SPORTS, Athletics News, Apr 19, 2011

Prep Sports: Salisbury salutes three title teams
Salisbury Post
David Simons, who was huge for the Hornets in three fall sports, believe it or not — football, soccer and cross country — expects the football championship to create tons of fun for many years to come. “This ring sums it all up,” he said. ...
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Salisbury Post
GNB Voc-Tech to induct six into Hall of Fame
South Coast Today
Marc Massa (Class of 1995) - A solid member of the winter track team, Marc's biggest athletic contributions came in the sport of soccer, where he was a South Coast Conference All-Star selection in his junior and senior seasons as well as an All-Eastern ...
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2011 Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame Honoree, John Carnright III
Saugerties Post Star
Needless to say, athletics didn't end in high school for John Carnright. In 1970 John chose to continue his football career and education at the prestigious Manlius Prep School competing against football teams from Boston College, Syracuse, Army, ...
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Women's Sports Association honors athletes
Cincinnati.com (blog)
I've worked as a High School referee in girls and boys basketball, volleyball, and softball, started the girls varsity golf program at Seton High School and coached girls soccer and boys knothole baseball.” She was athletic director at Marian High ...
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Potomac High School's athletic space getting a makeover
Inside NoVA
“During the spring season, our spring sports schedule will go boys soccer, girls soccer, boys lacrosse, girls lacrosse. We're going until 10 o'clock at night and that's the byproduct. That's the update in change.” Stearns, who was unsure of the ...
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Making the most of $50 million
CU Columbia Spectator
For an institution that funnels so much money into its athletics programs ($19280719 last year, to be exact) it's a travesty that the its premiere athletics teams, such as football, baseball, and soccer, must practice, train, and play their games at an ...
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LOCAL SPORTS CALENDAR
Vineland Daily Journal
Gain the experience to play high school and college soccer. Contact coach Bill at millville-girls-soccer@comcast.net Vineland Midget Football is looking for football and cheerleading coaches for the 2011 season. Applicants must be Rutgers certified and ...
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NIC men's soccer coach resigns
Media Newswire (press release)
The North Idaho College Athletics Department announced that head men's soccer coach Scott Moorcroft has submitted his resignation for personal reasons. (Media-Newswire.com) - The North Idaho College Athletics Department announced that head men's soccer ...
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Longwood Names Scott Bacon Director of Development for
Longwood Athletics
For three years, he was the television voice of the Comets for basketball, baseball, football and soccer. A 2005 graduate of Otterbein College with a degree in Broadcasting, Bacon served as the Sports Director for the school's radio station all four ...
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Witter Field Track Closed During Competitions
Patch.com
Piedmont High officials have decided for safety reasons to close the track at Witter Field during lacrosse, track, soccer and football competitions. The schedules of these games and meets are available in the calendar section at the Piedmont High Web ...
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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday, April 18
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
(ATHLETICS-MARATHON/BOSTON, expect by 1630, pix, 500 words, by Scott Malone and Ros Krasny, PIX) BARCELONA - The main draw gets under way at the Barcelona Open, where world number one Rafa Nadal will seek a second straight victory on clay following his ...
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Mike Whaley: Bert had a passion for public service
Foster's Daily Democrat
He was Director of Public Works, served on the School Board for 20 years and coached and officiated soccer, baseball, basketball, swimming and football. He started the first midget football program in the state, was instrumental in starting Senior ...
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Athletes honoured with Stephen Awards
Stephenville Georgian
On a provincial scale, she competed in figure skating, basketball, volleyball, soccer, broomball and ball hockey. As a volunteer, her contribution to athletics includes work as a Canskate coach, assistant with the Jackrabbit Ski Program of Whaleback ...
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Stephenville Georgian

Janet Wood's From the AD: Bomber baseball team wins trio
Baxter Bulletin
Come join the fun! The weather this time of year plays havoc on spring sports. Please feel free to call the athletic office (425-1285) or my cell (421-5454) anytime to confirm whether the games will be played. Janet Wood is the athletics director at ...
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College Athletics: Wheaton Residents Making Noise at Area Schools
Patch.com
Orewiler also is an all-American soccer player at the college. Junior Abby Mitchell, a Wheaton South alum, took fifth in the 800-meter run at the Chicagoland Outdoor Championship while the Thunder finished fourth out of 21 teams. ...
