Saudi Arabia has finally agreed to send women athletes to compete in the Olympics.
It's only taken them 116 years to do it, but for the first time in Summer Olympic history, every nation competing includes female athletes. Today, during the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the torch for women's rights is also on display for the world to see.
Deadline: August 10, 2012
The National Institutes of Health recently announced the availability of grant funding to study various cognitive and environmental factors involved in learning mathematics. The purpose of the research is to better understand factors contributing to mathematical learning disabilities in order to prevent and ameliorate those disabilities. State and local governments, institutions of higher education, and non-profits are encouraged to apply.
Please visit the NIH website for more information.
NYCEDC Seeks Proposals for Food Festival in Hunts Point Section of the Bronx
Food Festival Could Create New City-wide Destination Event and Promote Connections between Retailers and Wholesale Food Distributors
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The 2012 London Olympic Games ceremonies officially begins today, NBC will cover simultaneous sports events occurring each day across different venues.
Let these games begin. For scheduled competitions and final results:
US ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS. Slight Increase with Fears of Stalling Economy.
US economy grew at just 1.5 percent from April through June on a steep cutback in consumer spending. And that doesn't do anything to abate fears that the economy is stalling.
U.S.-ISRAELI COOPERATION BILL. Morning Signing Ceremonies.
President Obama is reaffirming U.S. ties with Israel, upstaging Romney a day before the Republican challenger planned to visit Jerusalem.
PENN STATE VICTIM TO SUE. Shower Victim Number 2.
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS REGION THIS
EVENING INTO THE FIRST PART OF TONIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY BECOMES
NEARLY STATIONARY NORTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING...THEN SEVERAL
IMPULSES WILL AFFECT THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. LOW
PRESSURE WILL IMPACT THE AREA ON SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS
FOR THE START OF THE NEW WEEK.
657 Mu'awiyan defeats Caliph Ali in the Battle of Siffin in Mesopotamia.
1526 Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon and colonists leave Santo Domingo for Florida.
1529 Francisco Pizarro receives a royal warrant to "discover and conquer" Peru.
1758 British forces capture France's Fortress of Louisbourg after a month siege.
1759 The French relinquish NY Fort Ticonderoga to the British under Gen. Amherst.
1775 Congress establishes a postal system with Ben Franklin as postmaster general.
Jimmy Vacca's annual summer concert series has returned to Pelham Bay Park! In collaboration with the Bronx Arts Ensemble and the Parks Department, the remaining concerts will include...
Friday, July 27 – "Magical Mystery Tour: Music of the 1960s"
The BAE's Electronic Mosholu Crash
Friday, August 24 – "Classic Jazz Gems: Music of Cole Porter, John Coltrane, and Duke Ellington"
Valerie Capers Quartet
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Henrik Örnebring is the Axess Research Fellow in Comparative European Journalism at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. He blogs with a European point of view about general journalism developments, paying particular attention to research and the academic sphere.
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