Журнал
International Women's Day Celebration at Washington. WEAR a HAT to succeed!
Submitted by editor on March 11, 2010 - 10:51pm.
Violence against Women Has Become a Global Epidemic
Submitted by Benjamin L. Cardin on February 24, 2010 - 6:44pm.
Violence against women is an epidemic of global proportions. It ranges from domestic violence to rape, from acid burnings to so-called honor killings, and it threatens one out of every three women worldwide, with rates reaching up to 70 percent in some countries.
As Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I recently joined efforts to tackle this egregious problem by co-sponsoring the International Violence Against Women Act, S.2982
The Sleeping Beauty. Mariinsky Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Submitted by editor on January 3, 2010 - 11:11am.
Changing Face of America
Submitted by editor on November 19, 2009 - 12:23pm.
The ethnic and racial composition of the United States has changed dramatically since 2000. The 2010 Census results are projected to show this trend continuing. Therefore, the U.S. Census Bureau is placing special emphasis on securing a complete and accurate count for those sectors of the United States population that have historically been undercounted. This includes Russian speakers.
For the first time in the history of the Census, Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QAC) will be opened to aid Russian speakers. Russian-language forms will be available to order over the phone through a toll-free number. Bilingual Census personnel at QAC’s also can help Russian-speakers to fill out English forms that they receive in the mail.
Prezident Barack Obama's Speech to the National Academy of Sciences. April 27, 2009
Submitted by editor on September 11, 2009 - 5:49pm.By Barack Obama
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, D.C.
9:12 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you so much for the wonderful welcome. To President Cicerone, thank you very much for your leadership and for hosting us today. To John Holdren, thanks, John, for the outstanding work that you are doing.
I was just informed backstage that Ralph and John both are 1965 graduates of MIT -- same class. And so I'm not sure this is the perfectly prescribed scientific method, but they're sort of a control group -- (laughter) -- who ages faster: The President's Science Advisor or the President of the Academy? (Laughter.) And we'll check in in a couple of years. But it is wonderful to see them.
