TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) — Chemiluminescence, or chemical light, is the principle behind the glow sticks (also known as light sticks) used at rock concerts and as quick tools to grab when the electricity goes out. But they can also be used to diagnose diseases by identifying concentrations of biological samples. A new mechanism developed […]
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — Probably every long-time married couple will acknowledge that every once in a while the rapture will wear off. If they’re lucky they will find a spark that reignites their romance. If not, they may turn to a lover or a divorce. That’s the situation that Mary and Michael find
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York –New Orleans is in the process of removing four memorials that are tied to the Civil War and the city’s past connections to slavery, including a statue of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. This follows other southern city and state actions, such as the removal of
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re been in the week between the day to remember victims of the Holocaust, and the day to remember those who died in the defense of Israel or as the result of terror. Varda, who carries the Hebrew version of her Grandmother’s name, lights candles for that Grandmother, taken from
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (SDJW)– One woman was slain and seven other persons were wounded, some critically, by a beer-drinking, white, male gunman on Sunday in the swimming pool area of an apartment complex in the University City area of San Diego. Peter Selis, 49, was later identified as the gunman who went on a rampage at
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San Diego CountyCAJAMARCA, Colombia — Anything that President Donald Trump says about NAFTA draws extra scrutiny in Latin America, whose countries account for half of the United States’ free trade agreements. So when Trump threatened to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada, it wasn’t only those countries that worried. “We’re watching what
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International, USAWhile 66% of Arabs see the overall situation as good, just 43.9% of the Jewish population agreed, according to new IDI study ahead of Israel’s 69th Independence Day By Stuart Winer Illustrative photo of an Israeli crowd. (Roni Schutzer/Flash90) More among Israel’s Arab community than its Jewish population are satisfied with life in Israel and
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Middle EastFormer Pink Floyd star and leading anti-Israel activist Roger Waters admitted that his push to get Radiohead to cancel an upcoming concert in Israel had failed. His comments came this past Wednesday at an hourlong discussion hosted by The New York Times newspaper and attended by a representative of the Washington Free Beacon website. The
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsControversial White House adviser Sebastian Gorka is stepping down from his role in the Trump administration to take an unspecified position in “the war of ideas,” said TheHill.com on Sunday. The announcement comes after Gorka’s Ph.D. was revealed to be fraudulently awarded and his connections to a Hungarian neo-Nazi group were exposed the Jewish Daily
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International, USAPANAMA CITY, April 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Disney Wonder transited the Panama Canal as the first passenger vessel to go through the canal’s new set of locks, marking a milestone for the cruise industry. The Disney Cruise Line 2,713-passenger ship was transformed in late 2016, expanding the length of the Disney Wonder to
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VideosIt was all planned so carefully. Barack Obama’s reemergence on the public stage had been long anticipated, so cable news and the Twittersphere all listened in when he took the stage at the University of Chicago in April to promote political and civic engagement with young people. Chatting amiably with a multi-hued group of accomplished
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USAThe USS Michigan nuclear-powered submarine arrives at port of Busan, South Korea, April 25, 2017.[Photo/Xinhua] The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea test fired what was reportedly a medium range ballistic missile on Saturday. The missile exploded soon after take-off; whether by design or not, the country’s second failed missile launch in as many weeks. The
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International, USA“This will be the first official visit by a Danish Head of Government to China since 2008, and we will now take our bilateral relationship to a new high,” Rasmussen told Chinese media in a written interview ahead of his visit to China on May 2-5 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Chinese
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