SPORTS, Athletics News, Apr 30, 2011

Athletics continue to improve quickly
Houston Baptist Collegian
The Huskies have become a consistent threat for Great West Conference championships in everysport as the University finishes its last year of championship ineligibility. Women's soccer had one of the most memorable finishes in University athletics ...
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Varsity sports coming to Laurier Brantford
The Cord
It was announced Thursday morning that Laurier's Brantford campus will be getting its own varsity athletic program, that will compete in the Ontario Colleges AthleticsAssociation (OCAA). The school will be getting men's and women's soccer teams ...
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The Cord
What's Happening
Alameda Times-Star
925-933-0554, coachchangaris@sbcglobal.net X-Action Sports Club -- Summer Youth basketball tournaments June 17-18, June 24-25, July 22-23, Aug. 12-13, and Aug. 26-27. For boys and girls ages 10-17. Benefits College of Alameda athletics. ...
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Girls soccer, turf, robotics coming to LG?
Pryor Daily Times
The district will have to begin a search for a soccer coach once the item passes. Providing a place to practice was another issue. Cash said the district would like to install turf to the football field to be used by both the football and soccer teams ...
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West Albany Hall of Fame welcomes class of 2011
Albany Democrat Herald
Former West athletic director Rich Sipe gave Shreve a little more credit that that. "Kourtney's the kind of kid, who, whatever sport she went out for, she was the best one on the team," he said. Shreve played varsity basketball and soccer all four ...
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Summer Sports Clinic prepares athletes for EVRAA 2012 in Maasin City
Philippine Information Agency
The games offered during this summer break are gymnastics, taekwando, boxing andsoccer/football. “The sports council focused on gymnastics and soccer/football since during the previous meets, the city government has no entry on this event,” Cinco ...
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UTB-TSC: Wagstaff receives RRAC Champions of Character award
Brownsville Herald
University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College junior women's soccer player Helen Wagstaff has been named the recipient of the Red River Athletic Conference 2011 NAIA Dr. LeRoy Walker Champions of Character Award. ...
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Roxanne Dubé takes top onour at Abbott sports gala
Montreal Gazette
Volleyball player Roxanne Dubé of Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac was the big winner as she was named the recipient of the Jeff Mills Memorial Cup, an annual award presented to the studentathlete who best combines athletics, academics, leadership qualities and ...
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Boys Soccer Tournament Kicks Off Today
Patch.com
Here's what's happening in high school athletics in Powder Springs and Lithia Springs on April 27. By John Breech | Email the author | 10:30am The march to the soccer state championship starts today for Hillgrove. If the Hawks end up in the state title ...
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Kerrville Daily Times, Texas, Joe Harrington column
American Chronicle
It's getting more difficult because more and more countries are accepting women's athletics. Likewise, Title IX has improved sports that already were being filled with women. Tennis and track and field had quality women athletes before Title IX. ...
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Koebert named Mainers Director of Broadcasting
Foster's Daily Democrat
Koebert, 21, is a junior at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois pursuing a degree in SportsCommunication. Koebert, a Wisconsin native, first became involved in broadcasting as a statistician for radio broadcasts of his high school's football and ...
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BEYOND VARSITY: Ball State should consider new focus
Ball State Daily News
For soccer, it's 11th. Women's golf: eighth out of nine. Guess where Akron's budget is in relation to the rest of the conference? First. And Kent State does it at the detriment of football, with the lowest operating expenses in the MAC for that sport. ...
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The New York Times Finds Duke Men Are Women, for Title IX Purposes
Carolina March
I think football should not count toward title IX numbers. For one they bring in nearly all of the money. Plus, there is no women's team that comes close to football. Softball or soccer would be the closest and they may have 25 or so. ...
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M Club Honors 2011 Senior Class
Memphis Official Athletic Site
He came to the University of Memphis in 1924, and during his tenure, worked as the head football, basketball and baseball coach, in addition to serving as athleticdirector and the head of the physical education and intramural departments. ...
