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March 20th, 2011 - 6:00 pm § in Uncategorized

75% of Aussie Universities Do Not Meet World Standards

from the Australian An analysis of the government’s Excellence in Research for Australia report conducted by The Australian found that only 12 universities were performing research at or above international standard, with the top four performing at a rate that could be considered well above in[...]

March 20th, 2011 - 7:05 am § in America, Religion

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

By Thomas Jefferson The  Smithsonian is restoring the “Jefferson Bible.” a unique volume the third president cut and pasted himself — omitting lots of theology — from portions of the New Testament. Thomas Jefferson assembled his version of the Christian bible in 1820, after [...]

March 20th, 2011 - 6:14 am § in Misc.

سال نو مبارك

  Happy New Year, Persian Style! Haji FiRuz History: Hadji Firouz was a man in red clothes who went from street to street singing and be ating a tambourine on New Year’s eve (which is also the eve of spring). He was usually accompanied by one or two other persons. It is said that he [&hel[...]

March 20th, 2011 - 12:12 am § in UW

Viewing the World’s Universities from India:

from The Hindu (excerpted): `No Indian university in global top 200 (Ed. UW ranked 26 in the Times list. In the meantime the conservatives in England may be cutting down global recruitment to Brit Universities out of fear if excessive immigration.) The United States dominates the rankings of 200 wor[...]