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Russian Cargo Ship Docks With Space Station

Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Russian-Soyuz, Video, Progress, Iss, Space, International Space Station, Human Space Flight, Spaceflight, Soyuz, Soyuz Rocket, Science News

By: Tariq Malik Published: 01/27/2012 08:15 PM EST on SPACE.com A robotic Russian cargo ship pulled up to the International Space Sta...

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Before and After 1492

Alyson Renaldo | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: History, Social Justice, Progress, Columbus, Indiginous People, Columbus Day, Bartolome De Las Casas, Justice, America, Impact News

This passed Monday I breathed an uncomfortable sigh seeing my neighborhood banking institutions 'closed in observance of Columbus day.'

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Choosing hope over fear drives a recession away

Jurriaan Kamp | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Social Media, Progress, Optimism, Greece Debt, Economic Optimism, Media, Positive Change, Recession, Business News

Ever since I was in charge of the economics desk of a newspaper in The Netherlands almost 20 years ago, I have been convinced that recessions are subs...

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Progress Can Make Us More Spiritual, Not Less

Duane Elgin | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Simplicity, Sustainability, Progress, Development, Healthy Living Health News, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, Progressive Simplicity, Etherialization, Ephemeralization, Healthy Living News

Ephemeralism does not turn away from the material side of life; instead, this principle of living calls forth a new partnership where the material and the non-material aspects of life co-evolve and grow in concert with one another.

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NewSpace to the Rescue for the Space Station

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 10.28.2011

Read More: Ares, Cosmonauts, Space Program, Sierra Nevada, Boeing, Commercial Space, Iss, Orion, Space Frontier Foundation, Newspace, Nasa, Bigelow, Space, Spacex, Soyuz, International Space Station, Astronauts, Space Shuttle, Orbital Sciences, Progress, Rockets, Technology News

It is absurd that more then 50 years into the age of human spaceflight, the entire world depends on one launch system to get people to and from space.

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The Search Is On For Crashed Spaceship

AP | By MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Video, Progress, Progress Spaceship Crashes, Progress Craft, Crashed Cargo Ship, Russian Craft Crashes, Technology News

MOSCOW -- Russian helicopters searched Thursday for the wreckage of the unmanned spaceship that crashed and exploded in a forested area in Siberia. T...

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Is Bigotry Worth Fighting?

Aaron Hurst | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Homosexuality, Progress, Global Warming Deniers, Civil Rights, Global Warming, Gay Marriage, Impact News

If progress is inevitable, am I wasting my time? Am I like a sports fan, cheering from the sidelines, who thinks his zealous support will actually impact the score of the game? Could you go so far as to call it arrogant to think one can impact progress?

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The Revolution...Sorry, Transformation Starts Now!

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

I predict the naked power grab by the Republican party in Wisconsin will go down in history as the second "shot heard 'round the world" which began the second American Revolution. Except it won't be a revolution. It will be a transformation.

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To Form a More Perfect Union

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Civil Rights Movement, Progress, A More Perfect Union, JFK Assassination, Civil Discourse, John F. Kennedy Inaugural, Politics News

Perhaps it is our fate to always have a climate of anger and hatred with us. But if it is our fate, we will make little progress toward a more perfect union.

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A New Decade's Trajectory

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Progress, Obama Administration, Bush Administration, Clinton Administration, Politics News

With a new decade upon us, I've been thinking a lot about where we were as a country 10 years ago. In January of 2000, things were looking pretty good in comparison to what we are seeing today.

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Petraeus and Co. Can't Keep Their Spin Straight on the Afghanistan War

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kandahar, Progress, Petraeus, Rethink Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Escalation, Isaf, Helmand, Afghanistan, Obama, War in Afghanistan, Brave New Foundation, Afghanistan War, World News

The spin by the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force reeks of desperation, and for good reason: The pushers of President Obama's escalations of the war over-promised and under-delivered.

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Global Development: A Glass Half Empty or Half Full?

Mark Suzman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Hunger, Mdgs, Progress, Poverty, Global Development, Millennium Development Goals, Ghana, Impact News

In Accra, Ghana, an abundance of locally produced fruits, roots, and vegetables for sale speaks to a remarkable achievement: Ghana reduced hunger by nearly 75 percent between 1990 and 2004.

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Petraeus' Oily Spin About Progress in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kandahar, Troops, Isaf, United Nations, David Gregory, Obama, Media, Cbs, Karzai, Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation, Nato, Army, Military, Rethink Afghanistan, Katie Couric, Insurgent, Operation Enduring Freedom, Navy, Oil Spots, Marines, Nbc, Helmand, Air Force, Afghanistan War, War in Afghanistan, Unama, Progress, Afghan NGO Safety Office, Petraeus, Taliban, Afghanistan, Insurgency, News, Anso, World News

There is virtually no data that shows strategically significant security "progress" in Afghanistan since the start of the latest escalation.

