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Compassion and creativity are often the first casualties of conflict. But in Israel - where conflict has become a way of life - artistic expression sometimes still manages to transcend even the most brutal realities. Nothing illustrates this better than "There Must Be Another Way," the song the Israeli public has chosen as this year's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow...
...most readily cited but poorly studied triggers of headaches are these weather related variables,” said Gregory A. Wellenius, one of the co-authors of the study. “Although there have been a number of earlier studies linking headaches with weather conditions, the large, better studies of weather effects have really had mixed results...
...anxiously forward to the latest, and (hopefully) greatest revival of H Bomb, even if it cost you $10 a piece. If you want them around more, buy the mag and donate! According to the e-mail, every student organization that gives $20 gets an ad within their pages. What better branding than getting having your org next to?...
...Except for that really smart kid you know who studied for about three hours and will do better than you. In a cynical mood, eh? You might enjoy re-watching the hanging, drawing, and quartering of former Crimson President Jim Cramer '77 by John Stewart. While we're pleased Stewart has found a new target after his best buddy rode off into the sunset, FlyBy still holds a soft spot for Cramer from its days watching Mad Money as a budding i-banker (pre-crisis, of course) and this infamous clip...
Anyone trying to learn how to dig up ancient artifacts by watching the Tomb Raider movies would find little practical help from Angelina Jolie traipsing around Cambodia's temples. If you're an online-literature buff in China, you might have better luck. Last spring, an unemployed 45-year-old man and his seven accomplices were arrested by police after having successfully dug up artifacts from a 15th century tomb just outside Beijing. Their techniques, as the police soon found out, were an exact imitation of those described in Ghost Blows Out the Light, a hugely popular Chinese online novel...