January, 2012 | Jeffrey Kirk

Twitter Update: week ending 2012-01-29

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Jan 292012

Why GOP candidates are talking about space: CNN’s John Zarrella shares his insights into what’s going on with po… http://t.co/WYebX39G #
from UNHCR: UNHCR employs alternative strategies in managing the Dadaab camps http://t.co/GyDetAGD #
Kepler team confirms 11 more planetary systems, 26 planets: Scientists’ list of verified planets is now more tha… http://t.co/dwsbxcvZ #
NASA Day of Remembrance Wreath Laying Ceremony: “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, NASA personnel, and others, … http://t.co/7qjOAPuE #
from UNHCR: UNHCR project brings light, security and fuel-efficient cooking to refugees http://t.co/qVu6xA6P #
Blue Marble: “A ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently lau… http://t.co/LaNqUrAL #
from my blogs: Consolidating Refugee Resettlement Websites http://t.co/VAo6fn0U #fb #
from UNHCR: Urban teacher gives up life in Congo to start afresh in Angola http://t.co/XqJcHTwi #
Earth hit with largest solar radiation storm since 2003: Material from a Sunday solar eruption hit the Earth on … http://t.co/SNcTQvr7 #
Gingrich promises JFK-like space speech: Could it be a coincidence that GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich… http://t.co/dffMjIeT #
from UNHCR: UNHCR condemns air raid on Sudanese refugees in South Sudan http://t.co/T78pxmd1 #
Magic mushrooms may be therapeutic: Rave-goers and visitors to Amsterdam before December 2008 may be intimately … http://t.co/y5LnM62z #
With Dragon delayed again, ISS crew reflects: When I spoke with international space station commander Dan Burban… http://t.co/GDxYX2xh #

Twitter Update: week ending 2012-01-22

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Jan 222012

space tech info: Delay in space station rendezvous 'a little disappointing' http://t.co/kvTAayYX #
Monkey some thought extinct found in Borneo forest: A primate thought to be extinct or near-extinction has been … http://t.co/BG1U2jJc #
from UNHCR: Renewed clashes and insecurity causing displacement in Eastern DRC http://t.co/p8suNLHi #
from UNHCR: Sudanese head south with their belongings and a fierce sense of hope http://t.co/MZTowJPL #
Is time running out for the leap second?: Thursday could be a key moment in the future of time keeping.
More tha… http://t.co/57jlOQtn #
Helix nebula comes into better focus: Astronomers now have their most detailed view yet of the Helix nebula, one… http://t.co/F45pnr7r #
Diplomacy’s next frontier: Space:
With fears of a catastrophic galactic collision mounting, the United States w… http://t.co/v3DmjpHV #
from UNHCR: Q&A: Japanese clothing retail giant helps refugees in unique ways http://t.co/E8KE7ioK #
from UNHCR: Resettlement of unaccompanied children from Tunisia to Norway http://t.co/rSz40q3D #
Celebrating Year of the Maya with tour of Central America’s ruins: The year 2012 is a significant one in the May… http://t.co/WZlVcyDA #
from UNHCR: South-bound but stranded in Sudan http://t.co/cOwgVhdt #
Russian Mars probe crashes into Pacific: The failed Russian space probe Phobos-Grunt fell back to Earth on Sunda… http://t.co/SwtpxUjB #

Twitter Update: week ending 2012-01-15

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Jan 152012

I see you: Spy versus spy in space: The online space community was surprised to say the least. A respected Briti… http://t.co/Uv4u3RGa #
Welcome Disruption: “The line of Saturn’s rings disrupts the Cassini spacecraft’s view of the moons Tethys and T… http://t.co/l0jGp9iI #
from UNHCR: UNHCR chief ends Sudan visit with relief for 'old' refugees, risks for new ones http://t.co/v0JLc2Sy #
World’s tiniest vertebrate is a frog: The world’s smallest vertebrate — animals that have a backbone — is a frog… http://t.co/4hpV3UXk #
from UNHCR: Timor-Leste vows never to turn back on refugees as UNHCR office closes http://t.co/zYyDMzip #
Russia: Failed probe to fall to Earth in days: A Russian probe that was supposed to reach one of Mars’ moons but… http://t.co/Qq8Mn4D4 #
Wallops Launch on Jan. 11, 2012: “A NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket was successfully l… http://t.co/kpPK9Dky #
Yes, the Milky Way is really white: We’ve been calling it the Milky Way, but the true color of our galaxy has ac… http://t.co/yM8amYbS #
Survey: U.S. Protestant pastors reject evolution, split on Earth’s age: America’s Protestant pastors overwhelmin… http://t.co/ob6xHz31 #
‘Fat’ galaxy discovered 7 billion light-years away: The largest galaxy cluster ever seen in the distant universe… http://t.co/opKCVY2t #
from UNHCR: High Commissioner's mission to South Sudan and Sudan http://t.co/RMaKFSVf #
from UNHCR: UNHCR chief appeals for massive humanitarian support for South Sudan http://t.co/xngg1m7e #
Space Station Flying by the Moon: “The International Space Station can be seen as a small object in upper left o… http://t.co/ZU7Q67QD #

Twitter Update: week ending 2012-01-08

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Jan 082012

Watching 100 meteors in Swindon, England: Photographer and stargazer Renata Arpasova clenched her tripod in the … http://t.co/hGUM5WJY #
from UNHCR: UNHCR closes chapter on Uganda's internally displaced people http://t.co/E7t3vNeo #
Wolves eat elk, make Yellowstone a better place, researchers say: Predatory wolves are helping restore the ecosy… http://t.co/lWbAaOmF #
from UNHCR: For an Afghan refugee family, reports from home spur a return http://t.co/rT6kWUjt #
Leapin’ lizards, ‘Tailbots’ and Iron Man suits: What do you get when you cross a robot with the tail of a leapin… http://t.co/YcCf2yph #
from UNHCR: Q&A: Somali advocate represents refugee community at UNHCR ministerial meeting http://t.co/ytBaSWIA #
Quadrantid meteor shower to light up night sky: Meteor watchers in North America can expect to see 60 to 200 met… http://t.co/YutO3KFl #
GRAIL spacecraft traveling around the moon: NASA’s twin lunar orbiters helped scientists kick off 2012 as planne… http://t.co/a47OVHiK #

Twitter Update: week ending 2012-01-01

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Jan 012012

Four astronauts look back on shuttle experience: We say goodbye this weekend to 2011, the year that marked the c… http://t.co/uy6SrsH5 #
space tech info: China unveils ambitious plan for space exploration http://t.co/Fj5PAZWL #
from UNHCR: UNHCR Lebanon Update: Situation in North Lebanon, 23 December-30 December 2011 http://t.co/A0dWxyBL #
The ‘same time next year’ calendar: Imagine a future in which you always know the date of baseball’s opening day… http://t.co/ypcwe9bi #
from UNHCR: Legal Catch-22 leaves newborn child with citizenship "unknown" http://t.co/rkGJ1XGp #
GRAIL to reach lunar orbit for new year: NASA is kicking off the new year by getting twin spacecraft into lunar … http://t.co/1VSibUMT #
from UNHCR: In flood-hit Philippines, UNHCR aid offers a glimmer of hope http://t.co/QQd8LiCd #
Space idea factory & brainstorming school: You might call it an idea factory for space exploration. A unique pro… http://t.co/A6eMjtdI #
from UNHCR: Statement from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, Regarding Solut… http://t.co/IruddPc9 #
from UNHCR: Strangers united by the fears they share http://t.co/C2qLaN2J #