Tag: education

Fed Study Finds 2 million in "Forced Retirement", 52% Cannot Afford an Unexpected $400 Expense
August 8, 2014 0

Fed Study Finds 2 million in "Forced Retirement", 52% Cannot Afford an Unexpected $400 Expense

By News Desk

We can now put some numbers on "forced retirement" thanks to a Fed study that shows 40% of households show signs of financial stress Four out of 10 American households were straining financially five years after the Great Recession — many struggling with tight credit, education debt and retirement issues, according to a new Federal Reserve survey of consumers. This latest snapshot, which the Fed said was aimed at monitoring the recovery and risks to financial stability, adds to the understanding of the severity of the Great Recession’s effect on households and individuals

July 27, 2014 0

Tweeting science over the last few thousand years

By News Desk

Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional. His colleagues are smart, but they have a curious inability to see the holes that they dig for themselves.

Golden Rice: GMO "Super Gruel" for the Masses
July 16, 2014 0

Golden Rice: GMO "Super Gruel" for the Masses

By News Desk

They claim these initiatives are purely altruistic. Business Insider in its article, " A Miracle Rice Could Save Millions Of Lives ," claims:  Golden Rice, once it is widely released, will be much more cost-effective, as agricultural economist Alexander Stein has shown