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UN Plans Asteroid Response Framework

chrb writes "The Association of Space Explorers, a non-profit group of people who have completed at least one Earth orbit in space, has presented a report to the United Nations titled Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response. The UN will now meet in February to discuss the issue and try to define a global political framework for dealing with asteroid-based threats to the Earth."

Audience response app for iPhone/iPod Touch

January 6, 2009 The Apple iPod/iPhone/iTunes App Store ecosystem is producing some remarkably useful tools for life, work, play, and now education. A free app for the iPhone or iPod Touch from ResponseWare transforms them into wireless, interactive audience response tools that could transform the way people learn and collaborate in many environments. The app allows alphanumeric entry for single response, multiple response, fill-in-the-blank and essay questions and the diversity of response types it offers enhances a presenter’s communication options. It displays the question and answer choices on the iPod/phone during polling and participants logged into an interactive session can review previous polls as well as instant message the leader/ with questions and feedback.

Asteroid Threats to Earth UN Officials Briefed on Need for Global Response

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Asteroid Threats to Earth - UN Officials Briefed on Need for Global Response

NEWS WISE -- A milestone-making report on the need to develop an international decision-making program to respond to the threat of Near Earth Objects (NEOs) has been briefed to United Nations officials in Vienna, Austria. Read More

Asteroid Threats to Earth - UN Officials Briefed on Need for Global Response

A new report flags the need for global decision-making to respond to the threat of Near Earth Objects. The findings of a two-year long effort are being briefed to officials within the United Nations, as well as leaders in various space agencies around the world.

Asteroid R&D finds answers before impact

In the hit 1998 movie “Armageddon”, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck blew up an asteroid to save the world. While the film was science fiction, the chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth one day are very real―and blowing up an asteroid in real life, says a Tel Aviv Univ. researcher, will be more complicated than in the movies.

How to Destroy an Asteroid

In the hit 1998 movie Armageddon, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck blew up an asteroid to save the world. While the film was science fiction, the chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth one day are very real ― and blowing up an asteroid in real life, says a Tel Aviv University researcher, will be more complicated than in the movies.

How to destroy an asteroid

In the hit 1998 movie Armageddon, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck blew up an asteroid to save the world. While the film was science fiction, the chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth one day are very real ? and blowing up an asteroid in real life, says a Tel Aviv University researcher, will be more complicated than in the movies.

How To Destroy An Asteroid: Blowing Up Killer Space Rocks Without Dangerous Debris

In the hit 1998 movie Armageddon, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck blew up an asteroid to save the world. While the film was science fiction, the chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth one day are very real ― and blowing up an asteroid in real life, says a Tel Aviv University researcher, will be more complicated than in the movies.

How to destroy an asteroid

In the hit 1998 movie Armageddon, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck blew up an asteroid to save the world. While the film was science fiction, the chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth one day are very real ― and blowing up an asteroid in real life, says a Tel Aviv University researcher, will be more complicated than in the movies.

ClearOne Begins First Customer Shipments of its MAX(TM) IP Response Point Conference Phone

PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ClearOne (Nasdaq: CLRO), the leading provider of high performance audio conferencing solutions, announced today that it has begun shipping their MAX IP Response Point, the industry's first -- and only -- conference phone for the Microsoft Response Point phone system. MAX IP Response Point is a tabletop conferencing system that brings high performance audio quality capabilities to users of Microsoft's popular small business phone system.

Charles Schwab Releases Summary of Recent 401(k) Plan Participant Behavior

Charles Schwab has found that participant engagement in Schwab-serviced 401(k) plans increased dramatically both online and over the phone in the months of September and October 2008. And while the number of people reducing their contribution rates into plans has increased, the majority of participants in Schwab-serviced plans are not significantly shifting asset allocations or reducing contribution rates. Schwab recently released information about retirement plan participant behavior to help employers better understand how their employees are approaching their 401(k) plans in the current market and economic environment.

Charles Schwab Releases Summary of Recent 401(k) Plan Participant Behavior

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Charles Schwab has found that participant engagement in Schwab-serviced 401(k) plans increased dramatically both online and over the phone in the months of September and October 2008. And while the number of people reducing their contribution rates into plans has increased, the majority of participants in Schwab-serviced plans are not significantly shifting asset allocations or reducing contribution rates. Schwab recently released information about retirement plan participant behavior to help employers better understand how their employees are approaching their 401(k) plans in the current market and economic environment.

Charles Schwab Releases Summary of Recent 401(k) Plan Participant Behavior

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 9, 2008--Charles Schwab has found that participant engagement in Schwab-serviced 401(k) plans increased dramatically both online and over the phone in the months of September and October 2008. And while the number of people reducing their contribution rates into plans has increased, the majority of participants in Schwab-serviced plans are not significantly shifting asset allocations or reducing contribution rates. Schwab recently released information about retirement plan participant behavior to help employers better understand how their employees are approaching their 401(k) plans in the current market and economic environment.

New Asteroid Discovered by Bulgarian Astronomers

New Asteroid Discovered by Bulgarian Astronomers: Bulgarian scientists have discovered a new asteroid in the Taurus constellation, the Space Research Centre of the Sofia University announced.

UN chief demands Gaza ceasefire

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate end to fighting in the Gaza Strip during a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York.

Mammoth UN climate talks head into final day

AFP/File – Former US vice president Al Gore is welcomed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) at UN climate …

University asteroid hunters find 100 meteorites as Prairie cold sets in

More than 100 meteorites have been collected by the University of Calgary since a 10-tonne fireball lit up the border of Saskatchewan and Alberta on Nov. 20. The team of asteroid hunters expects their collection to set a Canadian record for the largest-ever recorded meteorite fall. As many as 20 volunteers, including students, locals, professors and amateur astronomers, have been scouring for the rocks for more than a month in Lloydminster, Sask. Frigid temperatures and heavy snowfall have complicated the search. "Finding all we could before the snow came on Dec. 6 was a real challenge and tough on searchers, with wind chills routinely colder than -20C," said asteroid expert Alan Hildebrand, pictured.

Motorola freezes pension plans, cuts co-CEOs' pay

Financially stressed Motorola Inc. disclosed plans to cut costs by cutting the pay of its co-CEOs and freezing its U.S. pension plans and ending its practice of matching employees' 401(k) contributions.

Circuit City plans to break 154 additional leases

Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's second-largest electronics retailer, said Wednesday it plans to break the leases for almost all the 155 stores it plans to close this month.

New Fisher museum plans as objectionable as the old

The Presidio Trust has just disclosed plans that would allow the Fisher Contemporary Art Museum to be built directly across from the Main Parade Ground. The new plans, like the original one to build the museum on the Main Parade Ground itself, already face significant opposition.

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