News for Medievalists (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
ARTS: In heaven or on earth?: To appreciate medieval Byzantium, we have to place ourselves in a world that loved drama and splendour, in which classical, Christian and Asiatic traditions met. Jonathan Sumption revels in its riches Jonathan Sumption 1 November 2008 The Guardian Gibbon has cast a long shadow over Byzantium. The great 18th-century historian, the first to study the eastern...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... - in some cases, raisins . • Still, don’t let that extra step of preparation thwart your Cran-sumption. Rich in antioxidants and phytonutrients, research indicates they may reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, urinary tract infections, gum disease and ulcers. They’re also high in vitamins A and C and in potassium. • Craisins (featured above) are not a rip off of the California Raisins...
The Heritage Foundation Papers (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... dollar in additional UI spending increasing gross domestic product (GDP) by $1.73. Two false assumptions, however, marred this study. 1) The study assumed that every dollar of UI spending funds new consumption when research shows this does not happen. 2) It also assumed that unemployment insurance does not change workers' behavior. Studies consistently show that workers with extended...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
In the mid-90s, mad cow disease was on everyone's lips and the front page of every newspaper. What made the epizootic outbreak so alarming was the as-sumption that a mutation of the fatal Creutzfeld Jakob Disease (vCJD) could be triggered in humans through the consumption of BSE-infected beef. In both species, the diseases result in brain degeneration.
