Новости за 03.04.2018

Over the years, April has been associated with the "Light it up Blue" campaign launched by the group "Autism Speaks". The campaign originally advocated awareness and then acceptance.  

It's something that I've posted about more than once before on this blog.  

• Autism Politics: Puzzle Pieces and Rainbows - March 2012
• How to do More for Families with Autism than just being "Aware" of it - April 2014
• Doing Better than Light it up Blue - April 2017

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I published this last week on The Conversation, and now reproducing it here for CB.com readers.

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Two days ago, the last male northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) died. His passing leaves two surviving members of his subspecies: both females who are unable to bear calves.

Even though it might not be quite the end of the northern white rhino because of the possibility of implanting frozen embryos in their southern cousins (C. simum simum)... Читать дальше...

Politics:‘Surveillance capitalism’ was the term coined in 2015 by Harvard academic Shoshanna Zuboff to describe this large-scale surveillance and modification of human behavior for profit. It involves predictive analysis of big datasets describing the lives and behaviours of tens or hundreds of millions of people, allowing correlations and patterns to be identified, information about individuals inferred, and future behavior to be predicted. Attempts are then made to influence this behavior through personalised and dynamic targeted advertising.

On Wednesdays, I will host a few feature on the blog…a bit about fashion…at any age.

I recently discovered Bare Lips on Instagram, flicked through to their Etsy store and being the lip balm addict I am, promptly placed an order. A few days later I got a lovely email from Glaiza checking to see if my balms had arrived safely. We had a bit of a chat via email and she kindly agreed to do an interview with me.

How and why did ...

KitchenAid, the globally recognized brand that offers the full kitchen solution, is revealing a new “mini” mixer with glass bowl at this year’s Housewares Show in Chicago. Perfect for both the home cook and the aspiring culinary star, the new Artisan Mini Design Series 3.5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer with Glass Bowl fits perfectly in smaller kitchens.

Ragupathi s/0 Gajapathi s/o Valayapathi, spake Rajnikant in Velaikaran movie.  Rajni hitting the villains black and blue in the garb of hitting a big fly was a big comedy those days.  In a late film, Vadivelu’s Hitler mush would be mistaken for a bee and would hit with a stone, making him bleed !!
The final test is ending for a finish at Johannesburg, the largest ...

Malcolm Dawson writes…….there was no Northern League today. A light dusting of snow early morning and a whole heap of surface water all around the North East ensured the Bank Holiday Monday morning fixtures had no chance of going ahead. There were cash turnstiles at the Stadium of Light so was I tempted to go. I hate to say it but no I wasn’t. I hadn’t let Friday’s result fill me with optimism. I was moved, if that’s the right word, by the manager’s appeal to fans to get behind the team and the... Читать дальше...

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The CW announced that it has renewed the comedy ‘Jane The Virgin’ for what may be its  fifth and final season.

Starring Gina Rodriguez, Jane The Virgin debuted in 2014 and when it began, Jane was twenty-three, living in Miami, and still a virgin, torn between her devout Catholic grandmother and her wild-thing mom, who had her at sixteen. Her soul mate, Rafael, is a roguish hotel heir—and ...

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Tia Mowry, who is expecting a baby girl with husband Cory Hardrict had a Bohemian themed baby shower over the Easter weekend.

Tia’s baby shower, that was attended by family and close friends was held on Saturday ...

Dr. Pepper just doesn't get the recognition it deserves over here. Sure, you can get it in regular and Zero, but we're a long way off from it being a beverage of choice at McDonald's. So I'm glad when I stumble across a different variety at any import shops I wander into, and was especially so when I found this one, which boasts both cherry and vanilla in one can. Good old fashioned American flavours.
I figured since Dr. Pepper is already "fruit ...

New month, new science poster.

As many of you know, on April 14th (Earth day) scientists all over the world will march in the streets to celebrate/demand… it’s not quite clear what! The initiative, which started last year amongst much controversy, has still very confused goals and messaging.

In case there were any doubts, I’m all in favour of addressing the lack of diversity and the many other problems afflicting scientific research, but I still think that the M4S is fundamentally a good idea. Читать дальше...