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New Star Trek series from CBS.

New Star Trek series from CBS.

New Star Trek series from CBS.

New Star Trek series from CBS.

New Star Trek series from CBS.

New Star Trek series from CBS.

Pretty heartbreaking to read about how terrible things are in Venezuela

While Venezuelans were dying for lack of simple, inexpensive pills, their radical socialist government was spending tens of millions a year to keep a native son, Pastor Maldonado, competing in the Formula 1 global auto-racing circuit.

Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, spent some $45 million each year to keep Maldonado racing under its logo. Why an oil company without a retail arm and with monopoly rights to Venezuelan oil needs to advertise in the first place was never clear.



Venezuela Is Falling Apart – The Atlantic
Scenes from daily life in the failing state

Pretty heartbreaking to read about how terrible things are in Venezuela

While Venezuelans were dying for lack of simple, inexpensive pills, their radical socialist government was spending tens of millions a year to keep a native son, Pastor Maldonado, competing in the Formula 1 global auto-racing circuit.

Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, spent some $45 million each year to keep Maldonado racing under its logo. Why an oil company without a retail arm and with monopoly rights to Venezuelan oil needs to advertise in the first place was never clear.



Venezuela Is Falling Apart – The Atlantic
Scenes from daily life in the failing state

Pretty heartbreaking to read about how terrible things are in Venezuela

While Venezuelans were dying for lack of simple, inexpensive pills, their radical socialist government was spending tens of millions a year to keep a native son, Pastor Maldonado, competing in the Formula 1 global auto-racing circuit.

Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, spent some $45 million each year to keep Maldonado racing under its logo. Why an oil company without a retail arm and with monopoly rights to Venezuelan oil needs to advertise in the first place was never clear.



Venezuela Is Falling Apart – The Atlantic
Scenes from daily life in the failing state

This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and…

This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless.

— Hayao Miyazaki

This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and…

This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless.

— Hayao Miyazaki

This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and…

This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics is hopeless.

— Hayao Miyazaki

A transcription factor (the colorful protein) sending signals to the basal machinery…

A transcription factor (the colorful protein) sending signals to the basal machinery as part of the mechanism that turns genes on.

A simulation from some new research: http://goo.gl/7gSnzt (warning: typical dense scientific paper)