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OPINIONS, Feb 12, 2012


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Tom Toles goes global
Washington Post
Post Forum members consistently offer thought-provoking, timelycomments on politics, national and international affairs. Weather Watchers consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on climates and forecasts. World Watchers consistently ...
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Lakers, World Peace struggling to adjust to Brown
CBSSports.com
Just run up and down the floor in an empty arena, put up some shots and be alone with his thoughts. "Who's staying with Metta?" Lakers coach Mike Brown said as he rounded up the team and headed for the bus back to the hotel. "I'll catch a cab,...
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CBSSports.com
Universities: telling the good from the bad
The Express Tribune
As in a beauty contest, opinions and tastes count. By Pervez Hoodbhoy The writer currently teaches physics and political science at LUMS (Lahore). He taught at Quaid-i-Azam University for 36 years and was head of the physics department.
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The Express Tribune
Claremont McKenna's inflated scores bring new scrutiny to college rankings
Los Angeles Times
News that an admissions dean inflated freshman SAT scores for six years to boost Claremont McKenna's standing in US News &World Report's rankings has renewed debate over the usefulness of such rankings. (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times / February 10, ...
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Los Angeles Times
Magnussen takes heed of advice in Games prep
Sydney Morning Herald
Magnussen has made it clear he wants to break the 46.91sworld record of Brazilian Cesar Cielo. After he swam 48.05s in Adelaide two weeks ago, he thought there might be a chance of breaking the record at the trials, but he concedes it might have to...
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Sydney Morning Herald
BRIAN HOWEY: Why is Obama opening an office Indiana? Autos
nwitimes.com
There is credence to that line of thought, with a Public Opinion Strategies Poll in December showing President Barack Obama's approval in Indiana stood at 42 percent and disapproval at 55 percent, wicked numbers for any incumbent.
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Thomas not a distraction for B's vs. Predators
NECN
Thomas' social-media activity in recent weeks has forced critics to nail that point home -- that Thomas' job is to be ready to stop pucks, not to express his opinion on anything outside of the hockey world. The thought was that Thomas was becoming a...
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NECN
Did Politicians Forget? Women Are People, Too
Patch.com
I have opinions about women and politics and men and who controls what and very strong opinions about hypocrisy. Opinions I am finally starting to share with my daughters. Before we go any further, let me clarify my position. I have several friends who ...
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1980s shock doc still relevant today
Duluth News Tribune
OK, so a documentary series from the 1980s — long before anybodythought of Un-Fair Campaign dialogues on race — is dated. Why watch it now? “I think that opinions might have changed. That's why we're doing a follow-up (Q and A) with professors and ...
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Question of the limits of Freedom of Expression
Oye! Times
Everyone should have the right to freely put forward his/her views andopinions. But every other day, the reports suggest that in one country or the other, an attempt is being made to suppress the Freedom of Expression. It was in the practice of the ...
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Bill Flanagan: Let Whitney Houston rest in peace
CBS News
When I heard that I thought, well, she must have been putting on her public face and summoning the strength to go out there again and live up to all the expectations. She'd been doing that pretty much her whole life. Whitney was still a teenager when ...
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CBS News
Living With Autism On A Budget
Manila Bulletin
By DANG U. KOE MANILA, Philippines — One percent of the worldpopulation has autism, according to a scientific consensus reported last year by Autism Speaks, one of the world's largest autism science and advocacy organizations,.
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Comment: Suarez and Evra are a microcosm of British multiculturalism
Politics.co.uk
Cultural differences between the West and East are well documented, but a study shows that concrete differences also exist in how British and Chinese people recognise people and the world around them. Easterners really do look at the world differently ...
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Wit of Wick
Montrose Daily Press
I've been intrigued to read different opinions about people speaking English in our country, whether they're citizens or not. Our current illegal immigration situation is one I find quite thought provoking, and there are many angles to consider, ...
