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NASA Honors Sally Ride with a National Tribute at Kennedy Center

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NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to “Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy,” an educational tribute to America’s first woman in space on Monday, May 20. The special event will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., at 7 p.m. Continue reading →

Freedom Child, Preakness Thoughts

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Email I find it amazing how apparently so many people seemwilling to side with Peter Pan Stakes winner Freedom Child in a match up against Orb even if the Kentucky Derby winner takes the Preakness in the June 8 Belmont Stakes. And I say that as someone who liked Freedom Child in the Peter Pan. Continue reading →

Preventive medicine renovation joins services under two roofs

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Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital opened the doors of two new buildings designed to house its preventive medicine services April 18. Previously, preventive medicine services were scattered around the installation in different locations. Continue reading →

MPs and Freedom of Information

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OVERALL, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Members of Parliament (MPs) who were voted in in 2008 demonstrated much stronger support for the establishment of a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act compared with Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs. PR MPs, who were approached for The Nut Graphs MP Watch project, also showed better understanding of what a FOI Act is about Continue reading →

Artificial Intelligence Applications on e-Governance and e-Democracy: A Hands-on Experience part1 – Video

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Artificial Intelligence Applications on e-Governance and e-Democracy: A Hands-on Experience part1 This lecture held within the seminar “Govern the Way of Youth”,organised by EESTEC LC AThens.The topic of the seminar is e-governance and e-voting systems. Continue reading →

Artificial Intelligence Applications on e-Governance and e-Democracy: A Hands-on Experience part2 – Video

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Artificial Intelligence Applications on e-Governance and e-Democracy: A Hands-on Experience part2 This lecture held within the seminar “Govern the Way of Youth”,organised by EESTEC LC AThens.The topic of the seminar is e-governance and e-voting systems. F.. Continue reading →

New law bans public smoking in Medicine Hat

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A new law set to take effect in Medicine Hat will ban smoking in outdoor public places just in time for summer. The law, spearheaded by local high school students, restricts smoking within 10 metres of public fields, paths, playgrounds and beaches. “It’s about trying to find that balance where non-smokers’ rights can be honoured but also recognizing that smoking isn’t illegal,” says Varley Weisman, manager of social development with the city of Medicine Hat. Continue reading →

Liberty University Press: Pastors Release Book on Building Student Leadership

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Liberty University Press released EQUIP, a guide for youth pastors to help build student leaders through biblical, relevant, and practical lessons. Lynchburg, VA (PRWEB) April 01, 2013 Authors Nathan Wilder and Jon Kragel, experienced youth ministers in the central Florida area, wrote EQUIP to help pastors learn how to mentor young adults and lead youth into positions as strong Christian leaders. Throughout the book, twelve sections address key principles, lessons, and aspects of student leadership, such as: the faithfulness of God, seeking a relationship with God, building loving relationships, and developing leader-attributes Continue reading →

MP resorted to mail-order medicine

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25 February 2013 Last updated at 07:33 ET An MP says he resorted to mail-order medicine to cope with the debilitating pain he endured from a form of arthritis. Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies is calling for improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis. He tried homeopathic treatments and “vile concoctions involving exotic mushrooms from Russia” in an attempt to deal with the symptoms Continue reading →

Tiruchi roundabouts, traffic islands sport greener look

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A traffic island getting a facelift near the Coleroon checkpost in Tiruchi. Photo: A.Muralitharan Beautification initiative through public-private partnership mode Some of the traffic islands and roundabouts in the city are sporting a greener look over the past few days as work had got underway on the city beautification initiative taken up on public-private partnership mode. The Corporation has identified about 28 roundabouts and traffic islands which are to be developed in the city Continue reading →

Lecture Series speaker Tippett addresses spirituality, science in the modern world

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In the third part of the Miami University Lecture Series, journalist Krista Tippett spoke about spirituality in the modern world yesterday. Tippett wrote for The New York Times, TIME Magazine, Newsweek and the BBC, among other news outlets, and worked as a special assistant to the U.S. ambassador to West Germany in the 1980s Continue reading →

Solution to terrorism lies in Indian spirituality: Modi

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Ahmedabad: Hailing Indian spirituality for having solution to problems such as global warming and terrorism, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the world was yet to realise its full potential. “The world has accepted the power of our youth in information technology, but it has yet to realise India’s power of spirituality Continue reading →

What is it like to live on the International Space Station?

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When Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk was strapped inside a tiny Soyuz capsule on his way to the International Space Station in May 2009, his mind drifted back to a movie he saw in his youth. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, there is a scene with a shuttle craft from Earth carrying an international crew approaching an orbiting space station. Strauss’s Blue Danube waltz is playing in the background Continue reading →