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The Week in Cary-Grove Athletics
Patch.com
Cary's girls' soccer team went under the lights for the first time Tuesday night for a FVC game against Prairie Ridge. Korey Kronforst scored in the second overtime to give Cary a 1-0 win. On Friday night, the Trojans' played another 1-0 game but came ...
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Family enjoys time outdoors
Natchez Democrat
Reagan said his daughter Taylor, 17, is also involved with Cathedral athletics. “She does soccer, cross county and is the bat girl for the baseball team. It all comes back to baseball somewhere,” Reagan joked. Even though the duo is currently trying to ...
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Natchez Democrat
Chuck Lennon Awarded Distinguished Service Award At 2011 Annual Dinner
Notre Dame Official Athletic Site
The group includes Chris Stevens '74 (basketball), Bryan Fenton '87 (manager), Byron Spruell '87, '89 (football), Tom Arkell '94, '97 (hockey) and Carolyn Cooper '06 (volleyball). From there, Nussbaum welcomed Notre Dame athletics director Jack ...
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Notre Dame Official Athletic Site
Basketball legend's peace legacy for new African nation
AFP
Using sport to overcome conflict here is nothing new: the local county of Twic, in which Turalei lies, started an annual "Twic Olympics" during the civil war -- bringing young people to compete in athletics and soccer. Now basketball will be included ...
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AFP
$1 Million Upgrades At Sullivan Field Completed
NJ TODAY
Provisions have also been made for multi-purpose features including striping for a football/soccer field. Total cost for the project has been estimated at $1 million. “This is a town that relies heavily on its open space and recreation,” Reiman stated, ...
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NJ TODAY
Unlikely SPEED™ Truck Series Crew Marks 200th Race Broadcast Friday at Nashville
SPEEDtv.com
FSMG now includes FOX Sports, the sports television arm of the FOX Broadcasting Company; Fox's 19 regional sports networks, their affiliated regional web sites and FSN national programming; SPEED and SPEED2; Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Soccer Plus; ...
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Winter sport prompts Whangarei car park scramble
Northern Advocate
Northland Athletics and Gymnastics Stadium Trust member Ian Babe said there will be 246 additional car parks available when the complex is finished. Mr Babe said work on the new stadium was likely to start towards the end to the winter sports season ...
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Northern Advocate
Mocs Give Back During National Volunteer Week
GoMocs.com
UTC Athletics also set up future events and appearances as a part of the week-long focus on volunteerism. "Part of the mission of UTC is to be an engaged, metropolitan University, and social excellence is one of the Athletics Department's strategic ...
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Softball Add Four to 2011 Class
MSU GoRacers
Richardson is also a member of the soccer and swimming teams at Owensboro Catholic. She is involved outside of athletics with Fellowship of Christian Athletes, pep club, Rite to Life, Sisters in Faith and honor roll. “I am very excited to be going to ...
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The Week Ahead: Groves, Seaholm Baseball Ready to Clash
Patch.com
The two Birmingham teams collide in an Oakland Athletics Association Central division showdown at 4 pm Wednesday at Groves High School. It's the first of two games between the rivals this season, with the other game scheduled for May 12 at Seaholm High ...
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National Champion Women's Soccer Team Honored At Awards Banquet
Notre Dame Official Athletic Site
... and WHME-TV in South Bend, DVD copies of the documentary will go on sale to the general public in the coming days, with an order form to be posted on-line through the women's soccer page at the official Notre Dame athletics web site, www.UND.com. ...
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Notre Dame Official Athletic Site
Graver Sportsperson of the Year
The Beacon Herald
"There is so much diversity in our athletics, so much high-level competition in all our sports that it's an honour to be named winner of this award. It could have gone to any one of the girls." Deighton's main sports are hockey, basketball and soccer; ...
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Dream facility inches closer to reality
Minnesota Daily
However, with the already tight athletics department budget, Wilson said he will not be asking for any money from the University. “This is not the U doing this,” Wilson said. “This is Gary Wilson and Dave Percival with a dream of having a cross country ...
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Creekview Travels to Tough Walton Match
Patch.com
Here's what's happening in high school athletics in Holly Springs-Hickory Flat Patch on April 18. By Knox Bardeen | Email the author | 9:04am The Creekview girls soccer team not only has to hit the road on Monday, but the Lady Grizzlies must travel to ...
