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               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 21, No. 285.
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         Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:23:31 +0100
         From: ubiquity <ubiquity_at_HQ.ACM.ORG>
         Subject: Ubiquity 8.40

This Week in Ubiquity:

Volume 8, Issue 40

October 9, 2007 -- October 15, 2007

Economic Recognition of Innovation

Balkrishna C. Rao or Purdue University's School
of Industrial Engineer writes in this week's
Ubiquity about the economic recognition of
innovation against the backdrop of globalization.
Though it's a bitch on the technical side, it's well worth your perusal.

See:
<http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v8i40_rao.html>

UBIQUITY CITED BY TOM FRIEDMAN OF THE NEW YORK TIMES
In the new edtion of his best-selling book "The
World Is Flat," New York Times columnist Thomas
Friedman favorably cited the Ubiquity article by
Espen Anderson titled "Why You Should Choose Math
in High School." From that article Friedman
called particular attention to the words: "Choose
math because you will meet it more and more in
the future. Math becomes more and more important
in all areas of work and scholarship. Future
journalists and politicians will talk less and
analyze more. Future police officers and military
personnel will use more and more complicated
technology. Future nurses and teachers will have
to relate to numbers and technology every day.
Future car mechanics and carpenters will use
chip-optimization and stress analysis as much as
monkey wrenches and hammers. There will be more
math at work, so you will need more math at school."
See:
<http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v7i11_math.html>

UBIQUITY ASSOCIATE EDITOR JOHN STUCKEY TAKES CTO POSITION IN EGYPT
The American University in Cario, Egypt, has
announced that Ubiquity Associate Editor John
Stuckey has been appointed its Chief Technology
Officer: See:
<http://www.aucegypt.edu/newsatauc/inner4.cfm?ArticleId=3D883>.
We are pleased to report that John will be
sending Ubiquity periodic "Letters from Cairo" in
information technology there and everywhere.
Received on Wed Oct 10 2007 - 01:46:32 EDT