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Can Examined Life, a movie featuring nothing but philosophers talking, really be an enjoyable cinematic experience. Surprisingly, yesEarly in the film Examined Life, literary theorist Avital Ronell asks the director Astra Tay (Read More)
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Keep exercising – and don't rely on food treats to get you through the dark monthsI went for a walk the other day, and made a pig's ear of it. It was a sunny afternoon when I headed into the woods, along a clearly marked rout (Read More)
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This is a joint statement from the Met Office, the Natural Environment Research Council and the Royal Society on the state of the science of climate change ahead of the Copenhagen climate conferenceThe UK is at the forefront (Read More)
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It can take days for us to get the information we need to provide care for confused patientsAndrea Gillies suggests that hospital care for people with dementia is deficient because staff don't know, or don't care, about looki (Read More)
The Guardian:
A Pakistani neuroscientist and mother of three is to stand trial in New York for attempted murder. But shadowy questions about her life remain – including her links to al-Qaida and her five 'lost' yearsOn a hot summer morning (Read More)
The Guardian:
More than 20,000 new students joined the University of the Third Age this yearAt the local church hall on a late autumn afternoon in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, more than 100 wannabe-students are queueing to sign up to a ne (Read More)
The Guardian:
There is talk of closing down the prison philosophy class. Can the power of the press save it?Tony can't get over the parrot. "Are you sure," he says, "about punishing this parrot?" Casey turns to him and says: "If you can ho (Read More)
New York Times:
New research suggests that oxytocin underlies the twin emotional pillars of civilized life, our capacity to feel empathy and trust.
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The Guardian:
Rescuers plucked a woman from choppy waters today, 25 hours after she jumped from a crowded ferry that sank in a storm off Sumatra. At least 29 people drowned, and 20 others were missing.A total of 255 survivors have been pul (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Life360, a startup that looks to help families keep their loved ones (and their identities) safe, has closed a $750,000 funding round with investors including Seraph Group, LaunchCapital, Founders Fund (va FF Angel), the Band (Read More)
New York Times:
Turkey with a side of scorn? For some families, holiday meals can be cauldrons of longstanding tensions, fresh criticism and battles for control.
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Wall Street Journal:
A survey to measure burnout and quality of life among surgeons turned up a detail that caught our eye: Nine percent of surgeons said they were concerned they had made a “major medical error” in the past three months. The auth (Read More)
CNN:
Laura Day doesn't call herself a psychic. She prefers the term "intuitionist." Whatever you call whatever she has, actors, studio heads, and corporate and financial titans pay her $10,000 a month for 24/7 access to it.
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Patna-Cities-The Times of India:
Shiv Choudhary and Chandradeo Choudhary were sentenced to life by a court on Monday for a murder committed eight years ago. (Read More)
Reuters: Deals:
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's top life insurer Manulife Financial Corp said late on Wednesday it agreed to buy a 49 percent stake in ABN AMRO TEDA Fund Management Co in China for $156 million in cash, following up on pledges (Read More)
NY Post:
Final Fantasy opens for the band, who is on tour to promote their 17th album, "The Life of the World to Come." For more information, call 212-353-1600.
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observer.guardian.co.uk:
The Pajama Men are turning physical theatre on its head – for laughsThe Pajama Men are coming to Britain and they're worried about how I'm going to describe their act. "Improv? Mime? Clown? Physical theatre?" says Shenoah All (Read More)
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James Earl Jones has been breaking down barriers since the 1950s. As he prepares to star in an all-black Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, he tells Maddy Costa about his absent father, elderly sex – and why his stutter was his salvatio (Read More)