site in Mexico City. Using a combination of genetic, osteological, and isotope analyses, the scientists determined from where in Africa they were likely captured, the physical hardships they experienced as slaves, and what novel pathogens they may have carried with them across the Atlantic. Full Article
story African skeletons from early colonial Mexico tell the story of first-generation slaves By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 EDT (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History) Three 16th-century skeletons from a mass burial in Mexico City highlight the role of the transatlantic slave trade in introducing and disseminating new pathogens to the Americas. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico analyzed skeletal features, genetic data and isotopes to explore the life history of three enslaved Africans and explore the wide-ranging impacts of massive forced migration. Full Article
story Differentiation of Diabetes by Pathophysiology, Natural History, and Prognosis By diabetes.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2017-02-01 Jay S. SkylerFeb 1, 2017; 66:241-255Perspectives in Diabetes Full Article
story Screening Room: Parts of a Circle - History of the Karabakh Conflict By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:55:01 +0000 Members Event 18 February 2020 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE Event participants Jenny Norton, Producer, Parts of a Circle: History of the Karabakh ConflictFamil Ismayilov, JournalistLeon Aslanov, Middle East Analyst, Integrity UKChair: Laurence Broers, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House; Director, Caucasus Programme, Conciliation Resources Once an autonomous region populated mainly by Armenians in Soviet Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh, is a contested territory in the Caucasus. Since the late 1980s, its contested status has driven popular mobilization among Armenians and Azerbaijanis and an all-out war between 1992-94. After a quarter-century of enmity and military build-up, in 2019, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders agreed to ‘prepare their populations for peace’ but how would this work in practice?Parts of a Circle: History of the Karabakh Conflict (2019) chronicles the disputed history of the decades-old conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. Supported by the European Union and based on a series of three documentary films jointly produced over four years by Armenian and Azerbaijani production teams, the film showcases journalistic cooperation in bridging societies in conflict.The screening was followed by a panel discussion that will explore the state of the conflict and the efforts to end it. Why have efforts to resolve the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia not been successful? How can both sides build grassroot support for peace after years of fomenting hatred? And what can the international community do in support?A short film about the making of the documentary can be seen here. Members Events Team Email Full Article
story Pure and profound love – The Timolls’ story By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 00:10:07 -0500 “As the large wooden doors of the chapel opened and I saw my bride for the first time, our minds and hearts communicated in a way only love could evoke.” This sincere sentiment, echoed by the proud groom, only expresses a drop in the ocean of... Full Article
story Brown is proud of Braves' rich history By mlb.mlb.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:18:29 EDT It didn't come as a surprise to anyone when Dana Brown left the Blue Jays as a special assistant to general manager Ross Atkins to join the Braves as vice president of scouting. Full Article
story Tell me a story By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:22:35 +0000 How can asking patient to tell us their story improve healthcare? Helen Morant, content lead at BMJ, talks us through her project getting healthcare professionals to sit down with patients and record their conversations, and what on earth this has to do with quality improvement. We also hear some of the recordings she has gathered through the... Full Article
story Talk evidence covid-19 update: natural history of covid, include patients in guidelines By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:13:00 +0000 For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic. There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatment options, things we shouldn't be doing. We're going to try to get away from the headlines and talk about what we need to know - to hopefully give you... Full Article
story A walk down St Catherine’s history By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:10:59 -0500 Parish Histories of Jamaica Project, a publication by the JN Foundation in collaboration with the Department of History and Archaeology at The University of the West Indies, Mona, was launched recently. Jenny Jemmott of Department of History and... Full Article
story Curating the history of a people By jamaica-gleaner.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 00:10:30 -0500 Redlining a Holocaust is a rigorously researched oeuvre that establishes Dòwòti Désir as one of the most important figures in contemporary African thought. Redlining is an imaginative and monumental undertaking, a literary, visual, and oratorical... Full Article
story Lamb's health a big spring storyline for D-backs By mlb.mlb.com Published On :: Sat, 9 Feb 2019 15:45:00 EDT There will be a lot of attention paid to D-backs infielder Jake Lamb when Spring Training gets underway. Lamb, of course, is coming off a season that was almost entirely lost to a left shoulder injury. His healthy return would play a big part in helping the D-backs' offense overcome the departures of Paul Goldschmidt and A.J. Pollock during the offseason. Full Article
story Generics have a chequered recent history By feeds.bmj.com Published On :: Monday, December 5, 2016 - 11:45 Full Article
story Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Migration History Marked by Crises and Restrictions By www.migrationpolicy.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:11:11 -0400 One of the least developed countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has experienced significant migration outflows and inflows tied to political and economic crises in recent decades. While most Congolese migrants head to neighboring countries, destinations have diversified, with an uptick in those leaving for opportunities in Europe and beyond. This country profile explores historical and contemporary patterns of migration to and from DR Congo. Full Article
