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IDEAS, Feb 06, 2012

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Whale tale tackles big ideas
Vancouver Sun
BIG MIRACLE Starring: Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski Directed by: Ken Kwapis G: Off-screen animal distress Running time: 107 minutes Rating: 3 out of 5 Back in 1988, when the world was a simpler place - although a no less selfish one - a distant ...
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India should re-wrap economic reforms
IBNLive.com
But as Victor Hugo once said, "no power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come". I suggest to this august House that the emergence of India as a major economic power in the world happens to be one such idea. Let the whole world hear it loud and ...
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IBNLive.com
Halfpenny holds nerve to complete Wales' lucky escape
The Independent
Their agonising one-point defeat to France in the World Cup semi-final springs instantly to mind. Indeed, much of this would have reminded him of the day in Auckland. The tip tackle, the premature departure of their inspirational captain, ...
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World Environment Organization backed by 100 countries, French minister says
Vancouver Sun
The idea is to beef up the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which critics say lacks clout and resources for dealing with the world's worsening environmental crisis. Kosciusko-Morizet said the new agency was a key to the success of the June 20-22 ...
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PREVIEW: Munich conference topics run gamut of security issues
Monsters and Critics.com
By Niels C Sorrells Feb 1, 2012, 10:31 GMT Munich - Economists wonder about the effects of the ongoing financial crisis. Energy analysts question the oil supply from an increasingly belligerent Iran. Meanwhile, diplomats worry about ever more strained ...
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Hennessy Youngman Presented by C Magazine and Mercer Union
blogTO (blog)
Based in Toronto, with contributors from around the world, C keeps cultural professionals and readers informed of significant ideas and trends in contemporary visual art and culture. C Magazine is an international art quarterly that publishes critical...
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Ron Paul Will Lose in Florida, But He Wins the War of Ideas in 2012
PolicyMic
Paul illustrated again in Jacksonville that only ideas change the world, not force. In a spar with Rick Santorum over South America, Cuba , and how to interact with others, Paul illustrated to the former Senator that leading by example, ...
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PolicyMic
Deans and University VP Meet With Israeli Leaders
Harvard Crimson
“The idea is to educate the faculty as much as the students about what's going around the world, so that the ideas we're teaching are responsive to the world,” said Business School professor Arthur I. Segel '73, who helped organize the trip to Israel.
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New Research Finds Kids & Teens More Exposed to Character Education Volunteer More
Sacramento Bee
The study was commissioned by Scholastic Media – a division of Scholastic Inc., the global children's publishing, education and media company – and HandsOn Network – the volunteer enterprise of Points of Light – and administered by C+R Research and MDR ...
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How Jamaica's Mario C Is Fusing Dancehall and House Music
Caribbean Journal
Mario C is one of Jamaica's top dancehall producers – winning the EME Award for Dancehall Producer of the Year and well known for his collaborations – from Beenie Man to Lady Saw. But now he has a new project – trying to bring one of his passions, ...
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Grandparents assuming the role of parent: A life changing event
Williamson Daily News
By RACHEL C. DOVE WILLIAMSON - Many grandparents in today's world are stepping in to raise their grandchildren when the children's own parents are not able or willing to do so. They are giving up their retirement and other plans for relaxing and ...
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Artistic tendencies: How long have you felt this way, Darth?
The Independent
The impact on the arts of this theoretical split has been dramatic: Jung's ideas rapidly inspired artists such as Salvador Dali to plot a course into the previously uncharted dream world of Surrealism, followed by musicians such as The Beatles and Pink ...
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TEDxBerkeley's 2012 Theme "Innovation" Kicks Off Third Year at Zellerbach Hall ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BERKELEY, Calif., Feb 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- On Saturday, February 4, 2012, UC Berkeley will gather world leading thinkers, visionaries, creative pundits, philosophers, academics and doers to host the third TEDxBerkeley Event (a 501c3) at...
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Censoring the Web Every Which Way
PC Magazine
By John C. Dvorak Let me get this straight: Just because Twitter is essentially censoring its services in various countries to abide by local laws, Google intends to do the same thing? This, of course, refers to Blogger.com, a Google property.
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Raffi's visit to city for adults only - for TEDxYYC conference
Calgary Herald
Joining Raffi Cavoukian on the stage speaking about new ideas that can change theworld will be Sir Nicholas Kenyon, director of London's Barbican Centre, and Dr. Breanne Everett, president and CEO of Calgary-based Orpyx Medical Technologies.
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US law professor has no doubt Gülen trial in Turkey was political
Sunday's Zaman
How did you come up with the idea to write this book? I had been on a trip to Turkey about three years ago and so I got interested in it, probably because of my human rights work -- I've done a lot of travel in different parts of the world in human ...
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Bloomberg Hosts Its First Portfolio Manager Mash-Up Conference
MarketWatch (press release)
Features Legendary Investor John C. Bogle; Loomis Sayles & Company Vice Chairman Daniel J. Fuss; and CEO of Investment Company Institute Paul Schott Stevens NEW YORK, Feb 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- On the heels of a year when Standard & Poor's cut the ...
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What Does the Movie “The Descendents” Tell About Hawai'i Now?
