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...home to just over 20% of the nation's proven oil deposits and almost 18% of its natural-gas reserves. About 90% of the state's public revenue comes from oil and gas royalty receipts. Alaskans pay no state income or state sales tax. Instead, they receive an annual dividend from the state treasurer that comes directly from the oil industry. Over the past 25 years, the average Alaskan has received roughly $1,200 from the state each year. When fuel costs spiraled out of control in rural Alaska, instead of focusing on suggestions to help rural residents weatherize their...
Three Harvard professors are likely to win a Nobel Prize next week, according to a Thomson Reuters’ annual prediction released Wednesday. The list of 22 likely laureates includes professor of chemistry Charles M. Lieber, professor of genetics Gary Ruvkun of Harvard Medical School, and professor of economics Martin S. Feldstein. Thomson Reuters has generated lists of probable winners since 1989, using a methodology that predominately relies upon the researcher’s number of “high impact papers” and total citation counts, according to their Web site. In addition to this quantitative data, Thomson...
...grant, which the Corporation for National and Community Service is awarding for the first time, was announced yesterday at the annual meeting of the National Conference on Citizenship in Washington, D.C. Sander, the executive director of the Seminar, said he learned they had been awarded the grant two weeks...
Students entering the tent outside the Science Center yesterday may have felt like they were traveling a lot further than Harvard Yard. Over 70 organizations participated in the International Experience Fair, an annual collaboration between the Office of International Programs and the Office of Career Services, representing international study and exchange programs from around the world. As part of a larger initiative to send students abroad, Harvard held its first international fair in the early 1990s. In the past few years, Harvard Summer School has increased its international presence to 25 programs run by Harvard faculty around the world, said...
...complete with berths for large yachts. Middle-income residents will have high-rise apartments. Other family-friendly features being promised are hospitals, a university and a giant sports stadium. A full-scale port will handle not only freight but also some 300,000 pilgrims arriving by sea for the annual Hajj - a high-speed railway link between Mecca and Medina will stop at KAEC...