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Jul 18, 2011

HILLARY CLINTON in Athens, Greece, Jul 18, 2011



Clinton, in Athens, backs austerity plan
UPI.com
ATHENS, Greece, July 17 (UPI) -- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed Greece's austerity program Sunday and thanked Athens for blocking a flotilla to Gaza. Clinton, visiting Athens on a round-the-world trip, assured Foreign Minister Stavros ...
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SHARKS IN THE PHILIPPINES News, Jul 18, 2011

SM cries foul in sale of Bacolod lot
Philippine Star
I shuddered at the thought that he and his brawny men… could have thrown me to the sharks. But the suspicion was both momentary and unkind: that would have been uncharacteristic of him.” FOLLOWUP: Access past POSTSCRIPTs at www.manila mail.com. ...
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SPORTS, Athletics News, Jul 18, 2011


High School sports season starts soon
Garner News
At the middle school level, seventh- and eighth-grade students can choose to participate in football, cheerleading, girls' soccer and girls' volleyball. Coming off a record setting year that saw WCPSSathletic teams win 13 NCHSAA state championships, ...
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JHS Athletic Boosters lose sources of income in tornado
Joplin Globe
The concession stand and other facilities at Junge Field, home of the football team, were not damaged, but the concession stands at the gymnasium and between the baseball and soccer fields were destroyed. “In an hour meeting when we met post-tornado, ...
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Unlike men, US women's soccer has delivered
Wooster Daily Record
"In women's soccer, as well as athletics in general, the US has always led the charge," Schaaf told me, after I asked him why they were so Cup-worthy and the US men never are. "As far as opportunities for women in athletics, with Title IX and things ...
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Sports Briefs
Daily Herald
Oregon athletics remains committed to operating a program of integrity." Oregon recently confirmed that it retained the legal services of Bond, Schoeneck & King. Former NCAA enforcement staffer Michael Glazier leads the firm's Collegiate Sports ...
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It was the ladies' turn to bask in the sports spotlight
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune
As baseball limped into the All-Star break, football and basketball were locked in a, well, lockout.Sports fans would be forced to look elsewhere for our fix. All I can say is, thank you, ladies. I have always been a fan of women's athletics. ...
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Mibb Takes Reins of UP Soccer
Southern Pines Pilot
By FW Manning II It has been nearly two weeks since Union Pines announced Mike Mibb as its new boys' soccer coach, and since then he has been working with athletic director Bobby Purvis and the 2011 Vikings to get ready for the fast approaching fall ...
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DUFFY: How social media has changed area high school athletics
Danbury News Times
Brookfield's 20, Brian Kelly heads upfield for a touchdown after intercepting a pass during thefootball game against Pomperaug at Southbury High School Nov. 5, 2010. Photo: Chris Ware / CT Brookfield's Tia Weise (6) and Wilton's Brynn Hansson battle ...
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North Davidson's Salandy excited about her soccer future
Winston-Salem Journal
She started her high school athletics career on the track, running the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes as a freshman, but sat out her sophomore year after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in her right knee while playing club soccer. ...
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High school year in review: An A-to-Z recap of 2010-11
Los Angeles Daily News
Local athletic teams combined to win 28 Southern Section titles, 15 City Section crowns, one regional, one state and two national championships, as well as numerous impressive individual accomplishments in 27 sports. is for Ashley Grossman, ...
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50 student athletes to watch in 2011-12: Part 2 of 5
ado Community Newspapers
His knowledge is such, that Douglas County athletic director Jeff Gardella had Baldyga sit in on Montoya's interview process to ask him specific soccer-related questions regarding philosophy and knowledge of the sport. “Off the field, I believe he is ...
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Coaches bringing special knowledge
Tbo.com
They had what it took to get (to the NFL)." Such experience can only aid the progression of high school sports in the area. "A pro athlete gains instant credibility on the field," said Hillsborough County athletic director Lanness Robinson. ...
