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2 hrs ago | Gouverneur Times

Do Cold-Hardy Grapes Make Quality Wine?

" Can Northern New York farmers grow cold-hardy grapes and make commercial quality wine? Results of Northern New York cold-hardy wine grape variety trial research funded by the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program and Cornell Cooperative Extension Northeastern NY Commercial Fruit Program say yes.

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Related Topix: Wine, Drink, New York, Willsboro, NY, Champlain, NY, Hudson, NY

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Press & Sun-Bulletin

Gettysburg Address on display at Cornell

Cornell University will display its original copy of the Gettysburg Address -- one of five known copies in Lincoln's own handwriting -- from 1-5 p.m. Saturday.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

HealthCentral

Dr. Fran Cogen

Shedding Light on the Co-morbidities of Diabetes The Complications of Having Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes Health Interests Drugs I am Taking Dr.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Columbia University, University of Chicago

The State Journal

Who's Who in West Virginia Business 2009 Winner: Edwin Welch

According to a recent Cornell University study, the average private university president remains in office for about 10 years.

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Related Topix: University of Charleston, Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro, Methodist, Religion, Boston University

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Freerepublic.com

Study shows flavanol antioxidant content of US chocolate and cocoa-containing products

A recent study confirms that the antioxidants and other plant-based nutrients in chocolate and cocoa products are highly associated with the amount of non-fat cocoa-derived ingredients in the product.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Chocolate, Hershey Foods, Hershey, PA, Agriculture, Science, Nutrition

Press & Sun-Bulletin

Darwin's legacy lives on

On this day 150 years ago, the John Murray Publishing Co. at 50 Albemarle St., London - well-known for distributing some of the England's greatest fiction with authors such as Byron, Austin and Goethe - published what is perhaps its most famous work of non-fiction. In fact, it could be argued that what emerged from its presses on that day was the ...

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Heaping plates nullify Thanksgiving calorie cuts

The bad news? It probably won't matter because most Americans will eat too much anyway.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Food, Dining, Gorham, KS, Recipes

Sun Nov 22, 2009

WIVT

Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Sen. Stavisky Convenes Hearing...

From Jacob Crawford / Sen. Stavisky's office: Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Sen.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, City University of New York, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Half Sigma

Is sex with an older woman good for a 17-year-old boy?

My response to Eugene Volokh is that sex between a 17-year-old boy and an adult is a great benefit to the 17-year-old boy, because it boosts his self esteem and confidence with women, and assures that he wona TMt become the most despised and ridiculed of all men: the virgin.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

PressConnects.com

Grants help Cornell crop-disease efforts

Researchers in the Cornell University College of Agriculture and life Sciences have received nearly $850,000 in state and federal grants this fall to fight diseases and pests afflicting New York specialty crops, according to the university.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Life, Vegetables, Geneva, NY

Business Leader

DealerTrack Appoints Senior Director & General Manager

DealerTrack, Inc., a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. , a leading provider of on-demand software and data solutions for the U.S. automotive retail industry, today announced that Bridget Townsend has been named senior director and general manager of the DealerTrack Inventory Optimization suite of solutions, with responsibility for product ...

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Related Topix: DealerTrack Holdings, Software, Internet, Science / Technology, Marketing

Science Daily

New Maize Map to Aid Plant Breeding Efforts

The new map, a special type of gene map known as a haplotype map, charts genetic diversity and recombination across the genome of 27 inbred lines of maize.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Plant Biology, Biology, UC Davis, Davis, CA

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Del Mar Times

On a Mission

Ben Justus poses with his new friends at the Palm Tree orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where his 'mission' is to provide hope to its teens by preparing them to work in the hospitality industry.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Cambodia, Carmel Valley, CA

PressConnects.com

Cornell puts contemporary spin on 'Romeo and Juliet'

Gang violence, graffiti art and a hip-hop backbeat underscore a contemporary feel to Cornell University's staging of the well-known tragedy about star-crossed lovers, 'Romeo and Juliet.' Its two-weekend run begins tonight and continues the weekend of Dec.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Romeo-Juliet, Ithaca, NY

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Philly.com

Half of U.S. children will use food stamps, study finds

In a stark and surprising finding, about half the children in the United States will be on food stamps at some point during their childhood, a new study of 29 years of data shows.

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Related Topix: 9, Pediatrics, Medicine, Agriculture, Science, Philadelphia, PA, Drexel University

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

China holds firm on major issues in Obama's visit

In six hours of meetings, at two dinners and during a stilted 30-minute news conference in which President Hu Jintao did not allow questions, President Barack Obama was confronted, on his first visit, with a fast-rising China more willing to say no to the United States.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Hu Jintao, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Prison, George Bush

Small Times

Advanced computing resource aids in nano research

November 17, 2009-- Cornell University's Center for Advanced Computing , in partnership with Purdue University, has received a National Science Foundation award to deploy The MathWorks MATLAB on the TeraGrid as an experimental computing resource.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Purdue University, Science / Technology, Nanotechnology, High Performance Computing

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Hotels

Best Western Outpaces Industry In 2009

More than 2,000 hoteliers from across the United States and Canada gathered in Phoenix in late October for Best Western International's North American Convention to recap 2009 and preview 2010.

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Related Topix: Hotels, Marketing, Travel/Tourism

Star-Gazette.COM

Cornell University commemorates 200th anniversary of Haydn's death with four-day festival

He has been called the "Father of the Symphony" and the "Father of the String Quartet." He was a close friend of Mozart and a teacher of Beethoven, and at the time of his death in 1809 he was one of the most celebrated composers in all of Europe.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Opera

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Star-Gazette.COM

Turning the sun into Ithaca jobs

The Ithaca Journal starts a two-day report today about emerging solar energy efforts in our region.

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Related Topix: Ithaca, NY, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Telecom, Corning, Electronics, Prison

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