Report offers advice to McCain, Obama on science and technology appointments

(National Academy of Sciences) The importance of research in solving many of our national challenges, including economic ones, was emphasized today in a new report titled "Science and Technology for America's Progress: Ensuring the Best Presidential Appointments In the new administration." The report, sent to John McCain and Barack Obama with guidance for whomever is elected president in November, provides suggestions on filling key science appointments after the election.

Presidential science and technology appointments

(National Academy of Sciences) A new report from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, offers advice to presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama on filling high-level federal science and technology positions after the election.

LSUHSC awarded grant to address nursing shortage

(Louisiana State University Health Science Center) LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Nursing has been awarded a $100, 000 grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to provide scholarships to individuals under-represented in nursing or from disadvantaged backgrounds in an accelerated nursing degree program. The funding will support ten scholarships in LSUHSC's Career Alternative RN Education, or CARE, Program, expanding enrollment and the number of fully qualified nurses prepared to practice.

Creation theory call creates a classroom dilemna

A top biologist has suggested controversial idea should sit alongside science teaching, write FIONA MACLEOD and RICHARD SADLER

USGS Coalition to honor Reps. Dicks, Regula with Leadership Award

(Crop Science Society of America) Representatives Norman Dicks (D-WA) and Ralph Regula (R-OH) will be presented with the first USGS Coalition Leadership Award on Monday evening, Sept. 15, 2008. The USGS Coalition is an alliance of 70 organizations united by a commitment to the continued vitality of the unique combination of biological, geological, hydrological and mapping programs of the US Geological Survey.

Arctic science conference to focus on northern sustainability

(University of Alaska Fairbanks) More than 150 scientists are expected to attend the 59th annual American Association for the Advancement of Science Arctic Division conference in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 15-17, 2008.

NJIT architecture professor opens Newark conference with challenge to revitalize Newark buildings

(New Jersey Institute of Technology) With a charge not to tear down Newark's older buildings, but to rehabilitate them, NJIT research professor Deane Evans, an architect and executive director of NJIT's Center for Architecture and Building Science Research will open Newark's Green Future Summit tomorrow morning at NJIT. Evans, an advocate of sustainable building practices, also said that in the process of fixing and repairing people learn trades, skills and knowledge about the science behind good buildings.

Archaeo News Podcast 94

In collaboration with British Archaeological Jobs Resource

Contents:


Victoria suburb yields 850 BCE archeological site

Sailor to recreate Phoenicians' epic African voyage

Early Americans may have arrived 2, 000 years earlier than thought

Cave sculptures on display for first time in 15, 000 years

Oldest human remains unearthed in Macedonia

Early settlement site unearthed in Orkney

New tomb for 'Altai Princess' to be built in Siberia

Unique cremation graves discovered in Moravia

Past Horizons Internet magazine launched

Bronze Age skeleton unearthed in Kent


Speaker: David Connolly (BAJR)
Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks (Infinite Wave)
 Listen to the weekly Archaeo News [Total time 17:30]

Nokia stops making WiMax device

NOKIA has ended production of its only mobile device using WiMax technology, another blow for the struggling wireless technology.

Microsoft bags Dell search deal

MICROSOFT has recorded a rare win against Google to become the default search engine on Dell's entire range of computers.

Nets Arena May Be Scaled Back

Developer Bruce Ratner is considering scaling back his ambitious plan for a $1 billion Gehry-designed arena for the New Jersey Nets basketball team in Brooklyn.

Image to PDF 2. 1

updated on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:14:05 CST
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PDF to Image 2009 1. 3

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Collanos Workplace Windows 1. 4. 0. 1

updated on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:54:25 CST
- Collanos enables teams. Free, secure P2P collaboration tool for teams.

PDF to Word Conversion 3. 0

updated on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:16:16 CST
- Convert PDF To text Document with Quick PDF to Word Converter

Attachments Forget Reminder for Outlook 3. 2. 2

updated on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:16:48 CST
- Remind you if forget to add the attachments to the outgoing email messages.

Purchase Order Software 2. 0. 1. 5

updated on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:28:39 CST
- Company purchase and sales organizer program maintains transactional records