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Red Cloud science educator receives national honor (Rapid City Journal)
A Red Cloud Indian School educator recently was named the Distinguished Educator of the Year by the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
Miss Arkansas Pageant set for July 19 in Hot Springs (The Log Cabin Democrat)
Forty-six young women from across the state will arrive in Hot Springs today with hopes of becoming Miss Arkansas 2008. Conway native Katie Bailey, Miss Arkansas 2007, will preside over the pageant and perform during each evening of competition. Miss Arkansas 2008 will be crowned on Saturday evening, July 19, and compete for the title of Miss America in January 2009. The Faulkner County area is ...
Ohio Historical Society encouraging geocaching at its sites (Chillicothe Gazette)
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Historical Society has seized on the opportunity to increase promotion of 10 of its historic sites, including one in Chillicothe, through cashing in on the geocaching craze.
The Royal Society of NZ - Strumpets for Statism (Scoop.co.nz)
The Royal Society of New Zealand describes itself as "promoting excellence in science and technology." In reality it is a harem of whores, substituting politically correct theology for science, prostituting itself for taxpayer money, says SOLO Principal Lindsay Perigo.
Nun was instrumental in linking dogs, inmates (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The idea of pairing animals and inmates is most often credited to an eccentric Dominican Order nun. Because the majority of animal/inmate programs are run by individual nonprofit organizations, it can be difficult to track their number and origins, but many agree it was Sister Pauline Quinn who got things going.
"THE SCIENCE OF FEAR" (New York Post)
In the center of the human brain there is an almond-shaped organ known as the amygdala. We inherit this organ from our animal forbears and it is the fulcrum of our most primitive and powerful emotions, including fear. Essential fears, such as fear...
Video game reviews: 'Battlefield: Bad Company,' 'Wall-E,' 'Hellboy: The Science of Evil' and 'Cake Mania 2' (The Plain Dealer)
Media on the subject of war tend to fall into one of three categories: groundbreaking entertainment, historical commentary or unintentional comedy. For every "Flag of Our Fathers" or "Saving Private Ryan" there is "The Green Berets," not John Wayne's finest moment.
College graduates %%head%%A roundup of Staten Island students who made the grade in higher education (Staten Island Advance)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Jennifer Lee of Great Kills graduated magna cum laude from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn with a bachelor of science degree in business technology mana- gement, with a concentration in finance and minors in chemistry and psychology.
Trailer Report (Calgary Sun)
Whoa. Keanu Reeves stars as an alien -- "Best casting ever" -- in this remake of the science fiction classic about an extraterrestrial who warns humanity to straighten up or else. Shockingly, the trailer feels spookier than it has a right to. For now, we're more cautious than optimistic.
Useful role for MSP (The Scotsman)
GREEN MSP Robin Harper has been elected head of a society promoting science and technology.