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  August 2004 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević, a Belgrade Law School graduate, opens his defence at the trial which accuses him of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for his alleged role in the conflicts in which tens of thousands were killed.
California Governor and former Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger extols the United States as a greater source of good in the world than the UN: "If you believe this country, not the United Nations, is the best hope of democracy in the world, then you are a Republican," he shouts, at the Republican National Convention.
NASA dedicates its new supercomputer 'KC' to the memory of India-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla, one of the seven crew members who died when the space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in mid-air in 2003.
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  Kalpana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kalpana Chawla (1961-2003), an astronaut lost in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Kalpana (star wars), a character in the fictional Star Wars universe.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalpana   (92 words)

  
 Galactic Republic (Star Wars) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Galactic Republic is the name of the interplanetary government used in the fictional Star Wars universe prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire.
The Clone Wars, which occur from 22 BBY to 19 BBY, was the first full-scale war since the Republic's re-formation after the Battle of Ruusan.
After the fall of the Empire and the end of the Galactic Civil War, the Galactic Republic is re-established by the Rebel Alliance as the New Republic which is reorganized into the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances after the Yuuzhan Vong captured Coruscant.
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 Galactic Republic
The Galactic Republic is the name of the interplanetary government used in the fictional Star Wars universe prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire.
The Clone Wars, which occur from 22 BBY to 19 BBY, was the first full-scale war since the Republic's re-formation after the Battle of Ruusan.
After the fall of the Empire and the end of the Galactic Civil War, the Galactic Republic is re-established by the Rebel Alliance as the New Republic which is reorganized into the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances after the Yuuzhan Vong captured Coruscant.
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 Kalpana - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Kalpana was Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic directly before Finis Valorum.
As such, it is possible that Kalpana was allied with the Core faction in the Galactic Senate.
It was during Kalpana's Chancellorship that the Katana fleet was built and lost, and the Stark Hyperspace War occurred.
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Kalpana Chawla, 41, was a native of India who emigrated to the U.S. in the 1980s.
He was a colonel in the Israeli air force and a war hero who fought in the Yom Kippur War and the Lebanon War.
We are destined for the stars, and in fact we must eventually reach them to survive.
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 Finis Valorum - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Finis Valorum - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
He was Senator of the Lytton Sector, a member of the Core faction of senators and Chancellor Kalpana's administration, and had been involved with negotiations to end the Stark Hyperspace War.
In the first draft of Star Wars, Prince Valorum (a Knight of the Sith) was intended to be a dark, masked prince— a role similar to the Darth Vader known today.
starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Finis_Valorum   (2090 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior... Editorial
Similarly, an assessment of Kalpana Chawla’s contribution should rest on the objectives of the US space programme of which she was a part.
Kalpana Chawla, not only had taken a US citizenship and married an American, she had willingly participated furthering in these hegemonic ambitions of the United States.
But all the later wars that the great general fought were more on the jihadi lines, as one would call them now after the experience of Osama bin Laden.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03feb19/edit.htm   (4309 words)

  
 The Daily Star: Editorial Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
An India born woman, Kalpana Chawla and an Israeli, Ilan Ramon, were also among the astronauts, which goes to show that even space travelling is no longer a private preserve of a particular country or countries.
Sadness was going to envelop that country and others too, especially, India, for Kalpana (she was indeed from Punjab though she became an American citizen later), and Israel for Ilan Ramon, a veteran fighter pilot of that country's air force who was to be the first Israeli astronaut.
So this forthcoming war -- the whole shooting match, along with that concern for "vital interests" (ie oil) in the Gulf -- was concocted five years ago, by men like Cheney and Khalilzad who were oil men to their manicured fingertips.
www.thedailystar.net /dailystarnews/200302/03/n3020302.htm   (4121 words)

  
 Kalpana
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 T'bone's SWU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
I mean, I want games to look and play better, but if every time I log onto Star Wars Galaxies I'm attacked by people pushing their beliefs on me, I'm not going to want to log on anymore.
That creates a problem because the "Star Wars" world is one of the most cherished creations in the history of fantasy fiction.
I know this was an opinion article and this person is entitled to their's but I feel it was highly inappropriate and insulting to the general public to assume that no one cares about the space program or its astronauts, the people who risk their lives with every mission.
www.starwarz.com /tbone/other_news/archive_2003_feb.htm   (3198 words)

