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Philosophy
'Prince of piffle' or 'philosopher prince'? Once ridiculed, some now hail ...
Victoria Times Colonist
By Joanne Laucius, Postmedia News May 20, 2012 Talking to plants, fearing that the world would be overrun by self-replicating nano-robots, suggesting to a university vice-chancellor that parapsychology would be an interesting subject to study.
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Dropping out: Is college worth the cost?
CBS News
Morley Safer reports. by knewsterrrrrrr May 21, 2012 1:24 AM EDT Having a bachelor's degree in fine art isn't going to do a damn thing for you in your quest for a job in say, the psychiatric field, or medical field, yet, if you have a bachelor's degree ...
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CBS News
A celebration of all things Brandeisian
Brandeis University
By Charles A. Radin May 20, 2012 Leading advocates for social justice gave Brandeis University graduates a grim overview of the world they face and a spirited charge to go out and fix it as the university observed its 61 st commencement today.
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Obama Says NATO Focused on Strategy to Support Afghans
BusinessWeek
By Margaret Talev and Hans Nichols on May 20, 2012 President Barack Obama and other NATO leaders sought to demonstrate that the coalition in Afghanistan isn't unraveling following a pledge by newly elected French President Francois Hollande to withdraw ...
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Springfield school had 100000 distance learners
Springfield News Sun
By Tom Stafford, Staff Writer 9:02 PM Sunday, May 20, 2012 The pressures of competing in a world economy may seem a burden in the 21st century. But from his desk in the Tulloss School of Touch Typewriting on the fourth floor of Springfield's Bushnell ...
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Gods of War: Masutatsu Oyama
Bloody Elbow
by TP Grant on May 20, 2012 6:00 PM EDT in MMA History The title of this series, "Gods of War", is inspired by the ancient Greek and Roman belief that mortals who accomplished great feats of martial skill would be deified and brought to live among the ...
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WATCH Stream Mad Men Season 5 Episode 10 AMC Christmas Waltz 20th may 2012
Comic Book Movie
There just isn't enough canned cream in this world to fill the gap inside Betty Francis. After four seasons of gazing into the mangled heart and mind of the former Mrs Draper, watching Betty struggle with losing her youth and beauty has been ...
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Shanghai-Listed Sunrain Leads the New Development of the Solar Thermal Industry
EIN News (press release)
SHANGHAI, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sunrain Solar Energy Co., Ltd (stock code: 603366SH) issues A-share official listing shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange main board May 21, 2012. As the worldwide leader in the solar thermal industry, ...
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Brewers 16, Twins 4: 14-Run 9th Inning Deficit Too Much To Overcome
Twinkie Town
by Jesse on May 20, 2012 7:07 PM EDT in Game Recaps Down by 14 with two outs in the ninth inning, the Minnesota Twins attempted a late comeback on Sunday afternoon by sending up five players in a row - four of which had spent time of the organization's ...
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From Greene To Great
Maritime Matters
Photographed at Madison, Indiana, May 3, 2012. Photo by Shawn J. Dake. The return of the AMERICAN QUEEN is more important than being just another travel option in the cruise industry. While European River Cruising continues to grow at an astoundingly ...
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Obama Economics: unfair and unaffordable
Washington Examiner
Vice President Joe Biden hands out ice cream cones after stopping at Dairy Queen Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio. Biden is pouncing on Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in swing state Ohio, casting him as a corporate raider ...
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Washington Examiner
Artist Manu Parekh showcases love for Banaras in retrospective
IBNLive.com
PTI | 12:05 PM,May 21,2012 New Delhi, May 21 (PTI) In his first major solo in the national capital in over six years, artist Manu Parekh is showcasing a powerful retrospective comprising over three decades of his work. Curated by Annapurna Garimella, ...
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Thomas Mann's gift of beauty (Part III)
Swans
by Raju Peddada (Swans - May 21, 2012) We are, invariably, in varying degrees, aesthetic beings. Natural beauty is an inscrutable intrinsic organic manifestation, in all living organisms at an atomic level, that makes it the indispensable intangible in ...
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Greality: Independent-published books, old-time radio, cute vegetarians ...
Greeley Tribune
More than 100 volunteers across Weld completed projects at local nonprofit agencies on May 5 as part of United Way's Day of Caring. Photo courtesy of United Way of Weld County. Emily Kemme's first novel, “In Search of Sushi Tora,” was named a finalist ...
