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Flyby’s reason to drop: This wasn’t your fault, poor Reader. The syllabus originally only listed two 4-6 page papers under coursework. But now (gasp!) Professor Jeyifo takes attendance, requires weekly web postings, and gives biweekly quizzes. It’s time to "Do the Right Thing" and drop this course. More ideas after the jump...
...whose elegiac tweet on Michael Jackson's death was widely quoted by credulous media. "So far it's all been quite amusing," says McCarthy. "David Miliband talking about Michael Jackson's death isn't going to cause a foreign policy crisis whereas David Miliband saying, 'It's all the fault of the Jews,' could bring about World War III." (See TIME's complete Michael Jackson coverage...
...still won't be happy, of course. But at least it won't be the coffee's fault...
...emergency headquarters in Pariaman, regency secretary Yuen Karnova says that at least 10,068 buildings in the area have either collapsed or are so heavily damaged that they are condemned. Pariaman, he notes, is located astride one of the world's most active fault-lines. "Every natural disaster you can think of, it has happened here," he says. "Landslides, floods, volcano eruptions, earthquakes, even a tsunami. Some people ask me, why don't you leave? But we are people of faith, and we must face up to these challenges...
...Earlier this year, Padang mayor Fauzi Bahar told al-Jazeera television that he had asked for funds for potential earthquake relief and management given his city's precarious position on a tectonic fault line. His request, he said, was turned down by national authorities. In retrospect, the denial may look unwise. But Indonesia is a cash-strapped country with many cities located in unstable geological sites. As Padang digs out from this latest devastation, other Indonesians are no doubt wondering who will be the next target of nature's wrath...