story Ahmaud Arbery and the Racist History of U.S. Loitering Laws By feeds.socialpsychology.org Published On :: 2020-05-08T02:05:41-04:00 Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesAhmaud Arbery went for a jog in a neighborhood of Brunswick, Georgia, a coastal town south of Savannah, in late February. He paused to look around a construction site of a new house. Then, in the middle of his run, a newly public video reveals, he was confronted by Gregory and Travis McMichael, a father-son duo. The father, Gregory, was a retired police officer who'd seen Arbery and decided he looked like a local burglary suspect. Full Article
story Navajo Nation Reels Under Weight of Coronavirus and History of Neglect By feeds.socialpsychology.org Published On :: 2020-05-08T13:31:17-04:00 Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesThe Navajo Nation now has the highest per-capita coronavirus infection rate after New York and New Jersey, but it has a fraction of the resources to treat and prevent the pandemic. "This has got to end," said president Jonathan Nez after federal relief funds arrived six weeks after they were promised and a week after the U.S. government missed a congressional deadline for distribution. Full Article
story Lactation Duration and Long-term Risk for Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus By care.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2020-03-20T11:50:34-07:00 OBJECTIVE We examined the association of lactation duration with incident type 2 diabetes among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We monitored 4,372 women with a history of GDM participating in the Nurses’ Health Study II for incident type 2 diabetes over 25 years up to 2017. Lactation history was obtained through follow-up questionnaires to calculate lactation duration. Follow-up blood samples were collected from a subset of these women at median age of 58 years through the Diabetes & Women’s Health Study. RESULTS We documented 873 incident cases of type 2 diabetes during 87,411 person-years of follow-up. Longer duration of lactation was associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes for both total lactation (hazard ratio 1.05 [95% CI 0.83–1.34] for up to 6 months, 0.91 [0.72–1.16] for 6–12 months, 0.85 [0.67–1.06] for 12–24 months, and 0.73 [0.57–0.93] for >24 months, compared with 0 months; P-trend = 0.003) and exclusive breastfeeding (P-trend = 0.002) after adjustment for age, ethnicity, family history of diabetes, parity, age at first birth, smoking, diet quality, physical activity, and prepregnancy BMI. Longer duration of lactation was also associated with lower HbA1c, fasting plasma insulin, and C-peptide concentrations among women without type 2 diabetes at follow-up (all adjusted P-trend ≤0.04). CONCLUSIONS Longer duration of lactation is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and a favorable glucose metabolic biomarker profile among women with a history of GDM. The underlying mechanisms and impact on diabetes complications, morbidity, and mortality remain to be determined. Full Article
story The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant By brooklynbooktalk.blogspot.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 18:50:00 +0000 “And last are the few whose delight is in meditation and understanding; who yearn not for goods, nor for victory, but for knowledge; who leave both market and battlefield to lose themselves in the quiet clarity of secluded thought; whose will is a light rather than a fire, whose haven is not power but truth: these are the men of wisdom, who stand aside unused by the world.” ― Will Durant, The Story of PhilosophyConsidered one of the finest introductions to the lives and opinions of some of the world’s greatest Western philosophers, Will Durant’s The Story of Philosophy (1926), was such a huge success (it sold more than two million copies in less than three decades), that it gave him the necessary and sufficient leisure, for almost fifty years, to work on his critically acclaimed 11-volume series, The Story of Civilization. Given the contributions he had made for the writing of popular history and philosophy, and championing freedom and human rights, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1968 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977. Please join us at Brooklyn Book Talk, for a discussion on philosophy and philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James and Dewey, whose ideas have formed the enduring foundations of Western civilization. Philosophy, which has also been defined as “what we don’t know,” comes alive in the delightful prose and passion of Will Durant who towards the end of his life was humble enough to admit: “Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” Full Article
story Thinking with AND: Insights from KIND’s story By brandleadership.wordpress.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:29:46 +0000 “I’m a confused Mexican Jew.” So says Daniel Lubetzky, Founder and CEO of KIND Snack, in his very personal interview with Columbia faculty member David Rogers at BRITE ’16. Their discussion touched on the many ideas behind KIND Snacks, from the beginnings of the company, to the strategic thinking that forces Lubetzky to stay away […] Full Article *Gabriela Torres Patiño Brand Strategy Brand Value Business Values Consumer Insights Event Leadership Marketing Video
