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Check your pulse at Club's Health Fair
Sign up now for personalized fitness testing, yoga demonstrations and health screenings at the National Press Club & Washington Sport Club onsite health fair on Tuesday, July 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Early registrants will get a one-week pass to Washington Sport Club. Email Fitness Director Terry Davis at [email protected] to register and get more information.
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Kazakhstan Embassy Night, June 28, 6:30pm
There are 25 spaces available for Club members to attend Kazakhstan Embassy Night, which has been arranged by the International Correspondents Committee at the embassy from 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 28. This event is for members only to allow a maximum number of NPC members to attend. Here’s your chance to learn about the once-remote Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan, noted for its rich history, culture, ethnic and religious diversity, breathtaking landscapes and immense natural resources, as it marks the 20th anniversary this year of its independence from the Soviet Union and its…
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Former FEMA Director urges Book Rap audience to be prepared
“FEMA will not save you,” said Michael Brown, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Brown, who served as the first undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA director from 2003 to 2005, was forced to resign in the wake the federal government's poor response to Hurricane Katrina. He presented his book, “Deadly Indifference: The Perfect (Political) Storm: Hurricane Katrina, the Bush White House and Beyond,” at a National Press Club Book Rap June 21. The government will not always be there, Brown warned. “There needs to be an understanding of the role…
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House Republican says growing deficits will have "dire" consequences
A leading House budget hawk says continuing massive budget deficits are just as serious as the “scare tactics” coming from the Obama administration about a possible default on the national debt. “We don’t believe that if Aug. 1 or 2 comes and we don’t raise the debt limit, that the next day the skies will all be black and the ground beneath us and the buildings will all be crumbling here in Washington,” Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., said during a National Press Club Newsmaker event Tuesday. “We do believe that if you raise the debt limit and you don’t take care of the spending problems at the…
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ASNE's Paulson to give "State of the First Amendment" on July 12
The First Amendment Center, in partnership with the National Press Club, Freedom Forum and the American Society of News Editors, will release results of its 2011 State of the First Amendment Survey on Tuesday, July 12, at noon in the National Press Club Conference Rooms. Ken Paulson, ASNE president and First Amendment Center chief executive officer, will present the authoritative survey, which has explored public perspectives on First Amendment freedoms for the past 14 years, will focus on public attitudes toward a free press, the credibility of various news media and the rights of student…
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Former Florida Senator Bob Graham to discuss his new thriller, Aug. 1
Former Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., who chaired the joint House-Senate Intelligence Committees’ inquiry into the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, draws on that knowledge to pose plausible answers to some of the inquiry’s unresolved questions in an action thriller entitled Keys to the Kingdom. Graham will discuss his novel at an Aug. 1 book rap in the Conference Rooms beginning at 6:30 p.m. Reservations are required at [email protected]. This event is free for NPC members and $5 for all non-members. Copies of the book will be available for purchase, for $26, and signing at the event. Proceeds…
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Environmental organization seeks freelancers to write press releases
Conservation International is a non-profit environmental organization based in Arlington, Virginia that is looking for experienced freelance journalists to write scientific press releases and conduct research mainly pertaining to marine science and conservation. This opportunity is paid and open to prospective candidates nationwide. For more information, candidates should contact [email protected] or 703-341-2429. Also, you can check out what Conservation International is doing online. This job request came through the Freelance Committee, which is responsible for creating networking…
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Non-resident member Janice Law lauded for short story
The Secrets of a Client are Inviolate, a fiction short story about a Houston patent attorney in West Texas who inherits one of Texas' greatest mysteries and the ethical issues to go with it, by non-resident member Janice Law, won an Honorable Mention in the annual statewide "Write Stuff" competition sponsored by the Texas Bar. Law's story, with art, printed in the June issue of the Texas Bar Journal, a magazine circulated to about 90,000 Texas Bar attorneys, may be read on line atwww.mytexasbar.com or on www.judgejanicelaw.com.
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NPC condemns killing of Mexican journalist and his family
The National Press Club condemned the killing of Mexican journalist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco and his family inside their home as violence against the news media in the country has been on the rise. Lopez Velasco, his wife, and their 21-year-old son were killed by gunfire in Veracruz, located on Mexico's southeast coast. Velasco was editorial director for the Notiver daily newspaper and wrote a column about politics and crime, according to media reports. His son was a photographer for the paper. "We abhor the killing of journalists anywhere, but violence that occurs so close to our country,…
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Member Gallo's play at H Street Playhouse on Wednesday
Lincoln and God, a play by Club member Anthony E. Gallo about Lincoln's religion during the Civil War, will be staged at H Street Playhouse on Wednesday, June 22 at 7:30 PM. Directions and Information: (202) 396-2125Pay-What-You-Can performanceQuestions: Anthony E. Gallo (202) 544-6973 or [email protected].
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