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Central High School Sports And Athletics News | iHigh.com - The ...
Central High School Sports, Athletic News, Photos, Videos, Schedules and Rosters . ... Girls Soccer vs Urbana. Apr 13, 2011 10:00 am CST 234 Views ...
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Southwestern Christian University Athletics News
SCU Athletics News. SCU Signs Goalie Chris Muter. Men's Soccer - Fri, Apr 15, ... England, Muter has previously played for several English football clubs, ... of Chris and Rosemarie Muter and plans to major in Sport Management at SCU. ...
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Phillips Says Saturday's Scrimmage is Big Day for Youngsters ...
The University of Kentucky football team held a two-hour practice Friday ... 2011 Men's Soccer High School Camp · 2011 Kentucky Soccer Summer Camps ... line of scrimmage as a hybrid safety/linebacker in the new defensive package, has had a terrific spring. ... CBS College Sports. Visit other CBS Interactive Sites ...
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Fort Lewis College Athletics - Cunningham chosen as Don Whalen ...
It is named after Dr. Don Whalen, a longtime coach, administrator and supporter of Skyhawk Athletics. During his career at Fort Lewis from 1959-88, ...
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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Apr 19, 2011

Study says agriculture research and development faces challenges
Ghana News Agency
The survey was conducted by IFPRI's Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative in collaboration with more than 370 agricultural research agencies under the auspices of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ...
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Research links another gene to ADHD
NHS Choices
The study was carried out by researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and other research centres in South Korea. It was funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Korea, the National Research Foundation of ...
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Artificial Pancreas More Effective at Night
Medscape
To determine whether the findings could be extended to adults, the researchers designed 2 sequential, open-label, randomized controlled crossover, single-center studies set in a clinical research facility. Participants included 24 adults (10 men, ...
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Scientist 'Explorers' Create Gene Map of the Brain
Medscape
April 18, 2011 — The Allen Institute for Brain Science, founded by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, has unveiled the world's first comprehensive gene map of the human brain. The unique map will help scientists explore and research neurologic diseases ...
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No more science please, I've already made up my mind
San Francisco Chronicle
We live in a society saturated by science, and every year we hear alarming reports that unless we educate more scientists, America will lose its position as number 1 in research and technology (some experts believe we've slid out of first place ...
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Connecticut College senior wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
TheDay.com
As the oldest graduate fellowship of its kind, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics ...
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HBCU: Morgan State University Receives $28.5 Million NASA Grant
The Root
The grant, will allow the Baltimore HBCU to conduct research supporting NASA's Earth and space science projects. It is the largest in Morgan's 144-year history and will help the HBCU play an integral part in the Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and ...
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Nova Southeastern facility researches coral reef health and preservation
R & D Magazine
The new facility will be home to the nation's first-ever Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystem Science Research. Through this project, the school plans to create state-of-the-art science facilities and expand significantly by creating 22 new ...
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R & D Magazine
Department of Energy Spending Cuts: A Guide to Trimming President Obama's 2012 ...
Heritage.org
Unique and distinguished science programs at universities will attract bright students and professors, and will also encourage alumni and other philanthropists to donate to these programs. For instance, United Technologies Research Center, ...
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Windsor Students Exhibit At State Tech Expo
Hartford Courant
... of how Social Studies teachers throughout Windsor are integrating technology into frequent opportunities for project- based learning. The products produced by our students demonstrate their ability to effectively research historical websites, ...
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Research Report on Proteomics Technologies
AZoRobotics
By Andy Choi Reportlinker.com has introduced a new market research report titled Proteomics – Technologies, Markets and Companies that describes and studies the proteomic technologies, which play a key role in molecular diagnostics, drug discovery and ...
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SK school district students are making scientific discoveries
Statesman Journal
But everyone from science and technology firms to President Obama has launched initiatives to boost those numbers and encourage more students to enter the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Studies show the younger you start the ...
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Stem cell research may help our understanding of schizophrenia
BioNews
The research, published in Nature, offers scientists a novel way to study the causes of schizophrenia and the effects of medication on patients. The team from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California found that transformed neurons from ...
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Study: Paperless clinical trials offer advantages
FierceBiotech IT
By mid-year, plans call for the study to advance to Phase III and include researchers from universities and academic cancer research centers. We'll see whether this effort leads to significant changes in the way certain information is documented and ...
