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• Review of GMAT Pill by Goldman Analyst Paul (Online GMAT)

  
  Naked News — Authority: 175
  So Paul, a Goldman Sachs analyst and student who recently signed up for the GMATPill.com messaged me offering to help others learn about the GMAT Pill based on his relatively positive experience with the videos in the first few days. Prior to coming to GMAT Pill, he enrolled in the ManhattanGMAT program and checked ...
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• TURKEY TORTS

  
  JONATHAN TURLEY — Authority: 637
  In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of a few potential and actual lawsuits from this holiday. From deep-fried Turkeys to salmonella salads, the holiday gives personal injury lawyers a great deal to be thankful for. IN RE JEAN KASPER (as yet unfiled 2009) This year, we have a ...
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• Stasi Chief Eyes Asian Students for Terror Charges

  
  Apartheid New Zealand — Authority: 429
  co-written with a readerForeign Students are Terrorists: NZ Stasi ChiefAsians, blacks and brown Bastards are here to steal our weapons of mass destruction The Security [sic] Intelligence [sic] Service [sic] has contacted university lecturers demanding information on  foreign students who are allegedly gathering ...
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• A study at the University of Liverpool has shown that 56 years after graduation, trainees do feel their undergraduate education does impact on their competencies as doctors[10,11] and are able to relate their experiences to their undergraduate education,

  
  College Education — Authority: 141
  today a in The for is studying same in students they Talk high counselor, might particular universities college grants. find grants any the may standing in college. [...]
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• watching my language

  
  a few words — Authority: 108
  I’ve recently found a manageable practice for maintaining my language skills. Presently, I’m mostly concerned with German and Greek, because my knowledge of French has never been anything but superficial (meaning that it can likely be recovered with little effort) and my Spanish is well-sedimented in the crypts of ...
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• Zeke & Stefan Named Academic All-Americans

  
  Lake The Posts - Northwestern Football Blog — Authority: 552
  Congrats to Zeke Markshausen and Stefan Demos for being named to the Academic All-American roster as part of the Big Tens eight entrants - the best of any conference. Zeke earned first team honors while Stefan was named to the second team. Below is the actual press release from the Big Ten with all the details: BIG ...
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• Backchat, some thoughts

  
  Justin Pickard — Authority: 112
  Having penned a short definition of ‘the backchannel’ for December’s Wired UK (see subsequent celebratory arm-flailing ), it was with a tightening stomach that I read this blog post from web researcher danah boyd : “… I walked off stage and immediately went to Brady and asked what on earth was ...
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• Academic Water Economists

  
  Aguanomics — Authority: 590
  A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting of the International Water Resource Economics Consortium at Berkeley. Many big wheels were presenting (Dinar, Hanemann, Howitt, Libecap, Olmstead, Zilberman and others who are probably more famous than I know :) and others were in the audience, giving comments, questions and ...
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• How can I keep track of academic papers and my handwritten notes on them?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 656
  What is the best hardware/software system for keeping track of a) hundreds of academic papers in PDF form and b) my handwritten notes on these hundreds of papers? Bonus if the answer integrates with some sort of citation management software. I am in a PhD program that requires me to read and take notes on a large ...
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• Climategate

  
  Aguanomics — Authority: 590
  Someone asked my opinion on the theft and revelation of data and emails related to climate change research. From my brief readings, it appears that some academics were blocking the views (preventing publication) of others they disagreed with, as well as -- perhaps deleting "inconvenient" data. Since the blocked ...
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• FAMU to offer Florida’s first M.S. in athletic training

  
  Rattler Nation — Authority: 133
  Nationally, only five percent of athletic trainers are minorities. FAMU’s School of Allied Health Sciences (SOAHS) wants to change that. SOAHS recently unveiled plans for a master of science (M.S.) in athletic training. Currently, Florida universities have six undergraduate programs in this field, but no master’s ...
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• Early Childhood Educator

  
  GupShup Forums — Authority: 177
  Hi all i would like to know what is the requirement to become a Early Childhood teacher (kindergarten teacher) in USA... can someone sugguest good colleges in New Jersey..
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• CFP: Native American and Indigenous Studies Conference

  
  Long Road — Authority: 114
  The 2010 Native American & Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) Meeting to be hosted by the American Indian Studies program at the University of Arizona in Tucson May 20-22. You can view all of the information about the requirements for submissions and important dates and deadlines on the 2010 NAISA meeting ...
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• FTC Asked To Redefine Definition of Programming Targeted To Kids...

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  Consortium of kids activists, academics provided comment to the FTC at the Food Marketing To...
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• Honesty and Liberals

  
  Hard Astarboard — Authority: 119
  Chuck here, “the boss man” put me back to work. No sweat, friends, I really enjoy this. So, honesty and liberals. Apples and oranges. Rocks and books. Pterodactyls and aardvarks. Paper clips and fish. In today’s Best Of The Web Today , James Taranto writes about some emails industrious hackers wrenched ...
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• Walter Benjamin and the Hope for Dialectical Models of Education

  
  Sub Specie Aeterni — Authority: 108
  In this evening’s seminar on Walter Benjamin, Dr. Tracey Potts led a discussion – in a fittingly fragmentary, Benjaminian way – on the thought, methods, and intentions of the late Frankfurt School thinker. While many things are swirling around in my mind regarding Benjamin’s critique of capitalist modernity, ...
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• Meat Judging Team National Champions 2009

  
  Texas Tech Today — Authority: 149
  The team won the contest by an 18-point margin, and was undefeated at six of the seven national contests during the 2009 judging season, making it one of the most successful teams since meat judging began at Texas Tech in 1938.
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• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
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• New interaction methods: Pranav Mistry on SixthSense (TED)

  
  trendpreneur — Authority: 115
  Here’s a video from TEDIndia that’s jumped up and down on my radar screen yelling to be shared. Pranav Mistry from Media Lab talks about (and demonstrates) some cool interaction methods for real-world/virtual-world augmentation; SixthSense is especially cool. It projects virtual stuff onto real stuff, adding ...
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• Auburn University’s Anderson awarded Rhodes Scholarship

  
  Wire Eagle — Authority: 127
  AUBURN - Since arriving at Auburn in 2006, Jordan Anderson has been training with NCAA and SEC champions, along with Olympic medalists, to become the best swimmer he could be and to contribute to Auburns decorated swimming and diving program.When he graduates in May, Anderson will study with some of the best and ...
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