This image comes from: a. Victoria Secret catalog b. Cosmopolitan Magazine articel on mismatched swim wear c. Popular Photography article “Errors in Photoshop” d. Miss August, Girls of Ukraine Calendar e. Clip from “Next Top Model” TV show. [...]
Archive for March, 2011
March 17th, 2011 - 3:19 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
UTexas Extraordinary Alum Decries Efforts to Downgrade Academic Quality of UT
UT Regent: There’s nothing wrong with a Chevy education. Ed. I wonder if this guy actually thinks everyone in Texas is getting a Cadillac? Maybe there are even some kids there who deserve a BMW or Infiniti? Read the letter written to Regent Chairman Gene Powell by Gordon Appleman, ranked as [...]
March 17th, 2011 - 12:55 pm § in Misc.
$500 Available Scholarships: applicants should be caucasian, male, demonstrate a commitment to education, and substantiate financial need.
$500 Available for Qualifying Minorities! Our goal: To financially assist young Americans seeking higher education who lack opportunities in similar organizations that are based upon race or gender. In a country that proclaims equality for all, we provide monetary aid to those that have found the sc[...]
March 17th, 2011 - 12:00 pm § in Uncategorized
St. Patty’s Day! Hamlet was an Irishman!
HAPPY ST. PATTY’s DAY Admlithi of Eire (the ”d” is silent) became Hamlet of Elsinore Lisa Collinson at the University of Aberdeen has traced the origins to a little known Irish tale called the ”Destruction of Da Derga”s Hostel’.’ The common wisdom has been t[...]
March 17th, 2011 - 10:43 am § in Schools & Colleges
An Open Letter to University Presidents
from UNILEAKS Dear President, Welcome to UniLeaks. We are a new online project dedicated to publishing information on public interest matters relating to the higher education industry. In essence, a version of Wikileaks aimed at Universities. While initiated in Australia, UniLeaks, like the industry[...]
March 17th, 2011 - 6:54 am § in Uncategorized
REPEAT: Ave Challenge
No one has gotten this right yet. a. author of a popular novel about scientific discovery b. first chair of biochemistry at UW c. physicist JD Watts before leaving for Manhattan Project d. Bill Holm working on his thesis e. student in his rooms at Cambridge, 1951 [...]
March 16th, 2011 - 10:10 pm § in Uncategorized
How to Indict Obama for Criminal Cover-Up
Now that the Ave has discussed impeachment of one African American, it seems only fair to discuss how to impeach another one ….. (Mar. 3, 2011) — On August 9, 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned from the Presidency rather than face impeachment and indictment for his involvement in the Wat[...]
HUMOR: Protecting the Civil Rights of Those Who Blaspheme.
Ed. It is about time. ALL blasphemy should be considered protected speech. Why can’t evolutionists and creationists get along like humans and dinosaurs did? Unlike many other states, Texas does not ban workplace discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. [...]
To succeed, US must continue to invest in education, research
“America’s current circumstances are certainly serious. But there is a proven path forward, one that the United States has traveled with great success before: the rising path of innovation. After the Civil War and World War II, in particular, America restored its economic momentum with great[...]
Archbisop of Canterbury, “Shahbaz Bhatti ‘a martyr'”
Shahbaz Bhatti died a martyr, says the Archbishop of Canterbury Click for full BBC story Mr Bhatti was killed in an ambush by Taliban gunmen as he drove away from his mother’s home on 2 March. He had been the Pakistan government’s only Christian cabinet minister until his assassination i[...]