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Another food-safety scare; expert calls study 'inconsequential'
Dairy Herd Management
Is there any surprise to the livestock and meat science world that the study was supported through a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts as part of The Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming? The Pew Charitable Trust believes that ...
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Govt moves to boost academic research
Ninemsn
An academic skills shortfall has left Australia below other developed countries and the government says measures are needed to encourage the nation's brightest to undertake postdoctoral studies and pursue research careers. Innovation Minister Kim Carr ...
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New Textbooks, New Research
Patch.com
This year, eight proposals were submitted and eight were approved. Technology education made up three of the eight, while two were world language. The others were language arts (writing and grammar), social studies, and family consumer sciences. ...
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CHOP study: Most teen crashes caused by driving error
The Mercury
“This research gets us one step closer to understanding why teens crash and what we can do to help prevent future crashes,” said Cindy Garretson, director of auto technology research at State Farm. “Strong graduated driver licensing laws, ...
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Montero and Mintek Sign Agreement to Advance Rare Earth Process Research and ...
Marketwire (press release)
In order to advance the metallurgical and hydro metallurgical studies being performed at the Johannesburg-based research centre, Montero set up an internal research group to evaluate historical REE extractive methodologies, their practicalities, ...
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State may study how NH cut dropouts
Boston Globe
Shawn Wright, 19, (right) a former high school dropout, worked in a baking class at Manchester School of Technology with teacher and chef James Tabor. (Joanne Rathe/ Globe Staff) By James Vaznis MANCHESTER, NH — As Massachusetts considers raising its ...
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Boston Globe
New cellphone brain impact study has expert advising users to take care
al.com (blog)
"Numerous experts and government health and safety organizations around the world have reviewed the existing database of studies and ongoing research and concluded that (radio frequency) products meeting established safety guidelines pose no known ...
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New pollutants detected in peregrine falcon eggs
EurekAlert (press release)
In nature these compounds are "bioaccumulating and bioconcentrating" all along the food chain, as evidenced by the research published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal. The international research team for this study was led by Begoña ...
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82 percent water sources 'unsafe'
The News International
The Science and Technology Ministry's Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources' (PCRWR) report, prepared after a five-year study, noted that water-related diseases cause annual losses of at least Rs25 billion and that 250000 children in Pakistan ...
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UH, Hawaii Will Lose If PBRC Is Closed
Honolulu Civil Beat
We are writing to correct factual errors made by the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE), Dr. Gary Ostrander, regarding the closure of the Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC), the only basic biological science Organized ...
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The Society for New Communications Research Joins with the Public Relations ...
Benzinga
The Excellence in New Communications Awards case studies to be presented at this year's conference include: "Collaboration and Co-Creation: The Role of Community and Social Technology in Emergencies," presented by Gloria Huang, social media strategist, ...
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Dow and Oak Ridge work on cool roofs
Plastics News
William Jackson, global research and development leader for Dow Building and Construction, said the research could result in “an entirely new polymer technology for elastomeric roof coatings.” The Energy department estimates that replacing or ...
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AP IMPACT: Asia nuclear reactors face tsunami risk
The Associated Press
Unlike Japan, sand deposit studies have just begun there and have not yet yielded evidence of ancient tsunamis. More research is needed along the coast and in the Philippines — which would have been within reach of the same waves. ...
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SiliconPV: Q-Cells Presents New Solar Cell Technology
Solar Novus Today
The international representatives of companies and institutes will present their studies and research results at their stands, at presentations and during panel discussions. The conference will emphasise Germany's role in technological innovation ...
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Lasers Help Map Hard-to-Reach Spider Habitat
Wired News (blog)
“This is a highly innovative study,” wrote Greg Asner, a researcher at the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford who wasn't involved in the study. “I think it's a great example of the power of 3-D remote sensing for ecological research. ...
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Biomarker Panel May Detect Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers
Medscape
"Efforts to detect tumors early can really give the greatest benefit of all the research approaches and efforts that we have made in our ongoing fight against cancer." The researchers who are developing these technologies have a better understanding of ...
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Industry Sponsors Support Major Research Initiatives for 2011 Global Spa Summit
PR Web (press release)
“This new Evidence-Based Medicine Portal, aggregating the growing number of studies proving many spa and wellness offerings have real, clinically-proven benefits, will provide both consumers and the industry with an accessible, go-to new resource ...
