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SPACE, Astronomy News, Jun 16, 2011

New Research of Black Holes in Space
WXYZ
ANN ARBOR, MICH (WXYZ) - Thanks to a University of Michigan astronomer and a deep space X-ray photo, we now know more about our universe. The deepest X-ray picture ever taken has given us the first real proof that large black holes existed in the early ...
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HHS Astronomy Teacher Becomes Ambassador for NASA Program
Patch.com
Through this endeavor, NASA hopes students will gain interest in science and eventually become theastronomers, engineers, and astronauts who lead America back to the top of space exploration. Herndon High Astronomy teacher Mary Blessing was recently ...
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Solar Storms Sparked By Giant 'Magnetic Rope,' Study Finds
Space.com
[Amazing New Sun Photos from Space] Jie Zhang, an associate professor in the department of physics and astronomy at George Mason University, and graduate student Xin Cheng closely examined images taken by SDO's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) ...
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ARI opens up 'window of the universe'
Liverpool John Moores University
The new 'Public Lectures in Astronomy' series, will see its inaugural lecture bring the Hubble Space Telescope to life, delivered by Dr Robert Fosbury* of the EuropeanSpace Agency. Due to the generous benefaction of Paul and Lesley Murdin**, ...
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Google Mastermind Turns to the Stars
Santa Barbara Independent
Our primary education objective is not to teach astronomy. It's to have a place where people can learn how science is done and how they can learn to think critically. What does it mean to do science? What does it mean to acquire data and draw ...
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How to watch the lunar eclipse right now on YouTube
Christian Science Monitor
For space lovers and astronomy geeks, that is the good news. This is the bad news: The lunar eclipse will only be visible to people in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Just about everywhere, in other words, but North America. ...
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Robert Burnham Jr.'s 1983 Testament: An Astronomer-Recluse Inscribes His ...
Village Voice (blog)
Nearly three decades since he put these words down, his ideas about progress, science and religion, and man's future in space still seem fresh. We hope you find his words illuminating. -- Tony Ortega, Editor, The Village Voice By Robert Burnham, ...
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Penn State expert determined to find life on Earth-like planets
Penn State Live
SIM Lite was a space telescope designed to hunt for Earth-sized planets, but NASA canceled the project in late 2010 after more than $500 million of work because the 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey didn't consider it a high priority. ...
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Space Invaders
Santa Barbara Independent
Read on to learn more about our region's quiet rise to galactic domination. • Google Mastermind Turns to the Stars - Former computer and web guru Wayne Rosing turns attention to building astronomy powerhouse in Goleta.
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NASA discovers 122 sets of twin stars
Mother Nature Network
... in April at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Wales. They will be detailed in an upcoming issue of the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. This article was reprinted with permission from SPACE.com.
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Observatory offers free stargazing on Fri., Sat. nights
LSU The Reveille
"Some people come on a date, or we get families who have young kids, space astronomyenthusiasts, regulars and kids who have grown up here." Kersey said most of the observatory's programs are catered toward children with the exception of the Friday ...
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Man claims seeing far beyond the sun with naked eyes
Arab News
After several experiments, he claims to have found out that the dark side was simply a hollow, or a huge space with many hollows inside it. On the ozone layer, he has his own view. “Astronomers claim that the ozone layer gets affected by harmful ...
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Pencil This In: Stars, Ta-Tas, Silent Film & Fashion
LAist
Slip on your hiking boots and join Santa Monica Mountain Conservancy's Volunteer Naturalist Astronomer Pat for Double Delight: Sunset and Moonrise. Participants will hike one-half mile of the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Reserve (formerly ...
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Recommended: Eclipse? Meh. Catch a shooting star
msnbc.com
Quantum fluctuations in science, space and society, from quarks to Hubble and Mars. Served up by Alan Boyle, msnbc.com science editor. E-mail Alan, or connect via Facebook or Twitter. By John Roach As astronomy fans geek out over today's lunar eclipse ...
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A Chand ka Langar to break taboo
Hindustan Times
It was one of the longest eclipses by astronomy institutions. Two total lunar eclipses were forecast for 2011, the second occurrence is slated for Dec 10. The eclipse will be completely visible over Africa and Central Asia, rising over South America, ...