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Memphis Official Athletic Site
Local Sports Notebook: Lyons signs with independent league team
Post-Bulletin
The Oakland Athletics have activated reliever Michael Wuertz of Austin from the 15-day disabled. Wuertz had been out since April 2 because of a strained left hamstring. The right-hander's only appearance this season came on opening day against Seattle, ...
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La Verne players protest demolition of Hines Field
Pasadena Star-News
"We already started some conversation that the president has been forced to have and show thatathletics deserves to be recognized at the school. pretty much said there is nothing we can do. I understand that. I'm not a dumb guy. ...
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Curran returns to native land after 22 long years of waiting
Online Athens
Curran, in particular, would like to use sports as a platform to educate people about the positive effect athletics can have on young people. "There was a generation that was lost to this war," Curran said. "Kids were forced to fight. ...
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Dinkenor quietly notches No. 600
News & Observer
"These individuals are truly inspirational and exemplify what is great about high school athletics," NCHSAA commissioner Davis Whitfield said. Spirit of Sport: Jenna Huff of North Stanly High, who helped an opposing cross country runner to the finish ...
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GW's Hannah, Leor Earn Top Senior Athlete Awards
George Washington University - Official Athletic Site
For the second straight year, the top academic teams were Men's Tennis (3.336 team GPA) and Women's Soccer (3.447 team GPA). Also honored were 24 Most Valuable Players, including two repeat winners, representing each varsity sport and the Spirit ...
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George Washington University - Official Athletic Site
Coaches Named: Holy Cross, Rollins, and UMF
LaxPower
Holy Cross has named Jim Morrissey as thenew Crusader head coach; RJ Rossi has become the full-time head coach at Rollins; and the University of Maine at Farmington has hired Jon Evan as the Beavers' men's lacrosse/soccer head coach. ...
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Marshall runner finds home in Huntington
MU The Parthenon
Schiffbauer said he also enjoys catching just about any other sporting event Marshall Athletics hold on campus. "I appreciate all the sports," Schiffbauer said. "I understand how they are hard in their own ways. I watch a soccer game and (a player) ...
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Symposium explores women in sports during and after college
The Phoenix
College athletics falls under these Title IX guidelines. Both Kern and Purkey attended the 2009 Women in Sports symposium, which inspired them to continue the tradition this year. “[The symposium] got female athletes together with coaches of female ...
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$50000 donation to Trent athletic facilities
Peterborough Examiner
On behalf of Trent Athletics, we thank Greg and Laura for their generous and important gift." NOTES: The $4-million Sport, Recreation & Wellness for All Campaign was launched in October 2009 to support the renewal and expansion of Trent's athletics and ...
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City Plans Pet-Free Zones In Public Parks
WSMV Nashville
That's why the city has a plan to set up pet-free zones near athletic fields in three public parks. In other words: No more dogs near the baseball bleachers or sidelines at soccer games. "They would still be welcome to come to the park," said Clayton. ...
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MSC Fish presents first Kyle Field Day
Texas A&M The Battalion
... goal kicking, soccer striking and arm wrestling. Attendees will also have the opportunity to help local service and community organizations and win a pair of tickets to the first Aggie football game of the 2011 season provided by Aggie Athletics. ...
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NorthShoreOfLongIsland.com
All three spent their formative years playing for the Terryville Soccer Club. Their father, Steve O'Brien, is an attorney and partner of O'Brien & O'Brien, LLP in Nesconset and Southampton. “Soccer is thesport I like,” Steve commented. ...
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Top honours for local trio
The New Age Online
The Order of Ikhamanga, awarded for excellence in arts, culture, literature, sports and journalism, was conferred on Phiri, Thugwane and Nzima. Among the 14 recipients were the prominent soccertrio, Irvin Khoza, Danny Jordan and Molefe Olifant. ...
