Patricia N. Cherry Princeton Town Topics
Patricia Nichols Cherry, 81, of Skillman, formerly of Princeton, died November 30 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, from complications following cardiac surgery.
100 Influentials List 2006 HispanicBusiness.com
David V. Aguilar Chief of Border Patrol U.S. Customs and Border Protection As the nation's highest-ranking Border Patrol officer since May 2004, Chief Aguilar directs the enforcement efforts of more than 12,000 Border Patrol agents nationwide, stepping into a post-9/11 atmosphere of heightened security and immense pressure to protect U.S. borders.
4 students to clinch this year’s National Quiz Bee INQ7.net
OF THE 68 students from the country’s 17 regions who competed in the grand finals of this year’s 27th National Quiz Bee, four emerged champions in the four subject categories.
Computer Scientists Unravel 'Language Of Surgery' Science Daily
Computer scientists are building mathematical models to represent the safest and most effective ways to perform surgery, including tasks such as suturing, dissecting and joining tissue.
Scientists Offer New Model For Forecasting The Likelihood Of An Earthquake Science Daily
In assessing the probability of an earthquake, scientists rely on two important pieces of data that are often inconsistent. The past geological record sometimes tells one story, while current measurements from the Global Positioning System (GPS) tell another. But a new forecasting model designed by Stanford University geophysicists may help close the gap.
Vietnam: U.S. Expert on Computer Teaching in Coma New York Times
Seymour Papert, a computer scientist internationally recognized as the leading expert on how technology can provide new ways to learn, was in a coma after he was hit by a motorbike in Hanoi. Mr. Papert, 78, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor emeritus, was among more than 100 experts from 30 countries who gathered in Hanoi this week for a conference on teaching mathematics with
Log on, drop out, cash in / These top techies weren't leery about leaving school San Francisco Chronicle
Aaron Swartz dropped out of high school after one year to study on his own. Then he dropped out of college after one year to seek his high-tech fortune. He was still in his teens a year later when he hit the jackpot, selling his startup in October to Wired
First International Gene Screen For Typical ALS Is On Track Science Daily
The largest-scale search for genes that underlie sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of the disease, has crossed its first hurdle with the successful compiling of genetic information on more than 1,000 patients and controls.
Enemy of the State Ludwig von Mises Institute
By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. The more time you spend with Austrian economists or libertarian intellectuals, the more you realize that Murray Rothbard's influence has been underestimated.
Academic performance of twins and singletons in adolescence does not differ British Medical Journal
Objectives To determine whether twins in recent cohorts show similar academic performance in adolescence to singletons and to test the effect of birth weight on academic performance in twins and singletons.
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