Not only is James Franco a Best Actor nominee for his role in 127 Hours, he’s set to host this year’s Academy Awards alongside Anne Hathaway. Take a peek at the pair’s Official Promo Picture for this year’s ceremony. Reacting to his nomination on The TODAY Show with Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera this morning, [...]
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Robert Shiller Argues That Rising Inequality In The US Was A Major Cause Of The Recent Crisis, And Little Is Being Done To Address It
January 24th, 2011 |
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I have previously argued at some length that rising inequality is one of the main causes of the economic crisis.Famed Yale economist Robert Shiller agrees.As the Browser reports:Yale economist Robert Shiller argues that rising inequality in the US was…
The Best Advice I Ever Received To Make My Blog Successful
December 15th, 2010 |
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Over the years I have received a ton of advice, some of it I have asked for, some has come unsolicited. Whether it be my personal life, career path, relationships, my golf game, well… you can pretty much name it. Blogging is like anything else, there have been a lot of people who have tried [...]
Yale plans liberal arts college as Singapore taps brand name
September 14th, 2010 |
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Yale University is considering setting up a liberal arts college under a proposal by the National University of Singapore as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to benefit from the US school’s brand name.
Expenses to establish and operate the proposed Yale-NUS College will be borne by NUS and Singapore’s government at no cost to Yale, the New Haven, Connecticut-based university said in a statement on its website. The two sides signed a non- binding memorandum of understanding on Sept. 10 for the college, which is intended to open by the fall of 2013 and accommodate about 1,000 undergraduate students initially, it said yesterday.
Gulf Oil May Not Degrade for DECADES
August 21st, 2010 |
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As you might have heard, scientists are finding gigantic under oil plumes from the BP spill, including one that is more than 22 miles long, more than a mile wide and 650 feet deep.On Thursday, Dr. Ian MacDonald and and Dr. Lisa Suatoni testified to a C…
U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 Best Colleges
August 17th, 2010 |
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US News has released it’s 2011 Best College rankings Harvard has taken over the lone top spot in this year’s US News & World Report’s 2011 best college ranking. Previous number one (tied with Harvard) Princeton fell to number two. Rounding out the top five best college ranking were Yale, Columbia, and Stanford. On the liberal arts [...]
Yale Vetoes James Franco’s Teaching Plans
July 27th, 2010 |
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James Franco’s plans to instruct a few classes during his tenure at Connecticut’s prestigious Yale University have been shut down by university officials, who argue that the studious screen star lacks the eligibility (ie: three years of Ph.D studies) to take on the role of pseudo-professor.During an appearance on Good Morning America last week, [...]
James Franco New York Magazine Aug. 2, 2010
July 26th, 2010 |
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Studious screen star James Franco is the subject of this week’s issue of New York Magazine. “Movie star, conceptual artist, fiction writer, grad student, cipher—he’s turned a Hollywood career into an elaborate piece of performance art,” NY Mag editors write in their Aug. 2 profile of the General Hospital villain/Yale visiting professor.
James Franco to teach at Yale University
July 21st, 2010 |
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‘Spider-Man’ star James Franco has signed up to teach classes at Yale University. He will begin studying at the prestigious Connecticut-based college in September (10) to obtain his doctorate in English and film studies. However, the actor will have to focus on more than just his own course – he has agreed to teach his [...]
James Franco Will Teach Classes At Yale University
July 20th, 2010 |
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Studious screen star James Franco has signed up to teach classes at Yale University.A UCLA graduate, who has previously studied filmmaking at New York University and earned a master of fine arts diploma from Columbia University, Franco will begin studying at Connecticut’s prestigious Ivy League institution in September, where he’ll obtain his doctorate in [...]
15 of the Most Bizarre Celebrity Murder Attempts
May 3rd, 2010 |
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Here are 15 of the nuttiest celebrity murder attempts by lunatic stalkers.
Personal music players can imperil hearing
April 21st, 2010 |
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Young people who listen to personal music players for several hours a day at high volume could imperil their hearing, an expert warns.
Peter Rabinowitz, professor at Yale University School of Medicine, says music devices like the MP3 players can generate levels of sound in excess of 120 decibels, almost as intense as a jet engine, [...]
Personal music players can imperil hearing
April 21st, 2010 |
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Young people who listen to personal music players for several hours a day at high volume could imperil their hearing, an expert warns.
Peter Rabinowitz, professor at Yale University School of Medicine, says music devices like the MP3 players can generate levels of sound in excess of 120 decibels, almost as intense as a jet engine, [...]
James Franco Accepted Into Yale University English Ph.D. Program
March 30th, 2010 |
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Way to go, Franco! Smart guy actor James Franco has been accepted into Yale University’s esteemed English Ph.D. program, according the school’s student publication, The Yale Daily News.
James’ rep has confirmed that the actor was recently accepted into the Ivy League institution in Connecticut, and will begin studying for his doctorate in September if he [...]
Top 25 Companies with H-1B Visas in 2009
January 4th, 2010 |
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A mix of U.S. and Asian-based technology, financial and consulting companies top the list of enterprises that have applied for and received approval for H-1B visas in 2009.
