Michelle Moor 'Roofied' at Law Firm Party, Allegedly
Region: Massachusetts
Boston lawyer Michelle Moor has sued former employer Bingham McCutchen, saying they failed to investigate her allegation that she was drugged at a company party. Bingham McCutchen denies any wrongdoing. Their advertising motto, featured in publications like the Economist, is certainly not helping. The ad, pictured at right, shows a bear cradling a baby with the terms: "The best lawyers know how to ... more
Views: 5958Good news for paralyzed people, experts are trying to translate their thoughts.
Region: MassachusettsResearchers are a step closer to reading a person’s mind. They will soon begin translating brain signals of a paralyzed man into sounds. In a pioneering experiment, scientists from the Boston University say they may be able to interpret the thoughts of a man who can no longer speak, reports BBC News website. Electrodes have been implanted in the brain of Eric Ramsay, who has been “locked ... more
Views: 1674Long term memory controlled by molecular pathway at synapses.
Region: MassachusettsEven for a fruit fly, learning and memory are important adaptive tools that facilitate survival in the environment. A fly can learn to avoid what may do it harm, such as a flyswatter, or in the laboratory, an electric shock that happens when it smells a certain odor. Now Harvard University biologists have identified a molecular pathway active in neurons that interacts with RNA t... more
Views: 1616Massive decoding effort reveals fruit fly DNA
Region: MassachusettsAn enormous effort to decode the DNA of one of the most important laboratory animals, the fruit fly, ended in success this week as a collaboration of researchers from 16 nations announced the sequencing of 10 fly species’ genomes. The research allows the extraordinary side-by-side comparison of the DNA of 12 species of fruit flies; two had already been decoded, as scientists... more
Views: 1304Mitt Romney - A safe pair of hands
Region: MassachusettsMitt Romney is a Mormon. This single fact alone means that around 20% of the eligible voters of the United States of America won’t vote for Mr Romney in a presidential election. Mitt Romney’s real name is Willard. It isn’t documented how many voters wouldn’t choose a man whose name was Willard for president, but there must be some. Mitt Romney has flaws. The first is that he is extremel... more
Views: 1517Conference Faces Journalism's Revolution
Region: MassachusettsAlmost 2400 educators and practitioners of journalism and mass communication in the US came to Boston on August 5th to a conference with uncharacteristic urgency. According to some long time attenders, the 97 year old Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is about as unchanging as a denominational church convention, but this time many of the 365 presentations, given over five days, were... more
Views: 1945Mass. Legislature to Vote on Law Allowing Out-of-State Gays to Wed
Region: Massachusetts
Posted by Rachel Balik to FindingDulcinea.com The Massachusetts Senate and House will vote this week on a 1913 state law that prevents nonresidents from marrying there. In 1913, the state of Massachusetts wrote a chapter into its marriage law designed to prevent interracial couples from coming to Massachusetts to marry and then returning to their home state. The Chapter reads, “No marriage shall be contracted i... more
Views: 1047Original Solar Power Array Keeps Proving Green Future
Region: MassachusettsA four acre solar panel array commissioned by President Jimmy Carter 28 years ago, still powers Beverly High School in Massachusetts. According to the Director of the non-profit Solar Now, who is responsible for the facility, it is the last remaining functional field of its kind in the US, from those very first funded experiments in solar energy. Mr Hopps says the site continues at 80% of its original ou... more
Views: 1722How to recover PowerPoint *.ppt, *.pptx file lost or forgotten password?
Region: MassachusettsIn Microsoft Office, you can use passwords to help prevent other people from opening or modifying your PowerPoint Presentations. And it’s important to know that if you don’t remember you password, Microsoft can’t retrieve your forgotten passwords, so keep a list of your passwords and corresponding file names in a safe place. However, sometimes, you may have had lost or forgotten the password for yo... more
Views: 185Top Areas where Application Development is in Demand
Region: MassachusettsApplication Development: For a company to flourish on it is foremost that they strength more on their business requires and processes. All companies very well infer this but go wrong to know how this can be done fluently, quickly and without difficulty. If you believe how they can improve you then here is the solution. Application Development Company offering services on custom software application development... more
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