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Created by John Eipper on 08/19/10 5:00 PM
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Created by John Eipper on 08/19/10 5:00 PM
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Estate of Architect Zaha Hadid
(Marga Jann, -UK, 01/18/17 3:02 am)
Zaha Hadid's office notoriously underpaid and exploited staff, who received very little credit, if any, for their work on the projects the firm produced.
This kind of hoarding and exploitati
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Teaching Design in the Developing World: Four Divided Nations
(Marga Jann, -UK, 08/10/12 4:59 pm)
JE: Last month Marga Jann sent me this extraordinary report, "Challenges to and Recommendations for 'Visitors' Teaching Design in the Developing World towards Sustainable Equit
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A Primer for Genealogical Research (from Pat and Eddie Mears)
(Patrick Mears, -Germany, 01/07/22 11:27 am)
[JE: The following is a collective effort of WAIS father-son duo Pat and Edward Mears]
On account of the relatively recent burst of interest in tracing family roots and constructing family histo
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Science and industry
(Ronald Hilton, USA, 10/02/03 1:58 pm)
Phyllis
Gardner has discussed the ties between university research and
pharmaceutical industries, which is a subset of the larger question of
university research and
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Brain Research
(Ronald Hilton, USA, 08/17/03 2:05 pm)
We
hear a lot about the generosity of Bill Gates, but less about his
colleague, public spirited billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen;
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Maryam Mirzakhani, Fields Medal Recipient, Dies at 40
(A. J. Cave, USA, 07/16/17 7:53 am)
There is very sad news out of Stanford that Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian-born mathematics professor, has died of breast cancer. She was 40. I wrote about her a few years ago when she became the fir
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The Metric System
(Ronald Hilton, USA, 09/30/00 6:31 am)
As a Positivist believing in "Order and Progress," I cannot tolerate the
disorder of incompatibility. I pointed out the incompatibility of railroad
gauges a
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The Metric System
(Ronald Hilton, USA, 09/29/00 6:32 am)
Martin Packard says: "The metric system may not be ideal for the average
American. The metric systems was designed by engineers for engineers. The
system we use
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Demining Korea's DMZ
(Brian Blodgett, USA, 10/09/18 3:46 am)
While eyes are focused elsewhere across the world, a small effort is occurring in the Koreas to remove mines from two areas, Panmunjom and Arrow Head Hill. The clearing of these two areas will remove
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Disappointing US Statement on Land Mines: Robert Gard in *Huffington Post*
(Robert Gard, USA, 07/16/14 11:40 pm)
I recently published this essay in the Huffington Post:
http://w
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Landmines
(Ronald Hilton, USA, 03/16/98 3:03 am)
WAIS Fellow General Robert Gard chose landmines as his topic; he is the
adviser to the foundation which supports the movement which won the Nobel
Peace Prize. Our memo on this bought this im
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Ukraine War, Crimea, and Water Supply
(Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 07/31/23 4:42 am)
Crimea proclaimed its independence on 11 March 2014 and following the referendum of 16 March, it united with Russia on March 18th. Here's a little-remembered fact: 50 international observers supe
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Pandemic is Over: World Health Organization
(Cameron Sawyer, USA, 05/11/23 3:34 am)
Last Friday, the World Health Organization formally declared the pandemic over. It's been a while since we discussed the pandemic, which has been overshadowed by the horrible and tragic war in Uk
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Buffalo Blizzard 2022
(Sasha Pack, USA, 11/19/22 10:33 am)
John E asked me off-Forum about the blizzard in Buffalo.
We received only about 18 inches where I am in North Buffalo, but 5 miles to the south of us apparently there are several feet of snow on
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