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Posted by D. Daniel Sokol ABA Antitrust in the Americas II When June 06 - 07, 2013 Where Renaissance Sao Paulo Hotel Alameda Santos 2233 Sao Paulo, DF 01419-002 Brazil Primary Sponsors Section of Antitrust Law Co-sponsored by IBRAC Printable...

Recently Rattle posted a wonderful mathy poem by Diana Rosen entitled "Mathematics and Molé." Here's the first stanza: Mathematics and Molé by Diana Rosen Numbers flicker in front of my eyes as I give him my full attention. Differential geometry explains the black hole, he says. It’s very obvious. I lean forward to catch his words, my chin in cupped hand, eyes intent on his, yet thinking of Mexican food. Mathematics is the language of science, he says. . . .Rozen's complete poem is here.

. In honor of 100 years of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore cinematographer Richard Chisolm, along with Kindall Rende, created this movie of members of the department talking about psychiatry at Hopkins. Many of the people shown in the film have been guest bloggers on Shrink Rap, and they include our mentors, colleagues, and friends. Both ClinkShrink and I are proud to be members of the department and we are both grateful for the education we've received, so we hope you'll spend a few minutes watching Richard's tribute.----- Listen to our latest podcast at mythreeshrinks.com or subscribe to our rss feed. Email us at mythreeshrinks at gmail dot com Our book is out now.

The project centers on nine women in the feminist lesbian porn industry who are recorded for a 24-hour period, with 10-second blips of their everyday lives playing out in five-minute intervals. What's revealed is an intimate portrait of a marginalized community opening up about sex, gender politics, depression, and their daily grind in a way that's downright real.

RT @astrojenny: #LHC Creates Tiny Drops of Big Bang 'Blood Spatter'. By @astroengine

May 13 to 17 It’s spring! Except in London, where for the past two months, the weather has been stuck in a kind of sodden cold amalgam between spring and winter that’s probably best described as splinter. But back to spring. Among many other eye openers you’ll learn in Ann’s post, men’s reproductive hormones peak in June, as do contraceptive sales and sexually transmitted diseases. And you’ll never feel okay walking through a cloud of gnats again. But where Michelle lives, the spring is false and the fruit is dead. And Cameron wraps up Spring Break with a post about the least welcome rite of spring — the frantic scramble to wash off the poison oak. So many assumptions rest on the behavioural manipulation of toddlers and what we can extrapolate about the human condition. This week’s guest poster, Kendall Powell, reports on what happened when she sent her kids to participate in these experiments. And Erika advances a new theory about why Henry VII had so much trouble having children.

There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

Dashboard says "No key detected" with either key in car. Car will start in about 15 minutes if left alone. Has happened about 3 times. Dealer has no clue. Any ideas? Thank You

Marc Millis’ article Star Trek, Star Tech, posted on Friday, has been taken down temporarily due to an apparent hacking incident on the site. As soon as I get this resolved, the article will be reposted.

By Lena Coakleyfor Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations This week 6000 people attended Canada’s largest children’s literature event, the Forest of Reading, Festival of Trees—two days of award ceremonies, writing workshops, author signings, and other exciting activities that celebrate the shared experience of reading.Child readers from participating schools across the province of Ontario chose the winning books. The awards in each age category are named for a different Canadian tree, and the winner plaques feature original art by a child reader.Blue Spruce award winner Martin Springett2013 Blue Spruce™ Award Winner (K-grade 2): Kate and Pippin by Martin Springett and Isobel Springett (Puffin Canada/Penguin Group)2013 Silver Birch® Express Award Winner (grades 3-4): Margaret and the Moth Tree by Brit Trogen and Kari Trogen (Kids Can Press)2013 Silver Birch® Fiction Award Winner (grades 5-6): Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (Scholastic Canada)2013 Silver Birch® Non-Fiction Award Winner (grades 3-6): No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs by Rob Laidlaw (Pajama Press)2013 Red Maple™ Fiction Award Winner (grades 7-8): The Vindico by Wesley King (G.P. Putnam’s Sons/ Penguin Group)Red Maple Non Fiction winner Bill Swan2013 Red Maple™ Non-Fiction Award Winner (grades 7-8): Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death by Bill Swan (James Lorimer & Company) White Pine winner Jeyn Roberts and nominee Lena Coakley2013 White Pine™ Award Winner (grades 9-12): Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts (Simon & Schuster BFYR)Le Prix Tamarac 2013 (French language fiction, grades 5-6): Le mystère des jumelles Barnes by Carole Tremblay (Bayard Canada Livres)Le Prix Tamarac Express 2013 (French language fiction, grades 3-4): Billy Stuart: 1. Les Zintrépides by Alain M. Bergeron and Sampar (Éditions Michel Quintin)Le Prix Peuplier 2013 (French language fiction, grades K-2): Le zoo de Yayaho by Geneviève Lemieux and Bruno St-Aubin (Bayard Canada Livres)Cynsational NotesLena Coakley was born in Milford, Connecticut and grew up on Long Island. In high school, creative writing was the only class she ever failed (nothing was ever good enough to hand in!), but, undeterred, she went on to study writing at Sarah Lawrence College.She became interested in young adult literature when she moved to Toronto, Canada, and began working for CANSCAIP, the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers, where she eventually became the Administrative Director. She is now a full-time writer living in Toronto. Witchlanders, her debut novel, was called “a stunning teen debut” by Kirkus Reviews. It is a Junior Library Guild selection and an ABC new voices selection.See also New Voice: Lena Coakley on Witchlanders.