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AAPS Board Hands Off Athletics Cuts
The Ann Arbor Chronicle
The revised plan would retain funding for freshmen volleyball and boys basketball as well as for football, and would allow the other freshmen sports – baseball, soccer, and girls' basketball – to convert to club status if they desired. ...
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The Ann Arbor Chronicle
US team seen as boost for women's soccer
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Women's sports - soccer among them - have historically taken a back seat to the high profile, slickly marketed world of men's athletics. For at least two Milwaukee-area members of the Women's Premier Soccer League - the largest women's amateur soccer ...
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Don't expect Cougars in MVFC any time soon
The Southern
As of today, SIUE does not plan on adding a very expensive 17th sport after its five-year transition from Division II to Division I is complete next year. "I am a former football coach," said SIUE athleticdirector Dr. Brad Hewitt, who actually spent a ...
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A rainbow coalition of soccer players get their kicks in Fayetteville
Fayetteville Observer
Japan in the Women's World Cup final. But soccer's status in the US remains firmly entrenched in the second tier of sports. In Fayetteville, adult soccer leagues have never taken root. Some restaurant leagues still exist in the city. Mi Casita has one. ...
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Part Two: SLU Soccer Counting on Local Talent
Patch.com
Courtesy of Saint Louis University Athletics Department Robbie Kristo scored 27 goals during his senior campaign at Parkway North, and was one of the area's scoring leaders. He is joining a cast filled with local standouts. ...
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Bulletin Board
Palladium-Item
Richmond High School boys soccer team will have a soccer camp for youth in grades 1-6 from 6-7:30 pm July 25-28, at the State Hospital. Cost is $25. Register at RHS athletic office on or after July 18, or on-site at the camp. ...
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The AD Q&As: Chuck Lyon, College of the Canyons
Signal
Growing in enrollment, growing in campus construction and growing in its number of competitivesports teams. Chuck Lyon, who coached the COC football team from 1998-2006 before taking the job as athletic director in 2007, has been around long enough to ...
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ACL tears more common in female athletes
Twin Falls Times-News
Right now, you watch the US soccer team, they're really athletic, but they don't play the same game as the men." Pfefferle, a toned, athletic college basketball player, hurt her ACL while performing a seemingly trivial basketball move. ...
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All-Star games mark end, beginning of high school seasons
News & Observer
About a week later, on Saturday the 2011-12 athletic school year begins for many athletes with the start of official practices. Competition begins in most fall sports on Aug. 15, but football openers are on Friday, Aug. 19. The all-star games are more ...
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Next level
ESPN
"You need facilities, equipment and transportation, not to mention coaches and volunteers," says Peter Roby, former director of the advocacy group Sport in Society and the athletic director at Northeastern University. "And what we've found is that kids ...
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Wambach was born for greatness
MPNnow.com
She is playing the sport of soccer like it's football. If the Americans are able to defeat Japan in today's 2 pm final in Germany, they may go down in history as the most remarkable story in the 20-year World Cup history. As for Wambach, a victory will ...
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Highlanders' playoff fate still in their own hands
Victoria Times Colonist
With the help from the Kitsap Pumas, the Victoria Highlanders still control their playoff destiny in the United Soccer League Premier Development League. Playing before 901 fans on Saturday at RoyalAthletic Park, the Highlanders and the Portland ...
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Lockouts? What Lockouts?!
Patch.com
Maybe I go full fledged into my new fandom for the Chelsea Blues of the English Premier League. But at its heart, aren't hockey and soccer niche sports in this country? We need our football and basketball! Thinking about this a little more, ...
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Crystal Lake native Amy LePeilbet ready for today's World Cup final
Northwest Herald
Hie thought LePeilbet could have played Division I college basketball, but her soccer goals were clear. “Amy is just so athletic,” Hie said. “I knew she would be very successful.” Arizona State took immediate interest in LePeilbet when coaches watched ...
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Hang an 'E' on feds' pursuit of Roger Clemens
Fresno Bee
Think about that the next time a soccer player writhes on the ground in agony, only to be seen sprinting a moment later. Fresno Pacific athletic director Dennis Janzen sounds confident the switch from NAIA to NCAA Division II won't hurt international ...
