Monday, January 31, 2005 New York, USA — Students and professors at New York‘s Hamilton College have raised protests over an invitation to the controversial ethics professor, Ward Churchill, to participate in a panel at the college. The main objection is related to comments by Mr. Churchill, chairman of the ethnic studies from the University of Colorado, who in a paper written after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, compared the victims of the attack to “little Eichmanns“. Churchill’s paper, entitled “Some People…
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Read MoreQueensland Premier denies March 28 election
Saturday, February 14, 2009 Despite fuelling speculation of a March 28 election, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has indicated that she will serve a full term. The Courier-Mail reported that the premier was moving to “tie off issues that could hurt Labor’s prospects” in the election. However, Anthony Chisholm, Australian Labor Party state secretary, has indicated that it does not mean an early election would be called. “I’ve got no idea on timing – the Premier has indicated she intends on going full term,” he said. The government move to set…
Read MoreThe Complex And Precise Work Of Agricultural Grain Dryers In Oregon
Read More About: Atlex Stockyards byadmin To feed livestock throughout the cold winter months, owners of these animals must have access to large amounts of dry food like hay and pellets. Grain Dryers in Oregon can be integral in the process of feeding animals when farmers do not have their own silos or grain elevators. The owner of one or two horses can get through the winter by buying or bartering for hay from local farmers and by picking up oats from the feed store. But, larger enterprises require a…
Read MoreReport reveals Top 10 most-confusing tech buzzwords
Sunday, March 27, 2005 Danville, California — The California-based Engligh language tracker, Global Language Monitor, released its 2005 list of most confusing – yet frequently cited – high tech buzzwords to be “HTTP,” “Voice Over IP” (VoIP), and “Megapixel.” Closely following were “Plasma,” “Robust,” “WORM” and “Emoticon.” In early March, the group used a predictive index computer algorithm to track specific words and phrases in the media and on the Internet. They were tracked in relation to frequency, contextual usage and appearance in global media outlets. The Global Language Monitor…
Read MoreIngrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, on animal rights and the film about her life
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Last night HBO premiered I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA. Since its inception, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has made headlines and raised eyebrows. They are almost single-handedly responsible for the movement against animal testing and their efforts have raised the suffering animals experience in a broad spectrum of consumer goods production and food processing into a cause célèbre. PETA first made headlines in the Silver Spring monkeys case, when Alex Pacheco, then a student at George Washington…
Read MoreGastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not a statistically significant sample. If this surgical procedure is as successful in large-scale studies, it may lead the way for the use of robotic surgery in even more delicate procedures, such as heart surgery. Note…
Read MoreReal Estate, Mutual Funds, Entrepreneurship Or Just Saving?}
Read More About: Mr Property Services Submitted by: Charlton Brown Why the time is NOW for the 40 something man to start preparing for his future! If I were to ask you which age group is experiencing the most financial hardship, you might think of the Baby Boomers (55-70) approaching retirement after a decade of weak stock and real estate markets or the Millennials (21-34) squeezed between poor job prospects and high student loan payments. Theres some truth in both of those characterizations. But according to recently released generational research…
Read MoreHealth organisations respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sunday, September 16, 2007 The World Health Organization (WHO), non-governmental aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have sent experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to assist local health authorities with a recent outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Kasai Occidental province of DRC. The illness had been unidentified until laboratory test results confirmed the presence of the virus. DRC President Joseph Kabila described the situation as being contained. “The village of Kampungu has been quarantined to prevent…
Read MoreGlobal study dispels some myths about sexual behaviour
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 The first comprehensive global study of sexual behaviour, published today as part of The Lancet’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Online Series, found that people aren’t losing their virginity at ever younger ages, married people have the most sex, and there is no firm link between promiscuity and sexually transmitted diseases. Experts say data gleaned from the study will be useful not only in dispelling popular myths about sexual behaviour, but in shaping policies that will help improve sexual health across the world. Researchers looked at previously…
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