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01/08/2009
Children hit hard as toll rises (BBC News)
Many children are among the dead and injured in the conflict in Gaza, and psychiatrists are warning that some children on both sides may never recover from the psychological damage done as the bombs, shells and rockets fall, reports the BBC's Heather Sharp.
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01/07/2009
Gaza Aid Groups Say War Is Not the Answer (OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (OneWorld.net) - With few journalists able to report from inside Gaza, aid workers stationed there have become vital sources of not just food and medicines, but also information about what life is like as Israeli attacks continue for a second week. OneWorld.net has used its extensive connections with aid workers to pull together a range of voices from inside Gaza (see: ...
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01/08/2009
Ice is nice for fishing (The Narrowsburg River Reporter)
RIVER VALLEY — If you’re looking for a way to keep busy and get a bit of a workout in the dead of winter, ice fishing fits the bill for a lot of people in the area.
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01/06/2009
Snakebite boy saved by stranger (Daily Telegraph)
THREE days ago Braeden Evans was gravely ill after being bitten by a brown snake while his parents stood by in a helpless panic. Find out what happened.
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01/06/2009
Gaza war also waged online (Radio Netherlands)
The conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has sparked a media battle with both sides using increasingly sophisticated methods to influence public opinion.
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01/04/2009
NASA's Opportunity rover safely arrives at Mars (Spaceflight Now)
Spirit remains in 'critical' condition The crippled Spirit rover remains in critical condition on the surface of Mars, engineers said Friday, the victim of ongoing electronic seizures that have caused its central computer to reboot itself more than 60 times over the past two days.
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01/02/2009
Officials warn of dangers of thin ice (The Citizen of Laconia)
Laconia firefighter Kyle Joseph heads out to 'rescue' fellow firefighter Ray Eaton during ice training exercises on Lake Opechee on Wednesday. Area rescue personnel are preparing for the problems that crop up each year when people venture onto unsafe ice.
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12/28/2008
Springdale school nurses expand their services (NWAnews.com)
SPRINGDALE — On a day when sharp winds and 13-degree temperatures sent people running through parking lots to the refuge of a warm car, dozens of children walked to Springdale schools without coats, sweaters or even long pants. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
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12/24/2008
Out of this world (The Citizen)
Photo Submitted By: Grady Semmens, University of Calgary Grady Semmens of the University of Calgary displays one of the meteor rocks found by the Saskatchewan/Alberta border. Photo Submitted By: Grady Semmens, University of Calgary Graduate student Ellen Milley poses near the first meteor rock she found in a frozen pond. By: Darcie Thom Hundreds of prairie dwellers couldn’t believe their [...]
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12/17/2008
Long winter's nap (The Columbus Dispatch)
In late December, the year's shortest days in terms of daylight hours arrive - when nature seems to stand still. Yet, beneath the ground and in the hollows of trees, creatures hibernate, dormant but alive. Hibernation is nature's defense against low temperatures and a lack of food. Some animals escape such dangers by migrating south; others, including humans, find heated shelter.
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| Aerospaceguide.net: Near Earth Asteroid - Descriptions of asteroids, comets, and near Earth objects.Asteroids - their history - Introduction paper on asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects.Asteroids and Comets - Data from across NASA, compiled at the National Space Science Data Center.Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites: Their Intimate Relation with Life on Earth - A curriculum prepared by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.Asteroids Comets Meteors (ACM) - A meeting bringing together scientists studying small solar system bodies. Dates and links of past meetings.Astrobiology Magazine: Meteors, Comets, and Asteroids - Selected articles, usually with some connection to life on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system.Chiron Information and Documentation - A minor body with dual status as both asteroid and comet.Comet/Asteroid Orbit Determination and Ephemeris Software - A downloadable Java program for various orbit computations on asteroids and comets.Committee on Small Body Nomenclature - Group responsible for the naming of asteroids and comets. Description of the naming process, guidelines for submitting name proposals.Keeping an Eye on Space Rocks - Overview of asteroids, comets, and meteors, with special attention to the impact hazard to Earth.Meteorites and Asteroids - Companion resource to an astronomy textbook, contains links and current news about meteorites and asteroids.Minor Planet Center - International clearing house for observations of asteroids and comets.NASA Planetary Photojournal: Asteroid and Comets - Selected NASA images.Nine Planets: Sedna - General information on the object officially known as 2003 VB12. This object is the most distant body known that orbits our Sun.The Nine Planets: Small Bodies in the Solar System - Overview of asteroids, comets, meteors. Images, data, links.NOVA Online: Doomsday Asteroid - Transcript of the television broadcast, kitchen comet activity, general information on comets.Orbits - Interactive 3D orbit visualization for known asteroids and comets.The Physics of: Asteroids, Comets and Meteoroids - Physics of asteroids, comets and meteoroids. Application with Newton's and Kepler's Laws, kinetic and potential energy.Planetary Data System: Small Bodies Node - Data concerning asteroids and comets, in a standard format for use primarily by astronomical observers and mission planners, as well as educators and students.Small Bodies - Link collection covering the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites, near Earth objects, and impacts.Startdate Online: Leftovers - Fact sheets on asteroids and comets, index to radio broadcasts on related topics. From the McDonald Observatory.USGS Astrogeology: Other Objects - Official names of features on asteroids as approved by the International Astronomical Union. Data and images for selected asteroids and comets.Welcome to the Planets: Small Bodies - Asteroids Ida and Dactyl, Comets Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Halley, representative meteorites.BBC NEWS: Astronomers Discover 'New Planet' - A telescope has detected what could be the Solar System's 10th planet, Sedna. (March 15, 2004)
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