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Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb dead at 62
Newsday
Celebrities Newsday > Entertainment > Celebrities Print Aa Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb dead at 62 Originally published: May 20,2012 7:35 PM Updated: May 20, 2012 9:04 PM By STEVE KNOPPER. Special to Newsday Robin Gibb, the British pop singer with the ...
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Newsday
Is the College Cave Age About to End? (Part 2)
Bloomberg
Universities boast of their global expansion and vision, but they are mostly siloed institutions ill-adapted to a networked world. While academic specialization has long been decried and ridiculed, insufficient attention has been paid to the influence ...
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Bloomberg
Tupac Shakur, the Los Angeles Times, and Why I'm Still Unemployed: A Personal ...
Village Voice (blog)
By Chuck Philips Sun., May 20 2012 at 6:00 AM Last week, a trial in Brooklyn started off with a strange twist. At the federal criminal trial of James Rosemond -- a/k/a Jimmy Henchman -- one of the first things Rosemond's attorney did was kick an ...
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Village Voice (blog)
CEO Pay Moves With Corporate Results
Wall Street Journal
The study analyzes CEO pay from the 300 largest US public companies by revenue that filed their definitive proxy statements between May 1, 2011, and April 30, 2012. All figures in millions. Pay was "highly correlated with performance," says Steven ...
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Robin Gibb dead; singer co-founded Bee Gees
Newsday
Music Newsday > Entertainment > Music Print Aa Robin Gibb dead; singer co-founded Bee Gees Originally published: May 20,2012 7:13 PM Updated: May 20, 2012 7:47 PM By STEVE KNOPPER Special to Newsday Robin Gibb, the British pop singer with the ...
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Newsday
Bali's Subak Named to UNESCO List
Bali Discovery
The recognition of Bali's unique water distribution and rice cultivation “subak system" by UNESCO was announced to the press by the head of Bali's Cultural Service, Ketut Suastika on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Suastika said he was contacted at 9:30 am on ...
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Bali Discovery
Watch the CD1 Democratic candidate debate
NMPolitics.net
May 20, 2012, 2:26 pm Heath Haussamen: Keep it respectful everyone. You can disagree without being disagreeable. May 20, 2012, 2:17 pm Michael H Schneider: You are also ignorant of the philosophy of science, J. … far short...May 20, 2012, 2:12 pm Dr.
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Nobody Loves You
Variety
Choreography by Mandy Moore. Musical direction, Vadim Feichtner. Sets, Michael Schweikardt; costumes, Emily Pepper; lighting, Tyler Micoleau; sound, Paul Peterson; orchestrations and vocal arrangements, Alter. Opened May 17,2012. Reviewed May 19.
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UEFA Champions League: The Fine Line Between Success and Greatness
Barca Blaugranes (blog)
by Arron Duckling on May 20, 2012 12:12 PM CEST in Editorials After Chelsea's victory last night, the clichés came out in full-force: "Whoever said football was about deserving?" "You create your own luck" and especially, "The ends justifies the means" ...
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Foundations For Empire An Interview With Inderjeet Parmar
Swans
by Michael Barker (Swans - May 21, 2012) Inderjeet Parmar is Professor of Government at the University of Manchester (UK). He studied Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Sociology at the University of London, obtaining his ...
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Cost-cutting taking place across Australian universities
World Socialist Web Site
By Zac Hambides Less than two weeks after the Gillard Labor government declared that higher education had been “spared” from cutbacks in its 2012budget, a new round of job losses has been revealed at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney.
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Honors: Local students and teacher earn accolades
The Daily News Journal
Erin Creech, of Murfreesboro, was honored as a University Scholar before spring commencement exercises, May 5, at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Among those requirements for University Scholars, students complete the honors core curriculum of ...
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Volkswagen Polo R: 'Extremely Sporty' Model Coming 2013
International Business Times AU
By Car Advice | May 21, 2012 4:08 PM EST The Volkswagen Polo R could be back on the table after the German manufacturer confirmed it would launch an "extremely sporty" variant of its light car before the end of next year. The revelation follows the ...
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ELEPHANT TALK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. : ValidSoft announces partnership with Spindle
4-traders
London May 16, 2012 -ValidSoft (www.validsoft.com),a global supplier of advanced telecommunications-based fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Elephant Talk Communications, Corp.
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Quiznos for Guyana
Stabroek News
By Stabroek editor | 0 Comments | Breaking News | Sunday, May 20, 2012 In an advertisement in today's Sunday Stabroek, Camex Restaurants Inc advertised for staff for the enterprise. It noted that Quiznos is the second largest sandwich chain with more ...
