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		<title>Why I like Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are lots of reasons not to like Facebook and I respect all those many people for whom it is just not their cup of tea. But there is one thing that Facebook is really good for and for which, as yet at least, there is no better alternative. And that&#8217;s doing a little institutional...]]></description>
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		<title>Mozart on Fire: The Ruben&#8217;s Tube UPDATE</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look at what happens when Mozart catches fire! What I love most about the video is their reactions. And the physics of course. The story of the experiment was first posted in February, 2010. Preston and Jake continued their research into pressure, sound and waves. This video from May 2011 is the result of that...]]></description>
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		<title>Hardwired to be good: Altruism and evolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In contrast to Hobbes&#8217; view in Leviathan that we are destined to lives that are &#8220;&#8230; solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short&#8221;, Dr. Dacher Keltner of the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center  presents the case  that we are -  in the words of the title of his recent book  &#8211; &#8220;born to be good&#8221;....]]></description>
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		<title>A year in pictures</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps I am having a hard time saying goodbye to the year. I spent part of the day putting this rather long sideshow together. Already I can think of all the many people and events I have left out. A year in school goes so fast. This is some of what I saw in 2009-2010....]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;If a school fulfills its mission there must be constant evolution&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is quite possible that the assigning of grades to school children and college students as a kind of reward or punishment is useless or worse&#8230; I&#8217;ve discovered an absolute treasure trove of fascinating material: Popular Science has put its entire 137 year archive on line. The quotation above is from Examinations, Grades and Credits...]]></description>
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