Monthly Archives: December 2006

New HIV Treatments Smart

In two studies, researchers in Kenya and Uganda enrolled thousands of uncircumcised men to determine if the procedure could reduce HIV transmission among heterosexuals, with some men having their foreskin removed and others remaining intact. The trial in Kenya, involving … Continue reading

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The Next Generation of Blogging

Taking advantage of our recent hiatus from blogging, we have had occasion to review what we were putting into our blog, and what our readers were getting out of it. We came to the conclusion that it may be time … Continue reading

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The Next Generation of Blogging

Taking advantage of our recent hiatus from blogging, we had occasion to review what we were putting into our blog, and what our readers were getting out of it. We came to the conclusion that it may be time for … Continue reading

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The Next Generation of Blogging

Taking advantage of our recent hiatus from blogging, we had occasion to review what we were putting into our blog, and what our readers were getting out of it. We came to the conclusion that it may be time for … Continue reading

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See No Evil

Millions of commercial Web sites and personal blogs would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000, if a new proposal in the U.S. Senate came into law. The … Continue reading

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Slaving in the Salt Mines of Academia

December 12, 2006 More than half the faculty at Boston University, Northeastern, Tufts, and Harvard are part-time or are not on the tenure track, according to a report released yesterday. These prominent institutions performed poorly compared with their peers around … Continue reading

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Brand Loyalty, Lieutenant

Non-virgin brides face ‘white dress fines’ A Romanian priest says he wants women to pay a ‘white dress fine’ if they are not virgins when they marry.Father Petrica Bratu, 37, from Valea Sarii says he hopes the fines will stop … Continue reading

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Brand Loyalty, Lieutenant

Non-virgin brides face ‘white dress fines’ A Romanian priest says he wants women to pay a ‘white dress fine’ if they are not virgins when they marry.Father Petrica Bratu, 37, from Valea Sarii says he hopes the fines will stop … Continue reading

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Dowbrigade Back on the Beat

It’s finally over, the semester that wouldn’t end. It started, if memory serves, on May 29, with a class of Business Professionals meeting in a weird wired classroom near the Business School, and ended this afternoon with a farewell lunch … Continue reading

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