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Springer to publish excellent doctoral dissertation
Peking University News
Peking University, May 21, 2012: The Graduate School of Peking University (PKU) and Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) agreed to launch an initiative of publishing PKU excellent doctoral dissertation. On May 7, Professor Chen Shiyi, ...
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IRB sevens review
Fiji Times
With the experience of the 2011/2012 season they will be better equipped to take us to another level in the 2012/2013 season and the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia. After that we will also be focussing on the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
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Secular humanities back of all injustice in capitalism
Iran Book News Agency
IBNA: A seminar was held on Saturday (May 19, 2012), at the IRIB conference hall in English for Iranian and foreign thinkers to exchange their views about the First International Congress on Islamic Humanities. The seminar was held in the presence of ...
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Iran Book News Agency
Between Tradition and Postmodernism On The Bosphorus
Swans
(Swans - May 21, 2012) In 2008 the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk was invited by Harvard University to deliver six lectures on literary art in the Charles Norton series. Pamuk, Nobel Prize for literature in 2006, did not arrive in Boston with the composure ...
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Kapow! 2012: DC Comics to Make an Existing Character Gay
Comicbook.com (blog)
Despite earlier claims to the contrary, DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan DiDio says that the company plans to reintroduce an existing character who, in the world of the New 52, will have a different sexual orientation than their previous iteration.
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Comicbook.com (blog)
'Tron' heads to the small screen Infinite improbability Rich Howells
Go Lackawanna
Yet here “Tron” is in 2012 returning to TV. Thankfully, this time it's not a punishment. It's a new animated series on Disney XD called “Tron: Uprising,” created by “Legacy” screenwriters Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. Continuing where they left off, ...
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Living is todays world is real bittersweet... - Philosophy and ...
Living is todays world is real bittersweet... Started by Kev007 , May 15 2012 01 53 AM. Please log in to reply. 8 replies to this topic ...
www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic...
World take over • View topic • Philosophy Discussion Forums
Fri May 18, 2012 11:17 pm. I'm not sure exactly where to put this or if isn't evenphilosophy. If you had a chance to take over the world, would you do it? Why?
onlinephilosophyclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t...
Christianity, Philosophy, and the integrated mind (What's Wrong with ...
Posted by Tony | May 11, 2012 8:09 AM. I remember facilitating a class on dystopian literature and the book was A Brave New World. The students debated on ...
www.whatswrongwiththeworld.net/.../christianity_philosophy_...
Philosophy Unit 2 May 2012 Exam - The Student Room
Re: Philosophy Unit 2 May 2012 Exam. Ah! I'm doing Knowledge of the External World and Free Will and Determinism! Lil' help would be much appreciated, cuz ...
www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2000293
Armenian Pavilion at the World Expo 2012 Yeosu: a Unique - KPLC
On May 2012 in South Korea, Yeosu, the world expo 2012 was launched. ...This is a new philosophical way of thinking, which considers the question of whether ...
www.kplctv.com/.../armenian-pavilion-at-the-world-expo-201...
The Big Questions: Modern Philosophy and the Space of Reasons
Monday, 14 May 2012 ... the manoeuvres in the mental space for the solving ofphilosophical problems may not exactly connect up with the world in any way.
qubphilblog.blogspot.com/.../modern-philosophy-and-space-o...
New Inhabitable World: Philosophy Forums
Joined: May 04, 2012. Total Topics: 9. Total Posts: 49. quote post #1. Posted05/ 08/12 - 12:13 AM: Subject: New Inhabitable World I will call you forum guru, and ...
forums.philosophyforums.com/.../new-inhabitable-world-540...
2012 May 16 « World in Motion
Reflections on culture, politics, philosophy and world events during an era of crisis and transformation ... Archive for May 16th, 2012 ...
scotterb.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/
Why every government should keep an empty seat for a philosopher ...
10 May 2012 1:48PM. In an ideal world I would love to have Philosopher King or Queen (quite sexist as presented above).... but let's face it, in our current system ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../10/empty-chair-for-philosopher-king
Can Physics and Philosophy Get Along? - NYTimes.com
May 10, 2012, 9:00 pm ... Despite some nasty asides, Krauss doesn't deny that philosophers may have something to contribute to our ... by simply assuming that scientific experiment is, as he puts it, the “ultimate arbiter of truth” about the world.
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/.../can-physics-and-philosophy...
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