Government Corruption, Embezzlement and Bribery in Gabon, Africa | A message from Anonymous
Please join us urgently to demand the end of corruption and impunity, as well as justice for people of Gabon: We will be releasing a twitter storm package in support of the «Forum des Indignés du Gabon» (Forum of indignants of Gabon) and the people of Gabon victims of Bongo family dictatorship. Stay tuned. Gabon, an oil rich country, located in Central Africa, is blessed with natural resources. The answer is clear and simple: government corruption and dictatorship! In fact, one family, the Bongo, has been ruling the country, with an iron fist, for more than 46 years. The Bongo family for decades has been taking bribes, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars, and presiding over a system rife with corruption, embezzlements and ritual killings. Despite these proven allegations, presidents and prime ministers of so-called developed and democratic countries haven't stopped inviting Ali Bongo: U.S. This is clearly unacceptable. This is a special message to Ali Bongo and his entire regime.
IZA World of Labor - Wage compression and the gender pay gap
Wage structure and the gender pay gap: Conceptual issues Much research on the gender pay gap focuses on gender differences in qualifications, experience, or treatment by firms. These factors may be thought of as gender specific in that male–female differences in these dimensions cause a gender pay gap. In addition, men and women work in a world economy in which labor market prices such as the returns to education or experience are affected by supply and demand as well as labor market institutions. Moreover, since men and women work in different industries and occupations, differences or changes in occupational or industrial wage differentials will lead to differences or changes in the gender pay gap as well. This constellation of returns to skills and to location in favorable sectors of the economy is referred to here as the “wage structure.” Changes in the wage structure are likely to have an effect on the gender pay gap. Empirical evidence on wage compression and the gender pay gap
Violence erupts in Egypt
A bus passes a destroyed pickup truck with loudspeakers that was used by supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy on Friday, August 2. The supporters and security forces clashed in Sixth of October City in Giza, south of Cairo, after the government ordered their protest camps be broken up. Look at the latest violence in Egypt. Morsy supporters walk past makeshift roadblocks at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in Cairo on Saturday, August 3. Morsy supporters run among the smoke and fire resulting from clashes with security forces in Sixth of October City in Giza on August 2. Egyptian riot police block the entrance to Sixth of October City in Giza on August 2 following clashes with Morsy supporters. Morsy supporters in red helmets march during a protest against the government in Cairo on August 2. Morsy supporters march in a demonstration against the Egyptian government in Cairo on August 2. A wounded Morsy supporter lies on the floor of a field hospital in Cairo on July 27.
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Obama in Tanzania, sees Africa as next global economic success
President Barack Obama kicks around an energy-generating soccer ball at a power plant in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Tuesday, July 2. Obama was pushing for partnerships in energy as he concluded a three-nation trip to Africa. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, third from right, joined Obama at the Symbion Power Plant at Ubungo. Tanzania's president, left, watches as Obama plays with the energy-generating soccer ball at the Symbion Power Plant on July 2. Former President George W. A Tanzanian band plays as the U.S. president and first lady Michelle Obama arrive in Dar es Salaam on Monday, July 1. Traditional dancers perform as Tanzanian first lady Mama Salma Kikwete greets Michelle Obama in Dar es Salaam on July 1. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete toasts Obama during an official dinner at the State House in Dar Es Salaam on July 1. Obama and Kikwete, right, are greeted by a cheering crowd as they arrive at the State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Monday, July 1. Celebratory greeting
UW study shows direct brain interface between humans
Engineering | News releases | Research | Science | Social science | Technology November 5, 2014 Sometimes, words just complicate things. University of Washington researchers have successfully replicated a direct brain-to-brain connection between pairs of people as part of a scientific study following the team’s initial demonstration a year ago. In this photo, UW students Darby Losey, left, and Jose Ceballos are positioned in two different buildings on campus as they would be during a brain-to-brain interface demonstration. Read the PLOS ONE paper Learn more about the team’s current research At the time of the first experiment in August 2013, the UW team was the first to demonstrate two human brains communicating in this way. Collaborator Rajesh Rao, a UW professor of computer science and engineering, is the lead author on this work. The research team combined two kinds of noninvasive instruments and fine-tuned software to connect two human brains in real time.
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Faith: Marianne Williamson Is Full of It
In a matter of hours, Marianne Williamson will take the stage in cascading taupe and have 1,000 disciples eating out of her delicate hands. She will ask them to pray for peace, for prosperity, for the deliverance of a prostitute. She will urge them to save America from spiritual bankruptcy, and they will nod and murmur and consider her call to action. A young man will stand to ask advice about a friend and sit down smiling after she proclaims his attitude “enabling.” She will hold the lecture at Los Angeles’ Wilshire Ebell Theater, where she is a frequent headliner. “See, I find it interesting. Maybe so. Not everyone, of course, gets Williamson. “Because there’s a disconnection inside people, there is no listening,” Williamson says. Williamson’s first book was the 1992 A Return to Love, which sold 750,000 copies in hardback, an equal number in paperback, and spent 39 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Later, she calls to clarify.