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A bubble nestled in the Scorpion's sting
Discover Magazine (blog)
They started the Milky Way Project, where you can register, search images such as this one, and find these vast wind-blown cavities in space. It's an excellent way for anyone to get involved inastronomy. You don't need any real expertise; ...
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The Final Countdown: A Tweetup Journal
Universe Today
I just started using Twitter in earnest this year (I'm @JPMajor) and have found it a great tool for keeping up with astronomy and science news, not to mention following some very interesting people. NASA sponsors Tweetups often at several of their ...
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Spielberg's alien outlook darkens in 'Falling Skies'
USA Today
"It was just a very deep interest I had, based on my father's interest in astronomy and getting interested in the stars when I was a boy," he says. As a filmmaker, "I was able to put that wonder to good use." It's difficult to imagine there aren't ...
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Six top science books
The Guardian
For stargazers there's The Story of Astronomy and Space, and if biology's your bug, take a colourful history tour with What Mr Darwin Saw, by Mick Manning, with pictures by Brita Granström. (be warned: the history of science is pretty gory! ...
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Keeping minds active
Kane County Chronicle
For example, she said, the certified teacher leading the space science and astronomy camp is also a NASA representative. About 200-300 children typically participate throughout the summer, Arnal said. Registration is open until a class is filled, ...
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Albion College Opens Observatory to Public June 22-23
Battle Creek Enquirer
11:16 am Albion College physics professor Nicolle Zellner will open the Baird AstronomyObservation Decks telescope to the public June 22 and 23. The Deck is located atop Palenske Hall, at the corner of Hannah Street and East Michigan Avenue in Albion. ...
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Great American Backyard Campout at Elk Knob
Boone Mountain Times
Some of the activities on tap this year are astronomy, a bird hike and an owl presentation. Brett Butler, a local Native American Cultural Educator, will be demonstrating tipi setup, Native American history, including primitive skills and tools, ...
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Assemblies of God, Evangel host Faith and Science Conference
Springfield News-Leader
... University of Rochester-NY; founder and director of the Torrey Honors Institute; associate professor of philosophy, Biola University • Jennifer Wiseman, Ph.D. in astronomy, Harvard University; senior scientist, Hubble Space Telescope Project, NASA; ...
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Et Cetera Listings
Press Herald
10 am to 3 pm "The Astronomy of Stonehenge," learn how the Stonehenge designers might have used it as a sophisticated astronomical observatory, University of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), Portland. Donation. 780-4249. ...
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Santa Fe planetarium director to co-host 'Star Gazer'
Gainesville Sun
"I looked up to him a lot, because he was very enthusiastic about astronomy." Albury said the cosmos have a certain pull for people. "It's so unknown," he said. "A lot of ancient cultures, a lot of their theology was based on what they saw in the night ...
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Corning MobileAccess' In-Building Wireless Solutions Selected for Orlando's ...
Business Wire (press release)
... cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
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Teaching dedication has its rewards
The Standard
He encourages students to read popular astronomy magazines and share any note-worthy content they find. Pang also gets his undergraduates to help prepare students sitting for physics papers in public exams or to help out on research projects undertaken ...
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365 Days of Astronomy » Space Times News
Pillow Astronaut. 365 Days of Astronomy. hra2362@yahoo.com (PillowNaut); Space Times News; Posted June 13, 2011 at 9 a.m. ...
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Astronomy and Space Exploration News » BuzzTracker News Headlines
ScienceDaily: Space & Time News. Using the deepest X-ray image ever taken, astronomers have found the first direct evidence that massive black holes were ...
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Furtherest thing seen? Life on Mars? The latest Astronomy News with Dr Grant Christie... The International Space Station transits the Sun. Credit: Alex Conu ...
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Space and astronomy news. ... Website » Universetoday.com. Universe Today — Space andastronomy news. Share. Summary Info; Traffic Stats; Server Info ...
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HEALTH News, Fitness, Wellness, Diets, Jun 16, 2011

From overweight to cover girl
Winter Park/Maitland Observer
I tried creating my own diets and had been through a few formal ones as well. ... a health andwellness counselor at the Medi-Weightloss Clinic. ...

