Edward Dwight, Once Picked to Be the First Black Astronaut in Space, Aims
for Space at Last
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Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight’s shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in
space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, he’s finally going
up.
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RBA’s policy options are running short, says JBWere - With inflation proving sticky, the Reserve Bank of Australia doesn’t have the option of simply holding interest rates higher for longer, with further incre...
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BJP picks Brij Bhushan's son as Kaiserganj candidate, 'Desh ki betiyan haar… - Mint - 1. BJP picks Brij Bhushan's son as Kaiserganj candidate, 'Desh ki betiyan haar… Mint 2. "Daughters Lost": Ex Wrestler After BJP Fields Brij B...
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Posers, pugilists and pussycats: Africa's top shots - A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
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Anya Taylor-Joy Wears Sheer Dress Covered in Spikes to 'Furiosa' Premiere - Anya Taylor-Joy embodied the not-so-distant future at an event for her new flick ... leaving little to the imagination -- while also telegraphing to the wo...
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Ferrari 12Cilindri Deep Dive Preview: No electric here, just pure V12 beauty - Filed under: Ferrari,Automotive History,Deep Dive,Convertible,Coupe,Future Vehicles,Luxury,Performance,Supercars Continue reading *Ferrari 12Cilindri Dee...
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Sunrisers beat Royals in final-ball thriller - IPL scorecard - Latest scorecard from the Indian Premier League match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad.
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The Diaries of Mr Lucas by Hugo Greenhalgh review – a kaleidoscope of postwar gay life - A visit to a delapidated London flat unlocks a treasure-trove of reminiscences across six decades In 1994, Hugo Greenhalgh was a researcher on a televisi...
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Best Blog Niches: 5 Topics That Set You Up for Success - It's already a steep climb to support yourself with a blog. There are thousands of them on the internet, which makes competing as a professional blogger ...
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Open Sourcing DOS 4 - [image: Beta DOS Disks]*See the canonical version of this blog post at the Microsoft Open Source Blog!* Ten years ago, Microsoft released the source for...
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The Epochal Shift in Human Evolution: The Emergence of Language 1.6 Million Years Ago - A Paradigm-Altering Revelation That Rewrites Human Evolutionary Timelines
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Bulk deals: Societe Generale, Marshall Wace active in Bandhan Bank, BoB and Manappuram Finance - [image: Bulk deals: Societe Generale, Marshall Wace active in Bandhan Bank, BoB and Manappuram Finance] In other trades, Foregin investor Ardisia sold stak...
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Akan Philosophy of the Person - [Revised entry by Ajume Wingo on April 15, 2024. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] The culture of the Akan people of West Africa dates from before the 1...
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IPL 2024 auction: The list of sold and unsold players - Who was sold to whom, and who didn't get a bid?.
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Alia eVTOL 1st Flight Test From Eglin Air Force Base | French Army Gets Griffons | DoS Approved FMS To Korea - Americas The BETA Technologies Alia electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft marked a historic moment with its first official test flight fro...
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I’ve revived our old Web Analytics blog - Hello to you, Today the 17th of July 2023 I’ve decided to relaunch our old blog about web/digital analytics that I launched in 2006. Not that I want to wri...
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How does Amazon think about devices? - A bad dialog box made me wonder today about the limits of Amazon’s business model. The dialog box was on the Kindle Paperwhite, my preferred ebook reader...
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Easily track your packages with new Gmail features - New Gmail features make it easier to track your packages.
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Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries - The show addresses a series of themes including: gravity as “the greatest designer”, extraterrestrial architecture, deep space mysteries, future body modif...
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FileZilla Server 1.1.0 - A free, small and fast FTP Server. 2021-10-29
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GA4 Advanced Segments, Audiences, and Comparisons - GA4 Advanced Segments, Audiences, and Comparisons are three ways to group your visitors, sessions, and events in Google Analytics data and find deeper...
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Covidfreude - When you behave in such an irresponsible way, you lose the right to complain when you reap the consequences of your choices.
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Boss or toddler? A quiz - YOUR boss, or your toddler? Screaming for grapes or for quick wins on the board before the AGM? Find out which is which.
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61-day fishing ban from April 15 - RAMANATHAPURAMThe 61-day annual fishing ban would come into force from April 15 to June 14, said Collector Dinesh Ponraj Oliver here on Monday.To enab
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More dangerous research: Anthropologist detained, beaten, forcibly disappeared in Egypt - *UPDATES: He was released by presidential decree on July 30, 2022 and now has successfully defended his Master's thesis :Following Unjust Imprisonment, A...
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32+ Years... - [image: image from pbs.twimg.com]
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AT&T Breaks Up Turner, Bulks Up Warner Bros. in Major Overhaul - AT&T started reorganizing its WarnerMedia unit by combining its disparate networks and entertainment businesses, an overhaul that is expected to lead to co...