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Bulletin Board
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Misericordia University athletics department still has openings for its 21st Annual Arnie Garinger Memorial Golf Tournament, which will be played May 23 at Mountain Laurel Golf Club in White Haven. The entry fee is $125 for the captain-and-crew event ...
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Andover girls work to keep up school's winning ways
Boston Globe
“There is a culture of winning in the female athletics in Andover and I think our kids want to join that. We have had some good years in lacrosse and some successful seasons, but we have not had that kind of success, and that is the goal for all of us. ...
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Boston Globe
Street Sweeping, Trash Fee Among Topics Tackled By Selectmen
Patch.com
Stoneham Soccer Club representative Libby Fulgione talked to the board about the importance of youth athletics and the hope that the new organization can help provide a method to facilitate participation among children and parents in the area. ...
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Sign up for Salt Springs kayak race
Tampabay.com
CHEERLEADING: BAAM Athletics All-Star Cheerleading will conduct tryouts for the 2011-12 season at the training center at 7814 Leo Kidd Ave., Port Richey. Children ages 5 through 11 should attend Tuesday through Friday and children 12 to 18 are ...
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Athletics News - Herdzone
"This is a historic day for Marshall University Athletics," Director of Athletics ... demolish the Veterans Memorial Field House and construct a soccer stadium complex ... A $3.5 million academic support center and a $7.5 million Sports ...
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Athletics: Jeter eyes record - Soccer News - BigSoccer
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DePriest to Resign, Bando to Become Athletic Director - Victory ...
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ASHLEY TISDALE, Apr 30, 2011

Showing off her blossoming body in the fullest, Ashley Tisdale stripped down for Allure magazine's May 2011 Issue.
The "High School Musical" hottie and a handful of fellow gorgeous gals bared all in provocative shots taken by famed photographer Patrick Demarchelier for the annual Nudes Issue.

SPACE, Astronomy News, Apr 30, 2011

Galaxy Geeks: Amp up Your Astronomy Cred
Consumer Electronics Net
Free software downloads from Google and Microsoft go beyond traditional desktop astronomyapplications. The downloads weave images together from ground- and space-based telescopes and allow you, in some cases, to package your own virtual space ...
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Why Simon's taking space to our schools
Express & Echo
While schools can't take pupils on field trips into space to teach them about astronomy, they can do the next best thing. Simon Ould visits schools, as well as community groups such as the Brownies, with his mobile planetarium, a Tardis-like dome that ...
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Yorktown pairs lessons in astronomy, art
Muncie Star Press
YORKTOWN -- Looking for more chances for students to do art, several teachers at Yorktown Community Schools found it in outer space. "It kills me that we only have art one time per month," Yorktown Elementary School teacher Amy Burgauer said of her ...
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Students get look at shuttle program
Times Daily
Mel Blake, the director of the planetarium and observatory on campus and an assistant professor of physics and astronomy, likes the word “epic” to describe the tile that's no larger than a paperback book and much less weighty. ...
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San Francisco space enthusiast invited to watch shuttle launch
San Francisco Examiner
Growing up, on rainy days, I'd sit on the floor and read his National Geographics, which usually had articles about space exploration and astronomy. What was the feeling of being chosen to watch the launch? I was shocked! I didn't think I'd get picked. ...
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San Francisco Examiner
Astronaut Yi to attend 'Hubble 3D' preview
Korea Times
Local aeronautics experts including the country's first astronaut Yi So-yeon, will attend a special preview of a 3D space movie in Seoul, Friday. The special screening at Wangsimni CGV's IMAX Theater has also invited university astronomy student ...
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Katikati space mission to Alabama
SunLive
Toby says she has, “a huge interest in the field of science and believes that the study of astronomyand space are very important to humanity”. The girls are joining about 150 other like-minded students from 23 different countries at the camp. ...