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Better Farms, Improved Lives

Bill Gates | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger, Global Development, Progress, Poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Small Farmers, Asia, Impact, Impact News

With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, six nonprofit organizations are helping hundreds of thousands of poor farmers in Africa and Asia grow more productive, profitable, and sustainable crops.

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Is Progress Still Possible in This Heat?

James Bacchus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: J.B. Bury, Progress, Enlightenment, Global Warming, Climate Change Legislation, Climate Change, The Idea of Progress, Politics News

Summer steam rises over Washington. Hot days and hot air. Climate change both environmental and political. Wilting hopes for legislation to address global warming have succumbed to the record heat.

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Clean Energy, Brown Fields, Wild Spaces

Majora Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inner City, Progress, Majora Carter Group, Investment, Green the Ghetto, Majora, Clean-Tech, Green News

One of the best things about my work in green project development is that I get to see how innovative projects inspire new policies, which in turn ope...

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Supply Ship Fails To Dock With International Space Station

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Space Station, Space Station Supplies, International Space Station Supplies, Supply Ship, Nasa, Russian Mission Control, Progress, Technology News

MOSCOW — An unmanned Russian space capsule carrying supplies to the International Space Station failed in a docking attempt, Russian Mission Con...

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Art of Attention: From Complaint to Gratitude

Elena Brower | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Art of Attention, Progress, Rajanaka Yoga, Complaining, Douglas Brooks, Skillful Parenting, Hugo Cory, John Friend, Patience, Anusara, Shakti Sunfire, Gratitude, Elena-Brower-Art-of-Attention, Spirituality, Elena Brower, Healthy Living News

Gratitude seems the most effective, healing state I've found in ten years of studious seeking. In a situation where we find ourselves complaining, the healing reaches into our hearts and everyone nearby.

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These Are the Good Old Days

Michael Shermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matt Ridley, Clean Air, Progress, Wealth, Economics, The Progress Paradox, The Origin of Wealth, Gregg Easterbrook, Prosperity, Eric Beinhocker, The Rational Optimist, World News

Despite the relative gloom and doom brought about by the 2008 recession, and the recent downturn of the market and the meltdown and bailout of Greece,...

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Occupations Made Obsolete By Technological Innovation

npr.org | Carolyn Beeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Change, Progress, Time, Economy, Employment, Obsolete Occupations, Jobs, Innovation, Obsolete Technology, Obsolete Jobs, Technology, Business News

As computers and automated systems increasingly take the jobs humans once held, entire professions are now extinct. Click through the gallery below to...

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Warning: ISPs are Moving Towards a Metered Internet

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Convincing Argument, Morgan Stanley, Internet Speeds, Led, Randall Stephenson, Pre, Broadband Applications, 600, Electric and Water, Water Utility, Revenue Stream, Ces, Gatekeepers, Digital, Fi, Mashable, Billing Cycle, Electricity Usage, Google, Ea, Amp, Massive Shift, Content Consumption, Digital Television, Telecommunications Service, Net Neutrality, Lan, Throttle Internet, Fcc, Internet, Time on Line, Chief Executive Officer, Comcast, Progress, Mit, AT&T, Technology News

If the ISPs implement metered Internet usage we will limit our usage for fear of a large statement at the end of the billing cycle.

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The Progress of Man

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Progress, Dongria Kondh, Bauxite, Kentucky, Tribal-Society, Strip Mining, Coal, Aboriginals, Politics News

It's time, I think, to resacralize progress. One way to start is to recognize the rights of native peoples around the world not to be displaced.

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A Sneak Peek at XBOX's Project Natal

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Current Games, Camera Ir, Led, Pre, Member Project, Media, Microsoft Research, Xbox, Facebook, E Music, Audio Signal, Ces, Social Media, Voice Commands, Facial Recognition, Menu Structure, Dodge Ball, Fi, Working Up a Sweat, Sneakpeak, Msf, Flickr, Microsoft, Twitter, Private Project, Ea, Amp, Background Noise, Xp, Advances in Computer Vision, Work in Progress, 360, Lan, New York City, Sneak Peek, Structure Work, Robert Bach, Camera, Eta, Youtube, Ebook, Game Controller, Progress, Mit, Technology News

Once we were briefed -- we were given the opportunity to play a dodge ball (like) game. It was a great experience.

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Post Office Gave Wings to Aeronautic Progress

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aeronautics, Postal Service, Progress, Early Mail Delivery, American History, Post Office, Politics News

"Innovation" and the "United States Postal Service" are not words that we would normally find in the same sentence, but next time you go to the airpor...

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If You Want To Be An Entrepreneur, You Have To Be Willing To Take The Bagel

Simon Sinek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leadership, Progress, Inspiration, Start With Why, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Business, Motivation, Why, Small Business, Business News

Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, and then try to figure out a process for how to get it. People who shouldn't be entrepreneurs see only the standard process.

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