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• Racism alive and kicking - why every ethnic group is capable of being racist

  Published: July 21, 2007, 12:39 pm

  Tags: Recruitment, Canadian Government, Racism, University Of Toronto, Siu, Evan Eid

  studies graduate from the University of Toronto. Evon shot to unexpected (probably international) fame because a government employee responsible for managing a recruitment process (and his job application) referred to him as a 'ghetto dude'. The Toronto Star newspaper reports the story today. Here's a brief excerpt:'Evon Reid couldn't believe

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• Are academic boycotts always wrong? UCU vs Israel's universities

  Published: July 6, 2007, 9:16 pm

  Tags: Queen S University, Censorship, Karen Hitchcock, Academic Boycott, Israel, Academic Freedom, Ucu

  a news item on Queen's University's website. The university's Principal, Karen Hitchcock, issued today a spirited defense of academic freedom and a withering attack on the British University and College Union's decision to call for debate on a petition calling for a boycott of Israel's universities because of the country's treatment of

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• Allergen-free peanuts on the way

  Published: July 27, 2007, 11:33 am

  Tags: Dr Mohamed Ahmedna, Dr Mohamedahmedna, Food Allergy, Foodallergy, North Carolina Agricultural And Technical State University, Northcarolinaagriculturalandtechnicalstateuniversity, Peanut, Peanut Allergies, Peanut Allergy, Peanutallergies, Peanutallergy, Peanuts

  and Technical State University has devised a way to deactivate peanut allergens. The allergens are removed by processing rather than by breeding. All of this has no effect on the peanut's taste or quality, and may actually make them easier to process.Ahmedna's discovery is also a boon for peanut farmers, who produce the U.S.' 12th

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• Heather Doherty Reviewed on Prairie Fire and AU World

  Published: July 28, 2007, 11:53 am

  Tags: Athabasca University, Heather Doherty, Goody Bledsoe, Autism, Au World, Oberon Press

  literature from Athabasca University or from publishing her first novel "Goody Bledsoe" which is NOT about

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• Autism Research Paradigm Shift

  Published: July 15, 2007, 2:08 am

  Tags: Autism Treatment, Applied Autism Research, University Of Minnesota, Thomas Kuhn, Scientific Revolution, Autism Knowledge Revolution, Paradigm Shift

  in autism research. At the University of Minnesota it is hoped that a new autism research center will be accompanied by a paradigm shift in how autism is viewed. In an opinion article, TwinCities.com reviews the shift from Bettelheim's "refrigerator mom" theory which viewed autism as arising from personal interaction, or lack thereof, between

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• Multitasking Robots: Multiple Speech Recognition To Make Sex Dolls More Fun

  Published: July 29, 2007, 10:45 am

  Tags: Honda Research Institute Japan, Kyoto University, Multiple Speech Recognition, Multitasking Robots, Robot Audition Project, Robovie R2

  Kyoto University and the Honda Research Institute Japan have collaborated to form the Robot Audition Project. They are at present making some very impressive ground; they have developed an advanced speech recognition technology that has the capability to understand multiple, unique speech inputs, whilst computing their meaning independently. The

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• California white hat hackers: 3, Diebold and friends: 0

  Published: July 29, 2007, 6:51 pm

  Tags: Electronic Voting Machines, Electronicvotingmachines, Hacked, Hacking, University Of California, Universityofcalifornia, Voting Machines, Votingmachines

  voting process, a group of University of California researchers have just hacked their way through security on nearly every voting machine certified by the state of California. According to Secretary of State Debra Bowen, who initiated these tests, the team was able to "bypass physical and software security in every machine they tested." The

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• A Slight Glimpse at Video Game Addiction from a Designer Standpoint

  Published: July 29, 2007, 9:13 pm

  Tags: Gamer Life, Computer, Addiction Debate, Indiana University Purude, Video Game Addiction, Video Game Design

  professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis who teaches video game design, said in the article: “The philosophy . . . is that you should have a ‘back door’ for people who play your games to hit ‘Save’ and have their lives back. You never want them to get into a situation where they’re

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• The Yogurt Wars: Pinkberry Metastasizes At Columbia University

  Published: July 30, 2007, 10:20 am

  Tags: Columbia University, Does Steinem Like Yogurt, Pinkberry, The Yogurt Wars

  We're keeping a close eye on L.A.'s favorite fauxen yogurt chain PInkberry; it's already hawking its addictive mixture of air and chemicals and mouse excreta at four locations in the city. Eater...

