Captured female pilot becomes symbol of Kiev’s resistance to Kremlin
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The place that knows the secret to long life
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Student council vetoes American flag ban
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ISIS’ spread is headache for U.S.
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Offensive launched against Boko Haram
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Station airs terror plot suspect interview
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Obama: 50 Years After ‘Bloody Sunday,’ March Is Not Yet Over http://n.pr/1GbKRir
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The high-climbing travel boss http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31708323
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Nigeria truckers run Boko Haram risk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-31533391
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Queen’s message praises Commonwealth http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31789818
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Australian teens ‘tried to join IS’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-31791607
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In pictures: Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu
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Video: Fighting for women’s rights in Afghanistan
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Chad, Niger launch joint offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria
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Bulgarian bones could be John the Baptist’s
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Emma Watson’s inspirational Facebook moment
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Bergen: ISIS goes global
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From the time he was eight to the day he died, John followed every impulse of his heart. The challenge for him was to rush to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit gave him, not his own human … continue reading
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International_Women’s_Day With Historic evolution of women’s rights movement (click to access article)
International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900’s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.
1908
Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women’s oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.
1909
In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman’s Day (NWD) was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate NWD on the last Sunday of February until 1913.
1910
n 1910 a second International Conference of Working Women was held in Copenhagen. A woman named a Clara Zetkin (Leader of the ‘Women’s Office’ for the Social Democratic Party in Germany) tabled the idea of an International Women’s Day. She proposed that every year in every country there should be a celebration on the same day – a Women’s Day – to press for their demands. The conference of over 100 women from 17 countries, representing unions, socialist parties, working women’s clubs, and including the first three women elected to the Finnish parliament, greeted Zetkin’s suggestion with unanimous approval and thus International Women’s Day was the result.
1911
Following the decision agreed at Copenhagen in 1911, International Women’s Day (IWD) was honoured the first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland on 19 March. More than one million women and men attended IWD rallies campaigning for women’s rights to work, vote, be trained, to hold public office and end discrimination. However less than a week later on 25 March, the tragic ‘Triangle Fire’ in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants. This disastrous event drew significant attention to working conditions and labour legislation in the United States that became a focus of subsequent International Women’s Day events. 1911 also saw women’s ‘Bread and Roses‘ campaign.
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A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
1618 | Johann Kepler discovers the third Law of Planetary Motion. | ||
1702 | Queen Ann becomes the monarch of England upon the death of William III. | ||
1790 | George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address. | ||
1853 | The first bronze statue of Andrew Jackson is unveiled in Washington, D.C. | ||
1855 | The first train crosses Niagara Falls on a suspension bridge. | ||
1862 | On the second day of the Battle of Pea Ridge, Confederate forces, including some Indian troops, under General Earl Van Dorn suprise Union troops, but the Union troops win the battle. | ||
1862 | The Confederate ironclad C.S.S. Virginia (formerly U.S.S. Merrimack) is launched. | ||
1880 | President Rutherford B. Hays declares that the United States will have jurisdiction over any canal built across the isthmus of Panama. | ||
1904 | The Bundestag in Germany lifts the ban on the Jesuit order of priests. | ||
1908 | The House of Commons, London, turns down the women’s suffrage bill. | ||
1909 | Pope Pius X lifts the church ban on interfaith marriages in Hungary. | ||
1910 | Baroness de Laroche becomes the first woman to obtain a pilot’s license in France. | ||
1921 | Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato is assassinated while leaving Parliament in Madrid. | ||
1921 | French troops occupy Dusseldorf. | ||
1941 | Martial law is proclaimed in Holland in order to extinguish any anti-Nazi protests. | ||
1942 | Japanese troops capture Rangoon, Burma. | ||
1943 | Japanese forces attack American troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville. The battle will last five days. | ||
1945 | Phyllis Mae Daley recieves a commission in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. She will become the first African-American nurse to serve duty in World War II. | ||
1948 | The U.S. Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional. | ||
1954 | France and Vietnam open talks in Paris on a treaty to form the state of Indochina. | ||
1961 | Max Conrad circles the globe in a record time of eight days, 18 hours and 49 minutes in Piper Aztec. | ||
1965 | More than 4,000 Marines land at Da Nang in South Vietnam and become the first U.S. combat troops in Vietnam. | ||
1966 | Australia announces that it will triple the number of troops in Vietnam. | ||
1970 | The Nixon administration discloses the deaths of 27 Americans in Laos. | ||
1973 | Two bombs explode near Trafalgar Square in Great Britain injuring 234 people. | ||
1982 | The United States accuses the Soviets of killing 3,000 Afghans with poison gas. | ||
1985 | Thomas Creighton dies after having three heart transplants in a 46-hour period.
International Women’s Day Sunday, March 8, 2015 |
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1783 | Hannah Hoes Van Buren, wife of Martin Van Buren | ||
1799 | Simon Cameron, political boss. | ||
1804 | Alvan Clark, telescope manufacturer | ||
1841 | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice | ||
1859 | Kenneth Grahame, Scottish author (The Wind in the Willows). | ||
1879 | Otto Hahn, co-discoverer of nuclear fission | ||
1902 | Louise Beavers, film actress. | ||
1923 | Cyd Charisse, dancer, actress. | ||
1923 | John McPhee, writer (Oranges, A Sense of Where You Are). |
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International Women’s Day 2015, which Google celebrated with a new Google Doodle, calls for progress that extends beyond activist hashtags.
