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So, if you were a ranting leftist, you might say that political attitudes are shaped by class, and that ideological justifications for high inequality are just a veil for class interest. You might also say that “sound” economic policies are really just policies that redistribute income upwards. And it turns out that the econometric evidence more or less supports your rant.
Vox Anti-Populi - NYTimes.com February 15, 2014
In recent years experts in early-child development have called for programs designed to strengthen children’s “non-cognitive” skills, pointing to research that demonstrates that later scholastic success hinges not only on conventional academic abilities but on capacities like self-control. Research on the determinants of success in adolescence and beyond has come to a similar conclusion: If we want our teenagers to thrive, we need to help them develop the non-cognitive traits it takes to complete a college degree—traits like determination, self-control, and grit. This means classes that really challenge students to work hard—something that fewer than one in six high school students report experiencing, according to Diploma to Nowhere, a 2008 report published by Strong American Schools. Unfortunately, our high schools demand so little of students that these essential capacities aren’t nurtured. As a consequence, many high school graduates, even those who have acquired the necessary academic skills to pursue college coursework, lack the wherewithal to persevere in college. Making college more affordable will not fix this problem, though we should do that too.
High school in America: A complete disaster. February 15, 2014
It’s not just No Child Left Behind or Race to the Top that has failed our adolescents—it’s every single thing we have tried. The list of unsuccessful experiments is long and dispiriting. Charter high schools don’t perform any better than standard public high schools, at least with respect to student achievement. Students whose teachers “teach for America” don’t achieve any more than those whose teachers came out of conventional teacher certification programs. Once one accounts for differences in the family backgrounds of students who attend public and private high schools, there is no advantage to going to private school, either. Vouchers make no difference in student outcomes.
High school in America: A complete disaster. February 15, 2014
In America, high school is for socializing. It’s a convenient gathering place, where the really important activities are interrupted by all those annoying classes. For all but the very best American students—the ones in AP classes bound for the nation’s most selective colleges and universities—high school is tedious and unchallenging. Studies that have tracked American adolescents’ moods over the course of the day find that levels of boredom are highest during their time in school.
High school in America: A complete disaster. February 15, 2014
Various groups have attempted this using compressed air and various kinds of liquid pumps but none have been particularly successful. One problem is that liquid jets can be just as painful as needles and even more damaging to the skin and tissue below. But the most serious problem is splashing. In all of the techniques tried so far, some of the liquid splashes off the skin or doesn’t penetrate deeply enough and this makes it impossible to know what dose the patient has received. That’s a serious problem for any condition that requires a precise volume of drug – and that’s pretty much all of them. This looks set to change. Today, Yoshiyuki Tagawa at the University of Twente in The Netherlands and a few pals say they’ve solved this problem thanks to a new technique for focusing a stream of liquid into a microjet travelling at up to 2000 miles per hour (850 m/s). Yep–that’s 2000 mph about the same speed as a supersonic Blackbird SR-71.
Needle-Free Injections Perfected Using Supersonic Liquid Microjets | MIT Technology Review February 15, 2014
These guys used a bowl of washing up liquid to generate a soap film some 10cm across in a wire frame. They then pumped a stream of soapy water through a sub-millimetre nozzle to create a jet with a size and velocity they could vary. Finally, they fired the jet at the film at various different angles to see what happens. It turns out that the film is surprisingly robust. “Regardless of its velocity, radius and incident angle, the jet never breaks the soap film,” say Kirstetter and co. But something else happens instead: the film bends the jet by an amount that depends on its angle of incidence. In effect, the film acts like a lens, and Kirstetter and co are able to derive a kind of Snell-like law to describe this kind of refraction.
When a Jet Hits a Soap Film | MIT Technology Review February 15, 2014
Perhaps the most well known explanation is the Size-Contrast theory. This states that the perceived angular size of the moon is proportional to the perceived angular size of objects around it.Near the horizon, the moon is close to objects of a size that we know, such as trees, buildings and so on. And since it is comparable in size to these familiar objects, it appears larger. This is related to the famous Ebbinghaus illusion in which the apparent size of a circle depends on the size of circles near by.
Moon Illusion: New Theory Reignites Debate Over Why Moon Appears Larger Near the Horizon | MIT Technology Review February 15, 2014
As my friend and colleague Marshall Crook suggested in his review of the second episode, the series could end up “as bleak as it gets” following the lead of Chambers and Lovecraft — even if there is no supernatural element, and there doesn’t appear to be — as well as a philosophy similar to Ligotti’s. Yet, it could also be revolutionary television. Millions of viewers are hearing Cohle’s worldview weekly, and many might just find that it makes some kind of troubling sense.
