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Boing Boing:
Skeptics who believe that a university is actually a diploma mill often prove their point by enrolling their cats in the university's program and seeing whether the cat can get a degree. Some enterprising Wikipedians have assembled a list of several such cats.Colby Nolan is a housecat who was awarded an MBA degree in 2004 b (Read More)
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Washington Post:
Sema Ergezen teaches biology to Turkish students interested in teaching science themselves, and she has long struggled with her students' ignorance of, and sometimes hostility to, the notion of evolution.
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The Guardian:
For Hindus in the UK, demand for places of worship outstrips supply. The result is that everyone just has to get on"Was there a swimming pool there as well?" my mate Laurie asked when I told him about the Hindu temple I visited in Ilford. I forgive him his irreverence, because the temple in question is a converted leisure c (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Al Gore was born to be the most powerful man on Earth, but fell just short of his political destiny. Can the former law-maker now win his place in history as the man who helped save the planet?Perhaps the best way to understand the extraordinary transformation of Al Gore is to study the changing rhetoric of his enemies. A m (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Nothing will harm climate change campaigners as much as a judge decreeing that the green movement is a faithFollowing Mr Justice Burton's ruling that green beliefs should enjoy the same protection as religious ones, many committed recyclers will have been wondering how green you have to be to become unsackable. Would buying (Read More)
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New York Times:
Research indicates that the appeal of extended warranties can depend on buyers’ emotional state — and ability to assess risk.
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The Guardian:
Twenty years after I watched the Berlin Wall fall, I worry that the hope it inspired is being slowly crushedWhen the European Court of Human Rights announces a ban on crucifixes in Italian schools, you can either celebrate the liberal march of secularism or deplore the illiberal attack on religious expression and national t (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Society:
Members of Advisory Council on Misuse of Drugs to demand assurance of future independence from home secretary Alan JohnsonMore members of the government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs are set to resign unless they receive reassurances on its future independence from the home secretary, Alan Johnson.Johnson will m (Read More)
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The Guardian:
by Anushka AsthanaStudents studying subjects such as languages, history and philosophy have access to less than nine hours a week "contact time" with lecturers or tutors, research reveals today.The study by the National Union of Students and HSBC shows huge differences in the student experience. Those doing medicine and den (Read More)
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Philosophy,
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The Guardian:
Suppressed report reveals archaeological treasures were dug up after Gulf warA secret report on the chequered history of priceless Aramaic bowls loaned to a leading university has exposed an apparent attempt to cover up UK academic connections to a potentially deadly trade in stolen Iraqi antiquities.The findings of the stu (Read More)
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The Guardian:
Fifteen years after the genocide that killed a million people, Rwanda's warring tribes have reached a truce. But will it hold? Here, the world's leading writer on Rwanda meets the killers, the survivors, and the man bringing them togetherWhen I began visiting Rwanda, in 1995, a year after the genocide, the country was still (Read More)
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www.guardian.co.uk:
Visions of happiness – that's how Alexander McCall Smith entices readers into his Sunday Philosophy Club novels. His heroine, Isabel Dalhousie, has it all: a lover, a child, stimulating work, a house in elegant Edinburgh and plenty of money. Not that they necessarily add up to happiness. In The Comfort of Saturdays, Isabel (Read More)
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Philosophy,
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
It is ironic that when Will Hutton (Comment) points out that the private sector cannot do everything, it is now regarded as controversial, almost counterintuitive.The previous, postwar consensus centred on a mixed economy when the deficiencies of one sector were remedied by the other. But this did not survive the onslaught (Read More)
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belief,
Philosophy
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New York Times:
The skepticism of mutual fund investors during Wall Street’s rally suggests that stocks aren’t entering a bull market.
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skepticism
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