Former News of the World Editor Rebekah Brooks' Body Language May Alienate Jurors

by Dr. Lillian Glass After watching Rebekah Brooks, former editor of News of the World and once the most powerful woman in the Rupert Murdoch empire, give her testimony, I observed that he cockiness, air of arrogance and entitlement relayed via her monotone facial expression and icy tone would not go over well at the Leveson Inquiry.Even the dress this once fashion plate wore, a white peter pan collar in with black bodice (as seen in the photo...

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Ushering in Intelligent Fingerprints

by Andrea Campbell A genius group from the UK is on to something big. They have found a way to glean lifestyle information from fingerprints. Not only that, but the fingerprints when rendered will be of a high resolution—meaning it will be easier to read the finest points of a print—and, they’ve made it possible to collect this information in situ, on site!We’ve known for ages that fingerprints are obtained because sweat is secreted through the pores...

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Happy Mother's Day to our Readers  and WCI Contributors!We wish all Mothers a very Happy Mother's Day today, as we celebrate this day that honors mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. (photo courtesy of Carlson & Meisn...

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Why I am Grateful for the Bullies Who Tormented Me

by Gina Simmons, Ph.D.When I was in the fourth grade, a popular girl named Paula led a gang of girls and boys to engage in a disturbing game at recess.  In this game she commanded the boys to ambush select girls, take off their clothes, and toss the clothes into mud puddles. I became one of Paula’s unfortunate victims. At the time my parents were away on a week-long vacation and I was staying with family friends. Humiliated, tearful, and muddy,...

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The Eternal Hour of Lead

by Deborah BlumThis is the Hour of Lead-Remembered, if outlived,As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow-First – Chill – then Stupor – then the letting go –When 19th century poet Emily Dickinson wrote those lines, she was describing the terrible paralysis of grief. A good century later, analysts for the Environmental Defense Fund, would also note that the last line “aptly describes some of the symptoms of lead intoxication.”I’ve always suspected that...

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