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Tenure!

  • Posted by Nacho
  • February 19, 2008

Well it is finally here! I received official notification over the weekend of the University granting me tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. Woohoo! After the process, portfolio, reviews, and knowing that other folks did not make it (the letters went out a while ago for folks that for whate ...>

Demographic Winter Hokum

  • Posted by Nacho
  • February 19, 2008

A recently released documentary called Demographic Winter: The Decline of the Human Family purportedly sounds the alarm that if nothing is done to reverse declining fertility rates our planetary society will reap enormously bad consequences. That characterization, of course, is too broad and too fr ...>

Nobel laureates urge arms embargo on Myanmar - Forbes


BBC NewsNobel laureates urge arms embargo on MyanmarForbes, NY - 1 hour agoMyanmar has been under concerted international pressure over its crackdown on peaceful demonstrations led by Buddhist monks in September, when the UN says ...Myanmar bars Suu Kyi from elections under new charter AFP ...>

The Burmese junta and the world's conscience - International Herald Tribune


Voice of AmericaThe Burmese junta and the world's conscienceInternational Herald Tribune, France - 2 hours agoAfter the ruling military junta shot and beat saffron-robed Buddhist monks and other citizens who were peacefully demonstrating for democracy last fall, ...Burma's Charade ...>

Country's first multimedia museum in Bihar - Hindustan Times


Country's first multimedia museum in BiharHindustan Times, India - 38 minutes agoA US-based non-resident Indian (NRI), Naveen Kumar Sharma, is setting up the country's first multimedia museum at Nalanda, the ancient site of Buddhist ...Pratibha on 2-day visit to Bihar Hinduall 2 ne ...>

Country's first multimedia museum in Bihar - Hindustan Times


Country's first multimedia museum in BiharHindustan Times, India - 6 hours agoA US-based non-resident Indian (NRI), Naveen Kumar Sharma, is setting up the country's first multimedia museum at Nalanda, the ancient site of Buddhist ... ...>

Inspired by Buddha, Admired as Art - New York Times


New York TimesInspired by Buddha, Admired as ArtNew York Times, United States - 10 hours agoAll the attention is for 100 sculptures and engravings by Shinjo Ito, a renowned Buddhist artist and the founder of the Shinnyo-en order of Buddhism. ... ...>

China must send "right signals" to Myanmar-UN envoy - Reuters UK


Washington PostChina must send "right signals" to Myanmar-UN envoyReuters UK, UK - 1 hour ago... government has been under pressure to reform since it cracked down on pro-democracy demonstrations in September led by the country's Buddhist clergy. ...Freeing dissidents seen a ...>

Females Should Have No Authority Over Males

  • Posted by Nacho
  • February 18, 2008

This is one of those mind-boggling moments: a female basketball referee was told she could not continue refereeing a boys basketball game at St. Mary's Catholic school in Kansas City because... wait for it... she is a woman. Yes, you read right. Apparently, the school claimed that she was a woman a ...>

Inspired by Buddha, Admired as Art - New York Times


Inspired by Buddha, Admired as ArtNew York Times, United States - 1 hour agoAll the attention is for 100 sculptures and engravings by Shinjo Ito, a renowned Buddhist artist and the founder of the Shinnyo-en order of Buddhism. ... ...>

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