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...them, she suggested, the International Criminal Court will. "If there's not going to be a special local tribunal that has the confidence of the people, then the people deserve to know that there is some process to hold people accountable," Clinton said. Mincing few words, she declared, "The common parlance tragically summed up is, If you have a problem in Kenya, why hire a lawyer when you can buy a judge?" (See Obama's family tree...
While critics of co-location cry foul, reps from the NYSE say co-location is common and fair and that all exchanges charge for similar services. The exchange doesn't consider it special access because any firm that wants to can pay the fee and co-locate. Furthermore, firms that co-locate aren't at much of an advantage if they don't know how to program their computers with the algorithms that will ultimately keep them ahead of the crowd. (See 10 ways your job will change in the coming decade...
...hoping to study mixing by following fishing trawlers, since good fishing grounds are usually the places with lots of ocean churn. Meanwhile immense blooms of jellyfish - of the kind that Katija studied - are drawing the attention of other scientists and policymakers. Such blooms, thousands strong, are becoming increasingly common worldwide, in part due to the overfishing of jellyfish's natural predators, including anchovies, sardines and herring. In the Sea of Japan, for example, the nomura, jellyfish that grow up to 6.5 ft. (2 m) in diameter and weigh more than 400 lbs. (180 kg), have proliferated, and a recent study...
Highlight Reel: 1. On possible explanations for the pharmacological boom: "Several factors may have contributed to the increased use of antidepressant medications. Perhaps most important, major depression may have become more common ... [several antidepressants] were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat depressive and anxiety disorders ... [and] improving public attitudes toward seeking mental health in general, increasing rates of treatment in individuals with major depression, and growing public acceptance of a biological cause of depression may also have contributed to increasing antidepressant use." (Read "Why Antidepressants Don't Live Up to the Hype...
...capital punishment appears not to have had much effect. Kenya is so beset by crime that it can be unsafe to walk in Nairobi at night, and carjackings and violent robbery are common. "In Kenya, [the death penalty] has not stopped murder - indeed, the rate has been going up by leaps and bounds - nor has it discouraged violent robbery," The Daily Nation said in an editorial after the decision was announced. There are no current figures for the crime rate in Kenya, but the U.S. State Department says there is a "high rate of crime in all regions of Kenya...