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	<title>The Becker Blog &#187; American Society</title>
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		<title>Scientists Fault Universities, and other Mewling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists Fault Universities as Favoring Research Over Teaching &#8211; Research &#8211; The Chronicle of Higher Education. Yup. Heard it before. The entire time I was at the University of Calgary I kept hearing about how important research was and based &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2011/01/14/scientists-fault-universities-and-other-mewling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Comments on &#8220;The overblown crisis in American education&#8221; in The New Yorker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The overblown crisis in American education : The New Yorker. The author is claiming that things aren&#8217;t that bad. More people are going to school than they did 100 years ago and there are lots more wanting to get in. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/09/24/comments-on-the-overblown-crisis-in-american-education-in-the-new-yorker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What, EXACTLY is the problem with getting to play the bad guy in Medal of Honor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video Games &#8211; In Medal of Honor, Role Playing Includes Taliban &#8211; NYTimes.com. Real live soldiers are dying for the cause of freedom (not to mention piles of innocent bystanders), yet having the freedom to play what you want and &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/09/02/what-exactly-is-the-problem-with-getting-to-play-the-bad-guy-in-medal-of-honor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are Books a Sign of Intellingent Life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen a number of articles recently relating children&#8217;s success in school with the number of books in the house when they were growing up. Class Struggle &#8211; Power of books my wife grew up with. Books in home as &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/08/03/are-books-a-sign-of-intellinget-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On second thought, Apple may indeed be changing the world&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But not the ways it intends. I came across this post on FB the other day: The New Television: How the iPad Changes Everything by Kevin Wheeler on April 27, 2010 In it he talks about how &#8220;The iPad is &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/04/29/on-second-thought-apple-may-indeed-be-changing-the-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ahhhhh! NOW I get it. The Tea Party Folks, that is.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New University of Washington survey explores attitudes of tea party supporters http://www.physorg.com/news189959097.html I think I finally get it. We Canadians can be very dense about such things&#8230;. Whenever I hear from someone who is AGAINST universal health care, the question &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/04/10/ahhhhh-now-i-get-it-the-tea-party-folks-that-is/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>AVATAR could have had a MUCH better ending.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPOILER ALERT: If you haven&#8217;t seen the movie yet and don&#8217;t already know how it goes (and can&#8217;t guess) then DON&#8217;T read this post. I won&#8217;t tell you exactly how it ends, but guessing will be child&#8217;s play after reading &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2010/01/09/avatar-could-have-had-a-much-better-ending/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another nail in the coffin&#8230;.and another step away from being natural.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people seem to believe that every natural place should be available for recreation, and that all other uses should defer to them. People who try to raise animals ethically and naturally repeatedly come under fire, but I don't see all of North America going vegan any time soon, so eventually, the ONLY way left to raise animals for meat will be through factory farms. <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/11/28/398/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;a short and miserable life&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I had dinner with a friend last night whom we both  like and respect a great deal. We talked about many things, among them our attitudes about the human use of animals. My friend is a vegan, and we're not.

I struggle with the moral issues involved and so I continued to think about this after dropping our friend off at his hotel. I try very hard to be logical and reasonable in my arguments. I suspect I may have not succeeded entirely on this one. But neither did my friend.
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		<title>And Still There&#8217;s Trouble in River City&#8230; sort of.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the same old same old &#8211; human cry from those that have because they fear they might have to share. A Well-written article worth the time to read. 100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words For &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/10/14/and-still-theres-trouble-in-river-city-sort-of/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>All Videogames, All the Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, I&#8217;m a big fan of Serious Games, but I&#8217;m also quite sure that this is one of those cases where more is not necessarily better. What is important is balance. I suppose it may be difficult to make sure &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/09/21/all-videogames-all-the-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Either fish or cut bait.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katrin Becker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t usually talk about political stuff online, but I am starting to get really tired of the American &#8220;Health Care Debate&#8221;. Much of the rhetoric is, to be honest, ridiculous, and does little more than show the rest of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://minkhollow.ca/beckerblog/2009/09/07/either-fish-or-cut-bait/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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