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Potentially Habitable Planet Discovered

By Guest PostSeptember 29, 2010Scienceastronomers, astronomical units, d c, gliese 581, gravitational tug, habitable planet, lick-carnegie exoplanet survey, Milky Way, paul butler, planet, potentially habitable earth-sized planet, stellar energy, steven vogt, u c santa cruz, Washington

Washington, D.C. Astronomers have found a new, potentially habitable Earth-sized planet. It is one of two new planets discovered around the star Gliese 581, some 20 light years away. The planet, Gliese 581g, is located in a “habitable zone”—a distance from the star where the planet receives just the right amount of stellar energy to maintain liquid water at or near the planet’s surface. The 11- year study, published in the Astrophysical Journal and posted online at arXiv.org, suggests that the fraction of stars in the Milky Way harboring potentially habitable planets could be greater than previously thought—as much as a few tens of percent.

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Potomac River: Ten-fold Increase in Native Submerged Vegetation Reflects Improved Water Quality

By Guest PostSeptember 7, 20101 commentEnvironmentalgal blooms, chesapeake bay, d c, ecosystem, exotic, henry ruhl, heteranthera, hydrilla, milfoil, myriophyllum, nancy rybicki, national oceanography centre, noc, nutrients, potomac river, sav, southhampton, stargrass, submerged aquatic vegetation, submerged vegetation, u s geological survey, uk, Washington, wastewater treatment plant

The Potomac River in Washington, D.C. is showing multiple benefits from restoration efforts, newly published research suggests. Reduced nutrients and improved water clarity have increased the abundance and diversity of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the Potomac, according to direct measurements taken during the 18-year field study.

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Report: Discovery Networks Hostage-Taking a Rare Terror Event

By Guest PostSeptember 3, 20101 commentMedia, Politicsd c, discovery building, discovery communications, gary lafree, global terrorism database, hostage-taking, radical environmentalists, start center, terrorism, terrorist act, university of maryland, Washington

*U.S. Violent Terror Rarely Against Media, Capital; Rare for Environmentalists*

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new report by terrorism researchers at the University of Maryland concludes that the deadly hostage-taking incident at the Discovery Communications headquarters in suburban Washington, D.C. meets the criteria of a terrorist act – a rare one for media organizations and the nation’s capital region. Hostage-taking, though, is a familiar pattern in capital-region terror, the researchers add.

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Microsoft Awards Top Performing Partners at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

By Guest PostJuly 15, 2010Technology2010, anglia business solutions, Avanade, client profiles, doug kennedy, dynamics vertical solutions, eclipse computing, fz-llc, isv awardsm hoster award, july 14, maginus software solutions, microsoft corp., microsoft dynamics, microsoft worldwide partner conference, outsourcery, rock solid technologies, tribridge, Washington, wpc

WASHINGTON — At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) on July 14, 2010 in Washington, D.C., Microsoft Corp. honored the strongest performing Microsoft Dynamics partners for demonstrating significant customer impact by developing and delivering innovative solutions that help customers drive their businesses forward.

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Obama Earns Four Times More than His Russian Counterpart

By PravdaJuly 7, 2010General, Politicsafghanistan, dmitry medvedev, hamid karzai, igor shuvalov, million rubles, natural resources and ecology, Obama, russian, us president, vladimir putin, Washington, White House, yuri trutnev

US President makes $400,000 a year, which equates about 12 million rubles, or one million rubles a month.

The earnings of Russian top officials pale in comparison.

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Spy Incident May Resurrect Cold War Between USA and Russia

By PravdaJuly 5, 20101 commentPoliticsBarack Obama, cia, cold war, dmitry medvedev, fbi, illegals, moscow, nuclear safety, russian spies, sergei lavrov, start, svr, thinktanks, Twitter, united states, Washington, world trade organization, wto

The arrest of 10 alleged Russian spies in the United States suggests that Washington and Moscow are predestined to be eternal adversaries in a Cold War without end, despite a slight respite. Kindnesses and courtesies seemed to give the world hope for achieving the long sought after social peace sought after among all the peoples of all mankind.

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Potentially Habitable Planet Discovered

Potomac River: Ten-fold Increase in Native Submerged Vegetation Reflects Improved Water Quality

Report: Discovery Networks Hostage-Taking a Rare Terror Event

Microsoft Awards Top Performing Partners at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

Obama Earns Four Times More than His Russian Counterpart

Spy Incident May Resurrect Cold War Between USA and Russia