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Scientists hope to illuminate universe's dark side
Montreal Gazette
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, could reshape modern understandings of the universe, much the same way that the Hubble Space Telescope pioneered new frontiers in astronomy, including the startling discovery that the universe's rate of ...
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Shrinking funds pull plug on alien search devices
BusinessWeek
Astronomers at the SETI Institute said a steep drop in state and federal funds has forced the shutdown of the Allen Telescope Array, a powerful tool in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, an effort scientists refer to as SETI. ...
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FOR KIDS: The dark side of the universe
Science News
And when that understanding emerges, Gates says, “it's going to completely revolutionize the way we think about space, time and matter.” cosmology The study of the creation, structure and actions of the universe and its constituent parts. astronomy The ...
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Club holds Astronomy Day display
Journal Pioneer
Last year had been a successful year for them after they brought in an astrobiologist from the Canadian Space Agency to speak at the Harbourfront Theatre, said Affleck. "It'll be a general display and people that are amateur astronomers, ...
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Journal Pioneer
China Unveils Plans To Build Space Station By 2020
Huffington Post
As Popular Science reports, the space station will support a crew of three and will be composed of a core module and two laboratories where astronomy, microgravity, and biological experiments will be conducted, while a cargo spaceship will be built to ...
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SETI to mothball alien-seeking telescopes
TG Daily
The array, at the at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory (HCRO), is managed and operated by UC Berkeley's radio astronomy lab. But NSF funding for HCRO operations has been cut to just one-tenth of its former level, and California budget shortfalls have...
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TG Daily
PolitiCal Roundup: Caffeinated beer; space aliens vs. the budget
Los Angeles Times
It wasn't long ago that such sewage-to-tap schemes were considered fringe. Now they're just another revenue source. -- Another victim of budget cuts: Researchers at the Hat Creek Rank AstronomyLaboratory near Redding are suspending their search for ...
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Up the tower and just mad about science
Portsmouth News
Mr Priory was happy to play up to the 'mad scientist' image in promoting a programme celebrating Portsmouth's role as a centre of excellence for cosmology, astronomy andspace technology. He said: 'There are plenty of examples on television and all ...
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Portsmouth News
Media Advisory/Photo Op - Special Live Programming for Space Shuttle Endeavour...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
Sara Poirier, Researcher/Programmer in Astronomy and Space sciences, will highlight the significance of the launch and the contributions Canadians have made to the shuttle program. She will also discuss and demonstrate the inner workings of shuttle and ...
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Lockheed Martin Opens Its Doors to Young Minds at Work
PR Newswire (press release)
... principles of astronomy while gazing at the night sky in a portable planetarium. – Huntsville, Ala. Using water balloons to study flight trajectories, and visiting the local airport for a primer on aviation. – Courtland, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space ...
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African Astronomical Society debuts in Cape Town
physicsworld.com
Oluseyi is at the Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology and has worked in Africa to promote astronomy. According to its constitution, the main vision of the society is "To be the voice of the astronomy profession in ...
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NASA Announces Maryland Winner of OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest
PR Newswire (press release)
... of technology -- even from as far afield as astronomy -- to make it possible. Dahlia has captured it all," said Zaven Arzoumanian of the Astrophysics Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. "Her video truly connects the dots! ...
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Tour the solar system from the desert floor
East Valley Tribune
It's not exactly a seat aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, but you can take a guided tour of the sky — albeit from the desert floor — in Mesa. Tony and Carole La Conte, the husband-and-wifeastronomy educators behind Stargazing for Everyone, ...
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Joan As Policewoman and As Many Other Things.
Dallas Observer
... two albums leaned more heavily on piano ballads and dealt with the loss of first Buckley and then her mother, the songs on The Deep Field are more funked-up and sonically adventurous, reflecting the album title's reference to deep space astronomy. ...
