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Jesus 'may have visited England', says Scottish academic
"Jesus Christ could have come to Britain to further his education, according to a Scottish academic. Church of Scotland minister Dr Gordon Strachan makes the claim in a new film entitled And Did Those Feet. The... 'Younger wife' for marital bliss
"The secret to a happy marriage for men is choosing a wife who is smarter and at least five years younger than you, say UK experts. These pairings are more likely to go the distance, particularly if neither has been divorced in the past, according to the Bath University team.... Lesbian student battles over tuxedo
Having written a Now Public Media piece on an all male college which has prohibited cross-dressing, here, and after having an astute NP member pose the question if women might ever be asked... UK quality of life poor, study says
"People in the UK have a worse quality of life than many of their European counterparts despite earning more money, according to a study published today."This finding doesn't surprise me at all. One has to spend just a little time in another European country to see that the... Daily sweets 'linked to violence'
"Children who eat sweets and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as adults, according to UK researchers. The Cardiff University study involving 17,500 people is the first into effects of childhood diet on adult violence."This is a very high sample number for... British Scholar Encourages Colleagues To Enjoy Female Students
University of Buckingham vice-chancellor Terence Kealey is encouraging his male colleagues to enjoy the curves of their female students - but to look, not touch. Kealey wrote an article on lust in the Times Higher...
created by Annina Bergman | 10 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago
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Daring to utter the F-word
She is Jewish. She likens the Bush regime to Nazism - a brave woman indeed. I have to agree with her observations that the land of the free is much less free than we like to think.Photo of Naomi Wolf by Marco del... Hispanic Business Announces Finalists for 17th Annual Hispanic Business EOY®...
"Hispanic Business magazine released a list of 15 finalists this week for its annual EOY Award, which celebrates entrepreneurial excellence in the U.S. Hispanic market. The EOY is Hispanic Business magazine's award to the individual it finds to be the entrepreneur of the... Hogwarts, Subfusc and the Lowdown on Caps and Gowns
Almost everyone has donned subfusc garb on one occasion or another. This is the "graduation gown" of high school and college commencement services, and the conventional dress at Harry Potter's alma mater, Hogwarts...
created by denseatoms | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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2917 views | 12 recommendations | 9 comments
Virtual game is a 'disease model'
I heard one of the researchers on this project on BBC Radio 4 this morning. The basic premise of the research is that by studying how disease spreads on an online game (WoW), we can learn about how it spreads in real life. I found this to be a fascinating concept, and one...
created by generaldecay | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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457 views | 24 recommendations | 6 comments
CU and the Churchill Affair: how did this happen in the first place?
"The wait is over and the inevitable has happened: the University of Colorado yesterday formally dismissed Professor Ward Churchill. If Churchill is guilty of academic dishonesty, then he needed to go. However, it's a huge mistake to see the Churchill case exclusively in...Tag-Team Research Key for Groundbreaking Discoveries
The mantra, “Sharing is Caring” has been further exploited: “Sharing is Discovering”. According to a report in this week’s issue of Science (Wuchty et al., The Increasing Dominance of Teams in...
created by ScienceDave | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Mob Rule in Academia
"'To calculate the odds of your being mobbed," Mr. Westhues writes in his most comprehensive book on mobbing, The Envy of Excellence: Administrative Mobbing of High-Achieving Professors, 'count the ways you show your workmates up: fame, publications, teaching scores,...Job-Mobbing in Academia: An Article by Ken Westhues
As Westhues explains, "job mobbing" is common in academia. For example, a department controlled by mediocrities may attempt to shun, isolate, and ridicule its single outstanding scholar. Often these attacks are covert or indirect. The goal is to wear down "the target"...Sporting–Nacional
Depois de dois jogos consecutivos sem conseguir ganhar, o que “custou” o segundo lugar e o afastamento em mais 1 ponto (é agora de 6) em relação ao líder, o Sporting regressa a Alvalade e vai encontrar o...
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