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Western North Carolina girls, women cheer on US soccer
Asheville Citizen-Times
As for Steadman, it's not outrageous to imagine she may have been in Germany today if three torn anterior cruciate ligaments had not derailed her athletic career. Steadman was such a young phenom that she never played high school soccer at Brevard. ...
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NYT Uncovers World's Least Pressing Problem
VDARE.com (blog)
Henry Washington, the college's athletic director and head football coach, acknowledges that his program is most likely violating federal law by failing to offer enough roster spots to women. But he said many of the female students are also juggling ...
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Broomfield Eagles aim to get new lift in weight room
Broomfield Enterprise
( David Jennings ) Weight rooms are integral training tools, giving athletes the strength to make a block in football or a goal in soccer. But Broomfield High School has changed the way jocks sling iron. Bench presses, squats and dead lifts still have ...
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Sports Shorts: Phantoms settle for tie
Seacoastonline.com
Anyone interested should send a letter of interest, with coaching experience, to: Rus Wilson,Athletic Director, Portsmouth High School, 50 Andrew Jarvis Drive, Portsmouth, NH 03801. PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth High School girls lacrosse coach Mary Squire ...
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John Gillooly: Honor Roll nominees represent the best of Rhode Island youth
Providence Journal
Jesse Handler, the valedictorian of this year's Cranston East graduating class, earned 12 varsity letters in the unrelated sports of soccer, basketball and softball as well as spending summers serving as a volunteer in an adult literacy program in ...
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Kelsey Dropsey finishes high school with 18 varsity letters
MaxPreps
Between soccer, basketball, softball and cheerleading for football and basketball, Dropsey earned a jaw-dropping 18 letters in her four-year career. "The way we do it, we get one big 'H' for each sportthe first year we letter. ...
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UAlbany's secret playbook
Albany Times Union
Phillip reduced the concept to "relocation and upgrading of the football field to a modest multi-use facility for soccer, football, and university and community events, seating about 6000." It would be located next to SEFCU Arena. ...
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English Premier League to the Rescue of American Soccer
Major League Soccer Talk
Even though many MLS clubs have soccer specific stadiums which hold around 18000 to 23000 individuals, there is no shortage of large athletic stadiums whether they be professional or university facilities, so accommodating fans will not be an issue. ...
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USA Woman's World Cup
Autzen Zoo
Today's post is simply to celebrate women's sports everywhere with a huge shout-out to USA's women's soccer team who are currently playing Japan in the Women's World Cup finals. So far no goals but the US Women have come incredibly close on a few ...
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Garner News - High School sports season starts soon
"July 30 is a Saturday, so some of our high school sports may not start on that ... In the fall, high schools offer football, boys' soccer, cross country, ...
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AHSAA 15th Annual All-Star Sports Week kicks off in Montgomery ...
Get the latest High School Sports high school sports news, rankings, ... info for high schoolfootball, soccer, basketball, baseball, and more at al.com. ... MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Alabama High School Athletic Association's 15th ...
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Dunfermline (soccer team) vs St. Mirren (soccer team)
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SPACE, Astronomy News, Jul 18, 2011

American Space Research: An Also-Ran?
Huffington Post
For a generation, this country led the way in both space exploration and astronomy. So it's clearly a wrench to see America -- whose cultural soul was forged by frontier heroes -- giving up the final frontier. You've read the opinions and you've heard ...
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Climate change studies vexed by Vesta
Science a Gogo
NASA's Dawn space-probe flew by Vesta last Saturday. The journal Astronomy & Astrophysics has published numerical simulations of the long-term evolution of the orbits of Ceres and Vesta, which are the largest bodies in the asteroid belt. ...
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Searching for a cancer treatment in the stars
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio State University researchers think their work with huge regions of space might lead to a way to kill the smallest cancer cells. After studying how different elements absorb and emit radiation in stars and around black holes, OSU astronomers are ...