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Oakley marks 10-year anniversary of Science Week
Inside Bay Area
The first 60 people who register will get to learn about astronomy for free. "I'm proud that we continue to offer all of the Oakley Science Week programs for free," Coelho said. For those brave enough, the Reptile Kingdom is sure to be a popular event ...
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July Release Schedule
New York Times
ANOTHER EARTH The discovery of a parallel Earth behind the Sun holds out the possibility of redemption for a guilt-ridden young astronomy student (Brit Marling). Mike Cahill directed; with William Mapother. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Rejected ...
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Think on these things Dear President Sarkozy
Ceylon Daily News
There is much the Arabs and Muslims of other regions have done for Europe in the disciplines of Mathematics, Medicine, Astronomy, etc. but it will take too much ofspace. But let me state one object that you politicians cannot do without. ...
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Ceylon Daily News
Coming Up
The Suffolk Times
Suggested Donation $5 non-members; free for Custer, ASLI and other astronomy club members. 765-2626. Peconic Landing's May Mile & 5K, Saturday, May 7, begins 8:30 am with registration and stretching. Race/walk around campus begins 10 am followed by ...
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On This Day In Weather History April 28
Irish Weather Online
Shoemaker was one of the founders of the study of planetary science as a separate discipline from astronomy 1931 – USA: The temperature at Pahala, located on the main island of Hawaii, soared to 100F to establish a state record. ...
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Irish Weather Online
The Address Book by Tim Radford
Oxford Times
Looking out from his study, he reminds us that ultimately: “We are lost in space: we none of us know where we are.” This is not entirely a science book, although the author has won the Association of British Science Writers award for science writer of ...
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ENDERS
San Francisco Chronicle
SF Celebrating the Americas and major contributions in spirituality, astronomy, science and prophecy, with live music of the ancient Americas by Xochimochi, featuring Jim Berenholtz, Ernesto Hernandez Olmos and Mazatl Galindo as well as the closing ...
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Calendars
TriCities.com
HANDS ON MUSEUM: Johnson City, Tenn., 315 E. Main St., various May activities: Mother's Day and Teachers Cards; Las Flores; Children Just Like Me; Candy Core Samples celebrate AstronomyWeek; Blast Off Workshop; May 6, Free First Friday: Science in the ...
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Program in full bloom
Mississauga
They take place May 18 from 7-8:30 pm and June 12 from 10-11:30 am • Astronomy Series – an evening of star gazing on the lawn in front of Chappell House presented by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Mississauga Centre chapter. ...
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Astronomy Space Enthusiast.com. Your Online Astronomy Information Center ... Read more on The Journal News. Portsmouth area community calendar ...
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Five awesome iOS apps for space and astronomy fans.
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Astronauts Share Experience with NASA Glenn Employees and Media ...
Posted 9 hours ago by Scientific American - Space Exploration. Astronomers peer into the dark. Posted 10 hours ago by PHYSorg.com: Astronomy News ...
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Astronomers Find Densest Planet In The Universe (So Far)
International Business Times
MOST is a mission from the Canadian Space Agency, an orbiting telescope that measures tiny changes in a star's light. That allows it to see planets and measure stellar variability. At about 41 light years from Earth, 55 Cancri is much closer than the...
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International Business Times
Asteroids collide at 11000 miles per hour; scientists study debris
UC Los Angeles
11, 2010, astronomers noticed that an asteroid known as (596) Scheila had unexpectedly brightened and was sporting short-lived dust plumes. Data from NASA's Swift satellite and HubbleSpace Telescope showed that these changes likely occurred after ...
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Space shuttle launch delayed until Monday at the earliest
Los Angeles Times
"I'm really disappointed," said his son, who wants to be an astronaut and already has aspace exploration badge and an astronomy badge from the Boy Scouts. It was the second time the two had bought plane tickets to see Endeavour launch. ...
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Los Angeles Times
Odisha CM flags off the exposure visit of YATS talents to ISRO
Orissadiary.com
With a view to popularize the excellent contributions of the legendary Pathani Samanta in the field of astronomy and to spot and encourage the young talents in the field ofastronomy and space science among the school going children, Tata Steel, ...