By Rowena Lindsay, Staff Writer March 8, 2015
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This year, the United Nations’ theme for International Women’s Day is “Empowering Women – Empowering Humanity: Picture It!” The holiday is an opportunity to reflect on progress that has been made toward gender equality, but it also emphasizes the importance of action, not just awareness, in creating real change.
International Women’s Day, which Google acknowledged Sunday with a colorful Google Doodle featuring women in various professions, began in 1909 in New York as a socialist political rally. It has since grown to become an national holiday in more than two dozen countries.
Two armored ships face off for the first time as the turreted Union ironclad Monitor engages Virginia — a Confederate casemate ram built on the salvaged hull of the former Union steam frigate Merrimack — at the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862.
Image Published by Currier & Ives, c1862 (Library of Congress)
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This annual event in Selma, Alabama, commemorates “Bloody Sunday,” which occurred on March 7, 1965, when a group of about 525 African-American demonstrators gathered at Browns Chapel to demand the right to vote. Every year on the first weekend in March, the Bridge Crossing Jubilee commemorates both the bloody confrontation at the Pettus Bridge and the march from Selma to Montgomery that followed. Events include a parade, a Miss Jubilee Pageant, a mock trial, and a commemorative march to the bridge. Every five years, celebrants continue all the way to Montgomery. More… Discuss
Grahame was an English author best known for writing The Wind in the Willows, whose anthropomorphic animal characters—Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad—captivatingly combine human traits with authentic animal habits. Though a children’s classic, it has been enjoyed by readers of all ages since its publication in 1908. In addition to writing, Grahame worked as at the Bank of England for some time. What happened to him when a man supposedly opened fire on him at the bank in 1903? More… Discuss
During the American Revolution, the Lenape, or Delaware, group of Native Americans found itself divided on the issue of which side, if any, to take in the conflict. Some members elected to fight against the Americans, while others—particularly Christian converts—remained neutral. In 1782, an American militia seeking revenge for Native American raids on frontier settlements killed 96 Christian Delawares in Gnadenhütten, Ohio. What military leader was later killed in retaliation for Gnadenhütten? More… Discuss
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Quinoa is a tall annual herb whose seeds have provided a staple food for peoples of the higher Andes since pre-Columbian times. In the Inca Empire, where only the potato was more widely grown, quinoa is said to have been sacred. The year’s first furrows were opened ceremoniously with a gold implement. In the US and other non-Andean nations, quinoa is now a popular alternative to rice and other grains for its higher protein content. What is typically removed from freshly harvested quinoa seeds? More… Discuss
A dog has been used to sniff out thyroid cancer in people who had not yet been diagnosed, US researchers say.
Tests on 34 patients showed an 88% success rate in finding tumours.
The team, presenting their findings at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, said the animal had an “unbelievable” sense of smell.
Cancer Research UK said using dogs would be impractical, but discovering the chemicals the dogs can smell could lead to new tests.
The thyroid is a gland in the neck that produces hormones to regulate metabolism.
Thyroid tumours are relatively rare and are normally diagnosed by testing hormone levels in the blood and by using a needle to extract cells for testing.
Smelly jobCancers are defective, out-of-control cells. They have their own unique chemistry and release “volatile organic compounds” into the body.
The canine approach relies on dogs having 10 times the number of smell receptors as people and being able to pick out the unique smells being released by cancers.
The man’s best friend approach has already produced promising results in patients with bowel and lung cancers.
A team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) had previously showed that a dog could be trained to smell the difference between urine samples of patients with and without thyroid cancer.
The next step was to see if it could be used as a diagnostic test.
Frankie the German Shepherd was trained to lie down when he could smell thyroid cancer in a sample and turn away if the urine was clean.
Thirty-four patients, who were going to hospital for conventional testing, took part in the trial.
Frankie gave the correct diagnosis in 30 out of 34 cases. There were two false positives and two patients who would have been incorrectly given the all-clear.
Dr Donald Bodenner, the chief of endocrine oncology at UAMS, said: “The capability of dogs to smell minute amounts is unbelievable.
“The medical community over the next few years is going to have a great appreciation [for them].
E-noseSome researchers are trying to strip out the canine-element and test for the unique pong of cancer with an “electronic nose”.
This approach is also being trailed outside of cancer and has been used to find dangerous infections such as Clostridium difficile.
Dr Bodenner added: “We would like to know what Frankie is smelling, nobody knows.”
Commenting on the findings Dr Jason Wexler, an endocrinologist in Washington, DC, argued: “This is a fascinating, interesting study and it has high potential in areas of the world that may not have access to biopsy techniques.
“There are many patients who are reluctant to undergo fine needle aspiration so I think that if you could design a technique where you have no invasive procedure that can have tremendous widespread appeal.”
But Dr Emma Smith, from Cancer Research UK, cautioned: “Although there’s some evidence that some trained dogs can sniff out the smelly molecules given off by cancers, there have been mixed results on how accurate they are and it’s not really practical to think about using dogs on a wide scale to detect the disease.
“But carrying out lab tests to understand what the dogs are smelling might help to inform the development of ‘electronic noses’ to detect the same molecules, which could lead to better diagnostic tests in the future.”
Dr Bodenner says it is an approach that he is actively pursuing.
Meanwhile, the lab is also trying to find a new home for canine-veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Instead of sniffing out bombs, they will be trained to hunt for cancer.
Symptoms of thyroid cancer
Source: NHS Choices
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