According to a statement released by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which overseas Voice of America (VOA) and other government-owned news services, it faced painful choices to pay for expanded coverage in the Middle East and new television and Internet programming. As a result, it will cut VOA's News Now broadcasts, along with those in Georgian, Greek, Turkish, Croatian and Thai, at the end of the fiscal year. The board estimates the cuts will save about $23.7 million. VOA will continue broadcasting a program known as Special English, which is aimed at beginning English speakers and English to Africa, which is broadcast in Anglophone countries on that continent and focuses on African, not global, news.
I am proud to have been a part of NAIAS during this particular year," said Joe Serra, senior co-chair of the 2009 NAIAS. "Despite challenges faced not only by the auto industry but also the world economy, we saw nearly 5,500 international journalists at the show, proving once again that this show remains the place to showcase new products to a global audience. "Serving as senior cochairman has been an honor," continued Serra. "It is with great confidence that I pass the title of senior co-chair to my colleague and friend Doug Fox. He and co-chairman Barron Meade will make a great team as leaders for the 2010 NAIAS." Highlights of the auto show included its media coverage by all of the major networks. This year's show featured visits from NBC's "The Today Show," which broadcast live fr...
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Matthew Winkler has been elected to the board of directors of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation. Winkler is editor in chief of Bloomberg News, a global news service founded in 1990. Bloomberg News has 1,750 editors and reporters in print and broadcast media in 101 bureaus throughout North America, Europe and the Far East and produces more than 4,500 stories daily on the economy, companies, governments, financial and commodity markets as well as sports, politics and policy.
Westminster College and the MIT Enterprise Forum will present a global broadcast titled "The Power of Revolutionary Thinking: What Today's Scientists Can Teach You about Driving Innovation in Your Organization" at 7 p.m. Sept. 22. The event will be at the Gore School of Business Auditorium, 1840 S. 1300 East.
OU selected for regional climate centerThe University of Oklahoma has been selected by the U.S. Department of the Interior as the site of one of eight regional climate science centers nationwide.The center is expected to add 90 to 100 jobs on the Norman campus over the next three years.The university will lead a consortium that includes Texas Tech University, Oklahoma State University, the Chickasaw Nation, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Louisiana State University and NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory."The Department of Interior's selection of OU as site of the South- Central Climate Science Center underlines the university's weather expertise and reaffirms the strength of the consortium team we have assembled to address the region's distinct challenges, said OU President Da...
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Anyone who thinks that global warming is a myth ("Global warming myth," BDN, Jan. 30) must be living in a cave. News media broadcast information on an almost daily basis that give us indicators of this real and serious problem. Accelerated ice melt is causing death and starvation among wildlife in the Arctic regions. This winter, we've had weather that seems to swing wildly between snowfall and extreme cold and unusually warm periods in which the snow and ice melt again. It is this instability in our weather patterns that indicates climate problems. Storms, drought, tornadoes and other extreme weather continue to strike at unusual times and in unusual places, not only in our country but throughout the world.
NO one packs more information into a slide show than Al Gore, who won an Oscar for his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" in 2006. Gore, the leading voice on global climate change, was back at it last week with his 24-hour streaming video show "Climate Reality Project" (www.climaterealityproject.org) broadcast from 24 different locations in 13 languages Sept. 14 to Sept. 15.
A lightning strike during a violent storm Tuesday shut down electrical power at Silver Creek Central School. School Superintendent David O'Rourke said the district's phone lines were also damaged. A communication was sent to all parents using global connect phone broadcast system, notifying parents of the nature of the incident and the procedures for dismissal.
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund's new chief foresees "real nasty consequences" for the U.S. and global economies if the U.S. fails to raise its borrowing limit. Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the lending institution, said in an interview broadcast Sunday that it would cause interest rates to rise and stock markets to fall. That would threaten an important IMF goal, which is preserving stability in the world economy, she said.
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