story Can We Replay History? By decisions-and-info-gaps.blogspot.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:15:00 +0000 After the kids' party games and the birthday cake came the action-packed Steve McQueen movie. My friend's parents had rented a movie projector. They hooked up the reel and let it roll. But the high point came later when they ran the movie backwards. Bullets streamed back into guns, blows were retracted and fallen protagonists recoiled into action. The mechanism that pulls the celluloid film forward for normal showing, can pull the film in the reverse direction, rolling it back onto the feeder reel and showing the movie in reverse.If you chuck a round pebble off a cliff it will fall in a graceful parabolic arch, gradually increasing its speed until it hits the ground. The same pebble, if shot from the point of impact, at the terminating angle and speed, will gracefully and obligingly retrace its path. (I'm ignoring wind and air friction that make things a bit more complicated.)Deterministic mechanisms, like the movie reel mechanism or the law of gravity, are reversible.History is different. Peoples' behavior is influenced by what they know. You pack an umbrella on a trip to the UK. Google develops search algorithms not search parties because their knowledge base is information technology not mountain trekking. Knowledge is powerful because it enables rational behavior: matching actions to goals. Knowledge transforms futile fumbling into intelligent behavior.Knowledge underlies intelligent behavior, but knowledge is continually expanding. We discover new facts and relationships. We discover that things have changed. Therefore tomorrow's knowledge-based behavior will, to some extent, be unpredictable today because tomorrow's discoveries cannot be known today. Human behavior has an inherent element of indeterminism. Intelligent learning behavior cannot be completely predicted.Personal and collective history does not unfold like a pre-woven rug. Human history is fundamentally different from the trajectory of a pebble tossed from a cliff. History is the process of uncovering the unknown and responding to this new knowledge. The existence of the unknown creates the possibility of free will. The discovery of new knowledge introduces indeterminism and irreversibility into history, as explained by the philosophers G.L.S. Shackle and Karl Popper.Nonetheless history is not erratic because each increment of new knowledge adds to the store of what was learned before. Memory is not perfect, either of individuals or groups, but it is powerful. History happens in historical context. For instance, one cannot understand the recent revolutions and upheavals in the Arab world from the perspective of 18th century European revolutions; the historical backgrounds are too different, and the outcomes in the Middle East will be different as well. Innovation, even revolution, is spurred by new knowledge laid over the old. A female municipal official slapped a Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi. That slap crystalized Mr Bouazizi's knowledge of his helpless social impotence and lit the match with which he immolated himself and initiated conflagrations around the Mideast. New knowledge acts like thruster engines on the inertial body of memory. What is emerging in the Mideast is Middle Eastern, not European. What is emerging is the result of new knowledge: of the power of networking, of the mortality of dictators, of the limits of coercion, of the power of new knowledge itself and the possibilities embedded in tomorrow's unknowns.Mistakes are made, even with the best intentions and the best possible knowledge. Even if analysts knew and understood all the actions of all actors on the stage of history, they still cannot know what those people will learn tomorrow and how that new knowledge will alter their behavior. Mistakes are made because history does not unwind like a celluloid reel.That's not to say that analysts are never ignorant, negligent, stupid or malicious. It's to say that all actions are, in a sense, mistakes. Or, the biggest mistake of all is to think that we can know the full import of our actions. We cannot, because actions are tossed, like pebbles, into the dark pit of unknown possible futures. One cannot know all possible echoes, or whether some echo might be glass-shatteringly cataclysmic.Mistakes can sometimes be corrected, but never undone. History cannot be run backwards, and you never get a second chance. Conversely, every instant is a new opportunity because the future is always uncertain. Uncertainty is the freedom to err, and the opportunity to create and discover. Full Article
story We're Just Getting Started: A Glimpse at the History of Uncertainty By decisions-and-info-gaps.blogspot.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:12:00 +0000 We've had our cerebral cortex for several tens of thousands of years. We've lived in more or less sedentary settlements and produced excess food for 7 or 8 thousand years. We've written down our thoughts for roughly 5 thousand years. And Science? The ancient Greeks had some, but science and its systematic application are overwhelmingly a European invention of the past 500 years. We can be proud of our accomplishments (quantum theory, polio vaccine, powered machines), and we should worry about our destructive capabilities (atomic, biological and chemical weapons). But it is quite plausible, as Koestler suggests, that we've only just begun to discover our cerebral capabilities. It is more than just plausible that the mysteries of the universe are still largely hidden from us. As evidence, consider the fact that the main theories of physics - general relativity, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics - are still not unified. And it goes without say that the consilient unity of science is still far from us.What holds for science in general, holds also for the study of uncertainty. The ancient Greeks invented the axiomatic method and used it in the study of mathematics. Some medieval thinkers explored the mathematics of uncertainty, but it wasn't until around 1600 that serious thought was directed to the systematic study of uncertainty, and statistics as a separate and mature discipline emerged only in the 19th century. The 20th century saw a florescence of uncertainty models. Lukaczewicz discovered 3-valued logic in 1917, and in 1965 Zadeh introduced his work on fuzzy logic. In between, Wald formulated a modern version of min-max in 1945. A plethora of other theories, including P-boxes, lower previsions, Dempster-Shafer theory, generalized information theory and info-gap theory all suggest that the study of uncertainty will continue to grow and diversify.In short, we have learned many facts and begun to understand our world and its uncertainties, but the disputes and open questions are still rampant and the yet-unformulated questions are endless. This means that innovations, discoveries, inventions, surprises, errors, and misunderstandings are to be expected in the study or management of uncertainty. We are just getting started. Full Article
