gleans at 5:25 PM MT, 12/03

 

Essay

 

The Well-Tended Bookshelf

By LAURA MILLER

To toss or not to toss? There seem to be two general approaches to pruning one’s library.

 

 

Best Female Figure Not an Hourglass
LiveScience.com, NY - While pop culture seems to worship the hourglass figure for females, with a tiny waist, big boobs and curvy hips à la Marilyn Monroe, this may not be ...

 

 

Private sector loses 250000 jobs - report
CNNMoney.com - By Aaron Smith, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The US economy shed a quarter-million private-sector jobs in November, according to a payroll processor's report that was worse than economists expected.

 

 

Seattle Post Intelligencer

A push to boost college graduation rates
Christian Science Monitor - Nearly half of students at four-year colleges don't finish after six years, a report finds. This feature requires a newer version of Macromedia Flash Player and javascript-enabled browser.

 

 

Rendell called sexist for ‘no life’ remark
Philadelphia Inquirer - By Peter Mucha Politicians are supposed to watch what they say - especially when a nearby microphone might be on. But, yesterday in Philadelphia, Gov.

 

 

Homeschooling Law Resource Guide - Released by the Education Law ...
MarketWatch - USA
The publication is intended to be used by parents, students, homeschool advocates, and public school officials to do what is in the best interests of the ...

 

 

Chrysler exec: failure could spark depression  <== sure as hell would depress me

 

 

The secret sex signals in human sweat. Do humans respond to pheromones after all? READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://email.newscientist.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/eBgCJ0MXU6P0uCh0FRt20EB

 

 

Scientists ask: Is technology rewiring our brains?

NEW YORK - What does a teenage brain on Google look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Could these kids even relate better to emoticons than to real people? These sound like concerns from worried parents.

 

 

Study illuminates star explosion from 16th century

 

 

ESPIONAGE Spooked The spies who loved me
by Joshua Kucera

 

 

TECHNOLOGY Rook Dreams New chess software makes it easier for younger players to reach the top of their game—and harder to stay there
by Edward Tenner

 

 

MOVING PICTURES The Existential Clown Why Jim Carrey makes us uncomfortable.
by James Parker

VIDEO: The Fears of a Clown James Parker dissects two of Jim Carrey's most unnervingly subversive onscreen moments and contrasts them with a scene from the Bill Murray film Groundhog Day.

 

ADVICE What's Your Problem? Tropical print is dead, and other advice
by Jeffrey Goldberg