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		<title>Crackles of Hatred</title>
		<link>http://jeffjohnroberts.com/2009/07/30/crackles-of-hatred/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silencing murderous messages is not as easy as it sounds
LAST year, as Kenya slid into mayhem, the words that sputtered forth from crude transmitters were cryptic but, to those in the know, horrifying. “People of the milk”, a reference to the cattle-owning Kalenjin people, were urged to “take out the weeds in our midst”— in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffjohnroberts.com&blog=3859861&post=93&subd=jrober16&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting the bagel and other national treasures</title>
		<link>http://jeffjohnroberts.com/2009/04/29/protecting-the-bagel-and-other-national-treasures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid the parade of iconic brands that adorn Beverly Hills is an unexpected piece of culinary culture from home. There, one block from Rodeo Drive, is a small establishment called St. Urbain Street Bagels that offers up Montreal&#8217;s famous foodstuff in a bakery full of historical posters of the city.
The sight of a distinctive Canadian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffjohnroberts.com&blog=3859861&post=87&subd=jrober16&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Canada has to wait for its Obama moment</title>
		<link>http://jeffjohnroberts.com/2009/02/03/why-canada-has-to-wait-for-its-obama-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Canadians shared in the sweet sense of pride as they watched the first black U.S. President take his oath of office. That moment, still lingering, symbolized an opportunity for Americans to feel free of their racial demons.
Watching the inauguration, it was hard not to long for an Obama moment of our own &#8211; for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffjohnroberts.com&blog=3859861&post=80&subd=jrober16&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resolution Revolutionary</title>
		<link>http://jeffjohnroberts.com/2009/01/31/resolution-revolutionary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As court cases go, this was hardly a run-of-the-mill contract quarrel. The   parties were major airline companies from France and Libya. Their contract   stated that any dispute was to be resolved by arbitration in Montreal. Oh,   and the French company was arguing the contract did not apply in light [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffjohnroberts.com&blog=3859861&post=78&subd=jrober16&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Streamline the Societies?</title>
		<link>http://jeffjohnroberts.com/2009/01/10/time-to-streamline-the-societies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much is independence worth? Canadian lawyers may be asking this question as they prepare to pay their annual law society dues. If the rest of the world is any indication, the self-governing model that underlies Canada’s legal profession may soon face a day of reckoning.
And contrary to conventional opinion, that may not be a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffjohnroberts.com&blog=3859861&post=74&subd=jrober16&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bring on the Bandwidth</title>
		<link>http://jeffjohnroberts.com/2008/09/10/bring-on-the-bandwidth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students expect more Internet access than ever, and universities need to involve everyone in deciding how to provide it
Universities accustomed to gripes about classroom and office space had better get ready to deal with complaints over another scarce resource. As they welcome young people who have spent more of their lives on the Internet than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffjohnroberts.com&blog=3859861&post=70&subd=jrober16&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Ready for Avatar Rights?</title>
		<link>http://jeffjohnroberts.com/2008/07/05/are-you-ready-for-avatar-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world has seen its share of rights movements in recent years. That may not prepare it for the claims of the latest group seeking recognition – digital people.
As online computer games soar in popularity, the distinction between animated characters and their real life creators is eroding. This has given rise to perplexing new questions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffjohnroberts.com&blog=3859861&post=69&subd=jrober16&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>War Crime Stopper</title>
		<link>http://jeffjohnroberts.com/2008/06/18/war-crime-stopper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Payam Akhavan sips coffee amidst student chatter in a downtown Montreal cafe.   Gentle eyes and salt-and-pepper hair complement the gracious voice that has   persuaded everyone from first-year law students to the United Nations about   his very big ideas on conflict resolution and genocide.
Since his seminal article &#8220;Beyond Impunity: Can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffjohnroberts.com&blog=3859861&post=26&subd=jrober16&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who was that Beautiful Stranger?</title>
		<link>http://jeffjohnroberts.com/2008/06/12/who-was-that-beautiful-stranger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, universities across Canada collect millions of dollars in gifts from individuals who, for one reason or another, choose to remain nameless. And south of the border, someone just gave $100 million U.S. to forever end tuition at the Yale School of Music. Only a handful of people know who made these donations, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffjohnroberts.com&blog=3859861&post=24&subd=jrober16&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why not a Scholarhip for White Men?</title>
		<link>http://jeffjohnroberts.com/2007/11/22/why-not-a-scholarhip-for-white-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Official gender discrimination on campus is supposed to be a thing of the past. It is curious then to discover an aspect of university life where blatant gender bias is permitted to survive conspicuously and unchallenged. The discrimination in question concerns the many scholarships which are granted only to female students.
A quick perusal of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffjohnroberts.com&blog=3859861&post=50&subd=jrober16&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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