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Saturday, November 30, 2002

Allies strive for Arab hearts and minds. Guardian Unlimited | Special reports - Britain is to step up its propaganda battle in the Arab and wider Muslim world next week as part of preparations for the potentially decisive Iraqi declaration on weapons of mass destruction. The US is dropping leaflets across southern Iraq in an effort to demoralise the population.

(Forget about the so-called forthcoming war for a moment. Let's talk about propaganda: dropping leaflets ... in an effort to demoralise the population. Next time leaflets start falling out of the sky in the Bay Area at least we'll know what's going on. They'll tell us on TV. ) « 5:56:50 PM »    

Digital image stored in single molecule. New Scientist - 19 hydrogen atoms in a lone liquid crystal molecule can store at least 1024 bits of information. The data are stored in the complex interaction of the protons' magnetic moments.

(Gives a whole new meaning to the term pixel-pusher. ) « 5:37:50 PM »    

Why Are Black Students Lagging?. New York Times - [M]iddle-class black parents in general spent no more time on homework or tracking their children's schooling than poor white parents. And he said that while black students talked in detail about what efforts were needed to get an A and about their desire to achieve, too many nonetheless failed to put forth that effort.

(We've seen the enemy, and the enemy be us.

I don't know, but my opinion is probably in the minority here -- pun accepted -- but what if the reason for black students' poor performance really is cultural? Doesn't it seem to be a perfectly sane response? If you live in a society that you perceive exists only to oppress you, why would you ever want to emulate any of its traits, even if your own success depended on it? Moreover, what if the morals and values of this society that you perceived as your oppressor were in fact insane and corrupt? Would emulation make sense? Do as the Romans do, sure. But look what happened to Rome. (Registration required.) ) « 5:08:30 PM »    


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