January 2012
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List of English words of Yiddish origin →
I didn’t realize some of these were Yiddish. I grew up with many of these, such as:
bagel: a ring-shaped bread roll made by boiling then baking the dough (from בײגל beygl) (OED, MW)
blintz: a sweet cheese-filled crepe (Yiddish בלינצע blintse from Russian “блины” bliny) (AHD)
bupkis (also bupkes, bupkus, bubkis, bubkes): emphatically nothing, as in He isn’t worth bupkis...
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Hunger Game's Capitol Couture
thecapitolcouture:
MUGLER
We can’t wait to see who’ll be rocking around town in this MUGLER masterpiece - clearly inspired by the industry and bird life of District 12.
SOURCE: datingsymbol.com
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“As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this...”
– President Obama’s statement on the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via barackobama)
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EPA Theorizes Fracking-Pollution Link →
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced for the first time that fracking — a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells — may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution.
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Instant Wild: Fun for you, valuable for scientists... →
Instant Wild lets you choose which cameras you’d like to follow and then shows you the latest images taken from each one, tagged with a date and time. Currently there are just five cameras: Northern Steppe in Mongolia, Sri Lanka Forest, Massai Wilderness and Tsavo West in Kenya, and Whipsnade in the UK. As images show up, you can scroll through a list of likely suspects (Sambhar Deer,...
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June Beetles Conscripted Into Cyborg Army | Fox... →
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"Just as Communists managed to destroy Communism,... →
claytoncubitt:
“A Pew Research Center poll in December found that only 50 percent of Americans reacted positively to the term “capitalism,” while 40 percent reacted negatively. Among Americans ages 18 to 29, more had a negative view of capitalism than a positive view, the survey found. Those young Americans actually viewed socialism more positively than capitalism. In other words, America’s...
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The Problem With Patents →
Source: http://frugaldad.com
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Activists from earlier movements weigh in on... →
Veterans of the civil rights, anti-Vietnam war and local empowerment movements share their thoughts—and a little advice—for Chicago’s occupiers.
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FDA Finds Serious Problems At Cancer Drug Plant →
Federal inspectors say the contract manufacturer for Johnson & Johnson’s cancer drug Doxil hasn’t been maintaining equipment or promptly investigating defective product batches and other serious problems at its Bedford, Ohio, factory.
The latest Food and Drug Administration inspection report details lax quality control, failure to follow standard procedures and even lack of ...
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2011 Drug Shortages Set New Record →
The number of new prescription drug shortages in 2011 shot up to 267, well above the prior record and about four times the number of medication shortages in the middle of the last decade.
As the drug shortages worsen, so does their impact on patient care, particularly in hospitals. The inability to get crucial medicines has disrupted chemotherapy, surgery and care for patients with infections...