China starts investing
China has over $1 trillion of US treasury bills. Its a well described cycle--China produces massive amounts of consumer goods, the US buys those goods, the trade is imbalanced, so China ends up with a lot of dollars, and they invest
I Could Write A Book Chapter 5
end of about 4 days to have spent about $140000 and not hurt my own bank balance. The major expenditure was on a new Mercedes diesel car which leads nicely into a section about my Dads generosity. Dad and Peter after his retirement
Song of the South vs. Peter Pan
I do remember mostly thinking the song from Peter Pan, “What Makes the Red Man Red?” was dumb, but I don’t think it was the racism in it. I don’t think I was old enough to recognize it then. Song of the South I honestly don’t remember,
Pavano scratched from tonight’s start
The Yankees just announced that Carl Pavano has left Legends Field within the last 30 minutes and has been excused from tonight’s start for “personal reasons.” A team spokesman claimed there is nothing physically wrong with Pavano and
Smith '08: Is Peter DeFazio still considering it?
Over at MyDD, a blogger named JAllen has posted this tantalizing tidbit: I've just heard a report on the radio that the DSCC is offering Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04) support of up to $5000000 if he runs against Senator Gordon
IP and the conduct of science
The presentations from the AAAS symposium, Effects of Intellectual Property Protections on the Conduct of Scientific Research: Results of a Survey of US AAAS Members (Washington, DC, January 16, 2007), are now online
OA to conference presentations, restored
Ingrid Robeyns and some other members of the American Political Science Association (APSA) were surprised to find their conference presentations for sale at AllAcademic. Robeyns wrote to AllAcademic twice, and got no response,
The Wardour - Peter Stringfellows return to the luxury nightclub
The Wardour, heralds Peter Stringfellows return to the luxury nightclub business. Looking to establish a reputation in the London nightlife, Peter Stringfellows is pulling all the stops in order to make his new venue second to none for
Open letter protesting high price of medical journal
Oliver Obst has written an open letter to the American Academy of Pediatrics to protest the high price of its journal, Pediatrics. Obst is the Head of the Central Medical Library at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster,
Course on OA at UBC
Andrew Waller, Open Access Course, OA Librarian, March 9, 2007. Excerpt:. Fellow OA Librarian team member Heather Morrison will be teaching a course on OA this spring at the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS) peter: peter baker optical , peter gabriel , peter baker optical , peter gabriel , peter