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• in Technorati Women
  New Study Finds Parents are to Blame for Sedentary Lifestyle
  New Study finds that 75% of children ages 3 to 5 are in daycare centers and only spend 2-3% of their day doing physical activity.
  by mommywithselectivememory / on Jan 7, 2012
• in Social Media
  Students Don't Care
  The education system lacks vital flexibility.
  by mirandagale / on Nov 27, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “academics”

 

• Academics will need both the physical and virtual library for years to come

  
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  Research no longer starts with a visit to the library building, say Rachel Bruce and Mike Mertens, but it still plays a crucial role Ask someone to describe an academic in the throes of research and theres a good chance that description will include a physical library (or at least a collection of office shelves ...
  17 hours ago

• Change We Can Believe In: Meet Aidan Turley, Elementary School President

  
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  Many of us have been distraught over the attacks on privacy and the press by the Obama Administration as well as authoritarian turn taken by presidents in Egypt and Turkey. I am pleased to announce that I have finally found a president who is not only a reformer but completely free of special interest influence. ...
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• Wednesday 5: Women in Academia, Joni Mitchell, and Girls in Colombia’s Drug Wars

  
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  The "baby penalty" for women in academia; women who are afraid of the "A" word—Ambition; the poetry of Joni Mitchell; girls caught in Colombias drug wars; and artist Janet Goldner continues to be inspired by Mali.
  18 hours ago

• Medieval Birchbark Drawings From Novgorod Show Boy Doodling Pictures With Swords: Will “Onfim” Be Retroactively Suspended?

  
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  Yesterday, I was killing myself in the Shenandoah by climbing “Old Rag” near Luray, Virginia — a six hour rock climb that has left me only semi-mobile this morning. This, therefore, will have to suffice as a belated Father’s Day posting. The picture above may look like every stick drawing of a boy and his ...
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• Today’s Birthday, June 15: The Magna Carta

  
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  Submitted by Charlton Stanley (Otteray Scribe), guest blogger “The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history . . . It was written in Magna Carta.” –Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Third Inaugural address (1941) Magna Carta On June 15, in  the year 1215 AD, the King of England was ...
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• Does Marijuana Make You Stupid?

  
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  One of my biggest pet peeves is when non-marijuana consumers assume that I am less intelligent than they are, simply because I consume marijuana and they don’t. It’s a stereotype that I have dealt with for more than half of my life. Do readers have to deal with this as often as I do? For what [Continue Reading]
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• Anything but water

  
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  " Money will continue to be wasted on research into social and psychological interventions unless the methods used by the researchers are fully reported in academic journals" The cocaine value chain (99 percent markup from Andean farmer to London user) explains the violence around drug trafficking and failure of ...
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• UMHS Clinical Student Aaron Vazquez Co-Authors Psychotherapy Research

  
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  UMHS clinical student Aaron Vazquez is one of the co-authors of an article published last month in Psychotherapy Research, “Effects of providing patient progress feedback and clinical support tools to psychotherapists in an inpatient eating disorders treatment program: A randomized controlled study.” Mr. Vazquez ...
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• Phillip Blond needs to do his research on the impact of British academics

  
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  UK academics arent short of big ideas, argue Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin – and have the evidence to back them up American writer Henry Mencken once noted that there is always an easy solution to every human problem: neat, plausible and wrong. This week, Phillip Blond of the thinktank ResPublica outlined ...
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• Supreme Court Rules Against Patenting Of Human Genes

  
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  I previously wrote a column opposing the claim of Myriad Genetics over patenting human genes in the case of Pathology v. Myriad Genetics , No. 12-398. The Supreme Court appears to have the same concerns. The Court unanimously ruled this afternoon against the Utah company and by extension of the Federal Circuit ...
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• Auburn students spend the summer studying abroad

  
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  AUBURN UNIVERSITY – While summer is a time for college students to start a new internship, relax by a pool or visit home, for many Auburn University students the summer semester brings with it the opportunity to travel the world – all while earning class credit. Auburn Abroad, the university’s study abroad ...
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• Research in brief – 13 June 2013

  
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  Our weekly round-up aimed at showcasing the latest research across the subject spectrum at UK universities Science and technology • University of Nottingham Scientists have discovered a previously undetected layer in the cornea , the clear window at the front of the human eye. The breakthrough could ...
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• This Week in the Twitterverse

  
  mgoblog — Authority: 570
  This Week in the Twitterverse takes a look at the social media happenings of the previous week, or whatever else I feel like talking about. Mostly I make fun of people who are better at things than I am. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited. Consult your doctor if this column lasts more than four hours. If ...
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• Challenges of Academics and Sports and the Experiences that Shape your Future Career

  
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  Lamar Hull , shares his experiences on tackling the carious challenges at college – balancing studies and sports and shares some useful tips on how you can use your experiences to plan your future career.   The Challenges   Life as a member of the college Davidson basketball team was anything but easy. ...
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• Erdogan: Protest ‘will be over in 24 hours’

  
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  “I have given orders to the interior minister,” Erdogan said. “This will be over in 24 hours.” Earlier on Wednesday the Turkish Prime Minister spoke to a group of 11 people as part of the government’s attempt to listen to the demands of the demonstrators. The participants included artists, academics and ...
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• Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering names new associate dean

  
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  AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Steve R. Duke has been named associate dean for academics in Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, effective June 15, announced by Christopher B. Roberts, dean of engineering. Duke serves as undergraduate program chair and Alumni Associate Professor in the Department of ...
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• John Tomasi to Lead Liberty Fund Symposium

  
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  We are thrilled to announce that our friend Professor John Tomasi will be the discussion leader for our upcoming Liberty Fund Symposium on The Institutions of Liberty . Dr. Tomasi is a professor of political philosophy at Brown University and director of the Political Theory Project. He is also the author of the ...
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• Oxford University Academics are paying to be cryogenically preserved for future resurrections…

  
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  Academics at Oxford University pay to be cryogenically preserved so they can be ‘brought back to life in the future’ The belief that death is the only certainty in life is a concept senior academic staffs at an Oxford University Institute are hoping to dismantle, by paying to be cryogenically preserved and ...
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• California School Launches Buy Back Program For Toy Guns

  
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  Strobridge Elementary Principal Charles Hill has implemented what he considers a key public safety effort: a toy gun buy back program. A child who turns in “their guns” will be given a book and a raffle ticket to win one of four bicycles. I fail to see why such programs are worthy of such effort. Not only will it ...
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• Red Raider Orientation Brings Thousands to Campus

  
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  New Texas Tech students who attend Red Raider Orientation experience campus in many ways. Beginning today (June 12), hundreds of future Red Raiders and their guests will attend the three-day Red Raider Orientation (RRO). More than 7,000 students attend different sessions throughout the summer. Zach Manning, ...
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