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This Week On The Space Show
Space Fellowship
After a career as a project leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory that included research and development of astronomy projects, space missions, satellite instrumentation, optics, novel electrodynamic detection techniques, high power lasers, ...
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Interactive space exhibit at SSU a learning experience
Ironton Tribune
PORTSMOUTH — An innovative new interactive exhibit is on display at Shawnee State University — the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, “Astronomy's New Messengers: Listening to the Universe with Gravitational Waves. ...
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The Amazing Meeting: Skeptic Podcasts
TidBITS
It opened with a panel discussion on the future of space exploration, moderated by Phil Plait (The Bad Astronomer), with Bill Nye (The Science Guy), Neil deGrasse Tyson (Director of the Hayden Planetarium), Pamela Gay (Astronomy Cast), and Lawrence ...
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Could the sun save us from global warming?
Salon
As astronomy author Bob Berman's new book reveals, storms like these are actually a common byproduct of the Sun's 11-year cycle of pulsing, dimming and brightening. "The Sun's Heartbeat," which takes its title from this phenomenon, offers a compelling...
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On Creativity, Marijuana and "a Butterfly Effect in Thought"
Huffington Post (blog)
Consider now how the evolving notions of a flat earth, Copernican astronomy and Einsteinian physics have subsequently changed how mankind sees its place in the cosmos, continuously updating the past explanations with something superior. ...
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Curiosities: What is the biggest astronomical telescope in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin State Journal
In addition to observatories run by universities, Lattis says that Wisconsin is fortunate to have other telescopes, some as large as 25 inches, located around the state at private observatories operated by astronomy clubs.
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Spectrum-R reaches designed orbit through Zenith-3M with Fregat-SB upper stage
AVIONEWS
(WAPA) - Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos unveils on its website that the spacetelescope Spectrum-R (also known as Spektr-R or Radioastron) was successfully launched and has already reached the designated orbit at an altitude of about 340000 km. ...
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Point Loma Nazarene University Now Accepting Applications for 2011 Kyoto Prize ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In "Basic Sciences" -- Dr. Rashid Sunyaev, 68, an astrophysicist and contributor to high-energyastronomy who proposed the theory that fluctuations in cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) may be used to explore the expanding universe. ...
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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jul 18, 2011


Snead State Community College announces 2011 spring graduates
Gadsden Times
... of Science in communication studies/speech; Tiffany Diane Smith, Associate of Science in elementary education; Samuel Ray Tarvin, Associate of Applied Science in electronic engineeringtechnology, certificate in electronic engineering technology; ...
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30 universities and educational institutions in UAE embrace Amricon's Smart ...
AME Info
The Emirates College of Technology is among the first universities to implement this system." Dr. Mohamed Gedi, Dean of Admissions at Ajman University of Science and Technology, said: "It is imperative that the Smart chip solution is circulated among ...
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Genetics institute to terminate central research function
Bangor Daily News
Unlike the bench research performed using mice at The Jackson Laboratory and zebra fish at UMaine, or clinical trials of new drugs and technologies that use human subjects, MIHGH was to specialize in “translational” studies that bridge the two. ...
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Bangor Daily News
China's defence industry offers lessons to India
Business Standard
Earlier, the Chinese defence industry was separated, Soviet style, between research and development (R&D) and manufacturing units. When the R&D developed a product, the defence industrial ministry — called the Commission for Science, Technology and ...
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Dean of new UWM freshwater school won't just dip his toe in
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He earned additional science degrees at the University of Sydney, married an Australian, and has since earned dual citizenship. He has held a succession of water research jobs and currently heads a technology incubator called the Environmental ...
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Antiretroviral prevention methods` not in competition` with each other
aidsmap
WHO and UNAIDS are working with CONRAD and the South African Ministry of Science andTechnology, two of the sponsors of the satellite meeting, to plan for introduction of tenofovir gel, and WHO will develop guidance on use of the microbicide so that it ...
