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I was going to post this yesterday, but got distracted.
Niger's women and children starve as men hoard food
And people say there is no place in this day and age for women's issues and think feminism is a dirty word.

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But we are at least in a position to argue about such things as Having kids at grad school (via _scientists_)
Another aspect is discussed in Science - the Dec 17 2004 issue, p 2031 (available online to those with a subscription or Uni access at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5704/2031

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Very good seminar on advanced data display techniques. Domes, stereoscopic projections, being able to poke your data, listen to your data of feel the temperature of your data. Really want to see some of the 3D stuff. Flying past or through galaxies and actually being able to see 3D structure leap out at you. Want want want...
Who needs a jet pack. This bit of the future I like...