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Pax Nortona
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Political Soccer (Oct 17 2003 01:41 GMT) - Think of politics today as a soccer match. The wRong holds that they get a point every time they kick... |
PR Web (The Free Wire Service) Business Advertising / Marketing News
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Inter logiQ’s ‘Le Big Bang’ Forum is Back (Oct 17 2003 01:41 GMT) - 2nd Annual Sales & Marketing Forum for Technology Companies to Take Place on November 13-14, 2003 in GatineauMontreal, Quebec, October 14, 2003—Inter logiQ Network—Canada’s largest Information Technology (IT) association devoted to the support of IT companies in their growth and commercial development—will hold its second annual Le Big Bang Sales & Marketing Forum on November 13 -14 at the Chateau Cartier Resort in Gatineau (Aylmer), Quebec. Le Big Bang is a two-day symposium organized by technology companies exclusively for CEOs, VPs and Directors, Sales, Marketing and Business Development Executives of technology companies who want to improve their sales and marketing effectiveness. [PRWEB Oct 16, 2003] |
LTSN Engineering News Channel
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Impact of mergers on further education and higher education (Oct 17 2003 01:41 GMT) - DfES, LSC and HEFCE have produced a report that considers the issues within institutions which combine further education and higher education provision. This includes mergers of further and higher education institutions, transfers of further education institutions to higher education status, and mixed economy further education colleges delivering substantial levels of higher education provision. The study found that the mergers ensured the medium to long term survival of much of the provision offered by the further education institutions. However, it is not believed possible to introduce bureaucratic mechanisms to protect further education provision in higher education institutions perpetually. |
LTSN Engineering News Channel
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Foundation degrees (Oct 17 2003 01:41 GMT) - This publication invites bids for full-time or part-time additional foundation degree places from 2004-05; and for funds to develop new programmes. Institutions wishing to bid for foundation degree places to support Ufi activity should do so through this competition. All higher education institutions and further education colleges directly funded by HEFCE are eligible to bid. |
LTSN Engineering News Channel
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Model financial memorandum between HEFCE and institutions (Oct 17 2003 01:41 GMT) - The model financial memorandum, between HEFCE and the institutions we fund, sets out the terms and conditions for payment of HEFCE grants. The memorandum should be read in conjunction with Part 2, the schedule, which gives conditions specific to the institution, the funds available to the institution, and the educational provision the institution has agreed in return for those funds. |
Ciencia 15
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Empezando por el principio. La antena de Arecibo no es parabólica (Oct 17 2003 01:40 GMT) - La verdad es que estamos tan acostumbrados a que todos los reflectores de las antenas de los radiotelescopios sean parabólicos que ni siquiera me había parado a pensar si la de Arecibo lo era o no. Pues resulta que no, que no es parabólico: es una semiesfera. Claro que, una parábola es una superficie que hace que los rayos que llegan a cualquier parte, paralelos al eje de la misma, se reflejan en un punto. En ese punto se pone la antena -el receptor-. |
Ciencia 15
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De vuelta de las vacaciones (Oct 17 2003 01:40 GMT) - Ya he vuelto de mis vacaciones. He estado en el Observatorio de Arecibo -ya sabéis, el mayor radiotelescopio del mundo- y por las islas volcánicas del Caribe. He visto a la antena de Arecibo funcionar como un enorme radar con 1 Megavatio de potencia; he oído a la ranita Coquí -en peligro de extinción- desde la antena,... He visto fumárolas volcánicas con olor a azufre en Santa Lucia... |
Ciencia 15
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China acaba de convertirse en el tercer país del mundo capaz de poner en órbita a un ser humano (Oct 17 2003 01:40 GMT) - Ha sido a la 1 de la madrugada GMT de hoy -15 de octubre de 2003-, China a puesto a una persona en órbita. Catorce minutos después del lanzamiento, Yang Liwei, de 38 años de edad estaba sano y salvo, orbitando en torno a la Tierra. La nave utilizada es un modelo chino de la nave soviética Soyuz para tres personas, aunque en esta ocasión sólo iba una. El nombre de la nave china es Shenzou V. El lanzamiento se hizo desde el desierto del Gobi con un propulsor “ |
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