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Different v. Better
At the local farmer’s market, I tasted a new plum today, one crossed with a watermelon. We already have plums crossed with apricots. For that matter we have yellow tomatoes and watermelons, white eggplants and marbled beets. I suppose this is only a beginning and that coming up with new combinations and colors will continue.…
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A Lesson?
The government of Iran has imposed new restrictions on several branches of the social sciences at the university level deemed by them to be based on Western thought and therefore not compatible with Islamic teachings. The list includes philosophy, management, psychology, political science, women’s studies and human rights. At a time when many in the…
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More Expensive…
According to a study at Iowa State University a single murder costs the society $17.25 million, each rape $445,532, each robbery $335,733. The costs are calculated based on criminal justice costs, lost productivity estimates for both victim and criminal, as well as the estimated costs of measures to prevent future violence such as extra security…
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