Ed Bradley (1941–2006) was an American broadcast journalist best known for reporting with 60 Minutes and
CBS News. Bradley started his television news career in 1971 as a
stringer for CBS at the
Paris Peace Accords. He won
Alfred I. duPont and
George Polk awards for his coverage of the
Vietnam War and the
Cambodian Civil War. Returning to the United States, he became CBS's first Black
White House correspondent. Bradley joined 60 Minutes in 1981 and reported on more than 500 stories with the program during his career, the most of any of his colleagues. Known for his fashion sense and disarming demeanor, Bradley won numerous journalism awards for his reporting, which has been credited with prompting federal investigations into
psychiatric hospitals, lowering the cost of drugs used to treat
HIV/AIDS, and ensuring that the accused in the
Duke lacrosse case received a fair trial. He died of
lymphocytic leukemia in 2006. (Full article...)
Cirsium palustre, the marsh
thistle, is a herbaceous
biennial (or often
perennial) flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae. It is native to Europe, where it is particularly common on damp ground such as marshes, wet fields, moorland and beside streams. In Canada and the northern United States it is an
introduced species that has become
invasive. It grows in dense thickets that can crowd out slower-growing native plants. Cirsium palustre can reach up to 2 metres (7 ft) in height. The strong stems have few branches and are covered in small spines. In its first year the plant grows as a dense
rosette and in subsequent years a candelabra of dark purple or occasionally white flowers, 10–20 millimetres (0.4–0.8 in) with purple-tipped
bracts. In the Northern Hemisphere these are produced from June to September. The plant provides an important source of nectar for
pollinators. This C. palustre flower was photographed in
Niitvälja, Estonia.
Ectophasia crassipennis is a species of fly in the family
Tachinidae and the subfamily
Phasiinae. It is present in southern Europe and warmer parts of central Europe. Adults can reach a length of about 5 to 9 millimetres (0.20 to 0.35 inches). Their large compound eyes are red, while the body varies between black and orange-brown, with large wings featuring wide brown or grey dots. The broad abdomen is flattened and
sternite 7 is ventrally folded. This male E. crassipennis fly was photographed in
Keila, Estonia.
There is a great disconnect between how athiests and religionist view the proper place for religion in the public square. Briefly, atheists (usually) want no religion in the public square, and religionists want equal access (non-denominational) to the public square and view athiesm as just one other "religion" that needs access.
Wikipedia's Reputation
I've been thinking about this
key principle: "[What] reliable sources ... have in common is process and approval between document creation and publication." This is also the key to Wikipedia's reliability and reputation. The core principles of neutrality and verifiability along with the standards for articles (featured/good/etc) and the implicit approval of every person who reads an article and makes no changes to it.
Intellectual Property
We (Americans) often "borrow" other people's intellectual property because the transaction method (i.e. limited use permission) does not exist and can not be created without the transaction cost exceeding the value of the permission (which is close to $0.00 in most cases) so we keep using other's work, and they don't sue us.