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...simple as a difference in attitudes towards guns. As in Western European countries, gun laws in the Indian state of Maharashta where Mumbai is located are quite strict. While it is technically possible to obtain a gun license, few are granted. Even Bollywood stars have been denied firearm licenses for protection in the past. As a result, guns in Mumbai have a negative stigma attached to them, not social cachet...
...workers benefits the entire American economy. If we turn H-1B applicants away, they will take their training and high-paying jobs elsewhere—and shape global markets from places outside of the United States. What’s more, foreign students studying in the United States must obtain a visa if they are to continue their work here after graduation. While there is a separate pool of 20,000 visas for internationals who earn advanced degrees from American universities, international college students have no recourse. Last week’s announcement sent these students scrambling to obtain other...
...authored the amendment with Werner Sollors, the Cabot professor of English Literature and of African and African American Studies. “We have to take account in general education that the whole world doesn’t speak English.” The Crimson did not obtain copies of all the finalized amendments themselves. 300th Anniversary University Professor Laurel T. Ulrich, a member of the Faculty’s 19-member governing body, said the amendments mostly deal with a “clarification of categories.” She added that many were drafted by groups of professors...
...believes science is getting closer to answering the key questions about dreaming, is leading two studies at the University of Cape Town with that goal in mind. One involves using functional magnetic resonance imaging to try to disentangle the REM brain from the dreaming brain. He wants to obtain images of the dreaming/non-dreaming brain at sleep onset and note the differences between the two. "If we can image what's going on at that point, then we'll get a clear handle on what mechanisms are important for dreaming as opposed to REM sleep," says Solms, who predicts...
...chemical used to euthanize animals - in some brands of dog food. Wayne Pacelle, President of the Humane Society of the U.S. said the allegations need more scrutiny. "The pet food industry is not the most transparent of industries and it has been really difficult for the public to obtain information," he says...