This Is the Most Shocking Thing About HBO's 'True Detective' - Speakeasy - WSJ February 11, 2014
Cohle’s poignant, if warped, reflection on his daughter’s death and mortality in general: I think about my daughter now and what she was spared. Sometimes I feel grateful. The doctor said she didn’t feel a thing, went straight into a coma. Then, somewhere in that blackness, she slipped off into another deeper kind. Isn’t that a beautiful way to go out — painlessly as a happy child? Trouble with dying later is you’ve already grown up, the damage is done too late. I think about the hubris it must take to yank a soul out of nonexistence into this. Force a life into this thresher. As for my daughter, she spared me the sin of being a father.
This Is the Most Shocking Thing About HBO's 'True Detective' - Speakeasy - WSJ February 11, 2014 | Modified
Then consider the steamy backwoods Louisiana setting, seething with dread, evoking the pessimist philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, who saw an indomitable and indifferent will, not reason, as the force that drives existence. For the horror reader, this sort of consideration should bring to mind the likes of H.P. Lovecraft, to whom Ligotti is often considered a literary heir.
This Is the Most Shocking Thing About HBO's 'True Detective' - Speakeasy - WSJ February 11, 2014
When I heard McConaughey utter these lines in his spaced-out drawl, it reminded me vividly of the philosophical writing of Thomas Ligotti (“Teatro Grottesco,” “My Work Is Not Yet Done”), a writer known throughout the literary horror world for his disturbing and blackly funny short works in the genre known as weird fiction. In his 2010 nonfiction work, the Bram Stoker Award-nominated “The Conspiracy Against the Human Race,” Ligotti calls consciousness “the parent of all horrors” and lays out an argument that would make Rustin Cohle offer a slow, stoned nod of approval.
This Is the Most Shocking Thing About HBO's 'True Detective' - Speakeasy - WSJ February 11, 2014
thisisbillgates: I tried to answer as many questions as I could, but I’ve got to go. I do have one question for you: How can we help more people understand that foreign aid isn’t 25% or even 10% of the U.S. federal budget, but less than 1%? Artvandelay: Put it in a Superbowl advertisement where the American National Anthem is being sung in Spanish and two men hold hands. Then people will notice.
Hello Reddit – I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Microsoft founder. Ask me anything. : IAmA February 11, 2014 | Modified
وقتی برگشتیم دانشگاه یکراست رفتم دفتر دکتر رهبر. او را بوسیدم و گفتم بچههای تهرون یک اصطلاح دارند به نام «مرام» انصافاً با اینکه از نظر سیاسی در دو قطب مخالف همدیگر هستیم اما آدم بامرامی هستی. گفت من به خاطر شما نکردم، به خاطر حفظ حرمت استاد دانشگاه تهران میخواستم بیایم.
مقالات و يادداشت ها - Sadegh Zibakalam February 11, 2014
شاکی من نه روزنامه کیهان است و نه جناب آقای شریعتمداری. بلکه مدعیالعموم یا همان دادستان انقلاب است؛ اما مبنای شکایت، نامه سرگشادهای است که بنده در پاسخ به نامه آقای شریعتمداری خطاب به ایشان نوشته بودم. مشخصاً هم دادستان محترم بر روی دو نکته از آن نامه دست گذاردهاند. نکته اول انتقاد بنده به نحوه دادرسی متهمین پرونده معروف به اختلاس 3000 میلیارد تومانی میباشد. مقوله دوم در خصوص انتقادم به فعالیتهای هستهای است و اینکه گفتهام هستهای کمکی به پیشرفت و رشد و توسعه اقتصادی کشور نکرده. این دو اظهار نظرِ بنده را دادستان محترم انقلاب توهین و افتراء به دستگاه قضا و قضات، تشویش اذهان عمومی و تبلیغ علیه نظام دانستهاند. در پایان بازپرسی هم جناب بازپرس شعبه آقای شفیعی که رفتارشان انصافاً با بنده محترمانه بود این اتهامات را به اصطلاح به بنده تفهیم کردند
مقالات و يادداشت ها - Sadegh Zibakalam February 11, 2014
Bergman said the attacks have three purposes, the most obvious being the removal of high-ranking scientists and their knowledge. The others: forcing Iran to increase security for its scientists and facilities and to spur “white defections.” He explained the latter this way: “Scientists leaving the project, afraid that they are going to be next on the assassination list, and say, ‘We don't want this. Indeed, we get good money, we are promoted, we are honored by everybody, but we might get killed. It isn't worth it. Maybe we should go back to teach … in a university.’”
Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News - Rock Center with Brian Williams February 11, 2014
"I wear a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt almost everyday," Schnakenberg said. "It's one less thing to think about." In the fast-moving world of tec, the idea is to show that your'e not wasting precious time on something as vain as fashion.
Silicon Valley has a dress code? You better believe it | Marketplace.org February 10, 2014
But on the “House of Cards” set — temporarily erected in a small park adjacent to a block of Baltimore townhouses — this feeling was heightened by the presence of Willimon, with his facial hair that might be best described as “sort-of mutton chops”; his beeline intensity; and, of course, that name: Beau Willimon, which seems perfectly suited to a brass plaque in the South somewhere, commemorating a particularly brave or foolhardy general. His hair was an unkempt pompadour, and he wore an untucked work shirt, unlaced work boots and jeans with a back pocket so tattered that it barely cradled his wallet, a situation that at least three people, including me, felt moved to warn him about it, though he waved each of us off in turn. He had the haunted look of a man who’s worried about something much more important, and he’d only just arrived on set.
The Post-Hope Politics of ‘House of Cards’ - NYTimes.com February 9, 2014
Then one student held up a hand and asked, “What truth about the world do you feel you’ve illuminated in the ‘House of Cards’ stories?”Willimon laughed. Then he countered: “What truth have I illuminated? Have I illuminated any truths for you?” Write A Comment “I wanted to hear your perspective,” the student said.“That’s an unfair question, and I’ll tell you why,” Willimon answered. “Because if I have to tell you what truths I think I’ve illuminated, then I haven’t done my job.”The exchange reminded me of one thing he said as we drove on a long and bleak freeway in rural Maryland in his stale-smoke-smelling Audi rental, the one he was using to shuttle himself back and forth between New York and Baltimore. While it may not quite qualify as an illuminated truth, it can certainly stand as a kind of artistic manifesto, one that recognizes politics as a stage on which deeper human truths are consistently revealed. “All relationships are transactional,” Willimon told me as we drove. “Even love. Love might be the most transactional relationship of all.”
The Post-Hope Politics of ‘House of Cards’ - NYTimes.com February 9, 2014
برای من حاتمی کیا یعنی پدر جبیبه در "به نام پدر" وقتی که پای چپش را در گودال بالای تپه قرار می دهد و روی به آسمان تیره بالای سرش عاجزانه خدای جبار آسمان را خطاب میکند :"این پارو بگیر، این پارو بگیر و پای حبیبه ام رو بهم پس بده! ..." . حاتمی کیا برای من یعنی "فاطه! فاطمه!" گفتن های حاج کاظم در "آژانس شیشه ای" وقتی که برای فاطمه اش نامه الوداع می نویسد، تلو تلو خوردن های دائی غفور در انتهای فیلم "بوی پیراهن یوسف" وقتی که یوسف ش را می بیند و لودگی های پیامبرانه "اصغر " در تمام فیلم هایش که همه را میخنداند و خودش زار زار می گرید. "بگذر اصغر آقا. بگذر!".
Javad Azimi - برای آنهائی که مثل من هیچ خاطره ای از جنگ ایران و... February 9, 2014
Salmon believes that Bitcoin’s volatility and rise to prominence makes users think they’ll make more money by sitting on the currency rather than spending it. He brings up the example of the original pair of Alpaca socks bought for bitcoin – that person is probably upset he sold all those bitcoins for some socks. While the original sock purchase is lost in the veil of time, it should be noted that someone paid 10,000 BTC for a pizza in 2009. That pizza would be worth $7,280,000 today. The potential for profit from sitting on the currency, then, will discourage growth argues Salmon.
Ben Horowitz’s Bitcoin Bet | TechCrunch February 8, 2014
همین فراموش کردن فرق علت و دلیل باعث می شود که فکر کنند اگر بتوانند از صحیح بخاری، نکته ای در عیب جویی فلان صحابه پیدا کنند دیگر همه اهل سنت انگشت به دهان و حیران خواهند ماند و از ضلالت نجات خواهند یافت و مهتدی و مستبصر خواهند شد. در حالی که اهل سنت ما در زندگی عادی و در حشر و نشر خود، از پدر و مادرشان، از محیط شان، به صورت طبیعی بعضی از امور برایشان مقدس شده است؛ نیز در اثر پروسه جامعه پذیری به بخشی از فرهنگشان تبدیل شده است و شما هزار دلیل بیاورید عقیده آن ها را راسخ تر می کنید، به قول معروف المعلل لایدلل. همین طور برعکس وقتی شبکه های سنی که علیه شیعه دست به استدلال می زنند، مثلاً به رد و نفی امام زمان(عج) می پردازند، همان اثر را دارد.