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• World BOYCOTT of CHINA OLYMPICS 2008: Mayor of San Francisco Candidate CAPTAIN DEMOCRACY SAYS: “Remember Tiananmen Square, Beijing China!” “I will lead a global boycott of the Olympic Games in China 2008.” (Reporting: BBC NEWS Lon

  Published: July 25, 2007, 5:45 pm

  Tags: Nbc 11 T V, Kogo Radio, Ksfo Radio, Abc 7 T V, Cbs 5 T V, Hang Seng Hong Kong, Nikkei 225 Japan, Federal Bureau Of Investigation Task Force Mass Murder, U S Embassy Iraq Russia Germany France Israel, U S Central Intelligence Agency Langley Virginia, University Of C

  The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon New York N.Y. 10017 Secretary General & Security Council: I write to inform you as a candidate for Mayor of San Francisco (Captain Democracy) I will lead a global boycott of the 2008 Olympics in China and ask the United Nations to fully support and participate in this boycott by not sending

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• Lubbock ISD School Board Member Expected to Resign From Board

  Published: July 31, 2007, 10:35 am

  Tags: Texas Tech University, Lubbock

  No word yet as to why, but KCBD Ch. 11 reported yesterday that Mark Griffin is expected to resign from the Lubbock ISD school board. Griffin also serves as on the Texas Tech Board of Regents. More on the story later as it develops. Read more: KCBD Ch. 11 Lubbock >>

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• TTHSC president says top goals are research and unity

  Published: July 31, 2007, 10:29 am

  Tags: Texas Tech University

  It’s official. Dr. John Baldwin is the seventh president of the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, replacing interim president Dr. Bernhard Mittemeyer. Baldwin will begin his position Aug. 27. On Monday, a crowd of around 100 people gathered in Lubbock to greet Baldwin. Today, he heads to the Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Read more:

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• Texas Tech health president calls Amarillo center ‘gem’

  Published: July 31, 2007, 4:20 pm

  Tags: Texas Tech University

  The new president of the Texas Tech Health Sciences Dr. John Baldwin, during a visit to the TTUHSC Amarillo campus, called it a “pillar” of the system and a “very distinctive” operation, because of its responsibility for such a large geographic region, according to a story in the Amarillo Globe News. Read more: Amarillo

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• Laser printer particles as dangerous as cigarette smoke?

  Published: July 31, 2007, 6:49 pm

  Tags: Australia, Cigarette, Dangerous, Hazard, Health, Printer, Queensland, Queensland University Of Technology, Queenslanduniversityoftechnology, Study

  emerging from Queensland University of Technology suggests that laser printers can emit clouds of ultra-fine particles that compare to "cigarette smoke and motor vehicle emissions." Reportedly, 13 out of 40 models tested were deemed "high emitters" of particles from the toner, and while office photocopiers failed to produce similar results,

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• Man-made 'tethered tornadoes' touted as a viable power source

  Published: August 1, 2007, 3:30 pm

  Tags: Electricity, Loius Michaud, Loiusmichaud, Power, Tornado, University Of Western Ontario, Universityofwesternontario, Vortex Engine, Vortexengine

  being floated around the University of Western Ontario these days, which is currently testing a scale model of retired refinery engineer Louis Michaud's patented vortex engine -- a machine fueled by excess power plant heat that uses the physics of convection inherent in rising air to drive electricity-producing turbines. In its most grandiose

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