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Neil Young has never been one for lyrics - he's doing well if he can work a three-syllable word into a melody - but even he has standards, and they usually don't allow for lyrics like "Download this, it sounds like...
...StreetSafe Boston will allow street workers with street credibility to return to the targeted neighborhoods, and will extend hours of operation for proven organizations operating nearby. The idea is to use effective street workers to bring violent and at-risk youth to neighborhood organizations which can provide them with job training and other social services...
...Israel and Hamas to find a way to end the war in Gaza. Both sides have responded positively, if tentatively, to Egyptian proposals for a phased truce that would begin with a lull in fighting for a defined period (10 days, by some accounts). That interlude would then allow for the brokering of a more comprehensive cease-fire. But each side's goals from any truce remain antagonistic to the other's, and reaching an agreement that bridges the vast gap between them remains a herculean diplomatic challenge...
...reproductions allow viewers to navigate easily across large paintings like Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights, moving from the serene portrait of Adam and Eve in paradise to Earth's naked bodies coupling inside a mussel shell or munching oversize pieces of fruit, or Hell's kissing pigs disguised as nuns, with an ease that - given the work's size and intricacy - would be denied a visitor standing before the actual 7-by-13-ft. (220 by 390 cm) triptych...
...interview with Britain's Guardian newspaper, Baron-Cohen made front-page headlines in his home country by expressing confidence that his research would soon allow doctors to screen for autism through amniocentesis - which involves extraction of amniotic fluid with a needle - the same procedure that allows parents to test for Down syndrome, and decide whether to terminate a pregnancy. Although a prenatal measure of testosterone is not a definitive test for autism, Baron-Cohen suggested that a debate was needed over whether such a test would be desirable...