Maui News (blog)
Spouse C. and I finally watched “The Descendents” at the Kukui Mall in Kihei. (C. is a George Clooney fan.) The movie contained several of my friend's George Kahumoku Jr. songs, so I was straining to hear them. But there were many slack-key songs, ...
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Revolution in education, culture and national development
Nassau Guardian
College of The Bahamas students gathered at The Harry C Moore Library and Information Center on January 27 to listen to a panel on National Development led by Ian Strachan, Nicolette Bethel and Olivia Saunders as part of the Critical Caribbean ...
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Nassau Guardian
The C-word and social media
Cabume - Cambridge technology news (blog)
Events over the last week have got me thinking about social media and the C-word (censorship). Firstly, Twitter announced that it was 'accommodating countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression', ie enabling the ...
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Is Modern Finance Ruining Modern Art? (Part 2): Mark Taylor
Bloomberg
Perhaps, by refiguring the spiritual, art can redeem the world. (Mark C. Taylor is the chair of the Department of Religion at Columbia University. This is the second of two excerpts from his new book “Refiguring the Spiritual: Beuys, Barney, Turrell, ...
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Bloomberg
Adam Vinatieri's Kick In Super Bowl XXXVI Started Boston Sports Resurgence
NESN.com
The Red Sox made the World Series, also with a sour ending, and the Bruins were a solid team that would soon make two Stanley Cup runs. But once the 1990s came around, everything took a turn for the worse. The Red Sox were irrelevant for the first half ...
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Exclusive interview with The National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner
The Independent
One of the drum'n'bass scene's hardest working and most revered DJs/producers is Andy C, a man who h... The date is 23rd November 1963, the time is 5.15pm and JFK has been assassinated the day before. Des... Aaron and Bryce Dessner, identical twin...
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Lawrence addresses Indian university audience
Brandeis University
President Lawrence with C. Raj Kumar, vice chancellor and dean of the law school at OP Jindal Global University. by Charie RadinFeb. 3, 2012 President Fred Lawrence explained Brandeis' interest in expanding its engagement in India on Feb.
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Brandeis University
Xpress Reviews: Nonfiction | First Look at New Books, February 3, 2012
Library Journal
2012. c.288p. index. ISBN 9780062105110. pap. $15.99. COOKING Barnouin's latest book in the “Skinny Bitch” series (eg, Skinny Bitch: Ultimate Everyday Cookbook) capitalizes on the immense popularity of the “Eat This, Not That!
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Don't settle for husband's money because it's easier: Simone de Bouvoir
Daily News & Analysis
Women have made a lot of progress since then. So, is the book still relevant? S: Yes. We still live in a patriarchal world. Look at the corporate setting — the disparity in wages is enormous. C: A girl child is still brought up as a girl.
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Daily News & Analysis
Inequality in the United States
Policy Innovations
We can keep different ideas in our minds that are not necessarily coherent. But I think the issue is really beyond that. The issue is, here we are bailing out these corporations, and we're given a reason why, if you remember the speeches in Congress ...
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Opflex Becomes a Part of Italy's Costa Concordia Solution
MarketWatch (press release)
PORTO GIGLIO, ITALY, Feb 02, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- From his home base on Cape Cod, Opflex Solutions' CEO Scott C. Smith saw the wreck of the Costa Concordia on TV along with the rest of the world. His personal knowledge of what happens in ...
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Close to Home, a Cosmic Setting for Her Songs
New York Times
Five years ago Elvis Costello joined her for a concert devoted to the idea of magic numbers, revealing the profusion of numerological pop songs: “Heartaches by the Number”; Bob Dylan's “One Too Many Mornings”; Mr. Costello's “Less Than Zero.
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New York Times
Mark Cuban Sounds Off
New York Times (blog)
(See exhibits A, B, C, D, E, F, we could go on.) So it's natural that Mr. Cuban would play the bad cop role on “Shark Tank,” an ABC reality show that recently began its third season. In the show, which has been compared to a venture capitalist's ...
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New York Times (blog)
Community Calendar – Issue of Feb. 2, 2012
Pomerado Newspaper Group
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL – Join columnist Ruben Navarrette as he discusses the people, politics, and priorities of modern day Mexico at the World Affairs Council, North County Chapter, 10 am to noon Thursday, Feb. 2 at The Remington Club II, 16916 Hierba ...
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What to Expect of the American Airlines Bankruptcy
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
By Thomas C. Lawton AMR Corp, parent company of the once mighty US airline, filed for Chapter 11 protection in late November 2011. In doing so, it followed most other US network carriers down a path to buying some breathing space from creditors and ...
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Newark's Rice to Challenge Payne in June's Congressional Primary
Patch.com
By Sharon Adarlo Newark Councilman Ronald C. Rice of the West Ward Antonella Rao Democratic Newark Councilman Ronald C. Rice officially announced he is running for US Congress via Facebook and a YouTube video on Thursday. Rice will be running in the ...
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Director Sees Room for Growth in Trauma Training Program
Department of Defense
(Dr.) Raymond Fang is director of the Air Force's Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills Program, known as “C-STARS,” here at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. The program, affiliated with the University of Maryland School of ...
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Department of Defense
Building an offroad R/C track. Help, Ideas, Suggestions. - Tacoma ...
I have recently gotten into offroad r/c cars and want to make a track in my field for myself and friends. All I have for "heavy equipment"
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