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Weekend Australia // Go Walkabout
Free Walkabout Wallpapers & Screensavers
Now you can go walkabout even when you are sitting at your desk.
Download these screensavers of Australia’s epic journeys and magical landscapes.
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“We Are One” Inaugural Celeberation
Televised to the nation, the “We Are One” Opening Celebration is a declaration of common purpose and new beginnings. Today’s performance will be grounded in history and brought to life with entertainment that relates to the themes that shaped Barack Obama and which will be the hallmarks of his administration.
Source: 2008-election.us
DrugTesting.in
Effects of Commonly Used Drugs
Drug abuse, involves the excessive and repeated use of a substance to escape reality to produce pleasure despite its destructive effects. The substances abused can be illegal drugs such as opium, cocaine, marijuana and their derivatives or legal substances used improperly, such as prescription drugs and inhalants like nail polish or [...]
Disability Strategies - making the world more accessable
Disability Strategies will examine current issues in the disability sector explored within the context of social justice and human rights.
‘Social justice’ is based on the application of equity, rights, access and participation principles.
Equity - fairness in the distribution of resources, particularly for those in need
Rights - equality of rights established and promoted for all people
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Next International Space Station Crews Train at Korolev
The specialists from RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev conducted training sessions under the program in training of the International Space Station 19th (ISS-19) and 20th (ISS-20) Expedition crews. Gennadiy Padalka, Maxim Suraev (ISS-19), Roman Romanenko and Dmitriy Kondratyev (ISS-20) were introduced at the Zvezda Service Module Integration Stand to the procedure for replacement of environment purification unit [...]
NASA Rovers Spirit and Opportunity: Five Years on Mars
The rovers have made important discoveries about wet and violent environments on ancient Mars. They have returned a quarter-million images, driven more than 21 kilometers (13 miles), climbed a mountain, descended into craters, struggled with sand traps and aging hardware, survived dust storms, and relayed more than 36 gigabytes of data via NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter.
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