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US telescope array seeking alien life shut by cutbacks
Reuters
Astronomers there were anticipating a slew of possible new research targets from the dozens of potentially life-supporting planets newly detected by NASA's Kepler space telescope orbiting distant stars in the Milky Way galaxy. "It's a frustrating thing ...
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Portable planetarium could lead to permanent one in Austin
KVUE
Astronomy experts say all the city lights, or light pollution as it is called, has limited what we can see in the night sky. "A planetarium is not quite like being out at Big Bend under a starry sky, but it is a pretty good substitute," said Heath. ...
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A Nomad outdoor screening
Financial Times
Tenerife Nobel prize-winners, astronauts, astrophysicists – and a rock guitarist – will gather in the Canaries in June for a festival devoted to astronomy and space travel. The Starmus festival, marking the 50th anniversary this year of Yuri Gagarin's ...
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Financial Times
Around Your Town: 04/30/11
Sierra Vista Herald
The Patterson Observatory on the University of Arizona South campus will be celebrating AstronomyDay from 3 to 9 pm on May 7. View the Moon, Saturn, stars and distant galaxies and take a chance at winning a Celestron telescope by purchasing a $1 ...
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UBC Astronomers Help Unveil Densest Known Planet
UBC Faculty of Science
“You could set dates on this world by your wrist watch, not a calendar,” says UBC astronomerJaymie Matthews. NB: A "roadmap" to 55 Cancri and an image of the MOST space telescope are available here. The temperature on the planet's surface could be as ...
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'Exotic' planet is densest of its kind
CBC.ca
That paper was done by Rebekah Dawson, an astronomy PhD student at Harvard University, and Daniel Fabrycky, a Hubble Fellow at the University of California Santa Cruz. Dawson and Fabrycky's own analysis suggested the planet could be far more unusual ...
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Voyager set to enter interstellar space - Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy.com is for anyone who wants to learn more about astronomy events, cosmology, planets, galaxies, asteroids, astrophotography, the Big Bang, ...
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NASA Delays Last Launch of Shuttle Endeavour Due to Malfunction ...
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Florida Braces for Huge Crowds for Friday's Space Shuttle Launch ...
News: Space/Astronomy. SPACE.com - The Florida space coast is expecting near- record crowds to flock to Cape Canaveral to watch the space shuttle Endeavour ...
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Set to Launch Tomorrow - Space & Astronomy ...
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Astronomy Radar News: The very last launch of the Endeavour Space ...
Tomorrow April 29 of 2011 will be the last launch ever of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, the Mission STS-134. The event will be broadcasted LIVE by NASA here: ...
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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Apr 30, 2011

"Smart" meters safe research says, but many see need for more study
Inside Bay Area
"Cumulative or prolonged exposure to lower levels of radio frequency are not well understood," the California Council on Science and Technology report said. "Additional research and monitoring is needed" to understand how tiny but regular exposure to ...
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TMC Net
... to consider studies in math and science. “Honda and FIRST share many of the same values, including inspiring students to pursue opportunities in science, technology and engineering,” said Erik Wedin, North American project leader at ASIMO, ...
See all stories on this topic »Coming Attractions: New Cosmetic Technologies
SkinInc.com
For example, the The Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University in Houston is a noted research center that studies this type of technology. The mass of molecules is measured in daltons, a unit that equates to ...
See all stories on this topic »THERE IS A CRISIS IN BOTH 'BLUE' AND 'GREEN' WATER - SHINJIRO KANAE, by ...
MaximsNewsNetwork
UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 29 April 2011 -- In another interview with a Japanese scientist, we delve more into the Japan Science & Technology Agency CREST programme which is accelerating research into innovative water technologies. ...
