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India Blog: Tsunami Notes
The Deccan Chronicle offers the horrifying report that sarees, the long flowing garments that many Indian women wear, became deathtraps as women were swept up i…
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Stories from Scholars Sought
I am in search of stories from scholars of their experiences with copyright -- good, happy stories that will inspire others; sad, sad tales; personal experience…
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Holiday Thoughts and New Year Plans
I've been thinking about the New Year and new projects. Here are some thoughts. I feel like I've been quite neglectful on this site. This will all c…
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India Blog: Are Male Accountants Better or Worse Than Female Accountants?
The jobs postings in the Deccan Chronicle, a large circulation newspaper, sometimes specify the gender of the desired applicant. So the ad might read, for exam…
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Europe/Mideast More Helpful
In contrast to the paltry immediate efforts of the U.S. in the earthquake response, European nations and Kuwait offered immediate help. The Wall Street Journal…
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U.S. Sends $100,000 Each in Aid to 4 Earthquake-Struck Countries
Under the dramatic heading "U.S. sends relief teams, planes to Asian nations," CNN reports: The United States has dispatched disaster teams to the As…
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U.S. Aid Post Earthquake Shaky
The Washington Post reports: Last night, more than 24 hours after the quake struck, Bush administration officials were unable to say what else the United State…
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Excessive Lawyer Regulation
The website of the New Delhi law firm Anand and Anand Associates provides only contact information about the lawyers at that firm, with the following explanatio…
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Blogging from India
What if V.S. Naipaul would have blogged his travels, rather than set them down for future publication? I'm sure his writing was better for being in print.…
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Subservient Chicken Exposed!
It was natural language processing after all, with stock footage. From Steve: How the chicken works: "It's automated. They have about 3 or 4 hundred…
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Order Chicken Around
One of the more surreal uses of the web that I've witnessed. Apparently a live webcam on a guy in a chicken outfit. You can order him to do stuff and he d…
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Vote for Top Legal Thinkers
The magazine Legal Affairs is conducting an online poll of the top 20 Legal Thinkers in America. Of course, they recognize the poll is unscientific, but it'…