Egypt is open to visitors who drink alcohol and wear bikinis, the tourism minister has said, as the Islamist-ruled country sets out to boost numbers by at least a fifth this year. Tourism is a pillar of the Egyptian economy but has suffered since a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak in[...]
Archive for June 15th, 2013
June 15th, 2013 - 10:16 pm § in Misc.
Egypt open to tourists who drink booze and wear bikinis, says tourism minister
June 15th, 2013 - 1:19 pm § in Misc.
Slur of the Day
Sheeny (U.S.) a 19th-century derogatory term for an “untrustworthy Jew.”[167][...]
June 15th, 2013 - 8:40 am § in Misc.
Balmer Blunders: Will Win 8.1 Fix Things.
MS Leaking News About Win 8.1 Sadly, the preliminary leaks suggest that 8.1 will not address the central problem … Windows * is not finished. If Win 8 were ready for release you would be able to create tiles with — USEABLE icons, rather than big swathes of color with tiny logos, you woul[...]
A View Of Diversity
Opinion: The Dilemma of Diversity The NIH remains a Caucasian-dominated workforce. Why haven’t the agency’s efforts to diversify been successful? By Ed Smith | from the Scientist A 2011–2012 report on the demographics of the scientific workforce of the National Institutes of Health [...]