See all stories on this topic »Sustaining vulnerable lives
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
“The already established collaboration on risk and safety research across the faculty of social sciences and the faculty of science and technology was also an important prerequisite. With our experience with safety research within the petroleum ...
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Rosser honored as influential woman in business
SF State Campus Headlines
She has pioneered opportunities for women and underrepresented minority groups inscience and engineering, and has been an advocate for interdisciplinary approaches to scholarly research. She is a member of the board of directors of the American ...
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SF State Campus Headlines
Mostashari's Health IT Vision
Healthcare Technology Online (press release)
In this Q&A, Healthcare Technology Online gets the newly appointed National Coordinator of Health IT's take on EHR effectiveness, troubling EHR research, and ensuring patient privacy in an electronic world. Within days of his appointment as the new ...
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Azerbaijan to take part in an international seminar on sciencedevelopment ...
Azerbaijan Business Center
Rasim Aliguliyev, director of the Institute of Information Technologies of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (AMEA), says that the seminar is expected to discuss prospects of science development of through the Internet and information ...
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Azerbaijan Business Center
Washington People: Eric Leuthardt
Washington University Record
In 2006, Leuthardt established and became director of the Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology. “To make a great impact, medical research needs to be about not just science and medicine but also law and industry and the FDA and all...
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Washington University Record
Benefit of PET in patients with head and neck tumors cannot be assessed
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
However, as the authors of the report explain, suitable studies for this purpose are lacking. Various types of cancer are summarized under the term “head and neck tumours”. Among others, these are malignant tumours of the oral cavity (lips, tongue etc. ...
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Kawambwa decries technological illiteracy
IPPmedia
He made the remarks in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday at the official opening of the 6th exhibition on Higher Education, Science and Technology. “Our country need not be among poor countries if our people can be rightly involved in research processes, ...
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IPPmedia
Carnegie Mellon Student Work Showcased at Undergraduate ResearchSymposium, May 4
TMC Net
Faculty members mentor and advise the students throughout their research experience. Projects focus on a variety of topics, including the following: Improving safety through technology * Computerscience major Dev Doshi and mechanical engineering major ...
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Texas A&M Math Prof Pisier Named To Indian National ScienceAcademy
Texas A&M University
... A&M Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award inResearch (1993) and the Salem Prize (1979). The INSA, which is headquartered in New Delhi, represents and promotes all branches of science and technology for its use in India. ...
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Texas A&M University
World Class Sales Research Offers Competitor Analysis
Benzinga
The studies have collected data from over 80000 business decision makers on over 7300 sales forces to gain a better understanding of what it takes to become a World Class Sales organization as requirements and demands change. The research is uniquely ...
See all stories on this topic »Pediatric Diabetes Clinical Trial Uses Psoriasis Drug
Woodruff Health Sciences Center
“I have been caring for children with Type 1 diabetes for almost 15 years and these studies are finally providing hope of finding a cure,” says Felner. The T1DAL trial is seeking 66 eligible participants at approximately 15 clinical research centers ...
See all stories on this topic »MorphoSys Reaches Second Clinical Milestone with OncoMed Pharmaceuticals
Reuters (press release)
MorphoSys is an independent biotechnology company that develops novel antibodies for therapeutic, diagnostic and research applications. The Company's HuCAL technology is one of the most powerful methods available for generating fully human antibodies. ...
See all stories on this topic »Researchers weight value of short-term missions
Dallas Baptist Standard
Horton and the four undergraduate student researchers presented their findings recently at the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies. Research was funded through Baylor's UndergraduateResearch and Scholarly Achievement program.
See all stories on this topic »U.Va. and Partner Schools Help Prepare Future Minority Scientists and Engineers
University of Virginia
April 28, 2011 — The University of Virginia recently hosted minority undergraduates from several colleges and universities in Virginia and North Carolina in a symposium that showcased the students'research projects in science, technology, ...