  
 Galactic Republic (Star Wars) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic's war effort was initially hindered because most of the major industrial combines in the Galaxy had, under the aegis of the Techno Union, sided with the Confederacy.
The Kamino-bred clones formed the nucleus of the Republic's new army, and were swiftly augmented by clones from other sources as well as traditional recruiting; within a few years of the Battle of Geonosis, the Republic's military had expanded astronomically and had become the preeminent military force in the Galaxy.
The rapid militarization of the Republic during the Clone Wars, overseen by Chancellor Palpatine, had far-reaching effects; the Senate's powers were reduced, the military became the primary arm of the government, and the Republic swiftly transitioned into Palpatine's New Order.
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 The Columbia ‘Disaster’
Kalpana Chawla, an aerospace engineer from India, was the only civilian.
He fought in the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and in the 1982 war in Lebanon.
The development of nuclear rocketry may well be accompanied by the deployment of space-based nuclear reactors to power Star Wars laser weapons.
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 Discussion Boards > Today in History
Now there was a good man. Ironic that he won the war, was tossed out, and came back to win again in 51 at the age of 76, only to resign shortly after he turned 80.
Jan 24 2005, 07:01 PM I know he was a good war leader, but I think that they guy was a bit over-rated, especially with his view on certain things, like women's rights and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Feb 15 2005, 03:04 PM And in the Krog memorial department, this day in 1984 saw the passing of Ethel Freakin' Merman (she was a longtime contestant in the old paper "who can be beat" game)...
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 Era of Peace COLUMBIA...DEJA VU?
Now, for the first time in seventeen years, the Star Wars program has been brought to the forefront of the agenda of this administration, and we are plowing headlong into a potentially catastrophic war.
On February 1, as the sabers rattled and the war mongers afflicted the world with fear and dread, it seemed as though nothing could possibly stop the forward momentum of the war machine.
It was reported that during the mission, Kalpana called her crew mates to come and see a wondrous observation she made as she looked out the window of the space shuttle.
www.1spirit.com /eraofpeace/columbia.html   (1302 words)

  
 Astronomy Telescope | Fwicki.Com
Astronomy is the science of celestial objects (e.g., stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere (e.g., auroras and cosmic background radiation).
Stars were proven to be similar to Earth's own sun, but with a wide range of temperatures, masses, and sizes.
The existence of Earth's galaxy, the Milky Way, as a separate group of stars was only proved in the 20th century, along with the existence of "external" galaxies, and soon after, the expansion of the universe, seen in the recession of most galaxies from us.
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 theLogBook.com - This Month In History
February 13, 1958: Pernilla August, Shmi Skywalker from Star Wars Episode I and Episode II, was born.
February 21, 1937: Gary Lockwood, star of 2001 and guest star as the Enterprise's original first officer Gary Mitchell in the second pilot episode of Star Trek in 1966, was born.
Star Trek: Voyager in 1997 as Seven of Nine, was born.
www.thelogbook.com /months/coo_feb.html   (668 words)

  
 The Jedi Order of Ashla Knights - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
Veers believed that the AT-ATs introduced during the Clone Wars perfectly represented the might of the Empire, and he joined the assault armor division of the Imperial Army in order to command the massive machines.
He was a prominent participant in the Clone Wars, one of the few survivors of the Great Jedi Purge and, with his lover Khaleen Hentz, conceived a son named Korto Vos.
By the end of the New Sith Wars, Bane was one of the last of the legitimate Sith Lords and, as the only survivor of the Last Battle of Ruusan that signified the end of the war, reinvented the Sith order after its destruction.
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Science/Health -- Seven who died aboard Columbia had diverse backgrounds
The seven men and women who died aboard the space shuttle Columbia on Saturday came from diverse backgrounds, with families on two continents and experiences on submarines, in the Air Force, and the circus.
When Kalpana Chawla emigrated to the United States from India in the 1980s, she wanted to design aircraft.
Ramon, a veteran of two Israeli wars, was one of the fighter pilots who destroyed an unfinished nuclear reactor in Iraq in 1981, a senior Israeli government official said last month on condition of anonymity.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/science/columbia/20030201-1505-shuttle-astronautprofiles.html   (2289 words)

  
 Planet Swank
It's no secret that I'm not a huge fan of President Bush, but his brief remarks today in response to the tragic loss of the space shuttle Columbia made a favorable impression.
Onboard was a crew of seven--Colonel Rick Husband, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Anderson, Commander Laurel Clark, Captain David Brown, Commander William McCool, Dr. Kalpana Chawla, and Ilan Ramon a colonel in the Israeli air force.
The same creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today.
members.aye.net /~gharris/blog/2003/02/text-of-bushs-address-crew-of-space.html   (556 words)

