Archive for March 26th, 2008
The U.S. of A: Which statistic is scarier?
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: March 26, 2008
- In: America | finglas | one in nine | riots | sociology
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Just over one per cent (2.3 million people) of the population of America is in jail at the moment. One in 15 adult black men is incarcerated; this becomes one in nine black men aged between 20 to 34. In case you missed that: ONE BLACK MALE IN EVERY NINE AGED BETWEEN 20 AND 34 IS CURRENTLY IN JAIL. America [...]
Who needs school anyway?
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: March 26, 2008
Just read about these boys on Damien Mulley’s blog John Collision is in fifth year in Castletroy College in Limerick. During transition year (and into his holidays) he and his brother Patrick set up an IT company. They later merged with two similar-minded colleagues from the UK. Their company – Auctomatic – was recently acquired “in [...]
Planet-scicast video competition
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: March 26, 2008
- In: competition | planet scicast | video
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The Institute of Physics used to run “Paperclip Physics”; a competition where students had five minutes to present/teach a given topic in an interesting fashion. This year they have replaced this competition with “Planet-Scicast”, where students have to put together a two and a half minute video-clip on any aspect of Science. It’s a wonderful [...]
Deadliest Catch
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: March 26, 2008
My job appears to be rather mundane; three minutes into watching this clip I began to feel decidely queasy. I can’t believe they don’t wear some kinds of safety harness
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