What makes Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu different? Simply put, the vast majority of aggressive physical encounters end up on the ground. With its heavy emphasis on escape, positional control, and ...

A 60-minute session for Columbia faculty and graduate student instructors. Do you grade large classes or manage multiple graders? Do you need to offer feedback on handwritten student work? Join us for ...

Edmund Phelps, the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics, is Director of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University. Born in 1933, he spent his childhood in Chicago and, from ...

Data through December 2025 are used for computing the means. last modified 2026/01/14, now with GHCN v4 and ERSST v5.) Comparison of temperature of a few years in ...

Jagdish Bhagwati is University Professor (Economics, Law, and International Affairs) at Columbia University and Director of the Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies. He was Senior Fellow for ...

The HP-150 This early Intel 8088-based non-IBM compatible MS-DOS computer was produced by Hewlett Packard in 1983. Distinguishing features: It was the first computer to use a 3.5" rigid diskette.

What we in the United States know as the Gay Movement is not as visible in Spain or Latin America. Hispanics are much more reluctant to self-identify as gay or lesbian. Gay liberation movements in the ...

The North Bank Division, occupies the western third of the north bank of the Gambia from Barra to the border with Lower Saloum in Central River with Senegal's Kaolack and Fatick regions to the north.

Central River Division (formally MacCarthy Island Division) with an area of 3038 sq. km is the largest Local Government Area in the Gambia. The division consists of 10 districts including MacCarthy ...

Greater Banjul Area consists of the City of Banjul (St. Mary’s Island) and the agglomeration of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) sometimes called (Kombo St. Mary Division). Occupying an area of 93 sq.

General Format: All reports are written in HTML code using Netscape Composer (available here) and undergo two iterations of review and revisions before completion. Eventually, those that meet the ...

Herman Hollerith's Type 001 Mechanical Card Punch, patented in 1901, was the first key punch; that is, the first card punch operated from a keyboard, so that the operator could punch digits 0-9, ...