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'Private vehicles occupy 80% of the road space'
Hindustan Times
Over the last year, Rakesh Kumar, director, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has been part of two important studies focusing on air quality as well transport for the city. The studies recommended the need for ...
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Glick Vigil at Lawlor Events Center Mon. Night
KTVN
His first senior administrative position was dean of the College of Arts and Science at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo., in the mid-1980s. An early adopter of technology, Dr. Glick was nationally recognized as an academic leader who ...
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Why Is It So Hard to Travel to Mars?
Space.com
According to the authors of this report, historical studies have shown that aerocapture is a fairly low-risk technology. However, many of those studies were based on small payloads most appropriate for robotic missions. [Giant Leaps: Top Milestones of ...
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Space.com
Global dimming: technological fix or folly?
IBTimes
Space mirrors are science fiction, but plans to transform the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere through a programme of stratospheric aerosol injections are all too real. If we have learned anything from the last two decades of climate ...
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Doctors cite ease of use in rapid adoption of tablet computers
American Medical News
Waegemann said various studies have found that between 60% and 80% of health information technology users in hospitals are unhappy with their computer systems, finding them too cumbersome or slow to use. Various analysts say tablet computer purchases ...
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2011 WISH BOOK: Whatcom County charity wishes
Bellingham Herald
Age-appropriate kindergarten subscription for Scholastics weekly social studies program to teach critical skills including reading, math, and science ($280). 2. Environmentally friendly bamboo building blocks for kindergartners to design ...
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The Confusion of Science & Medical Research (Part II) - Acronym ...
By a.r.e.
After all, medical advice comes from science research studies. Maybe it's scientists who can't make up their minds? In this post I'll explain why people puzzle when they complain that doctors/scientists "can't make up their minds" ( and ... From that -- what I'll call a 'proof of concept' -- technology advanced to machines that could keep patients oxygenated during heart surgery. As you can imagine, the first "heart surgeries" were messy business, and as in every field of ...
Acronym Required - http://acronymrequired.com/
Weird Science – The Changing Face of Computer Engineering ...
By research
Despite increased female presence in other science fields like biology, chemistry and math, men still dominate computer science fields. According to the National Center for Women and Information Technology, though women held 58% of professional ... Computer science classes at Georgetown are usually around 40 students, the same size as the average upper level Social Science, Theology, Philosophy or History course. According to the department website, there are about 50-60 ...
Research Online - http://webapp.und.edu/dept/our/research_online/
New link between mother's pregnancy diet and offspring's chances ...
By News
An international study, led by University of Southampton researchers and including teams from New Zealand and Singapore, has shown for the first time that during pregnancy, a mother's diet can alter the function of her child's DNA . ... Research team member Sir Peter Gluckman FRS of the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland and the Singapore Institute of Clinical Sciences comments: "This study provides the most compelling evidence yet that just focusing on ...
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Anti-ageing Hormone Inhibits Renal Fibrosis, Cancer Growth ...
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Stock, Economic and Financial Crisis, Apr 19, 2011

It's the (German) Banks, Stupid!
Monthly Review
For example, many of these bonds are owned by non-European banks. If they lose a lot of money, these losses can trigger another round of government infusions (in places like Japan, China, Korea, etc.), which may affect local investment in projects that ...
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EUROZONE Debt Crisis News, Apr 19, 2011

EU Morning Report- Euro continues to fall as the euro zone debt crisis deepens
Easy-Forex
The euro plummeted yesterday weighed by the sovereign debt problems in the euro zone. Speculation that Greece may have to restructure its debt as early as this summer increased creating contagion fears for the euro zone periphery. ...
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SPACE, Astronomy News, Apr 19, 2011

UK should develop low cost space missions
Public Service
In a presentation at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting 2011 today, Professor Martin Barstow of Leicester University called for the UK to use its skills to develop low cost, high data space missions. Describing current astronomical space missions, ...
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Public Service
 Printable Tactile Astronomy: How to 'See' Outer Space if You're Blind
Huffington Post
If you happen to have access to a thermal printer, visit the Amazing Space Tactile Astronomy webpage for dozens of free printable Hubble thermal printer PDFs; examples of what the files look like below.
