How Not to Talk to Your Kids by Po Bronson (Interesting considering some gossip I’ve heard regarding how Bronson’s kid is handled day to day.) With nice extras in Po’s blog.
Then the students were given a choice of test for the second round. One choice was a test that would be more difficult than the first, but the researchers told the kids that they’d learn a lot from attempting the puzzles. The other choice, Dweck’s team explained, was an easy test, just like the first. Of those praised for their effort, 90 percent chose the harder set of puzzles. Of those praised for their intelligence, a majority chose the easy test. The “smart� kids took the cop-out.
As a so-called “smart” kid, I can recognize that. Luckily, my upbringing also offered example after example of work ethic and perseverance.
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Pharm Animals Crank Out Drugs — Ew… I’m generally fairly pragmatic about stuff like this, but yeesh this makes my skin crawl.
This might be scarier, though.
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This is awesome!
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, signed into law by George Bush the elder, led to creation of the ragingly popular Do Not Call List. But tucked away in the bill was another important provision that entitles consumers to take what’s called a “private right of action.” For each violation of the act, consumers can sue for a $500 penalty. Violations include calling after a consumer has told a company to stop, or failing to provide the consumer with a copy of the firm’s Do Not Call policy.
That’s almost enough to make me start answering those “Unknown Name / Unknown Number” calls I get every day.
Specifically, too much of it.
Sienna Miller got plenty:
But the over-zealous creature proceeded to stick its little monkey tongue into Sienna’s mouth.
The Alfie star adds, “I sort of made out with a monkey… It was a sweet monkey but, no, that’s too much.”
And to finish off the bizarre encounter, the monkey proceeded to urinate on Sienna’s back.
And down in St. Kitts it’s a major problem, I guess:
There is no point talking about increasing agricultural production in St. Kitts if we continue to ignore the serious monkey problem we have here – namely, the huge and ever increasing population of monkeys that wander the country side devastating vegetables and fruit crops wherever they go.
Personally, I’d go with the monkeys eating my fruit rather than sticking their tongues down my throat.
By way of kinyahbrutha: Court Reprimands New Delhi Over Monkeys
As forest cover around New Delhi has shrunk, the city has struggled with a growing simian population. Government buildings, temples and many residential neighborhoods are overrun by hundreds of Rhesus macaques. The animals will occasionally snatch food from unsuspecting passers-by and even bite them.
And by way of Dear Abby: Husband’s monkey business is sign marriage is in trouble
When Suzy wants to have sex and asks him to come to bed, her husband refuses and tells her, “I’d rather spend time with Jocko.”
Grocery snatching and home wrecking… Insidious little scamps, aren’t they?
Great Ape Scolded for Pulling Fire Alarm
The fire alarm is on a wall in the bonobo home in an area used by the apes and members of the scientific team. Panbanisha is one of seven bonobos at the Great Ape Trust, and was among the first group to arrive in April 2005. Bonobos are among the most human-like of the great apes.
Unfortunately, this story was posted to the Monkey Wire email list with the title “Great Ape Scolded for Pulling Fire Arm“. That would have been a much more entertaining (er… I mean worrisome or something like that…) story!
I’m sure you, like all of us, assumed the unfortunate stingray stabbing death of conservationist and TV star, Steve Irwin was just a freak accident.
Well, maybe we shouldn’t be so sure.
An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stung him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, authorities said.
Whoa… Hold on a sec… The stingray jumped into the boat and stabbed the dude in the chest? And we’re calling this a freak accident, too?
I just don’t know about that, my friend…
First, we’ll compare and contrast the human/primate relations in India as depicted by two stories:
- Monkey throws brick, woman killed — On the campus of a hospital, no less!
- Villagers pray for recovery of monkey — Little guy fried himself on an electric transformer.
The monkey news in the US is much less… Um… Am I a bad person if I say “entertaining”? Anyway…
Former employee blames UC Davis officials in monkey deaths
Several weeks later, the heater at the Animal Resources Service building blew hot air into the animals’ room, raising the temperature to about 115 degrees.
Yeah, that’s just gross.
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