grist for the mill

A not-so-secret research cache

Thursday, July 31, 2003

 
New Scientist | Guide to the Quantum World

 
"Nothing For Sale At Brooklyn Store; It's All Free"

 
New Scientist - Optic fibre delivers solar surgery

"They believe the equipment can be produced for a few thousand dollars, compared to about $120,000 for laser equipment."

 
Environmental News Service - Scientists Optimistic About Ozone Recovery :

"'We are not gaining ozone,' Newchurch cautions, 'we are just losing it less quickly"


 
Rape adds to dread for war-ruined Liberia's women
-Reuters
:

''The women who come to us often feel that they are useless to life...''


Wednesday, July 23, 2003

 
The Globe and Mail

Massachusetts church abuse vast
Associated Press



Tuesday, July 22, 2003

 
CNN.com - Hydrogen cars not needed, U.S. experts say - Jul. 21, 2003

 
DMC bailout has strings tied to it: "DMC bailout has strings tied to it
Deal demands center be more accountable
July 22, 2003
BY KIM NORRIS"

Monday, July 21, 2003

 
Plan for topless club not welcome: "Plan for topless club not welcome
Married couple caught in the middle of debate
July 21, 2003
BY M.L. ELRICK
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER"

Friday, July 18, 2003

 
Old bones are link to an arrest

Thursday, July 17, 2003

 
HEATHER NEWMAN: With wireless laptops, law firm can get ahead

 
(Detroit City) Council OKs decrees on cops
Kilpatrick joins in power-sharing truce

In related news: Hell Froze Over


Wednesday, July 16, 2003

 
Officials: Man accused of murder shouldn't have been paroled

Perhaps the most stark case of overstating the obvious I've seen this year.


 
Literacy in U.S. Cities
The city I currently live in (Detroit) is 61 out of 64, confriming my fears.

Monday, July 14, 2003

 
BONES OF CONTENTION: Cadaver-sniffing canine's finds are under suspicion

Handler of world-famous dog is charged with planting evidence
July 14, 2003
BY TAMARA AUDI
FREE (Detroit) PRESS STAFF WRITER

Saturday, July 12, 2003

 
Blacks Lose Better Jobs Faster as Middle-Class Work Drops
By LOUIS UCHITELLE (NYT)


Excerpts:
At the same time, jobless black Americans have been unusually persistent about staying in the labor force. Having landed millions of jobs in the booming 1990's, they have continued to look for new ones in the soft economy, and so are counted now as unemployed; if they gave up trying to find work, they would not be counted.

"The number of jobs and the types of jobs that have been lost have severely diminished the standing of many blacks in the middle class," said William Lucy, president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.


Thursday, July 10, 2003

 
Pension venture coming up dry

Public funds invest $57 million in gas drilling, see little in return
July 10, 2003

BY TINA LAM
(Detroit) FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Excerpt:
Wayne County's trustees have been generous supporters of Everest Energy. The original investment passed unanimously, and trustees approved another $1.062 million for Everest Energy last October.

Trustee Lorenzo Moner said he thinks Everest Energy is a good investment after visiting Wyoming last summer to "kick the tires." Moner and several other trustees stayed in a $300-per-night dude ranch near some of the wells last June.

"I was impressed," he said. "They showed us wells and pumps, and we met some of the ranchers. In October, they offered us a chance to buy in more, and we said, 'hell, yes.' "


 
Nanotechnology may create new organs

Tuesday, July 08, 2003

 
INSINUATION AND OTHER PITFALLS
IN POLITICAL ADS AND NEWS
by Kathleen Hall Jamieson

A pretty good case study on the Willie Horton story.


Sunday, July 06, 2003

 
To Have and to Hold: The Key To Wife Carrying Is Upside Down

By ROGER THUROW
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL



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