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Envoy's vision: From science to diplomacy
The Korea Herald
“I plan to put a lot of emphasis on developing science and technology cooperation,” said PolandAmbassador Krzysztof Ignacy Majka during his first interview with the local English press. As a former scientist, Majka sees a lot of potential in fostering ...
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Climate data spark battle in Congress
Houston Chronicle
Fortunately for Texas and the nation, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco last month submitted a request to create a NOAA Climate Services program to a full hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. The proposed legislation would ...
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Gov't 'least important' in innovation
Sun.Star
The 2009 Innovation Survey was presented to stakeholders at a forum Friday by PIDS supervisingresearch specialist Francis Mark Quimba. The pilot study picked firms in food processing and manufacturing, electronics and information technology services ...
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The Google Effect: Man 'Symbiotic' with Computers
International Business Times
People who believed the data would be saved were less likely to remember, according to the study published online by the journal Science. "The results of four studiessuggest that when faced with difficult questions, people are primed to think about ...
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International Business Times
We always improve our systems fromwhatever we learn, says ISRO Chairman
Hindu Business Line
The science is exciting, challenging, drives technology development in terms of instruments and capability to reach there. That is a must. That will keep us going. The international community has a renewed interest in Moon and now we are there. ...
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Hindu Business Line
Five Reasons Why We Should Embrace Migrants
Wall Street Journal (blog)
According to Robert Putnam, immigrants have made up more than three times as many Nobel Laureates, National Academy of Science members and Academy Award film directors as have native-born Americans. Migrants have been founders of firms like Google, ...
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Autism summit offers latest answers
Daily Pilot
Panelists include Dr. Wendy Goldberg, professor of psychology and social behavior and education at UCI; Dr. Connie Kasari, professor of psychological studies in education and psychiatry at UCLA; Alison Singer, president of the Autism ScienceFoundation ...
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Daily Pilot
Pa. wind turbines deadly to bats, costly to farmers
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Technology is being developed on sound generators that would deter the creatures from getting too close with a high-pitched noise only heard by bats. Some studiessuggest that a slowdown in blade speed would reduce mortality. But new technologyis ...
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Youth leader in environment gets new laptop
Jamaica Observer
She excitedly told Career & Education that the new Acer 15.6-inch laptop will help her daughter in conducting research and other assignments at the University of Technology, where she will begin her tertiary education this September. ...
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Ruth C. Corson
phillyBurbs.com
A graduate of Pfeiffer College, she received a Master of Science degree in Educational Technologyfrom Lehigh University, and completed post-graduate studies at Temple UniversityTrenton State College, and Widener University. ...
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Lavery Library redefines librarian role at St. John Fisher College
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
It wasn't until well into her undergraduate studies that she discovered there was even a major in library science. Price never looked back after that. She earned a master in library science from SUNY Buffalo, as well as a master of arts in secondary ...
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Tresses and distresses
Jerusalem Post
Clinical studies are being conducted on a drug used for psoriasis.” Prof. Amos Gilhar, head of the skin research lab at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, told The Jerusalem Post at the conference about his ...
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The Job at Hand... Can the Women Deliver?
THISDAY Live
The university system would have to be restructured from the bottom up to employ the best qualified academics, engage in research, and must be adequately equipped to ensure that students are conversant with state-of-the-art global technologies. ...
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Achievements & Announcements
Huntington Herald Dispatch
She earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science and will pursue a master's degree at Wake Forest University in the fall. She was awarded a Graduate Assistant Position in Exercise Science Research. Amy Desauguste of Huntington earned her Master of ...
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College graduates on parade
SILive.com
Esposito plans to pursue a career in information technology. Lauren E. Whalen of New Dorpgraduated magna cum laude from SUNY New Paltz. Ms. Whalen, the daughter of Stephanie and Thomas Whalen, received a bachelor of science degree in early childhood ...
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Mahan Rykiel Adds Business Development Director, Landscape Architects
Citybizlist Real Estate
Blake Anderson received Bachelor of Science degrees in both Landscape Architecture and Communication Science and Rhetorical Studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He spent a summer studying at Peking University in Beijing studying how the ...
