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Some skin scrapings too?….. Hello Gattaca : “The federal government is planning to overhaul its employee drug testing program to include scrutiny of workers' hair, saliva and sweat, a shift that could spur more businesses to revise screening for millions of their own workers.” [MetaFilter]

to me personal manifestations of faith, belief are fine and good, it is part of the freedom of expression. my problem is when power becomes involved and forces students or anyone really to act like they believe or accept the presence of a belief in their life on inequitable terms, such as a state or institution forcing or supporting beliefs or faiths against the will of some of its population.

this is the religious nonsense that our government approves as educational and 'truth'. they should be ashamed.

New D-Lib. The January issue of D-Lib Magazine is now online. Here are the OA-related articles.

• Jonas Holmstršm, The Cost per Article Reading of Open Access Articles

• Usha Mujoo-Munshi, INSA e-Journals Project
• Ian Hesketh, TOIA (Technologies for Online Interoperable Assessment): Free Assessment Tools for and by the Community
• Simon Tanner, Survey on US Art Museums regarding Charging Models and Policy for Digital Resources

[Open Access News]

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interesting bits of research here.

Ban on Women Singers on TV. AlertNet | Afghan Supreme Court Reinstates Ban A few days after the ban on women singing on TV was lifted in Afghanistan, it has been reimposed after protests by the Supreme Court. The Court says that women singing is against… [Flailing in the Surf]

Athena

?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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You are Kermit the Frog.

Cuffs Linked To Karma.

I picked up a pair of 'tech' cufflinks the other week and I quite like them. They're smaller than real-life size, little metal keyboard keys, one says 'Insert', the other 'Delete'. Cute in a suity-geeky kinda way.

The newspapers leave no doubt: from now on whoever wants to go to the United States with a visa will be put on file and will have to leave their fingerprints when they enter the country. Personally, I have no intention of submitting myself to such procedures and that's why I didn't wait to cancel the course I was supposed to teach at New York University in March.

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i think he is response to the self-incarceration of the united states by its own government.

“Robot Scientist” Said to Equal Humans at Some Tasks. A team of British scientists have created a “robot” that can formulate hypotheses, design experiments, and interpret results on par with the best of their human counterparts. [Gyre.org]

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this sort of brings new light to the questions surronding the occupation of 'scientist'