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Veep Tasks Artistes To Focus On National Cohesion

Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama yesterday called on Ghanaian artistes to focus their attention on societal issues that transcend politics and keeps the national cohesion and development agenda on track.

BOOMj, Inc. Partners with National Lampoon to Launch Co-Branded eCommerce Store

LAS VEGAS--(Business Wire)-- BOOMj, Inc. (OTCBB: BOMJ, www.boomj.com), a Web-based niche social network and ecommerce site serving more than 78 million Baby Boomers and adults over the age of 35, today announced an agreement with National Lampoon (AMEX: NLN, www.nationallampoon.com), the most recognized brand in comedy to create a co-branded eCommerce platform. National Lampoon will make the store available across the many National Lampoon online platforms, reaching over six million visitors each month. The agreement will also include making National Lampoon DVDs, books, and merchandise available across the BOOMj eCommerce platforms. The new eCommerce store will be live at nationallampoon.com along with the many other National Lampoon owned sites, offering millions of products across a multitude of categories, including computers, books,

National Gallery, Vogel Collection Launch National Gift Program

The National Gallery of Art, in partnership with New York City collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, has announced the launch of a national program that will distribute fifty works from the Vogels' collection of contemporary art to a selected art institution in each of the fifty states.

Rent a Nanotechnology Lab

SeanAhern writes "If you're an aspiring young nanotechnologist with an idea for a new product, you'll be happy to hear that the DOE has created five facilities called Nanoscale Science Research Centers, that you can rent. These Research Centers are located in National Labs scattered around the country: Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois; Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York State; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California; Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico."

Famed Artist Lends Talent to National Harbor

Albert Paley Visits NH for Installation of Entrance Sculpture NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--(Business Wire)-- Internationally renowned artist Albert Paley will oversee the completion of his 85ft. corten steel sculpture at the entrance to National Harbor on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 beginning at 11a.m. The artist, along with National Harbor developer Milt Peterson, will be on hand as the assembly of the sculpture is completed. Named "The Beckoning," the abstract sculpture symbolizes the exciting emergence of the new city rising from the banks of the Potomac River. At 12:30 p.m. Paley will help install another of his works at National Harbor, one of two 4,500lb. stainless steel eagles with wingspans of some fourteen feet each that will appear to be soaring over the Potomac atop 60ft.

National Geographic Again Dominates National Magazine Awards

For the second year in a row, National Geographic won an Ellie for General Excellence in the National Magazine Awards, which were announced Thursday.

The National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association Receives Accreditation of Its Personal Fitness Trainer Certification From the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)

The National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association Receives Accreditation of Its Personal Fitness Trainer Certification From the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)

ChicagoArea Teenager Wins National Art Contest Sponsored by National Geographic Kids and Xeko

News , Press Release and Blog ChicagoArea Teenager Wins National Art Contest Sponsored by National Geographic Kids and Xeko

Focus Enhancements and Sony Agree to XDCAM EX(TM) Development

NAB 2008 -- Focus Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE), a worldwide leader in media management and ultra wideband (UWB) wireless technology, is working with Sony Electronics (NYSE: SNE) to customize a new ProxSys® PX-100 media asset management (MAM) solution for XDCAM EX™. Focus Enhancements will demonstrate the new PX-100 Media Server for XDCAM EX at NAB 2008 from April 14-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the Focus Enhancements Booth, SL2605. For the demo, PX-100 for XDCAM EX will ingest and organize media from Sony's PMW-EX1 HD Camcorder with full metadata continuity. The new solution will also be shown serving media to Sony's Creative Software Vegas Pro™ 8 and delivering web exports via the SOAP-based PX Interface Protocol.

Three artistes from state to receive Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar

NEW DELHI, Mar 4: Three Manipur artistes namely Mairenbam Maniton Singh in Nata Sankritana, Laishram Bina in Manipuri dance and Laishram Ibochouba Singh in theatre lighting are among 30 young artistes of India selected for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Pruskar for 2007, which was announced here last evening by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the national academy of music, dance and drama.

Honours for State artistes

Three Manipur artistes namely Mairenbam Maniton Singh in Nata Sankritana Music, Laishram Bina Devi in Manipuri Dance and Laishram Ibochouba Singh in Theatre Lighting were among those 30 young artistes of India selected for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Pruskar for 2007, which was announced here last evening by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama.

Annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences

From April 26 to 29, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences will hold its 145th annual meeting, at which new Academy members will be elected. ELECTION RESULTS will be available online at noon EDT on April 29 at http://national-academies.org. Reporters can register in advance to receive the list of new members via e-mail. Various public sessions will be held in the auditorium of the National Academy of Sciences building, 2100 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Bush Administration Refuses to Protect Endangered Species Habitat in Michigan and Missouri National Forests

Chicago, IL (March 10, 2008) – Environmental groups challenged the federal government’s decision to exclude all national forest land from a recent endangered species ruling in federal court today. The suit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Center for Biological Diversity, Northwoods Wilderness Recovery, Michigan Nature Association, Door County Environmental Council (DCEC) and the Habitat Education Center, charges that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s designation of critical habitat for the Hine’s emerald dragonfly violates the federal Endangered Species Act by excluding all 13,000 acres in Michigan’s Hiawatha National Forest and the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri.

National Lampoon to Release Healthcare Comedy ''National Lampoon Presents RoboDoc''

LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) National Lampoon, Inc. (AMEX:NLN), the most widely recognized brand in comedy, announced today that it would release and distribute the feature film,

Students ace national physics exam - Two Queens astrophysics students placed among the top five in the 2008 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) national exam. Mark Abraao York placed first and Maggie McLean placed fifth... Monday April 07, 2008

Two Queen’s astrophysics students placed among the top five in the 2008 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) national exam.

A Virtual Screen for Diverse Ligands: Discovery of Selective G Protein-Coupled Receptor Antagonists

The Clinical Endocrinology Branch and Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and Laboratory for the Structure of Matter, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375

Advances Needed in Control System Cyber Security

I am very passionate about this subject,” said Rob Hoffman from Idaho National Laboratory (INL), “because when Idaho National Lab got hacked, I was doing IT work, and I got tabbed to ‘make sure this never happens again.’” Hoffman went on to become the leader of the Control System Security Program (CSSP) at INL, one of the government national laboratory foundations working with the Department of Homeland Security to protect the national infrastructure.

Small satellite builders: a tale of two mergers

Earlier this month the Canadian government has decided to reject the $1.3-billion bid by a US company, Alliant Techsystems (ATK), for the space division of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA). According to an ATK spokesman quoted in Space News, the “…issues touched on sensitive Canadian concerns about national security, national sovereignty and the protection of Canadian technology.� While some in the US may see this as an example of Canadian anti-Americanism, the fact that the Harper government is at all concerned with its national defense and national sovereignty is a big change from the previous Ottawa administration.

ISO and IEC approve Office Open XML document format standard

The International Standards Organization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have approved ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Office Open XML File Formats as an International Standard. Approval requires at least 2/3 (i.e. 66.66 %) of the votes cast by national bodies participating in ISO/IEC JTC 1 to be positive; and no more than 1/4 (i.e. 25 %) of the total number of national body votes cast negative. Both of these criteria were achieved, with 75 % of votes cast by national bodies participating in ISO/IEC JTC 1 being positive and only 14 % of all national votes cast being negative.

National Semi Introduces LED Driver For Single Or Dual Operation Of Handheld Devices

National Semiconductor Corp. introduced what it describes as the industry’s first high-current light-emitting diode (LED) driver that enables dual LED operation for the camera flash function in portable multimedia devices. The LM3553, a member of National’s PowerWise® product family, drives one or two high-current LEDs in series in handheld devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), smartphones, portable scanners and medical strobe lights.

National Trust accused of photo rights grab

Organised by the National Trust's Welsh office, the competition rules state: 'By submitting your photograph… you agree to grant the National Trust, free of charge, the right to publish and the right to license others to publish the photograph online and in all media as required.'

National Council on the Arts Convenes for 163rd Meeting

Washington, D.C. – The National Council on the Arts, the advisory body of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), will meet in a public session on Friday, March 28 in Room M-09 of The Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month 2008, the NEA presents "A Masterly Milestone: Celebrating 100 NEA Jazz Masters." The program features music and conversation with 2006 NEA Jazz Master and clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera, a discussion with 2008 NEA Jazz Master and scholar Gunther Schuller, and a sneak preview of the television broadcast of "LEGENDS OF JAZZ Presents the 2007 NEA Jazz Masters." The NEA Office of Research and Analysis will give a preview of Artists in the Workforce, 1990-2005, an upcoming report that uses U.

National Leader in Land Change Science Comes to Arizona State

Billie Lee Turner, a national leader in sustainability science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is joining Arizona State University as the inaugural Gilbert F. White Chair in Environment and Society in the School of Geographical Sciences.

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