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• AMU ties up with Holland varsity for promoting research

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the INHolland University of Amsterdam for undertaking joint activities in educational and cultural research and training, an official said Tuesday.“As per the MoU, the two universities can go for the exchange ...
  6 hours ago

• Portræt i Forskerforum + blogpost om forskningsfrihed

  
  Klastrup's Cataclysms — Authority: 91
  UK: this post relates to a feature in a Danish magasine on research politics and a blogpost related to Danish research politics, which is why the post is in Danish. I denne måneds nummer af Forskerforum er der et lille portræt af mig og min forskning. Du kan se hele nummeret her (pdf-format, se s 22). De har ...
  7 hours ago

• Short Sentence, Artful Sentences

  
  Writing Material — Authority: 119
  This entry is a response to Derek’s post , about teaching the first chapter of Virgina Tufte ’s book Artful Sentence: Syntax as Style in his writing course. I’m not teaching this semester, so I can reflect on the book in that context, but I did want to reflect a little on what a book like this is good for. ...
  7 hours ago

• Banking on the State Support and vice versa

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 501
  Andrew Haldane once again. I have been covering his works in the crisis and all have been excellent reading ( here , here and here ). In his recent paper cum speech  co-written with  Piergiorgio Alessandri  he tells you how banks have changed over the years: Historically, the link between the state and ...
  8 hours ago

• Science can, at times, feel like religion

  
  Entertaining Research — Authority: 118
  Zuska explains how : Wilson wasn’t saying science IS a religion in the sense that there’s no real underlying objective reality, everything’s all taken on faith, and we all get together and worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster at Friday seminar. But Jesus Christ, I was a grad student once, and I’ll be damned ...
  9 hours ago

• Book Launch: TRANS: Transgender Life Stories from South Africa

  
  Jacana — Authority: 127
  Jacana Media and Fanele are delighted to invite you to the Cape Town and Johannesburg launches of TRANS: Transgender Life Stories from South Africa . This is the first book of its kind in South Africa and indeed Africa. It takes the reader on a journey into the many worlds inhabited by transgender South Africans, ...
  9 hours ago

• Benefits of GST for Indian economy

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 501
  I had posted a while back  on India’s goods and service tax. In that post I had pointed to a primer and a speech from Dr Kelkar. In that speech Dr Kelkar had estimated the gains of GST for Indian economy based on similar gains made in Canada. In his recent speech (not recent actually, given in October 2009) he ...
  10 hours ago

• How to Write Academic Paper

  
  WikanPribadi.com — Authority: 118
  As students, you need to write academic custom written paper in order to present your knowledge, ideas, and facts you want to know through research. Besides that you have to make it because you need pass some subjects. There must be perfect structure to make academic custom written paper . It is important thing ...
  10 hours ago

• Literacy Challenges of The Social Technographic Ladder

  
  Education Innovation — Authority: 121
  The ladder. Charlene Li and Josh Bernofff have written a great book titled Groundswell: winning in a world transformed by social technologies . In their book they describe The Social Technographics ladder. “Each step on the ladder represents a group of consumers moreinvolved in the groundswell than the ...
  10 hours ago

• Beasiswa S3 Swiss: Doctoral Position (Research and Teaching Assistant)

  
  Info Lowongan Beasiswa — Authority: 112
  Doctoral Position (Research and Teaching Assistant) Chair of Professor J. Goeree University of Zurich (Switzerland) The candidate is expected to do research during a period of four years leading to a doctoral thesis. In addition, he or she will be involved in teaching activities. A bachelor’s or master’s degree ...
  11 hours ago

• SALJ: Breaking the Tie: Evictions from private land, homelessness and a new normality

  
  Abahlali baseMjondolo - Sekwanele! — Authority: 507
  Click here to read this article in pdf. Breaking the Tie: Evictions from private land, homelessness and a new normality by Stuart Wilson INTRODUCTION The ‘normality assumption’ and its endurance It used to be simple. A landowner was in law entitled to an eviction order if he could prove his ownership ...
  12 hours ago

• College Scholarships020

  
  College Education — Authority: 133
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• Article Title Unknown

  
  Cold Spring Shops — Authority: 483
  DEADLY IDEAS. Multiculturalism kills. But that pathology of political correctness has now been laid bare before us. More than the two handguns, it was the murder weapon in that room at Fort Hood. Those thirteen innocent people are indeed PC deaths because it was PC that allowed Hasan to be there. The question is, as ...
  13 hours ago

• What do You Want for Your Kids?

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 123
  I have written about what is important to parents many times and I know that for some readers, it is not enough to read me saying that for hundreds of parents going through the parenting workshops, happiness and all forms of happiness are more important than what they spend most of their energy on (academic ...
  15 hours ago

• What if you have a scholarship already

  
  Get unclaimed Scholarships now! — Authority: 118
  First of all if you have a scholarship already congratulations. What you should do next is help others find a scholarship and apply for more scholarships or additional financial aid. When you help... This is a summary of the unclaimed scholarship and financial aid opportunities. For more informaton visit ...
  16 hours ago

• High-Voltage Transmission Lines: Proximity, Visibility, and Encumbrance Effects

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://www.appraisalinstitute.org/taj/ Abstract: In this study, over 1,200 home sales in 1998-2007 are aggregated into four study areas with a 345-kV transmission line. Field data are collected on the sale properties relative to proximity to and visibility of transmission line towers, and the extent of encumbrance ...
  18 hours ago

• Estimating Historical Energy Security Costs

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://opus.bath.ac.uk/15965/2/1309.pdf Abstract: Energy Security is of increasing importance in today’s world, yet little research has been carried out on the costs or benefits of energy security policies. This paper looks at the period after the 1970s to estimate the cost premium of electricity generation due to ...
  18 hours ago

• Economic Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services: Methodology and Monetary Estimates

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://www.feem.it/Feem/Pub/Publications/WPapers/WP2009-012.htm By using ad hoc value transfer protocols, this paper offers a methodological contribution and provides accurate per hectare estimates of the economic value of some selected ecosystem services for all forest biomes in the world, identified following the ...
  18 hours ago

• The Role of R&D and Technology Diffusion in Climate Change Mitigation: New Perspectives Using the Witch Model

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://www.feem.it/Feem/Pub/Publications/WPapers/WP2009-014.htm Summary: This paper uses the WITCH model, a computable general equilibrium model with endogenous technological change, to explore the impact of various climate policies on energy technology choices and the costs of stabilising greenhouse gas ...
  19 hours ago

• Eliciting environmental preferences of Ghanaians in the laboratory: An incentive-compatible experiment

  
  Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News — Authority: 440
  http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/17107/ Abstract: In this paper Yael Meroz, Andrea Morone, and Piergiuseppe Morone aim to look into the attributes of Ghanaians’ willingness-to-pay for green products. This would help ... assess whether Ghanaians show a preference towards environmental goods. The methodology employed ...
  19 hours ago

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