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Are my blogs better today?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:12:18 GMT

They should be smarter, at least. After a shootaround on the lovely campus of Columbia University, I just feel smarter. They are in the Ivy League, aren't they? OK, never mind about that smarter-blog thing.
Source: Dallas Morning News - Blogs

Now wait just a New York minute

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:25:05 GMT

So as I'm taking trains and what seemed like planes considering the way the cabbie flew to quaint little Columbia University for the shootaround, I couldn't help notice a sign that some dude on the corner was holding up. Twenty minutes?
Source: Dallas Morning News - Blogs

Opinion: With mammograms, listen to the experts

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:31:21 GMT

John Rowe says new mammogram report shows tension between scientific analysis, "rationing" fears He says independent analysis should guide care standardsTargeting those with higher cancer risk avoids bad consequences for those at low risk, Rowe...
Source: CNN

Respite for US writer

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:35:13 GMT

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday stayed the trial of a case pending in a lower court here against controversial US writer Peter Heehs who shot into limelight recently for his book on Sri Aurobindo.
Source: The Hindu

Susan Galleymore : African Realities in the Wake of World AIDS Day

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:33:42 GMT

December 1 was World AIDS Day. Populations of the United States and Europe no longer experience the panic that accompanied the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the 1980s.
Source: Counterpunch

Meet Marc Mezvinsky, Chelsea Clinton's Fiancé

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:57:26 GMT

Marc Mezvinsky, 31, will marry Chelsea Clinton, 29, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the summer of 2010.
Source: Politics Daily

Jobs Forum Heavy With Obama Donors

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:36:59 GMT

A large number of union executives and academics who were heavy donors to President Obama's 2008 campaign will be at the table for his White House jobs summit Thursday.
Source: FOX News

Economy ‘clearly was not sustainable’

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:10:09 GMT

For every single member of Congress, the financial industry has five lobbyists. For the last few years, the industry has spent more than $5 billion in campaign contributions to members of Congress.
Source: Delta Farm Press

Quoted in ''That Crafty Feeling' — by Zadie Smith'

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:39:59 GMT

said in bookofjoe:

A lecture given by the English author Zadie Smith to the students of Columbia University's writing program in New York on Monday, March 24, 2008.

Quoted in 'India is aware of NASAs underestimation of methane effect: Jairam Ramesh'

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:23:34 GMT

Jairam Ramesh said in Webindia123:

The findings of the scientists at Columbia University and NASA's space flight center states that potency of methane gas emitted by different industries and its impact on global warming, had been largely under estimated while signing the Kyoto Protocol.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:33:19 GMT

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks at Columbia University in New York September 22, 2009.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:32:23 GMT

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks at Columbia University in New York September 22, 2009.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Columbia University

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:27:22 GMT