خبرگزاری جمهوری اسلامی - این وطن مصر و عراق و شام نیست - سعید حجاریان February 3, 2014 | Modified
بیمارستان بقیة الله زن ها رو بدون چادر راه نمیدن. اگر کسی چادر همراهش نباشه، کارت شناسایی گرو میذاره و چادر سیاه تحویل میگیره. اگر آرایش داشته باشی باید با دستمال مرطوبی که بهت میدن پاکش کنی. فرقی بین مریض و غیر مریض قائل نمیشن، مگر اینکه مریض قادر به سرپا موندن نباشه. با یک نگاه سرسری میشه فهمید کی با چادر آمده تو و کی چادر عاریهای سرش کرده. چادرهای سیاه روی زمین کشیده میشن، یا زیر آرنج ها جمع شدهن، همه خاک و خلیان و این توهمو بهت میده که داری میکروب های کف بیمارستان رو با خودت جارو میکنی و اینور اونور میکشی.
Marzie Rasouli - بیمارستان بقیة الله زن ها رو بدون چادر راه... February 2, 2014
what will most likely be the largest initial public offering of this generation — Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant. Alibaba dwarfs Amazon.com by sales volume — $160 billion in 2012 compared with $86 billion for Amazon, according to RetailNet Group. Its I.P.O. could value the company at more than $150 billion, more than the I.P.O. value of either Facebook or Google.
The Man Behind Alibaba's Eventual I.P.O. - NYTimes.com February 2, 2014
He didn't try to be friends with any of his employees. He was always friendly, but made sure that the employees had their own space and he had his own space. He only went to happy hour type events with them when he was expressly invited by several people on his team. He wanted them to feel like their breaks and downtime were their own without having to be all buddy buddy awkward with the boss.
"I'm not like a regular boss, I'm a cool boss." New manager seeks tips! - managing supervisor | Ask MetaFilter February 2, 2014
eventually, doctors were able to figure out the reason behind everything. It turned out that Fairchild was a chimera, which essentially means that she had the cells of a lost twin in her ovaries. “A chimera or a person with chimerism is an odd sort of twin,” explains a 2009 Yahoo report. “A chimera happens when two fertilized eggs fuse in the womb. If the fusion does not happen, the result would be fraternal twins, but when it does happen, you get a twin that is not visibly a twin at all. Most chimeras have no idea and will never have any idea that they were and technically are a twin. Visibly, there is no difference, although, a chimera may have two different colored eyes. The real signs are in the DNA.”
Woman Gives Birth to Children, Discovers Her Twin is Actually the Biological Mother, But She is Technically Her Own Twin February 1, 2014
It's a good portrayal of the sort of aimless existence a lot of contemporary 20 year olds have after graduating college - especially in fields that don't have a lot of practical application - still hanging on by the fingernails to chase the dream and not willing to make the decision to settle for a 'career' that isn't what one had anticipated. To an extent this extends to background characters stubborn (and arguably childish) refusal to 'settle' in romantic relationships. In a way its about how Americans can have extremely extended childhoods - There is another interesting element to it too - which is: what happens if you are straight and your true soul mate is of the same sex and also straight? Its kind of a melancholy tragedy that the heroine and her friend were fated just not to be able to end up with each other - with the heroine's journey being to come to an acceptance of that and move on.
Discussion: Frances Ha : TrueFilm February 1, 2014
During the interview, Lawsky explained why he thinks Bitcoin's privacy features are "probably compatible" with strong anti-money laundering controls; why online payday lenders' business model could not survive in a Bitcoin world; and how he views the irreversibility of payments in this decentralized network.
Lawsky Processes Bitcoin (The Idea, That Is) After Hearings - Bank Think Article - American Banker February 1, 2014
That said, Aereo has worked tirelessly to ensure that this type of business is actually legal. In much the same way that it’s legal for an individual to use rabbit ears to access broadcast television, it’s legal for an Aereo user to rent out an individual Aereo antenna and access, or record, TV content. However, a single antenna that sends a signal to multiple, separate users is illegal. In other words, Aereo needs one antenna available for every active user of the service
Aereo Sells Out Of Capacity In NYC | TechCrunch February 1, 2014
وقتی سوخت نیروگاه بوشهر می تواند توسط آژانس با هزینه ایی که هزاران بار ارزان تر از هزینه تولید آن در ایران است تامین شود، آیا اصرار ما بر اینکه خودمان آنرا در داخل و علی رغم غیر اقتصادی بودنش تولید کنیم، سئوال برانگیز نیست؟
نامه سرگشاده صادق زیباکلام به حمید رسایی January 28, 2014