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Plymouth Library Hosts Humorous Space Speech
Patch.com
Michigan astronomy lecturer Mike Best brought his folksy form to town Monday for a quirky talk on planets, moons and the state of our universe. By Sean Flynn | Email the author | 10:00am Astronomy lecturer Mike Best talked planets and moons on Monday ...
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Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor
Space.com
But the exact date of when Cas A's explosion could have been seen from Earth has been a longstanding mystery in astronomy. Records suggest the first "astronomer royal" of England, John Flamsteed, may have recorded the supernova in 1680. ...
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Space.com
Far-sighted Space Technology Finds Practical Uses On Earth
RedOrbit
The race is now on around the world to produce devices that will realize the enormous potential of terahertz science and thanks to the ingenuity of UK astronomers we have made a great start." Image 1: Herschel in space, close up on its mirror. ...
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Things are looking up on Stromlo
The Canberra Times
The Australian National University's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics Director Professor Harvey Butcher called the new building a ''one-stop shop'' for developing small satellites and instruments for astronomy and astrophysics. ...
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What Will the Universe Look Like in One Trillion Years?
Discovery News
Ironically, astronomers living in that far future will have a cosmic view as simplistic as it was before giant telescopes discovered external galaxies, which in turn revealed the expansion of space. All far-future astronomy will be exclusively about ...
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New Tools To Tackle A Solar Data Storm
RedOrbit
Dr Rami Qahwaji will present the tools at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting at Llandudno on Tuesday and Wednesday, 19th and 20th April. "These techniques are very important," said Qahwaji. "We are now able to process images on the ground so that the ...
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Jodrell Bank's creator Sir Bernard Lovell: he knew the future was out of this ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Yet it is also an appropriate time to pay tribute to one of Britain's own heroes of the space age – Sir Bernard Lovell. Lovell is the father of radio astronomy, the man who, 60 years ago, began the construction of the great telescope at Jodrell Bank in ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Top astronomers warn the world could end within 90 years
stv.tv
And the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor John Brown, has an equally bleak outlook, fearing a random event from outer space is the most likely cause of our demise. They will take to the stage to put forward their stark predictions in the ...
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stv.tv
Out of this world
MyCentralJersey.com
Marcy, a recipient of the Carl Sagan Award from the Planetary Society and named Space Scientist of the Year by Discover Magazine, presented the 2011 Henry R. and Gladys V. Irons Lecture in Physics and Astronomy. The big news is that there are other ...
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Recommended: Alien trees just might look black
msnbc.com
The conjecture comes from a paper presented by the University of St. Andrews' Jack O'Malley-James at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Wales. O'Malley-James is working on a Ph.D. project to assess the potential for ...
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NASA keeps latest balloon launch under wraps
ABC Online
The station director of the Balloon Launching Centre, Ravi Sood, says the balloon will be used to study outer-space phenomena. It is an X-ray astronomy exercise that will look at the centre of the Milky Way from about 40 kilometres above Earth. ...
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ABC Online
STEREO Eyes Variable Stars
RedOrbit
Dr Danielle Bewsher will present highlights at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, Wales on Tuesday 19th April. STEREO was launched in 2006 to study the Sun in 3D and coronal mass ejections, the cause of space weather. ...
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LBL to host Astronomy Day May 7
WPSD Local 6
In addition to opportunities to observe the sun, the day includes free planetarium shows at 10 & 11 am, and 12, 1, 2 & 3 pm Planetarium doors open at 9 am Featured shows include Blown Away: Wild World of Weather, Journey to the Edge of Space & Time, ...
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Around the Ivies: Depression and Space Exploration
The Daily Princetonian (blog)
The optional final project for Astronomy 16: Stellar and Planetary Astronomy requires students to trace a path of an exoplanet, celestial body orbiting around a sun-like star. Students will need to track the brightness of a star over time. ...
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Yankee Transplant
Arizona State University
And I'm doing another “fun” science book about the history of astronomy and space exploration. I'm about halfway through the writing. And what can you tell me about the Jim Bell who isn't busy in the office? Any hobbies?
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Did a Supernova Mark the Birth of Charles II?
Space Ref (press release)
The Council has a broad science portfolio including astronomy, particle astrophysics, and space science. In the area of astronomy it funds the UK membership of international bodies such as the European Southern Observatory. ...