There are at least 200 companies that applied for H-1B visas in 2009. The major technology companies that did not rank in the Top 25, but did rank in the Top 50 include Yahoo, Amazon, Apple, Texas Instruments, Nvidia and IBM.
Some of the leading research universities in the United States also rank in the Top 50. Some of the top H-1B visa obtainers this year included University of Maryland, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins, University of Illinois, University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Stanford, Harvard, University of Pittsburgh, Columbia, and Baylor College of Medicine.
The following gallery is a countdown of the Top 25 companies from No. 25 to No. 1 and the specific number of H-1B visas these companies were granted by the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
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Climate change: Mail-strom
November 26th, 2009 |
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Leaked e-mails do not show climate scientists at their best
IS GLOBAL warming a trick? That is what some saw in a huge batch of e-mails and documents taken from the servers of the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia, in England, and put up anonymously on the web. The result has been a field day for those sceptical of the idea of man-made climate change, who have combed through them, pouncing and pronouncing on snippets that seem to show scientific malfeasance.
The CRU specialises in studies of climates past. For parts of the past where there were no thermometers to consult, such studies use proxy data, such as tree rings. Reconstructions based on these tend to show that the planet’s temperature has risen over the 20th century to heights unprecedented for centuries and perhaps millennia. They are far from the only evidence for believing in climate change as a man-made problem, but they are important, and the sharp uptick they show has taken on iconic value. A tree-ring reconstruction known as the “hockey stick”, which shows unprecedented 20th-century warming, has been a particular target of criticism by sceptics. It was published in 1998 by Michael Mann (then at Yale, now at Pennsylvania State University) and his colleagues, and featured prominently in the 2001 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). …
Body found at Yale University
September 14th, 2009 |
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A body believed to be that of missing  student Annie Le has been found inside a wall at a Yale University laboratory in the northeastern United States, police announced late Sunday. “Shortly after 5pm, the Connecticut state police major crime squad located the remains of a human secreted
Influenza vaccination: How to stop an outbreak
August 20th, 2009 |
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A mathematical model suggests a new way to allocate vaccines
THE existing formula is simple. When vaccinating against influenza, inoculate those most susceptible to the disease’s wrath. Such vulnerable types include the elderly (who are the most likely to die if infected) and infants (whose immune systems are not fully developed). This seems a reasonable policy, and it is the one that has long been promulgated by America’s Centres for Disease Control (CDC). Only recently has it been extended to include children up to the age of 18, on the basis that they are more likely than other people to catch flu in the first place, through enforced socialising at school—even though they are at little risk of dying from it.
According to Jan Medlock of Clemson University in South Carolina, and Alison Galvani of Yale, however, vaccinating those most at risk of bad effects is not the right way to deal with the disease. In a report published this week in Science, they argue that even with the extension of vaccination to school-age children, the existing policy of protecting the individual is still playing down the real public-health value of vaccines—namely that they create a so-called herd immunity which helps to break the disease’s chain of transmission. …
Sotomayor backed by US Senate
August 6th, 2009 |
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Sonia Sotomayor, US President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, is due to face a confirmation vote in the US Senate.
If confirmed, Ms Sotomayor will become the first Hispanic justice and only the third woman to sit on the court.
Observers expect Ms Sotomayor to win the vote comfortably.
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the US, with the power to strike down unconstitutional laws. Once appointed, justices serve for life.
They are nominated by the president, but must receive approval from a majority of senators before they can take up their post.
‘Inspiring’ story
With his fellow Democrats holding a majority in the Senate, Mr Obama is not likely to face any difficulties getting his nominee confirmed.
All 60 Democratic senators are expected to vote for her, as well as a handful of Republicans.
Ms Sotomayor’s supporters say she has a reliable record – and they cite her "inspiring" life story.
RISE OF SONIA SOTOMAYOR- 1954: Born in South Bronx to Puerto Rican parents
- Father died when she was aged nine and she was raised solely by her mother
- 1979: Graduates from Yale and serves as an assistant district attorney in New York County
- 1984: Moves into private practice, specialising in intellectual property
- 1991: George Bush Snr chooses her as a district judge
- 1997: Bill Clinton nominates her to the circuit court
She was born to poor Puerto Rican parents on a New York public housing project, rising to become a respected judicial scholar and judge.
But some Republicans claim Ms Sotomayer’s record of speeches – and some rulings – shows she allows her opinion to affect her decisions.
During her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, she was asked repeatedly about a speech in which she had remarked that "a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion" than a white male judge.
Critics said the remark could have been perceived as racist, but Ms Sotomayor maintained the comments had been an attempted "play on words" that "fell flat".
Ms Sotomayor has also been criticised by conservatives for her dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit brought by white firefighters in Connecticut.
Her ruling was later overturned by the Supreme Court.
Because she is replacing a retiring liberal justice – David Souter – correspondents say Ms Sotomayor is unlikely to alter the current political balance of the court.
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