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Source: Wikimedia Commons Jeffrey Epstein was put on suicide watch last month.  Then he was taken off, and found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York.  It wasn’t the first time a sexual predator has been put on suicide watch.  And it won't be the last. Epstein’s contact list was full of the rich and famous.  It included President Clinton, who flew on the Lolita Express.  It included Prince Andrew, and President Trump.  It included Ronald Perelman of Revlon, Tom Pritzker of Hyatt, Mort Zuckerman of US News & World Report, Nathan Myhrvold of Microsoft.  It included Stephen Hawking! It included the Nobelists Gerard 't Hooft, Frank Wilczek, Murray Gell-Mann, and David Gross. It included the AI pioneer Marvin Minsky, and the theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss. Epstein had a number of contacts at Harvard.  Alan … [Read more...] about Jeffrey Epstein & Friends

Home Insync Insync oi-Devaki By Devaki on March 29, 2010 The 'Poker Face' hitmaker Lady Gaga went on a shopping spree, while on a tour to Australia. The singer visited Chanel's Melbourne city store, to shop. Gaga apparently picked up a white shirt, which is worth 2670 dollars from the fashion house's Cruise 2010 collection. She also bought a Jumbo Classic quilted bag, in gold worth 4350 dollars and a Camellia brooch valued at 830 dollars. However, her most expensive purchase was a sleep mask, equipped with the eyelashes stitched on the outside. It priced around 590 dollars.She made the payment using her own credit card, under her real name, Stefani Germanotta. She did not forget to express her gratitude to "Chanel buddies" at her concert, for helping her shop. More LADY GAGA News Lady Gaga In Bold And Vivid Make-up Look Sets The Instagram On Fire Instagram Beauty Trends Of The Week: Sonakshi Sinha, Lady Gaga, Karisma Kapoor & More Halloween 2019: The 4 Best … [Read more...] about Lady Gaga- Expensive Purchase

Home Women Women oi-Deepannita Das By Deepannita Das on December 12, 2019 On Wednesday, 11 December, Time magazine took it to Twitter to reveal its Person of the Year and it is none other than teen climate activist, 16-year-old, Greta Thunberg. Last year in 2018, Time also named her as one of the world's 25 most influential teenagers. A Swedish student, Thunberg became the face of the climate activist and has inspired millions of young people to join her and protest against the inaction on climate change. The popular magazine has described her as the "most compelling voice on the most important issue facing the planet." [email protected] is TIME's 2019 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/YZ7U6Up76v pic.twitter.com/SWALBfeGl6 — TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2019 While talking to Today, Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said, "Her rise in influence has been really extraordinary." Adding to this he said, "She was a solo protester with a hand-painted sign 14 months … [Read more...] about Netizens Applaud As Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Becomes Youngest Time Person Of The Year

The diagram compares the planets of the inner solar system to Kepler-62 Source: By NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/kepler-62-kepler-69.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25666606 In galaxies near enough to our own there could be dozens of earth-like planets. Amongst these exoplanets there exist at least two “ocean planets”.  Named after the Kepler spacecraft that first spotted them Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f are claimed to orbit the star Kepler-62 every 122 and 267 hours.  Kepler-62, which is smaller and cooler than our sun, keeps these two planets in its “habitable zone.”  In this position they may receive enough light and warmth for moving liquid to be present on their surfaces.  Research published by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) suggests that both planets may have surfaces that are totally covered by ocean. Stanislaw Lem might have thought he … [Read more...] about Love in Outer Space – Or Just in Your Head?

Source: Canterbury/CreativeCommons The expression “low man on the totem pole”—a colloquial expression signifying someone of little importance—is actually irrelevant in First Nations culture. I argue it should become irrelevant to our thinking as well.  Figures on any totem are not arranged in a specific hierarchy and the most important figure can sometimes be the lowest one. One thing I have learned is that we ought to be unwilling to easily accept things for what they appear to be. Let’s investigate another metaphor. One might hear the adage, “canary in a coal mine” to signify the unlucky plight of what is arguably one of nature’s most charming birds. Canaries are acutely sensitive to gases such as carbon monoxide and methane that harbor in coalmines. “Canary in a coal mine” is not simply a figure of speech. In days gone by, canaries were actually used to detect gas breeches in various coal mines. If the canary … [Read more...] about That Time I Almost Wrecked My Personal Purpose