Saturday, March 16, 2013
How the America Invents Act Will Change Patenting Forever | Wired Design | Wired.com - It’s called “First to File” (as opposed to the previous “First to Invent”) and it shifts the system’s emphasis from the date it was invented to the date its inventor dropped an application at the patent office. (It does preclude stolen ideas; it’s been more accurately termed “First Inventor to File.”)
Better Colleges Failing to Lure Poorer Strivers - NYTimes.com - Most low-income students who have top test scores and grades do not even apply to the nation’s best colleges, according to a new analysis of every high school student who took the SAT in a recent year. - The pattern contributes to widening economic inequality and low levels of mobility in this country, economists say, because college graduates earn so much more on average than nongraduates do. Low-income students who excel in high school often do not graduate from the less selective colleges they attend.
Shocking photos emerge from Rio Olympic site - USATODAY - More than 80 tons of fish suffocated in the Rio de Janeiro lagoon that will be used for Olympic rowing events in 2016, causing an ecological and olfactory nightmare in the Brazilian metropolis.
Chipper: Heyward, Freeman face different challenges as young “faces of franchise” | www.ajc.com - David O'Brien - Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman watched Braves icon Chipper Jones handle the “face of the franchise” role seemingly with ease in recent years.
AS I RECALL | DON SUTTON | www.ajc.com - Carroll Rogers - Don Sutton, Braves broadcaster and a 324-game winner, primarily for the Dodgers, explains why his 1998 induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame was so important to him.
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