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Patna boy gets NASA award
Times of India
... for astronomy is no less. His deep interest in aerospace engineering makes him browse the related websites like that of ISRO and NASA daily. This helped him come across this competition on "Future Of Human Space Exploration and Its Importance". ...
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The Universe Mega Collection Blu-ray Review
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It's an astronomy geek's dream come true. With fantastic CGI work, photos from the Hubble Space telescope and other telescopes, plus commentary by scientists and experts in various fields, The Universe is one of the most thorough television series on ...
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Big Isle scopes aid find of coolest known star
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The newly discovered brown dwarf is the smaller member of a binary system detected by Liu and other astronomers using the WM Keck Observatory and the Canada-France- Hawaii Telescope. The researchers are reporting their discovery in the Astrophysical ...
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Kuwaiti woman braves Antarctica extremities
Arab Times
Apart from being Supervisor of the Department of Outer Space of the Astronomy & Space Sciences program at the Kuwait Science Club, Al-Joaan is currently a trainee at the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy in Brussels. Furthermore, she previously took ...
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Zoom-up star photos poke holes in century-old astronomical theory
Eureka! Science News
MIRC uses interferometry to combine the light entering four telescopes at the CHARA array at Georgia State University so that it seems to be coming through a device 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope. The technique lets astronomers see ...
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Planetarium having free shows in May
Fremont News Messenger
... before retirement with a bunch of rookie rockets who learn a lot about planets, moons and other space objects. Cute songs and cheeky comments by the rookies make this a fun show for all ages. A look at the night sky and astronomy news is included. ...
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Recommended: A supernova fit for a monarch?
msnbc.com
Martin Lunn, former curator of astronomy at the Yorkshire Museum and US historian Lila Rakoczy, combed through the historical records and suggest Cas A could have been seen decades earlier – indeed, at the time Charles II was born. ...
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Scientists to look at Big Bang
People's World
"In a few years from now," wrote BS Sathyaprakash, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University, on his webpage, "a network of kilometer baseline laser interferometric detectors of gravitational waves will be in operation opening a ...
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NEAF: Bigger and Better Than Ever!
Sky & Telescope
Last weekend the Northeast Astronomy Forum and Telescope Show (NEAF) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a bang. NEAF happens every year at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York. The crowds this time were bigger than in the past two years; ...
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Canberra scientists will help look back through time
Sydney Morning Herald
The director of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Mount Stromlo, Harvey Butcher, said the new centre and the technologies it will produce would help scientists look back in time to the earliest parts of the universe. ...
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On This Day In Weather History April 19
Irish Weather Online
1975 – SPACE: India successfully launched their Aryabhatta satellite using a Soviet Intercosmos rocket into orbit. The satellite would test their tracking systems and conduct x-ray and solar astronomy experiments. 1986 – USA: A major storm system ...
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Hall monitor: A look at school news and events
Evansville Courier & Press
Her novel "Burnout Stars" was inspired by summer road trips and her father's fascination with astronomy. The story is a murder mystery and is available at Barnes & Noble Bookselelrs as well as Amazon.com. Myers will be signing copies of her book at the ...
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Mercury and Mars will meet in the eastern sky Tuesday morning
Tecca
Mercury and Mars, which appear as small dots in the sky to us, will meet for breakfast in the eastern sky, providing a unique opportunity to amateur astronomy and photography nuts alike. In order to spot the rare galactic treat you'll need to rise ...
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Celebrate Mom During a Mother's Day Getaway to Wilmington & North Carolina's ...
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910-458-8206; www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/cabe/events.php May 7: Star Gazing. 8pm-9:45pm. Mom's eyes will twinkle when you join the Cape Fear Astronomy Society for a free star-gazing session. Telescopes provided. Insect repellent suggested. ...
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Astronomers can tune in to radio aurorae to find exoplanets
Astronomy Magazine
By Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom — Published: April 18, 2011 This image of Jupiter's northern ultraviolet aurorae was obtained using the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the Hubble Space Telescope in February 2007. ...
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WISE Delivers Millions Of Galaxies, Stars, Asteroids
Photonics Online
Instructions for astronomy enthusiasts wanting to try their hand at using the archive are at http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/wise_image_service.html. JPL manages and operates the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, ...
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NAM 09: Could low-cost space missions keep astronomy aiming high?
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Civilisation has only a 50 per cent chance of surviving to 2100 without suffering a man-made catastrophic event, Lord Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal, ...
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