Posted in Academia, Columbia on Jul 20th, 2007
Amherst College has once again demonstrated why they are one of the premier institutions of higher learning in the world. Without external pressure or a committed donor, Amherst, a need-blind institution, have decided to do away with all financial aid and instead award scholarships only. It’s quite unfortunate to have institutions like my alma maters [...]
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Posted in Fraud on Jul 17th, 2007
Sunrocket (my VoIP service provider) quietly called it quits yesterday. Normally, a company going bankrupt will already greatly inconvenience their customers. Sunrocket’s exit however, just absolutely takes the cake. The CEO Lisa Hook, who only got the job less than 16 months ago, suddenly resigned last Friday. Without notifying any of Sunrocket’s subscribers or employees, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 16th, 2007
As reported by many blogs, a leaked copy of HP7 is now making the rounds on the internet. The leak is by no means simple to read or indeed complete. Someone has manually taken snapshots of each of the first 495 pages and the book still seems to have at least 1/4 left. The file [...]
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Posted in politics on Jul 11th, 2007
It looks like McCain’s presidential bid is coming to an end. His chief strategist and his campiagn manager have both resigned. Even the guy who has co-authored 5 books with him has left his campaign. It is rumored that none of the three left amicably from the campaign. It was definitely interesting to see one [...]
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Posted in politics, Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2007
I haven’t blogged for a while due to a massive amount of work, but I expect to blog more now that I’m caught up. It seems like the white house is now in a quite a serious bind. President Bush has once again cited executive privilege and refuse to turn over documents subpoenaed by Congress. [...]
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