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Trucking Milestones in 2006
- 2006-12-18
Some of the trucking milestones in 2006 include the following events:* The Smithsonian Institution marked the start of containerization with a ceremony honoring Malcom McLean, who is credited with the idea. He placed 50 truck trailers onboard a converted tanker to create the first containership, which left Newark, NJ., for...
Bob king.(onthejob)(curator at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park)(Interview)
- 2006-01-01
Bob King is a curator at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. King has a B.S. in biology from the University of South Carolina and has worked at zoos for 14 years. He has worked at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. for the past...
PALEOGENE FOSSILS AND THE RADIATION OF MODERN BIRDS
- 2005-10-01
MODERN GENERA OF birds arose mainly in the Neogene Period (1.8-23.8 mya), and modern species mainly in the Plio-Pleistocene (0.08-5.3 mya). Neogene fossil birds generally resemble modern taxa, and those that cannot be attributed to a modern genus or species can usually be placed in a modern family with a...
U.S. must face truth about atomic bombings
- 2005-08-07
Sixty years ago Saturday, an atomic bomb was dropped without warning on the center of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. One hundred and forty thousand people were killed, more than 95 percent of them women and children and other noncombatants. At least half of the victims died of radiation poisoning...
D.C. approves mall security design to ward off terrorists, not tourists.(National Capital Planning Commission, National Mall )(Brief Article)
- 2004-10-19
Planners in the nation's capital have approved a preliminary design to protect nine Smithsonian museums located on the National Mall from terrorist attack without unduly alarming visitors. The design approved by the National Capital Planning Commission NCPC minimizes the placement of concrete barriers...
Sub-$1 Online-Shopping Facilitator Peppercoin Makes Song Deal with Smithsonian.
- 2004-01-12
By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 12--WALTHAM, Mass.--Peppercoin Inc., a start-up "micropayments" business selling systems to facilitate sub-$1 online shopping, has landed the Smithsonian Institution as a major new customer selling 33,000 folk songs ...
Charlotte, N.C., Broker Has Small Trove of Rare Gem.
- 2003-12-15
The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 15--Blue diamonds are so rare that in most years only five or so are bought or sold anywhere in the world . But one Charlotte jeweler has seven of them, and they're on display...
Japanese Survivors of Hiroshima A-Bombing to Protest Enola Gay Exhibit
- 2003-12-10
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- " the bomb was dropped, my whole body was in flames," said Sunao Tsuboi who was 20 years old when the atomic bomb incinerated the world he knew in Hiroshima. Suano Tsuboi and other victims of the U.S. nuclear attack will be at the...
From artifact to state of the art: physical and IT security band together to modernization systems at the Smithsonian Institution.(information technology)
- 2003-12-01
The Smithsonian Institution, based in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's largest museum and research organizations, with operations stretching from Panama and Hawaii to New York City. Its numerous facilities house more than 142 million objects, some dating back millennia. Until recently, one item that...
Brady's Bunch.(People & Players)(Column)
- 2003-09-22
Byline: James Brady If you have the impression Smithsonian magazine is edited by long-bearded museum fuddy-duddies, meet Editor in Chief Carey Winfrey. It is true he has a beard, neatly trimmed, but he also is the son of a jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer,...
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