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...product of people being evicted from their homes during foreclosure proceedings is that they often end up renting a place to live. After losing a house to the bank, they are not likely to be homeowners again for years...
Russia is in the middle of a revival in moonshine not as a cheap way to drink, but as a hobby and craft. Actors and musicians have revealed their recipes to magazines. Indeed, Russian liquor store shelves and supermarkets now stock a product that uses the appeal of bootleg as its selling point. "I talked to my friends about my idea for sometime and we came to the conclusion that making samogon, would be a great business model," says Nikolai Poluetkov the manager of Kosogorov Samogon, which calls itself the first moonshine to have a license. "We spent 2003 looking...
...study, researchers at the University of Cambridge, Britain's Peninsula Medical School and the University of Michigan tested saliva samples from nearly 5,000 non-smoking adults over the age of 50 for cotinine - a by-product of nicotine - high levels of which would signal exposure to secondhand smoke. Participants in the study also provided a detailed smoking history. The researchers then used established neuropsychological tests to assess brain function and cognitive impairment...
...whereas Harp sees such schools as the product of an "ugly chapter in Georgia's history," black students and educators see them as a point of African-American pride. While historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) make up just 3% of U.S. schools, they produce nearly a quarter of all African-American graduates. A 2007 study showed that black men who attend a black college as opposed to another four-year school enjoy a hefty lifetime-earnings boost. HBCU alumni include Booker T. Washington, Toni Morrison, Sean (Diddy) Combs, Oprah Winfrey and more than a third of the current Congressional...
...task—for elusive traces of truth that, when lined up, still appear mismatched. The hunt is a fascinating one, and winds through a phantasmagoric suspension of reality that tumbles along chaotically in one moment only to freeze in the next. This halting flow is a product of Gavelis’ own vivid and organic style, which takes a simultaneously sexualized and ebullient look at the human condition in a city that is ultimately at fault for “Their” presence. In doing so, Gavelis holds a mirror to Lithuania’s historical emasculation...