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DJ Taylor: Top marks to our Schools minister
The Independent
But to examine Santorum's achievements and opinions (the former mixed, the latter terrifying) is to be struck by the utter bastardisation of US conservative thought in the past 40 years. The movement's founding father is always assumed to be the late ...
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Supergiant amphipod in the deeps
University World News
University World News or Higher Education Web Publishing does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with anycomments, opinions or statements or other content provided by readers.
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The Daily Wiz Round Table: Preseason Edition
The Daily Wiz (blog)
Future editions should have more of an actual round table effect, as Alex will be joining in on the conversations, and we'll be looking to have a guest share their views as well. For now, hopefully you'll enjoy our thoughts on the off season signings, ...
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David Robbins: Though I work in the shadow of the valley of the trolls, I will ...
Irish Independent
In the world of online publishing, the readers who respond to an article by posting their opinions are referred to as being "below the line", while the journalist or commentator who wrote the article lives "above the line".
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The Cynical Optimist is no fan of Rick McCallum
Moviehole
Rick: WOW! What an amazing revelation, George! Who would have thought!?! And so on and so forth. When it comes to a billionaire's intellectual property, there is no peer review – no collaboration whatsoever. I've heard horror stories from former ...
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Moviehole
Turkish project training young Turks to work in German media
Today's Zaman
World Media Akademie (World Media Academy) is the name of the first project aimed at getting more young Turks living in Germany working in the media sector. The project, organized by the Zaman daily, is intended to not only inspire budding journalists ...
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Today's Zaman
Life and death, redemption hinge on sobering decisions
Tbo.com
He had finished his World Religions paper and turned it in two minutes before the 5 pm deadline. He had pocketed some cash working as shot-clock keeper for the men's basketball team at Hillsborough Community College. He pulled another U and headed back ...
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Desperate state of space science discourages Turkish astrophysicists
Today's Zaman
A speech from world-famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking created huge interest at the public symposium in honor of his 70th birthday at the University of Cambridge on Jan. 8. According to Hawking, the world is facing serious problems including a ...
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Today's Zaman
Bill Gosse column: Could cheerleaders improve fans' behavior?
Green Bay Press Gazette
Since I started TeamScore Inc., have been writing these columns and observing sporting events, I've always thought something was missing from sportsmanship, but concluded it was lack of character and self-control. A reader recently forwarded a theory ...
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Experts on Pacman-M'weather: Great but too late
Philippine Star
The Star contacted various boxing experts in the Philippines and in the US for their opinions on whether or not a Pacquiao-Mayweather match-up would stll happen, and if fans would still appreciate it. “There is just too much money to be made for this ...
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Jeremy Lin in context, and the decision that no Warriors official wants to ...
San Jose Mercury News (blog)
Also, one thought: Not a bad sports week for Asians in America–Charlie Wi is leading the AT&T, Tiger Woods is lurking, Gideon Yu was just named the 49ers team president, and this guy Jeremy Lin created a few headlines, too. -Everybody wants to talk ...
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Diagnosis of a DSM 5 News Cycle
PsychCentral.com (blog)
calling for the development of the fifth edition of the manual to be halted and re-thought. Apparently Reuters doesn't do any fact checking any longer. As we discussed more than a month ago, not all of the “signatures” are mental health professionals ...
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PsychCentral.com (blog)
Does the 2012 Election Really Matter for the Economy?
Benzinga
Durden concluded that as this current path runs its course, eventually "the only 'buyers' will be the central banks" thereby leading us to a state of being a "Weimar World" -- alluding to the Weimar Republic in Germany from 1918 to 1933 that led up to ...
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MY PROPOSAL WAS HEAVEN ON THE 7.57
Express.co.uk
I just thought he was in a good mood.” With some unexpected free time Lucy decided to go shopping. But Adam soon put an end to that as he summoned her back to their flat near Euston in north London. “He called me to insist I was home by 7.30pm.
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Contraception mandate: MSM stuck in “narrative capture”?
