Category Archives: Education

How Earth Avoided Global Warming Last Time

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Geochemists have opined that  a huge rise in atmospheric CO2 was only avoided by the formation of a vast mountain range in the middle of the ancient supercontinent, Pangea. 300 million years ago, plate tectonics  aggregated land masses into a … Continue reading →

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India:1700-1792

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Source: Ancient Indian Maps

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The disposable academic Labour(link)

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

 Martin Luther once nailed 95 theses to the door of a church . A thesis was simply a position one wanted to argue. Luther, in his theses asserted that Christians could not buy their way to heaven. Today a doctoral … Continue reading →

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Leading Virtual High Schools in the U.S. And World

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Guest Post by Tim Handorf To us, virtual high schools sound like something from The Jetsons, but instead of existing in a world with robot maids and flying cars, they’re here today, and they are really cool. These online schools … Continue reading →

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