  
 The Switchboard: January 2005
In several newspapers and internet news sites (CNN, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today, FOX News, et al.,) the election was lauded as a success and a major punch to the nose of the terrorists.
Everyone interviewed spoke of how glad they were for the Iraqis, that they now had this opportunity after many, many decades of kings and dictators (except, of course, John Kerry...more on him later).
Star Wars, your credit card is no longer good here.
theswitchboard.blogspot.com /2005_01_01_theswitchboard_archive.html   (1342 words)

  
 Tour Reviews
Kicking off the concert with "Highway Star" has proven (since the "Made In Japan" days) to be an amazing way to instantly get the crowd's attention, and tonight was no different.
Don Airey's keyboard solo showed he's a maestro in his own right, and he was nice enough to incorporate bits of two Mexican songs ("La Cucaracha" and "El Jarabe Tapatío," known colloquially in English as the "Mexican Hat Dance"), in addition to several tunes from Bach, Mozart, and other classical composers, the introduction to "Mr.
He presented the band with the framed remains of three CDs that they had previously signed and presented to his wife for her to take aboard Columbia with her.
www.thehighwaystar.com /reviews/03-3/030923.html   (852 words)

  
 Awakening-Healing News
Now, for the first time in seventeen years, the Star Wars program has been brought to the forefront of the agenda of this administration, and we are plowing headlong into a potentially catastrophic war.
On February 1, as the sabers rattled and the war mongers afflicted the world with fear and dread, it seemed as though nothing could possibly stop the forward momentum of the war machine.
It was reported that during the mission, Kalpana called her crew mates to come and see a wondrous observation she made as she looked out the window of the space shuttle.
www.awakening-healing.com /A-HNewsLetters/2003/Columbia_Deja_Vu_PDCR_203.htm   (1448 words)

  
 Star Wars: Databank | shuttle, Chancellor Valorum's
The shuttle's security equipment concealed listening devices whose recordings were only accessible to Palpatine and carefully chosen engineers.
Neither Chancellors Valorum nor Kalpana had any knowledge of the devices.
In the years following the introduction of the shuttles, Senators marveled at the surprising insights that came from the humble Naboo senator.
starwars.com /databank/vehicle/valorumshuttle/index.html   (306 words)

  
 Fightin' with Grabes: February 2003
I would drift into ADD-style reveries envisioning myself not on the shuttle, but on some customized Star Wars knock-off that would take me to intricately imagined lands, dangerous and varied, but all of which shared the important quality of being anywhere but my crappy school.
Kalpana Chawla was a skinny tomboy from Karnal, India, who dreamed of flying, educated herself, and emigrated to the US in the '80s.
Ilan Ramon was an Israeli Jew, a former fighter pilot who participated in the Yom Kippur War and is believed to have been one of the pilots who bombed and destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor at Osirak.
guanubian.blogspot.com /2003_02_01_guanubian_archive.html   (10608 words)

  
 1st anniversary of Columbia loss is observed in U.S., Israel, India | www.azstarnet.com ®
The husbands of the two women who died aboard Columbia attended a memorial in Hemphill, in a packed Veterans of Foreign Wars hall.
Jean-Pierre Harrison said he wanted to thank the people who recovered the remains of his wife, Kalpana Chawla.
All content copyright © 1999-2006 AzStarNet, Arizona Daily Star and its wire services and suppliers and may not be republished without permission.
www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/8187   (534 words)

  
 OurKarnataka.com: History of Karnataka: The Chalukyas of Kalyani
But Jayasimha was successful in recovering it and in putting down the revolt of Bhillama III, the Seuna ruler.
In 1122 the Hoysalas were defeated twice and they had to remain loyal to the Chalukyas till the death of Vikramaditya.
Except for a few wars, the long reign of Vikramaditya VI was known for its peace and tranquility.
www.ourkarnataka.com /states/history/historyofkarnataka23.htm   (1116 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Yaka (Star Wars)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
The Yaka are a race of beings in the fictional universe of Star Wars.
A species of near-human cyborgs, they were transformed after their home planet was invaded centuries ago by superintelligent inhabitants of Arkania, a neighboring star system.
The Arkanians forced the Yakas to undergo surgery in which they implanted cyborg brain enhancers, increasing the species inteligence to genius level.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Yaka_(Star_Wars)   (146 words)

  
 Grey's Anatomy - Nurses Gossip Station #1 - Page 4 - Fanbolt Forums
You bet you could sleep with her and now you just volunteered to help her do a meaningless project — this is all about the bet and I’m going to tell her.
The team walks into a room where KALPANA VERA, a world-worn, well-spoken woman in her late 20’s, entertains some nurses and other staff, who are laughing as they enter.
KALPANA: They had to ship me from Zambia to the states for three months of treatment when I was eight.
www.fanbolt.com /forums/showthread.php?p=1033815   (1408 words)

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