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How Campbell's Soup Turned 80,000 Pounds Of Peaches Into A CSR Opportunity - CSR for the win: Campbell's Soup's Just Peachy project saves 80,000 pounds of peaches from landfills each year while helping to fund a foodbank AND driving...
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Review: Amazon Brings Fitting Room Home with Prime Wardrobe - I'm not stylish, but I do like my T-shirts soft, my sweaters cozy and my jeans to not be scratchy -- all of which is hard to know when shopping online. S...
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UXデザインの普遍的な原理 Part 2: 言葉とタイポグラフィ（UXデザイン入門シリーズ）| アドビUX道場 #UXDojo - 絶え間なく変化する環境の中に身を置いて、UXデザイナーとしてすべてを把握し続けることは困難です。これは大きな挑戦です。一方、基本的なデザイン原理の理解は、時代遅れになることはなく、仕事を続ける上でずっと役に立ち続けるでしょう。『UXデザインの普遍的な原理』シリーズの第2部では、言葉とタイポグラフィについてお話...
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Vulnerability in phpMyAdmin Requires Immediate Patch - A critical CSRF Vulnerability in phpMyAdmin Database administration tool has been found and a patch is available for all computers and servers running the ...
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The Blog Moves On - But the show goes on.
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Gravity signals could speedily warn of big quakes and save lives - The trick lies in capturing the weak gravitational shifts in the ground.
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Can Investors Recover Faith In Energy Recovery? - by Debra Fiakas CFA Despite reporting the highest gross profit margin in Energy Recovery's (ERII: Nasdaq) history, investors were sorely disappointed with...
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Configure a Mobile Device Mailbox Policy for Exchange Server - This article explains how to use mobile device mailbox policies to force mobile devices to comply with your organization’s security standards.
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"Presentation of Storyboards" by Joe Ranft - I posted a quick page of drawing tips by Vance Gerry on twitter and people seemed to like it. That reminded me of this old handout by Disney/Pixar legend J...
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Statins - Brian Clegg gets to the heart of the matter on the benefits or otherwise of one of the most commonly prescribed drugs
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Major solar energy project operational in western Michigan - TV reports 11,000 solar panels are installed on a 17-acre plot of land just south of Grand Valley State University's main campus in Allendale. Consumers ...
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Moving to the Google Developers Blog - For the latest news about developing for Google+, please read the Google Developers blog. We’ll post all new announcements about the Google+ API, buttons, ...
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Viridarium Novum - *A Little Book of Nature* *'New little book of flowers, in it all kinds of beautiful flowers, also fruits and little animals, which are very useful to pai...
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Turf war between Delhi government, L-G continues, Kejriwal to meet President today - Kejriwal has also directed all its officials to apprise him or Minister concerned about any oral or written direction from the L-G or his office before fol...
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India seeks to speed up foreign deals with 'one-stop shop' - The Finance Ministry, seeking to speed up deals with outside investors, is set to take full control of the oversight of more than $40 billion a year in for...
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New Freelance Job Site AwesomeWeb Launches - AwesomeWeb is the latest freelance job site to enter the market. It is a “marriage” of the teams behind 1stWebDesigner and IncomeDiary. They claim Awesom...
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Can't Stop Eating Late at Night - Eating late at night isn't the best habit. Especially if you are snacking on high calorie, high carbohydrate foods. It's is also a really hard habit to b...
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Bye-Bye Blog - That's right, this blog is going away on May 31. About.com has decided to eliminate blogs from the sites. This site is NOT going away. There are still seve...
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Less Talk. More Do. - This is the last blog post you'll be seeing here at About.com Gardening. I'll still be here, but the site is getting a long overdue make-over and instea...
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The Brain Mapping Initiatives: Foundational Issues - On December 6-7 at NYU, we are hosting a conference on "The Brain Mapping Initiatives: Foundational Issues". The conference is devoted to foundational issu...
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China Skepticism - (I wrote this after my visit to Shanghai and Beijing in May ’10, as part of my MBA program at Duke. I originally circulated it around with friends and othe...
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The Atheist Experience blog is moving! - (Original title: Important changes coming to the blog October 1!) Commence unfounded wild speculation in 3... 2... 1... *Edit*: As the commenters pointed o...
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Segregation and periodic mixing in a fluidized bidisperse suspension - Author(s): A Deboeuf, G Gauthier, J Martin and D Salin Affiliation(s): Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 7608, Lab. FAST, Bat. 502, Ca...
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Can the Angry Birds Keep Flying? - Rovio Mobile Oy has to convince investors it has staying power, as it rolls out new games and a movie
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New report has good news about sustainable farming - Mark Bittman at the New York Times writes about a new report from the United Nations that debunks the conventional wisdom that it isn’t possible to feed th...
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Free calling in Gmail extended through 2011 - *(Cross posted from the Gmail blog)* When we launched calling in Gmail back in August, we wanted it to be easy and affordable, so we made calls to the U.S....
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