Boat Race Chaos when a man swam across the Thames

Cambridge University today won the most controversial boat race in history after the contest was halted when a man swam across the Thames - and an Oxford oar snapped seconds after the restart. Anti-elitist ...

'Another Face', Caroline Jaine's Cambridge-Karachi project

Caroline Jaine, a UK based artist, writer, film-maker, with a background in diplomacy and media strategy, had paid a short visit to Karachi a few months ago for her very interesting Cambridge-Karachi project. As...

Pakistani Student Sets World Record

Nestled in a valley, surrounded by hills is a small town in the Punjab, called Wah Cantt. (some 50 kms north west of Pakistan's capital city Islamabad, and close to the ancient Buddhist city of Taxila), where a...

Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Blissful

Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Blissful " “Kate Middleton speaks of 'blissful' marriage to Prince William for first time By Tom Bryant 11/06/2011 Decrease font size Increase font size The...

Queen Elizabeth greets President Obama on first UK state visit

The BBC is reporting that President Obama has met Queen Elizabeth at the Buckingham Palace at the start of his state visit to Britain. He will later have a meeting with the British Prime Minister David Cameron,...

Virgin Mary

When articles appear about the Bible and its translation, I perk up because there is a link to my Mother’s family, the Bedwells. " “William Bedwell (1561 – May 5, 1632 near London) was...

Judicial Corruption - Suggested Reading - Minnesota USA

This is an except from an article I wrote on Examiner.com: " These books and literature should be of interest of you, especially if you think you might ever have to appear before a judge.. In Minnesota we have...

Progressive Followers - Please help me understand

This is an except from an article I wrote on Examiner.com: "As Joan Rivers would say, "Can we talk?" Simply, I don't understand why anyone would be a willing follower of any Leader who said they were a...

Foreclosure Crisis Shows No Signs of Abating

Will the economy recover in the next months? The housing crisis is not showing any signs of that, read this article to get more information: "The US economy is on a tailspin. Unemployment is at its peak. As people lose jobs, even those with very high credit scores are...

TEA PARTY - Planning the 2nd Enlightenment (Part 1 of 3)

This is an excerpt from an article I wrote in re "The Enlightenment" on Examiner.com. Please click the Link at the end of the article to read the rest of the article. "Our USA Constitution and Bill of Rights were...

Boat Race 2010: Cambridge beat Oxford - Light Blues Victorious

The Light Blues of Cambridge University beat the Dark Blues of Oxford University in the 156th Boat Race. It is the first time since 2007 that Cambridge have won stopping Oxford's bid for a hat-trick of...

Harvard's George Whitesides Invents 1 Cent Paper Chip Medical Lab

Automating medical tests on the human body just got a lot easier thanks to the equivalent of a medical lab on a paper chip that can diagnose a wide array of human conditions for about one cent.The...

Half of six-year-old girls 'want to be thinner'

Study by the University of Cambridge claims half of Britain's six-year-old girls 'want to be thinner' The study was undertaken for a new TV programme Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance which will aired on the...

Hasty Pudding Named Anne Hathaway Woman of the Year 2010

Anne Hathaway is named Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year in 2010, reported E!. She will be honored at Harvard University next month, for making a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment." Anne Hathaway will likely lead a parade surrounding Harvard's...

One day ENT Camp Held at Thatyur village near Musoorie

"  Mussoorie, 27 Dec: One day ENT medical camp was organised by the Divine Light Trust in Association with Maulana Azaad Medical College, Delhi at Thatyur for the benefit of villagers below poverty line....

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