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Beads & Boos: Don't repeat myths (like the one about Florida researchers inventing lovebugs)

Thursday, August 30th, 2012

BATON ROUGE — Low morale. Troubled funding. Persistent uncertainty. Lack of stability. – 9:43 am

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Jack Davies: Inventing Himself

Thursday, August 30th, 2012

“Jack’s formal education has given him useful tools but above all he has drive and determination and ideas, which cannot be taught.” —Colin Towns, composer, bandleaderand producer of The Jack Davies Big Band (V&V, 2012). The jazz big band is a wondrous beast. Caught in movement and it’s like a big cat, with barely contained [...]

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Fun with Urban Planning: Inventing the Next Parklet: Urban Prototyping Project Looks for Easily Replicated Public …

Thursday, August 30th, 2012

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Bankwest denies 'inventing' cattle

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

BANKWEST has strongly refuted claims the bank “invented almost 600 head of cattle to inflate the breeding stock numbers on which it was taking security” made in a statement issued by lawyers acting on behalf of Northern cattle producer and Richmond Mayor John Wharton. The statement, released by Mr Wharton’s lawyers Levitt Robinson, last [...]

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Targeting the gluten-sensitive, with an eye on cost

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Another time, he engineered a tricky oil-free eggs benedict preparation. Boyd considers these dishes particularly important because they were free of gluten, a substance found in wheat and other grains, and they were virtually indistinguishable from their gluten-filled counterparts. In the past, he said, gluten-sensitive patrons have been restricted to bland preparations of rice or [...]

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Beads & Boos: Don't repeat myths (like the one about Florida researchers inventing lovebugs)

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

BATON ROUGE — Low morale. Troubled funding. Persistent uncertainty. Lack of stability. – 9:43 am

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Inventing More Inventors at 'Quirky' Start-up

Sunday, August 26th, 2012

“Every great product in the world starts with a great problem,” says Ben Kaufman, the 25-year old CEO of consumer product company Quirky. Kaufman’s three-year old start-up aims to solve the pesky problems of everyday life – like overloaded power strips, or brooms that get too dirty to clean effectively – with the help of [...]

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Start-up Is in Business of Inventing Inventors

Sunday, August 26th, 2012

“Every great product in the world starts with a great problem,” says Ben Kaufman, the 25-year old CEO of consumer product company Quirky. Kaufman’s three-year old start-up aims to solve the pesky problems of everyday life – like overloaded power strips, or brooms that get too dirty to clean effectively – with the help of [...]

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PA mother, son admit $14M NY credit union fraud

Sunday, August 26th, 2012

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — A mother and son from Pennsylvania have pleaded guilty in federal court to creating phony documents, forging signatures and inventing fictitious people to get $14 million in fraudulent loans over a two-year period from a New York-based teachers’ federal credit union, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Scott Lonzinski of Clifford Township and [...]

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Start-up Is in Business of Inventing Inventors

Friday, August 24th, 2012

“Every great product in the world starts with a great problem,” says Ben Kaufman, the 25-year old CEO of consumer product company Quirky. Kaufman’s three-year old start-up aims to solve the pesky problems of everyday life – like overloaded power strips, or brooms that get too dirty to clean effectively – with the help of [...]

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