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The Top Party School Shoots For A Lower Ranking
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:00:00 -0400
The University of Florida in Gainesville is the No. 1-ranked party school. It's a distinction that surprises some students, and administrators hope new policies will help the school change that reputation.
Pick Of Palin Sets Up Battle For Female Voters
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:41:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the first woman picked for a Republican presidential ticket, appeals to social and economic conservatives — and possibly disgruntled Clinton supporters. But it appears that John McCain will forfeit a chance to question Barack Obama's relative lack of experience.
McCain Picks Gov. Palin As Running Mate
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0400
Sen. John McCain surprised a lot of people Friday by picking Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. McCain is in Dayton, Ohio to make the announcement. Madeleine Brands talk to David Schaper who's at the McCain rally in Dayton.

The Talk of the Town

Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley.
Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . .
James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility?
James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .
Hendrik Hertzberg: What Barack Obama is up against.
Hendrik Hertzberg Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The week before the week before this week’s scheduled gathering of the delegates and their media camp followers in Denver, the nominee-presumptive of the Democratic Party did something that is strongly recommended, and ought to be mandatory, for anyone who has just logged a year and a half’s worth . . .

 

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Asteroid Scare Prompts NASA to Formalize Response - An unprecedented asteroid scare in January 2004 has prompted NASA to set up a formal process for notifying top officials in the future of any impending impacts.
Meta Description: [ An unprecedented asteroid scare in January in which astronomers worried for a few hours over a rock that with a 1-in-4 chance of hitting Earth the next day has prompted NASA to set up a formal process for notifying top officials in the future of any impending impacts. ]

BBC News: Government Prepares for Space Impact - The UK government is to establish a panel of experts to advise on the risk of the Earth being hit by an asteroid or comet, and plans for evacuation and/or deflection.
Meta Description: [ The UK government is to establish a panel of experts to advise on the risk of the Earth being hit by an asteroid or comet. ]

China Daily: Dangerous Space Rocks Under Watch - Astronomers say they are well on their way to finding every asteroid that poses a threat.

CNN - Scientists Want to be Ready to Block Asteroid from Hitting Earth - Scientists gather to discuss ways of aggressively defending the planet from an asteroid, including detonating nukes in space.
Meta Description: [ The asteroid believed to have wiped out dinosaurs 65 million years ago was rare but hardly unique, say scientists gathered to discuss ways of aggressively defending our planet from another such space rock, including by detonating nukes in space. ]

Impact - Describes the threat of a comet impact with Earth and provides a plan of action to survive a large impact.
Meta Description: [ Theories & discussion on mass extinctions, asteroid/comet impact and nova/supernova effects, global cooling/warming theories, origin of the universe, pattern mathematics and historical photography. ]

Impact Parameters - Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.

Meteor Defense - An argument for reducing global tension by developing a defense against impacts with Near Earth Objects.
Meta Description: [ An argument for reducing global tension by developing a defense against impacts with near Earth objects. ]

The SpaceGuard UK Portal - National focus in the UK for studies into the threat posed to the Earth by collisions with asteroids and comets.
Meta Description: [ Spaceguard UK is the national focus in the UK for studies into the threat posed to the Earth by collisions with asteroids and comets ]

U.S. Summons Experts to Draft Asteroid Defense Plan - A Cincinnati Post news story about a meeting called by the U.S. government on the chances of an asteroid strike and a possible defense for it.
Meta Description: [ The U.S. federal government is summoning the world's top scientists to an urgent conference this summer to plan defenses against an attack that could wipe out an American city or disrupt the whole country's infrastructure. No, it's not global terrorism. The scientists will map ways to combat an a... ]

United Press International - Finding Menacing Asteroids Is a First Step - Article on a meeting of space experts regarding finding and destroying a potential threat from an asteroid.