Hot Air
My first thought was, “Surely the Journal knows better than this. Why would they headline this story as if Obama had, in fact, backed off on the mandate? What are they, USA Today?” As Ed Morrissey pointed out yesterday, Obama has merely shifted the ...
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Poll confirms strong sense of faith in SC
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
... thought government should do more to protect morality. Sixty-seven percent of Republicans and 69 percent of independents held the strongestopinions that government's role was becoming too strong, while 53 percent of Democrats held that opinion.
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Monica Yant Kinney: A Sugar-coated reality
Philadelphia Inquirer
... of Art - thought he had grist for his next exhibition. First, the 25-year-old painter (http://tomezsko.blogspot.com/) needed to venture into a world he'd glimpsed only once before, at a bachelor party in Atlantic City. "I'm not a gambler," he said.
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When the powerful buy into the media, can the media still scrutinise the powerful?
MuMbrella
But as well as some sort of sporting event, it's the world's biggest advertising showcase. See the best of them right here… and please tell us what you think. In this post, UWS's Ullrich Ecker, John Cook and Stephen Lewandowsky argue that cognitive ...
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Australia's best sports gossip with Phil Rothfield - Bolts joins Nine
Herald Sun
"Ray Hadley is a wonderful sports commentator, in our opinion behind only Ray Warren when it comes to the big-time sports like rugby league." Workaholic Hadley told me yesterday that he was looking forward to calling his games live into Brisbane, ...
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" Making waves outside of Bend; Former Bend man on the rise in Portland music ...
Bend Bulletin
Fast-forward to early 2010, and Depper was an in-demand sideman who'd played in “a million” (or so) bands and toured all over the world. “I was feeling really good about what I'd achieved musically and in terms of my ... career, but I kind of had this ...
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A Tale of Three Subs
Online Gooner
The app is free and you can download the first few pages of each issue to decide whether or not to purchase the whole thingComments will be published within 24 hours of submission once they have been approved by a site moderator to ensure they comply ...
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Online Gooner
Untangling the twisted logic of abortion
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
At the beginning of World War II, individuals who were mentally retarded, physically handicapped or mentally ill were targeted for murder in what the Nazis called the “T-4,” or “euthanasia,” program. The museum website goes on to explain that German ...
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Studio Ohr honors Black History Month
SunHerald.com
“I come from the world of fashion and theater, which I combine with my love for African art. I look at the clothing styles of people in the (African) bush and the people on the runway and see a correlation between the two.” “I've basically been doing ...
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SunHerald.com
A day better spent than out fishing
SunHerald.com
Having been on the water for many years, I thought I had heard or seen just about everything the Gulf of Mexico has to offer. But a report by Sydney Forbes taught me something I didn't know. Her topic was the jellyfish, which is a common animal that ...
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SunHerald.com
Will scientist's message reach audience?
Waterbury Republican American
The principal replied that most students never need to know any science in the "real world." Those who do learn it in college. He shrugged. "So what difference does it make?" Later, I was asked by the first selectman in my town to join a regional ...
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Whitney Houston Edition: Mavs All-Access
CalSportsDigest.com (subscription)
Also, Delonte said, "I thought about Lyndon Baty. He was at the game and I thought about his strength and character and what would he do? He kind of propelled me.'' Baty, 16, was born with a kidney disorder and underwent a transplant at an early age.
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CalSportsDigest.com (subscription)
Awareness of Lifetime – Knowledge is Nowhere available ...
By admin2
Whenever you awake from rest in the morning, thoughts flood into the mind. The entire world seems plus your sensory opinion around the world will begin. What thoughts appear via in these initial a few minutes of the new morning?
tksignal.com
Adam Mars-Jones wins Hatchet Job award for barbed review of ...
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My thoughts and Opinions on Warriors. - Forums - World of Warcraft
Yes well, mabye thats true but what i dont understand is how Back when warriors were considered "Fine" or mabye even "op" warriors still made itthough BG's.
us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3988671912
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