Neponset Greenway connection is essential to wellness in Mattapan
Dorchester Reporter
The Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition was formed in 2007 to address health problems that stem from poor diets and limited physical activity. ...

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It's high time to end the war on dietary fats
Ottawa Citizen
By JENNIFER SYGO, Postmedia News June 15, 2011 8:11 PM While there is general .... andwellness counselling and personal health care management in Toronto.

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GREECE Latest News: Reshuffle Today, Jun 16, 2011


WRNI: Greek PM reshuffle plan in doubt as deputies quit (2011-06-16)
16 Jun 2011 ... Greek PM reshuffle plan in doubt as deputies quit. (2011-06-16) ... budget cuts demanded by the EU and the IMF as part of Greece's 110 billion-euro bailout last year. ...Trinity Rep Radio Theater · Rhode Island Artscape ...
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DISCOVERIES, Inventions News, Jun 16, 2011

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is shown. | AP Photo
Nobody wins under the bureaucratic haze of the current patent system, the author writes. | AP PhotoClose
Zimbabwe: Recognise, Understand Patterns
AllAfrica.com
The rainbow has led to a lot of discoveries and a thriving industry using the constituent of white light. People who discovered the constituents of white light made inventions, which made them money.Discoveries such as the television, videos, etc, ...
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Why am I so wrong to put my faith in science?
The Guardian
Not only is science dependent on non-rational thinking, so are the arts, philosophy, entrepeneurship,inventions, human communication, human interaction and relationships, and so on. And the same goes for religion and spirituality, too, to a degree. ...
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'Making the world better' the IBM way
Al-Arabiya
IBM's breakthroughs and inventions ever since have been internationally applauded in the information technology industry. Its revenue stands at an estimated $99.87 billion in 2010, while the firm employs about 426751 people worldwide. ...
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LIBYA, Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, Yemen News, Jun 16, 2011

Syrian crackdown fans sectarian flames
Los Angeles Times
Unlike Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen, Syria is ethnically and religiously
heterogeneous, a Sunni-majority nation with sizable minorities of Alawites
and other Shiite sects, Christian denominations, Druze and ethnic Kurds.
Unlike Yemen, where a ...
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Arab Spring breaks state monopoly on information
The Daily Star
Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak stepped down after 18 days of protests, as
uprisings intensified in Yemen and spread to Libya, Syria, and Bahrain.
Unlike in most other Arab countries, Bahraini protesters were blacked out
by the main pan-Arab satellite ...
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Al-Qaeda names Zawahiri to succeed bin Laden
AFP
Al-Qaeda also voiced its "support (to) the uprisings of our oppressed
Muslim people against the corrupt and tyrant leaders who have made our
nation suffer in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya Yemen, Syria and Morocco." A wave of
revolts that have rocked the Middle ...
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Qaddafi's Options Narrow As Libyan Stalemate Continues
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The Arab League's political support for the NATO military action against
Qaddafi, which was symbolically very important, has subsided somewhat and
its attention has turned to the uprisings in Bahrain, Syria, and Yemen.
Currently, Arab countries have ...
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KSA welfare initiative
Pakistan Observer
Why is it that when the entire Muslim world in the Middle East is on fire
against their autocratic rulers: Egypt has already fallen along with
Tunisia while pitched battles are going on in Syria and Libya. Yemen on the
backyard of Saudi Arabia is on ...
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YouTube - Yemen: The Mother of all Revolutions
With Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Bahrain all in mind: But I have never
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Egypt.com News - Egypt News - Six months on, Arab spring faces ...
news.egypt.com/en ... The protests spread to Egypt, the most populous Arab
country, ... by the experiences of Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, she
said. ...
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