Israeli, Chinese Universities To Collaborate Tel Aviv – Two top universities from Israel and China announced Monday that they are starting a $300 million research project focused on… Read More »[...]
Archive for May 20th, 2014
UW Study Shows Positive Basis for Discrimination
Forget hostility, favouritism leads to most discrimination Submitted by Jamie Williamson on Tue, 05/20/2014 – 08:51 Washington, May 20 : In what could expand the definition of discrimination, scholars have found that most discrimination is not caused by intention to harm people different from [...]
May 20th, 2014 - 7:44 am § in America
This is NOT Antisemitism?
Rapper Macklemore says his costume worn during a May 16 show in Seattle was not meant to stereotype Jews. Us Magazine (http://usm.ag/1hYuNDP ) Actor Seth Rogen – who is Jewish – didn’t shy away from commenting on the questionable getup, tweeting, “@macklemore, first you trick people into th[...]
China, Inc. vs. Microsoft
Beijing – China’s government says desktop, laptop and tablet personal computers bought for government use must use a different operating system from Windows 8. The brief statement gave no explanation. The government is the biggest buyer of computer software in China, so its purchasing de[...]
May 20th, 2014 - 6:49 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: What is it?
a. Latest Swedish sex toy b. New carpet cleaning robot c. Spy drone for use in urban areas d. Harvard attempt at a robot e. First toy from ChinaLabs[...]
May 20th, 2014 - 5:00 am § in Misc.
President Romney:Piracy on the Wane?
A Somali pirate near a hijacked Taiwanese vessel: there has not been a successful hijacking since May 2012, says the UN. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP[...]
The NBA believes in Money Over Everything
Although I do commend NBA Commissioner Adam Silver for making the decision to ban Donald Sterling, I hate to say it, the decision to ban Sterling had everything to do with money and very little to do with racism. The Clippers have surpassed the Lakers as the best team in the 2nd largest market in [&[...]