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  • More Evidence for Suppression of Research: the Case of Lamictal ...


    Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.comAuthority Authority: 161
    We recently discussed the severe challenges to evidence-based medicine presented by manipulation and suppression of clinical research to serve vested interests.  I recently (and unfortunately belatedly) came upon yet another example of suppression of research that was unfavorable to a research sponsors vested ...
    5 hours ago
  • Zizek speaks against charity – Audio


    Nima Maleki: Politics and Critical ThoughtAuthority Authority: 120
    Slavoj Zizek, a philosopher and psychoanalyst, speaks on the topic of charity as an integral part of contemporary capitalism, by bringing consumption and charity together within the same gesture of redemption as an ethics light. You can listen to the audio here, at RSA Events . From 24 November 2009.
    5 hours ago
  • The Omega Course


    Exploring Our MatrixAuthority Authority: 598
    Id like to update my readers on The Omega Course , a fictional blog narrative which takes the form of a first-person "diary" blog. It is testimony to the realism of the story told by its author, Helen Ingram , that I found myself extremely worried after the final entry , in which the main character expressed ...
    5 hours ago
  • Rainy Days and Fridays …


    The Evolution of JeremiahAuthority Authority: 129
    It’s raining, wet and cold today. Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle … I didn’t want to get out of bed today but alas, I had that appointment with Prof. Scott over my Origen paper. I have done some preliminary reading of a text that I picked up at the library – but even Prof. Scott told me that it would do me no good. So ...
    5 hours ago
  • On disappointment


    Hummingbird604.comAuthority Authority: 538
    Sometimes, being a perfectionist is kind of annoying, and sometimes it’s disappointing. Despite the fact that I have been down with a cold this week, I’ve been finishing client work that I have needed to submit, dealing with my upcoming courses and the ones I co-teach this term, and trying to get a letter of ...
    6 hours ago
  • The Best President Goldman Sachs’ Bundled Contributions Could Buy


    IsrapunditAuthority Authority: 614
    The role of fat cat climate profiteers’ bundled contributions in so-called “climate legislation” by Bill Levinson We read in our morning paper that the Obama Administration promises that proposed carbon regulations will cost American families less than a dollar a day, and will reduce deaths from air pollution. ...
    6 hours ago
  • Blackwell Announces Its Favourite Books Of The Decade


    EPR Network BlogAuthority Authority: 150
    Released on: November 27, 2009, 4:54 amAuthor: Blackwell Industry: RetailBlackwell, the leading academic bookseller has announced its favourite books of the decade. The list of ten books, chosen f r o m the many hundreds published over the last ten years, are a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. Blackwell ...
    9 hours ago
  • Afghan-Canadian governor survives assassination attempt


    CKA Canadian NewsAuthority Authority: 168
    KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan-Canadian academic who returned to Afghanistan to serve as governor of the volatile Kandahar province narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Friday.
    10 hours ago
  • Tamil Nadu finalises unifom school syallabus


    Thaindian NewsAuthority Authority: 726
    Chennai, Nov 27 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government Friday announced a common syllabus for school students across the state, applicable from the next academic year.The final syllabus drafted after consultations with academicians was submitted to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi by Minister for School Education Thangam ...
    11 hours ago
  • Lore is important


    Be The GamerAuthority Authority: 457
    Lore matters. Its often considered to be low on the list of game features, it wont save a game that is otherwise lackluster or missing content, and it cant be the only reason you play a game. But it still matters, and it still has a lot of importance, and Kill Ten Rats has offered a long essay explaining exactly ...
    11 hours ago
  • Lore is important


    MassivelyAuthority Authority: 692
    Filed under: Culture , Lore , Opinion , Academic Lore matters. Its often considered to be low on the list of game features, it wont save a game that is otherwise lackluster or missing content, and it cant be the only reason you play a game. But it still matters, and it still has a lot of importance, and ...
    11 hours ago
  • Sargents Repainting


    Gurney JourneyAuthority Authority: 514
    I remember reading that John Singer Sargent would often require many sittings to get his portraits right, and that he was rarely satisfied with his first efforts. But I always wondered: Did he scrape off each false start and then begin all over again? Or did he just work over the previous start after it had dried? ...
    13 hours ago
  • Investmentless recovery ahead?


    Mostly EconomicsAuthority Authority: 537
    Fatas-Mihov Blog  post rarely but whenever they do, it is full of insights. The duo have written some super papers and make a mark in the blogposts as well. In the recent post , they point that recoveries post-recessions in 1991 and 2001 were investmentless. What is interesting in this chart is that the last two ...
    14 hours ago

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  • Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone? Jonathan Jansen in The Poverty Of Ideas


    JacanaAuthority Authority: 471
    William Gumede and Leslie Dikeni have co-edited a book that’s as timely as it is astute in its observations. The Poverty of Ideas questions the apparent dirth of intellectuals in South Africa? Prof Jonathan Jansen, in the news recently for his decision to allow the Reitz Four to return to the University of the ...
    18 hours ago
  • Ways on How to Cut Cost for Your Graduation Gown


    The Market OutfitAuthority Authority: 130
    In order for students to attend graduation ceremonies, each of them must have his or her graduation gown and cap, so as to officially graduate from the schools. Each of this graduation gowns and cap is quite expensive; especially they are only worn once, during the graduation ceremonies. As a result, this article ...
    20 hours ago
  • The Steps to Learn How to Sew the Collar on the Graduation Gown


    The PontiffBotAuthority Authority: 129
    During each graduation ceremony, every student will try to make sure that his or her graduation gown and cap are all in place, so that he or she can attend the ceremony without any error and embarrassment. However, many of these students often forget or do not take note that the collar on the graduation gown is ...
    20 hours ago
  • 5 More Pages !!!


    The Evolution of JeremiahAuthority Authority: 129
    What did I do today??? I worked on that god damned paper on The Role of Sophia in Gnostic Cosmogony. I worked all evening long. More than three hours worth of reading, typing, checking and double checking. I went over all of my quotes to make sure they were in order – I even begged my prof for less pages and he ...
    21 hours ago
  • Beyond Gender (The Lakeland Ledger)


    NewsalisticAuthority Authority: 168
    By PATRICK ZIER LEDGER CORRESPONDENT ORLANDO Mary Vander Heiden still laughs about it. Central Florida head football coach George O’Leary was addressing his team and staff when he said something he thought might be offensive to the two women present, Vander Heiden and an academic adviser. Go here to see the ...
    21 hours ago
  • Rivalry Weekend is Here!


    GenXXLAuthority Authority: 141
    Ahhhh, it’s Rivalry Weekend and we can finally get to spoiling and making seasons with games that we all want to call before they’ve begun and yet they never turn out the way we thought.  They just never do.  I suppose you could say that Rivalry Weekend is a form of a playoff because many of these teams play ...
    23 hours ago

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