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...clear threats from us. "Mammals are important because they play key roles in ecosystems and provide important benefits to humans," says Andrew Smith, a biologist at Arizona State University and one of the 103 authors of the Science study. "If you lose a mammal, you often are in danger of losing many other species...
...brief note before continuing though: while there is great danger in grouping all art from China into a single artistic category (just as it would be to group all contemporary American art into something similar) it is useful to think of Chinese art in terms of a series of coexisting and often overlapping subgroups (state-supporting art, commercial art, or overtly subversive art, to give a few examples) that are united by a universal challenge facing all artists of the Middle Kingdom: how do Chinese artists today reconcile their personal artistic convictions to the prospective financial boon of both appealing...
Though, as Davis insists, what makes this show so unique is that it was determined by educational choices rather than by a single curator, each piece nonetheless reflects an issue facing our contemporary society–whether conformity, the influence of media, or the danger of our own imagination...
...haven’t got a choice: Those very innocent people are being held hostage at the moment, and we can’t allow that danger to go unmitigated for much longer. Plus, you cannot underestimate the folks with whom we’re dealing. They’re totally broke, living and working in the most tumultuous and inhospitable environment imaginable. Their life has been effectively lawless for years. This is a world in which, recently, every day in business may be your last, where mismatched games of chicken are played with major international powers. In these unstable...
...prepared for Thursday's event, it is a safe bet that Biden has been rehearsing short, crisp answers and general restraint to avoid droning on, showing off or Beltway bloviating. Given the reality of gender politics and the Senator's tendency for familiar glad-handing, Biden is in particular danger of saying something perceived as condescending or sexist to Palin. Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm has been serving as a stand-in to simulate the dynamic he will face, and Biden has reportedly sought out advice from Senate colleagues like Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein on how best...