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May 8th, 2011 - 9:23 am § in America
Germany 6.3% Canada 7.6% unemployment:: US 9% unemployment
from CBC Canada’s unemployment rate slipped 0.1 percentage points in April to 7.6 per cent as the economy added 58,300 jobs, Statistics Canada reported Friday. With the gain, full-time employment has returned to its level in October 2008, when the recession was starting. April’s job-crea[...]
Release of Faculty-Productivity Data Roils U. of Texas
from the Chronicle of Higher Education. How much professors in the University of Texas system earn and how many courses and students they teach were parts of a vast data file that system officials compiled at the request of a newly formed task force on productivity and excellence and released public[...]
May 5th, 2011 - 12:26 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Myhrvold and the Coolcookbook
Man of the Millenium? Nathan Myhrvold and His “Modernist Cuisine” from Salty Seattle, April 18th, 2011 Taco de Asador The book that launched a thousand one-eyed salutes in the pants of food geeks across the globe was the literal elephant in the room during dinner at the Intellectual Ventur[...]
Trump-West Ticket Gains Ground in Iowa
(AP) GOP activists in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina appear deeply intrigued by, and open to, a run by Donald Trump, the publicity-loving business tycoon and host of NBC’s “The Apprentice,” even as he perpetuates falsehoods about Obama’s citizenship and questions the [...]
May 3rd, 2011 - 7:06 pm § in Uncategorized
Breaking News: Deutche Bank sued by US government for fraud!
The Justice Department sued Deutsche Bank AG, one of the world’s 10 biggest banks by assets, on Tuesday for at least $1 billion for defrauding taxpayers by “repeatedly” lying to a federal agency when securing taxpayer-backed insurance for thousands of shoddy mortgages. read more at[...]
May 3rd, 2011 - 8:39 am § in America
“Money as Speech” and Corporate Personhood
Washington State Democrats have passed a resolution advocating action to end corporate personhood. This issue seems to me to be part of an even bigger issue. Both Jefferson and Sam Adams were horrified by the idea that their revolution would be overtaken by the urban wealthy .. the distant ancesto[...]
May 1st, 2011 - 11:15 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Thanks for the Education
Amar Bose donates majority of Bose Corporation shares to MIT, says thanks for the education By Vlad Savov posted May 2nd 2011 5:48AM If you haven’t heard of Dr. Amar Bose directly, you’ve surely heard of his eponymous audio equipment company. Late last week, the 81-year old founder and c[...]
April 29th, 2011 - 8:12 am § in America
Pennsylvania to Drill for Gas on Campuses!
EDINBORO — Gov. Tom Corbett told the Pennsylvania Association of Councils of Trustees that the state’s universities could ease their financial woes by tapping into Marcellus shale deposits beneath their campuses. Speaking at Edinboro University during his first visit to northwestern Penn[...]
BRING BACK CHILD LABOR!
Huff Post — Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is backing changes to the state’s child labor laws. The minimum wage in Maine is $7.50 an hour, and there is no training or subminimum wage for students. The new legislation, would permit for employers to pay anyone under the age of 20 as l[...]