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POPSPoem by Sean O'Brien for Gaza "It just seems there is an insoluble contradiction between the possibilities of this time of year and what's actually taking place ... I was literally at my desk and found an idea making its way into the open so I just pursued it," said O'Brien. "Poetry lives in the world like everything else, and tries to make sense of events, including conflict. isn't a message, it is really a representation of appalled horror at what's taking place." Running to 18 short lines, the refrain of "Katyusha, Katyusha" echoes through the poem, which begins: "Katyusha, Katyusha, / Arrow of fire: / Kingdom Come, is it / Below or above?" "I've basically adapted the name of a missile which sounds like a diminutive in Russian, a child's name," said O'Brien, who is also the only poet to have won the Forward prize three times. "It's both a prayer and a lullaby, at the same time as being about something horrific." ... Guardian
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POPSCrazy Nut Use theleft and right arrow keys to move. Press the space bar to jump.Help the crazy nut get as high as possible.
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POPSDoes Time Run Backward in Other Universes? Other researchers are working on related ideas, as more and more cosmologists are taking seriously the problem posed by the arrow of time. It is easy enough to observe the arrow—all you have to do is mix a little milk into your coffee. While sipping it, you can contemplate how that simple act can be traced all the way back to the beginning of our observable universe and perhaps beyond
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POPSDid NBC Risk Employee Lives in a Green Agenda Stunt? . . . And if we are successful, we will reach millions of Americans with the story in an unprecedented way. " Translation -- more sham eco shock and awe. The Race to Peak at the Peak By Monday, the team had ascended to Barranco at 13,000 feet. Another eight-hour climb on Tuesday brought them to Arrow Glacier at 15,700 feet, where they laid camp. But while Curry got a view of the mountain's ice cap, Today watchers were treated to one of a haggard looking reporter complaining that the entire crew was experiencing lethargy, severe headaches and fatigue. The acute altitude sickness they'd developed was also causing peripheral edema -- their faces and fingers were quite visibly swollen. And no wonder -- in a rush to summit the mountain for Friday's green week finale, they had broken all rules of altitude acclimatization, starting with Rule #1: Once above 10,000 feet, altitude should be increased no more than 1,000 feet per day.
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POPSPsychology of China's Markets. <"Beijing’s communist government understands consumer psychology and capitalist financial markets better than Western governments do right now – particularly the psychology. For example, because of the credit crisis and relentless coverage of the flagging economy, consumers are scared stiff at the moment. And understandably so. They see factory orders declining and jobless claims spiking to their highest levels in 25 years. They read the news that retail stalwart Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) – is lowering expectations. So consumers opt to hoard money out of fear, rather than spend it, and that’s what really kicks a recession into gear. Beijing’s stimulus is designed to encourage spending, rather than reward malfeasance, as our bailout plan is doing.">
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