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Citybizlist Real Estate
DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Look for a triumphant return in the fall
Peninsula Daily
Lee Shore Boats is also building a 22-foot work boat/tender for RV Sikuliag, a 25- foot researchvessel that is currently under construction at the Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wis. The ship will be owned by the National Science Foundation, ...
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New school change orders now amount to $888317
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
... technology education; and Ruth Skammer, wellness. The following middle school faculty members were appointed as secondary associate department chairpersons: Robin Moore, science; Kathleen Dolan, mathematics; Cynthia Finarelli, social studies; ...
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Praise for Lackham studends
Wiltshire Times
... animal care, science and management, countryside and environment, motorsports engineering, land-based technology and engineering, construction, plant and agricultural machinery, horticulture, floristry and foundation studies were all honoured. ...
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Preventing terrorism
South Asia Mail
EurekAlert! highlighted an article in The Journal of Management & Social Science suggesting that transcendental meditation was a scientifically verified way to prevent war and terrorism. It is the latest of many studies which have shown the positive ...
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First Adenovirus Cross Species Monkey-Human Jump Confirmed by UCSF
MedIndia
Findings appear in the July 14 issue of PLoS Pathogens, a weekly journal of the Public Library of Science, and can be found at http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.ppat. Adenoviruses naturally infect many animals, including humans, monkeys and rodents,...
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MedIndia
Neighbor Notes
vt.Buzz (blog)
Gillian Mann, a junior majoring in political science at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester. She is the daughter of Susan Taylor-Mann and Steven Mann of Burlington. Elizabeth Tobey, a first-year ...
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Chandra Embuldeniya, founder Vice Chancellor of Uva to bid farewell
Asian Tribune
The degree programs are unique to this university and cover valuable resource areas such as tea, latex, palm, minerals, aquatics, exports, entrepreneurship, management, science & technology, computer science, information technology, tourism, ...
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Born Outlaws? A Criminally Feeble Proposition
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Meanwhile, follow-up studies of noninstitutionalized XYY men failed to corroborate claims that they are prone to violence. A 1993 report by the National ResearchCouncil, "Understanding and Preventing Violence," concluded that there is no correlation ...
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Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
ImmuneTech Allergy Diagnostic Test Ideal for Corporate and Community Health ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Studies have shown that allergic disease is a key driver of presenteesim, absenteeism and direct medical costs. Allergies have a tremendous impact on productivity and the bottom line. Companies are starting to look at health as an investment and are ...
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Ractopamine Almost Shoved Down the Throats of 70% of World's Pork Consumers...
NewsWithViews.com
[5] The Chinese Government has spent many millions of Yuan in studies of the health effects of ractopamine and, convinced of its health risks, has banned both its import and export.[6] As a further nail in ractopamine's coffin, EFSA and its member ...
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In motorcyclist's death, a cautionary tale
Tampabay.com
However, several studies have shown that rider inexperience is one of the top factors in fatal motorcycle accidents. According to statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, riders of sport motorcycles like the one Schnetzer was driving ...
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Tampabay.com
Community Bulletin Board
Napa Valley Register
Explore the rich history of the Orient, as we experiment with desert science, taste foods of the desert and discover how art and mathematics meet in the zillij designs found in the mosaics and carpets of the Middle East. $240. 9 am The Young School, ...
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Researchers provide means of monitoring cellular interactions
EurekAlert (press release)
This innovation addresses needs in both science and medicine by providing the ability to further understand complex cell biology, track transplanted cells, and develop effective therapeutics. These findings are published in the July 17 issue of Nature ...
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Advance allows for earlier HIV diagnosis
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
The results are intriguing, and we hope to do further studies that could demonstrate the ability to get confirmed incidence data.” Dr. Constantine noted: “The SMARTube technology has a high potential to be used for epidemiologic purposes where ...
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Genetics and society; science and technology studies - Latest news ...
ESRC Genomics Network ESRC Society Today website. Latest news ... An Egenis PhD student has been awarded funding to continue his reseach at the Université ...
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