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		<title><![CDATA[Massachusetts becomes Canada as reform debate nears climax]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=2853]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Since it now appears the Senate will go with mandating people buy coverage and using subsidized exchanges to cover gaps, Massachusetts has become the focus, because it instituted just such a plan in 2006. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:41:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Raytheon acquires BBN Technologies, firm that developed Internet, e-mail, VoIP]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23636]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Waltham, Mass.-based defense contractor Raytheon said on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Cambridge, Mass.-based BBN Technologies, known for having developed ARPANET, forerunner to the Internet, and e-mail. by Andrew Nusca]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:54:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What is American?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent post by Brian Sommer noted that H-1B visa holders might be in for a rough ride in 2009 as the weakening economy invites calls for special preferences for the accidental citizens of the United States of America (I say "accidental," as most of us were bestowed our rights...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:14:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US gains in math and science ed...Really?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1991]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Results from the 2007 TIMSS, or Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, were released this week with many outlets touting US gains over our fairly dismal performance on the last survey in 2003.  According to the New York Times,     American fourth- and eighth-grade students...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:49:51 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A robotic tuna for the Navy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=1026]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[You might not know that the bluefin tuna is an ultra-efficient swimmer. But the U.S. Navy knows that this tuna can reach speeds of 50 mph. So it wants to build robotic bluefin tunas for submarine surveillance missions. The first prototypes, designed by Massachusetts engineers, should be available by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:42:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will vendors now boycott Massachusetts?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1235]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Brown going to replace Harvard as America's premier medical school campus? Will Harvard and MIT faculty start fighting for visiting privileges there, in order to skirt the law and get more coffee mugs? by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:52:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dumbing down our math tests?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1714]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC is reporting on a trend in UK standardized math tests towards "easier, shallower and less demanding" examinations.  Here in Massachusetts, I was working with our school psychologist to identify new interventions for special education students based on their standardized test scores.  However, as she pointed out,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:27:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Massachusetts finds unintended consequences in health care reform]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=851]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A map of Massachusetts does look like a snub-nosed revolver pointed at the rest of the nation. (You can buy a flash version of this map for just $14.95 from Maps4.com.)    In the case of health care reform that's an apt metaphor.Â     Fact is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:40:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[USA-MA [Massachusetts] Map for EagleEye PDA Tracking System 1.0.0 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1076641]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[USA-MA [Massachusetts] Map for EagleEye PDA Tracking System ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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