Прикольный виджет, показывает на глобусе из каких стран и городов пользователи, кто видит этот глобус в текущий момент.
Глобус можно крутить в разные стороны, приближать.

A couple of years ago zvuv  posted a link to a very interesting speech by a prominent social psychologist Roy Baumeister, however that link no longer works, so I am reposting another link.

While most of the ideas mentioned are not new, Baumeister  puts together the pieces of the puzzle together regarding male - female interaction, behaviors, society, and culture in a very concise and eloquent manner.



Enjoy!  Comments welcome..

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Всех друзей, реальных и виртуальных - с Новым Годом!

Happy New Year! Felice Ano Novo!

Here is another look at elections - a dispassionate one (courtesy nyuanshin ). I am sure lots of people will find this POV very controversial.

We've seen  “perhaps the greatest wealth transfer since the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917,” (says Michael Mandelbaum, author of “Democracy’s Good Name” )“It is not a wealth transfer from rich to poor that the Bush administration will be remembered for. It is a wealth transfer from the future to the present.”


HOW  ARE THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS GOING TO DEAL WITH IT  AND OTHER IMPORTANT FORGOTTEN ISSUES (IMMIGRATION, OUR SELF-IMPOSED ISOLATION  FROM THE WORLD)  WE ARE FACING?  

ПОДПИШУСЬ ПОД КАЖДЫМ СЛОВОМ.


Now please get out and vote  -  for  the candidate of your choice.

If  the Federal Government cannot properly manage  a railroad retirement system, how can we trust them to manage financial markets?