Fareed Zakaria's plagiarism to end his media gurudom?

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Fareed Zakaria back on CNN's "GPS" after brief suspension for plagiarism

Mumbai born journalist Fareed Zakaria, 48, was suspended following reports he copied sections from a New Yorker magazine article in a piece he wrote for TIME Magazine and also for a blog for CNN.

Zakaria's "GPS", or Global Public Square, is a Sunday morning TV show on CNN that at which he has various experts discussing current World events. He is also a prolific writer and author of books.

For a flavor of the types of issues Zakaria tackles, here is a link to his GPS blog on CNN:

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/27/on-gps-sunday-mitt-romneys-foreign-policy-the-crisis-in-syria-and-irans-future/

The brief suspension was lifted following an internal investigation at the media outlets, which are both owned by Time Warner. In a statement, CNN said: "Zakaria has apologized for a journalistic lapse. CNN and Zakaria will work together to strengthen further the procedures for his show and blog."

"CNN has completed its internal review of Fareed Zakaria's work for CNN, including a look back at his Sunday programs, documentaries, and CNN.com blogs. The process was rigorous. We found nothing that merited continuing the suspension."

http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/16/cnn-statement-on-fareed-zakaria-2/

Will Zakaria be able to continue as a CNN host and TIME writer with this blot on his professional reputation? Or will the bloggers, who first broke the news about Zakaria's plagiarism, continue their attacks on him,which attract more media attention, till he is forced to quit or is fired?

President Obama honors those killed at Sikh Gurudwara in Wisconsin

"As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on August 5, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, August 10, 2012.  I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/06/presidential-proclamation-honoring-victims-tragedy-oak-creek-wisconsin

 

Suraj Sharma stars in "Life of Pi"

Ang Lee directs Suraj Sharma in this movie based on the book of the same title. Its the story of a boy adrift on a boat with a tiger.

For the trailer go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Hjrs6WQ8M 

More about the movie at:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/new-photos-ang-lees-life-of-pi-center-on-the-films-star-suraj-sharma-its-tiger-20120818

Indo-American Arts Council's New York dance show with Sonali Skandan & co

 The Jiva Dance Company of Sonali Skandan and Chhau from India took part in the Battery Dance Company's Downtown Dance Festival, New York city’s longest–running such free event. The 31st annual festival took place over eight days this year,August 11-17, with performances at the Lawn at Battery Park and One New York Plaza. Skandan and Chhau were amongst the performers at the 5th edition of Erasing Borders of Indian Dance Outdoors, curated by the Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC) and presented on Friday, August 17 from noon to 2 p.m. at One New York Plaza.


 http://www.iaac.us/IAAC_dance_fest2012_outdoor/press_release.htm

Hyde Park Corner: An Open Forum

Indians should press Harvard and other top US universities to abolish 20% Asian quota

Good education is very important to Indian parents since a degree from a good college, preferably a professional one, largely determines income and perhaps even eligibility for a good "catch", as in marriage. But Indians and other Asians are finding their avenues for success limited by the Asian ceiling - unstated quota limiting total Asian admissions to a maximum 20% as apparently is the case at Harvard and other elite Universities in the US. According to article below, while Asian students at the University of California Berkeley has risen to 40% that at Harvard has stayed stagnant around 18% for the past decade.

So Indians in the US, especially those donating money and holding influential posts, should voice opposition and team up with other Asians to press elite universities to abolish the Asian ceiling.

"Admissions officers deny capping the number of Asian-American students at schools, but a 2009 book called No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal posited that Asian Americans needed nearly perfect SAT scores to gain entrance to a top private university ........".

Ivy League Discrimination? Harvard's Asian student admissions static around 17% while Asians at UC Berkeley have risen to 40%

Khan Academy: effective and free online education help 

How to do better at an exam or just improve your knowledge? 

Thanks to Salman Khan, you have free access to learning methods that Microsoft founder, mega billionaire and major philanthropist Bill Gates uses to teach his own kids. 

"With over 3,200 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
A free world-class education for anyone anywhere."
 www.khanacademy.org/

edX, backed by Harvard and MIT and headed by Anant Agarwal, is the Future of Online Education - For anyone, anywhere, anytime

EdX is a not-for-profit enterprise of set up by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology designed for study via the web. Anant Agarwal, former Director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, serves as the first president of edX. Along with offering online courses, the institutions will use edX to research how students learn and how technology can transform learning—both on-campus and worldwide.The University of California, Berkeley also joined edX. There is a rival set up as a for profit entity, which has the backing of Stanford, Duke and some other universities.

https://www.edx.org/

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