“Manasi Joshi had just begun a career as a software engineer, when what should have been a routine commute to work ended in a tragic accident. But this moment of horror changed her life in a surprisingly positive way.” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51147071. Years after her accident Joshi became a champion badminton player. Read more…
“Ousted former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has said the future of the Japanese car giant is in doubt. Mr Ghosn told the BBC that the struggling firm’s results and the drop in its share price worried him. ” https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51064599 Carlos Ghosn’s personal circumstances certainly affect how seriously his views (i.e. Read more…
Scott McCloud is a cartoonist and he has written non-fiction books about comics and has given a TED talk on the subject. His personal circumstances (his work as a cartoonist) means that his non-fiction work on comic theory is given more weight. However, the influence of McCloud’s work as a Read more…
The CBC article discusses a Canada-wide survey which shows that “one in five Canadians experiences discrimination regularly or occasionally.” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/race-relations-survey-canada-british-columbia-1.5389940 There are a number of people mentioned in the article whose “personal circumstances” affect how others view their knowledge: A professor at a Canadian university who is of Jamaican descent Read more…
https://japantoday.com/category/national/woman-takes-helm-of-japanese-aegis-destroyer-for-1st-time?comment-order=popular One of the “personal circumstances” in this RLE is the gender of Miho Otani, the first female captain of an Aegis destroyer in Japan. Militaries (or in this case the Japanese Marine Self Defense Force) are viewed as quite conservative and have a reputation for not always acted in Read more…
“A Japanese stem cell scientist at the heart of a scandal over false claims and fabricated research has resigned. Dr Haruko Obokata published supposedly groundbreaking research showing stem cells could be made quickly and cheaply. There were irregularities in data, no other group in the world could repeat her findings Read more…
“Tim Hunt’s findings in lab disproved as stress expert says men cry more at work” “Contrary to Nobel laureate’s remark, quickly defended by London mayor Boris Johnson, Prof Ad Vingerhoets says his study found women wept less at work” “https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/17/tim-hunts-findings-in-lab-disproved-as-stress-expert-says-men-cry-more-at-work Tim Hunt is a scientist and Nobel laureate who was Read more…
Both poems below were created with the use of computer programs. Gaskins and Morris (poets?) did not directly create the poems; the poems were created by the software programs that Gaskins and Morris had written. Robert Gaskin’s poem “HAIKU ARE LIKE TROLLIES”: Wandering in mist Reaching out to soft sunlight Read more…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/doctor-blames-andrew-wakefield-son-catching-measles-vaccine-mmr-autism-anti-vaxxers-measles-a7813001.html “Doctor blames Andrew Wakefield and anti-vaxxers for her baby son catching measles” This RLE offers a unique take on the science / vaccination side vs. the anti-vaccination opposition. The doctor in the article is not only arguing from a medical point of view but also from a personal one Read more…