See all stories on this topic »Fat Grafting For Faces
KMGH Denver
The research team would ultimately like to know if adult stem cells, which are present in fat tissue, will prevent grafted fat from being reabsorbed by the body. Dr. Rubin's team has separated stem cells from other fat tissue in lab studies. ...
See all stories on this topic »UofL professor pushes for storm prevention to save lives
WAVE
David Simpson is director of the university's Center for Hazard Research. Simpson has been involved in several major studies involving natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina. He says with all thetechnology available, the loss of life in the ...
See all stories on this topic »Video Roulette Perceived as Riskier Than Real
Wired News (blog)
Previous research demonstrated that cooperation between people using audio and videotechnologies was comparable to face-to-face situations, though it took longer to achieve remotely than in person. Other studies have shown that the less “rich” a ...
See all stories on this topic »USC in the News 4/29/2011
USC News
Ross was recently visiting professor at Sydney University's US Studies Center, the story noted. The Orange County Register featured the upcoming 2011 Business Growth Conference, hosted by the USC Marshall School and the Harvard Business School ...
See all stories on this topic »Radiologists Need to Engage in Health Services Research
Medscape
"But the reason for radiologists to become involved with [health services research] is because we are often the ones who best understand the complexities of both the technologies in question and the diseases to which those technologies are applied. ...
See all stories on this topic »Humphrey Fellows study higher ed to help their countries' universities
Penn State Live
For instance, he said he'd like to see Ecuadorian graduate students engaging in more researchwork, with help from government and corporation funding. Educational funding is a problem in Ecuador, he said, because recently the government passed a law ...
See all stories on this topic »ISU grad student headed south to study tornado outbreak
Radio Iowa
“We have so much better technology. The warnings that were issued were as perfect as they could be,” Gallus says. “They were being issued as tornado emergencies lots of times in addition to just tornado warnings. The forecasters and broadcasters were ...
See all stories on this topic »Star Scientific Has Home Run Potential
Seeking Alpha
Today the study of inflammation is ascendant in medical research. Thousands of articles now reference this “first” response of the immune system, and the multitude of pathologies and human woes it can cause. Interrupting the negative cascade of the ...
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LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen news, Apr 30, 2011

US Intervention in Syria
Bay Area Indymedia
The strategy is currently playing out violently in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain,
Libya and Syria, and may erupt anywhere in the region to solidify
Washington's aim for unchallengeable dominance from Morocco to Oman to
Syria. Partnered with Israel, it's to ...
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Who will reshape the Arab world: its people, or the US?
The Guardian
On 11 February the national uprising in Egypt toppled the dictatorship of
Hosni Mubarak as mass rebellion erupted in Libya and the Yemen. In occupied
Iraq, demonstrators protested against the corruption of the Maliki regime
and, more recently, ...
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'Blood … Baath' in Syria
Arab Times
“The state of Qatar is funding chaos in Yemen and in Egypt and Syria and
throughout the Arab world, “ he charged. “We reserve the right not to
sign if the representatives of Qatar are present” at the ceremony, Saleh
warned. The foreign ministers of the ...
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Al jazeera: One Organization, Two Messages
Morocco Board News Service
Aljazeera Arabic online tends to overreport events in Libya and Yemen,
countries unfriendly to Qatar, possibly as a means of burying more
politically sensitive news stories such as the Bahrain protests.
Aljazeera's coverage of every minute development ...
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US can't control all in Middle East
Sun-Sentinel
Wisely, America has refrained from interfering in Yemen, and allowed the
Saudis to restrain Bahrain's Shiites. We'd like to stay out of the Middle
East melee altogether — but events gallop on. Somehow we're in Libya,
bombing Moammar Gadhafi, ...
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Could uprisings spread from northern Africa to south of the Sahara?
The Guardian
Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain,
Syria and Yemen are important reminders that surface calm should not be
mistaken for social cohesion and that economic growth – by itself – is
often not enough and can even ...
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