HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — NASA’S Marshall Space Flight Center has named Irma C. Burden director of the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity. Continue reading
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Liberty Mutual Insurance Celebrates Two Firefighters For Outstanding Heroism And Community Service With National …
BOSTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Liberty Mutual Insurance, one of the nation’s leading home and auto insurers, is today celebrating America’s firefighters by announcing the recipients of its National Firemark Award. Lieutenant Michael Cosgrove of Selden, N.Y., is this year’s honoree of the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award for Heroism and Fire Fighter Michael McLeieer of Merrimac, Mass., has earned the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award for Community Service and Public Education Continue reading
Bournemouth and Poole beaches achieve Blue Flag status once again
Bournemouth and Poole beaches achieve Blue Flag status once again 12:10am Wednesday 22nd May 2013 in News By Diana Henderson Bournemouth and Poole beaches achieve Blue Flag status once again POOLE and Bournemouth beaches have made a big contribution to the south wests boast to have the most award winning sandy bays in the country. Four Poole beaches and four at Bournemouth are among 23 in the south west entitled to fly the prestigious Blue Flag in the Keep Britain Tidy 2013 awards. Continue reading
Media Invited to UK National Astronomy Meeting
From 1-5 July, around five hundred astronomers and space scientists will gather at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, for the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting 2013 (NAM 2013), one of Europe’s largest professional astronomy conferences. NAM 2013 will see presentations on cutting-edge research in astronomy and space science, covering topics like the rise in solar activity and its effect on space weather; planets around other stars, dark matter, cosmology, proposed space missions, results from the ALMA and LOFAR radio observatories, astronomical heritage and education and public outreach. Continue reading
Pepperidge Farm Employees Get Norwalk Beaches Ready for Busy Summer Season
NORWALK, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– In keeping with one of its company values, teamwork with a spirit of genuine caring, Pepperidge Farm, Inc. today held its seventh all-employee service day for Headquarters employees. More than 200 employees donated their time by gardening, painting and picking up litter in time for Memorial Day weekend. Continue reading
Newspaper for Maine islands publishes last edition
Yesterday at 7:54 PM The Island Times covered stories about the Casco Bay islands that didn’t interest larger papers. By Tom Bell tbell@mainetoday.com Staff Writer The Island Times, a free monthly newspaper covering the Casco Bay islands, has printed its final edition. In a brief notice on the front page of its May issue, the newspaper blamed shrinking advertising revenue and declining readership Continue reading
French Muslims turn to modern astronomy to determine start of Ramadan
PARIS – France’s Muslim leaders have agreed to end almost 1,400 years of Islamic tradition and use modern astronomy to determine the start of the holy month of Ramadan and other Islamic holidays. The French Muslim Council (CFCM) voted on Thursday to start using astronomical calculations to set the date rather than relying on the naked eye to sight the new crescent moon. Ramadan traditionally begins the morning after the sighting, which has in the past been delayed by a day or even two by weather. Continue reading
Dame Mary Peters gets freedom honour
8 May 2013 Last updated at 16:10 ET The Freedom of Belfast has been conferred on Olympic gold medallist Dame Mary Peters. Dame Mary competed in three Olympic Games and five Commonwealth games, her first when she was 18. Continue reading
Naples leaders urge Collier commissioners to reject sand-hauling to beaches
Naples Mayor John Sorey on NewsMakers 11-11-12. NAPLES A dispute over how to renourish Collier Countys beaches later this year ratcheted up Friday with a letter of objection from Naples City Hall. The Naples City Council, through a letter from Mayor John Sorey to county commissioners, called on county leaders to toss out sand haulers proposals to truck sand to the beach and rebid the beach renourishment project for dredging companies only. Continue reading
Billings Clinic starting Internal Medicine Residency Program
With primary carephysicians so hard to come by, Billings Clinic has come up with an innovative solution. It plans to grow its own. Continue reading
Robert Sarvis Speaks to Libertarian Party of Virginia – April 21, 2013 – Video
Robert Sarvis Speaks to Libertarian Party of Virginia – April 21, 2013 The Libertarian Party of Virginia held a special state convention on April 21, 2013, at the Waynesboro City Council chambers, for the purpose of nominating s… By: Rick Sincere Continue reading
NASA, Partners Solicit Creative Materials Manufacturing Solutions
NASA, the U.S. Continue reading
Press freedom still not living up to the law, seminar told
Home national Press freedom still not living up to the law, seminar told Pravit Rojanaphruk The Nation on Sunday April 28, 2013 1:00 am Anything negative about resigned Senior General Than Shwe is still taboo in Myanmar’s media, said Aye Chan Naing. He added that the Myanmar government will soon introduce broadcasting laws and it’s not certain as to what kind of restrictions will be made Continue reading
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Byline: RNLI and Ceredigion County Council create partnership for safer beaches Page Content: Ceredigion County Council has formally handed over the lifeguard service for eight of its beaches to the RNLI charity. The handover happened yesterday (Thursday 9July) on New Quay Harbour beach at a gathering of RNLI lifeguards, RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews, surf life saving clubs, the Coastguard and .. Continue reading
Rockford Area Aerospace Network Shares Results of MRO Show
April 25, 2013, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS The Rockford Area Aerospace Network (RAAN), a committee of the Rockford Area Economic Development Council (RAEDC), has just returned from successful participation in Aviation Weeks annual MRO Americas Conference and Exhibition. Continue reading
Stanford University School of Medicine Joins zSpace, Inc.'s Academic Advisory Council
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 23, 2013) – zSpace, Inc., a technology provider that is transforming the future of human-computer interaction, announced today that the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Division of Clinical Anatomy has joined the Company’s Academic Advisory Council, a network of universities focused on advancing innovation, design and research. zSpace, Inc., has also joined the Division’s affiliates program as a Premier Affiliate of Clinical Anatomy at Stanford. Through this partnership, Stanford Anatomy will provide constructive input on the continued enhancement of the Company’s flagship product, zSpace, a 3D virtual holographic platform, and use zSpace’s immersive capabilities to advance medical research and education through highly realistic visualization and interaction Continue reading
Beaches reopen after slurry spill
24 April 2013 Last updated at 09:59 ET Three beaches at a Ceredigion seaside resort have reopened after 15,000 litres of slurry leaked from a burst tank on a farm. Traeth y Dolau, Traeth yr Harbwr and Traethgwyn in New Quay were closed on Tuesday afternoon following the leak. Some slurry made its way into a stream leading to the sea and the beaches were cordoned off as a precaution. Continue reading
Iloilo joins Freedom Ride vs Human Trafficking
ADVOCATES and cyclists against human trafficking continue the fight in Iloilo with another Freedom Ride happening on April 20, Saturday, at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol Building. Cyclists are expected to assemble at 6 a.m. Continue reading
NASA Budget Cutbacks Would Cripple Planetary Science, Critics Say
Proposed cuts included in NASA’s 2014 budget request would sabotage a mission to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter that could support life, scientists say. The Obama administration released its 2014 budget proposal Wednesday (April 10). While the budget would set aside $17.7 billion for NASA, it would cut the agency’s previous $1.5 billion budget for the planetary science division by $200 million, scientists said in a live webcast sponsored by the Planetary Society, an organization founded by scientist Carl Sagan to promote solar-system exploration Continue reading
NJ shore towns eye new ways to protect beaches
BRICK, N.J. Continue reading