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...Every single action goes against what the Standing Committee on Women has asked him to do,” the committee member said. “That study is not valid and it did not meet any sort of social science standard...
...finish their scheduled work on the Special Panels for Serious Crimes, the Court of Appeal and the National Commission for Elections, working alongside a handful of international judges already in Timor on secondment. The Judicial System Monitoring Programme, an ngo, says it's concerned their reappointments aren't valid, and that a large backlog of cases - already numbering more than 1,000 - will increase the problem of defendants being held in custody longer than is legal. Evaluation results for the country's public defenders and prosecutors are expected soon...
INAUGURATION, INC. What's a big event without the product tie-ins? Korbel has created a special Inaugural champagne, left; Washington's Ritz Carlton Hotel is serving presidential-seal desserts; drivers can purchase one of two commemorative license plates, though neither is valid in any state...
...many scientists--and science teachers--don't think there is any valid criticism. Sure, some 350 scientists have signed a declaration challenging evolution. But many tens of thousands of scientists reject I.D.'s core argument--that evolution can't produce complex structures. Take the eye. I.D. theorists say it could not have evolved bit by bit because a bit of an eye has no survival value; it would never have been passed on. Biologists see it differently. They say, for example, a primitive, light-sensing patch of skin--a forerunner of the retina--could help animals detect the shadows...
...help explain why Harvard needs to put forth extra effort to encourage women interested in science and to hire women as science professors. This is not an excuse for the low representation of women on the faculty. Quite the contrary. Furthermore, the possibility that the innate differences hypothesis is valid opens up more avenues for research into how to encourage women to pursue science and support those who choose to do so—exactly Summers’ stated goal in appearing at the conference and consistent with, if not essential to, his responsibilities as Harvard president...