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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Octuplets and Ethics

There are ethical dilemma in having an octuplet birth.

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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Who will you write for?

When you are writing who will be your readers?

Evidence is coming out that there are more writers than readers.

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Science rightful place

It was equated by the writer that Science and Democracy go together.

The word science again was sparked in the speech of Barack Obama last 20 January.

Obama wants "to restore science in its rightful place."

Where would that be in our society?

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What life asks of us

David Brooks wrote to the International Herald Tribune, What life asks of us.

As I read it through, it was like a very good piece on institutional behavior in which my students will be reading. Well, I think It is more than that. It gives a penetrating energy that infiltrates the sinews of our muscles. It confronts us with who we are in the first place.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

University without walls.

Joel Yuvienco the online internet expert and visionary has been telling me a university that may exist without any physical plant.

He continued that Universities and teachers have to evolve given the present state of technology.

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Friday, January 23, 2009

Diary of a girl.

A girl's diary on her life under the Taleban in a place called Swat in Afghanistan.

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Radical Obama

Somebody wants Obama to be as radical as possible because this time is a moment for radical action.

Thomas Friedman has something to say about it.

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Ooops...Obama inaugural address

What happened way back 20 January at inaugural address?

It's a kind of ooops (a famous utterance of Will Smith on Independence Day) as Obama was taking the oafh of office.

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Barack Obama's speech

Full text of Barack Obama's speech at the President's inauguration.

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Monday, January 19, 2009

Mexico and the Philippines

Mexico and the Philippines shares the same story with the financial crisis due to the American subprime.

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Migrant workers

Money coming from migrant workers helps developing economies afloat. But due to the financial crunch of 2008, this will slow down.

World Bank estimates around $600bln are sent by migrant workers around the globe.

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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Understanding the global financial crisis - BBC

The BBC has made a timeline of the global financial crisis.

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New forms of life and acidification

New forms of life were discovered at the Tasmanian deep. Scientist are studying the ocean temperature, and possible acidification of the sea.

Floating Table

Friday, January 16, 2009

Burakumin

How the ruling Japanese political party treat outcasts or buraku.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Free Taxes for Teachers

Is the time of teacher not to pay taxes in the offing? Is this one solution regarding the global economic crisis.

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Friday, January 9, 2009

Cancer Free Baby

Is a cancer-free baby possible?

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/09/uk.cancerfree.baby/index.html?eref=rss_latest

Click on the above link and read article from CNN about cancer free baby.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Romance, China and America

How the two countries, China and America are interconnected.

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Atheists message

Atheists send their message in 800 buses.

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Friday, January 2, 2009

Rabbi Lerner's view

Rabbi Lerner's view on the current war of Israel against the Hamas.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

A Russian leader talks of what should be the global agenda this 2009, he is Mikhail Gorbachev.

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If its a monarch, it can be a butterfly!