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Natural Perspectives: 'Rapped' up in new teaching endeavor
Vic must have thought that I didn't have enough to do, what with teaching at the Orange County Conservation Corps, writing this column, and attempting to grow 350 pounds of food this year. He asked me to team-teach his bird and natural history courses...Tags: Education, Indigenous People, Conservation, Ecosystems, Science
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Greer's OC: Wine Knot raises funds for sailing foundation
Celebrate with your Valentine early this year with plenty of wine and decadent chocolate at the second annual Wine Knot tasting event from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 11 at Huntington Harbour Yacht Club in Huntington Beach. The popular event raises funds for the...Tags: Travel, Apple iPod, Bars and Clubs, Personal Service, Foods and Beverages
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Central Florida Political Pulse biographies
David Damron writes: "Born and raised in the northeast, I moved south to finish college and graduated from the University of Florida in 1995. After covering schools, social services and governemnt in Lake County, I headed to Orlando to cover the Florida...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Newspapers, Lake County (Florida), Arts and Culture, Stanford University
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UC Regents Reach Settlement in Deadly UCLA Lab Fire
KTLA NewsWESTWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) -- The University of California Regents have reached a settlement in the case of a 2008 laboratory fire that killed 23-year-old research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji. The UC Regents have agreed to "comprehensive...Tags: Justice System, Health and Safety at School, Fines, Health and Safety at Work, Health and Safety at Work
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Now's the time to save
Education beyond high school is a key to success later in life. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 62 percent of all U.S. jobs now require a minimum of two-year or four-year degrees or special post-secondary training. That number is expected to...Tags: Employment, Employment, Colleges and Universities, Career and Workplace, Tuition Planning Services
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Someone will choose your child's education; why not you?
This is National School Choice Week, an occasion that always makes me think back to 1976, when as a writer for my high school paper, I interviewed retiring Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joshua Wheeler. I asked Mr. Wheeler why our schools didn'...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Students
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Counsel at initial hearings: a matter of simple fairness
I didn't need to go to law school to learn that a person charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty and entitled to the assistance of a lawyer. I knew it in my former life as a sportswriter, and I probably had a grasp of it back in elementary...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Justice System, Laws, Prisons, Prosecution
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Majoring in chic at L.A.'s fashion schools
Los Angeles TimesIn a bustling part of downtown L.A., a high-rise is teeming with stylish young women in short skirts and full makeup wheeling small suitcases in and out of elevators on their way to class. They're students at the Fashion Institute of Design &...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Giorgio Armani S.P.A., Badgley Mischka, Los Angeles Times, Arts and Culture
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Handmade Valentine's Day gifts are from the heart
You're smitten with your valentine, but not with the idea of a mass-produced card or a pricey trinket. Then why not give the objection of your affection a handmade gift?
While crafting was once the domain of your grandmother, these days do-it-yourself...Tags: Education, Martha Stewart, YouTube, Long Island, Syracuse University
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Anne Arundel Co. MLK dinner honors community leaders
As a small-business owner on Clay Street, the rough-and-tumble Annapolis community where he grew up, Michael McFarland was keenly aware of the need for mentors for the neighborhood's youth. In the early 1970s, when he owned a laundromat there, he began...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, United States Naval Academy
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Fighting for air
For brief moments, Cassie Stanley can forget her precarious relationship with death.
She forgot on Christmas morning when her family opened presents. At other times, she forgets by immersing herself in watching the Bulls or Cubs on TV in her family's...Tags: Human Body, Chemical Industry, Human Body, Religious Festivals, Apple iPhone
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Baltimore City Community College unified by struggle to get off probation
Carolane Williams does not flinch when confronted with the particulars of her difficult year, which included an employee uprising and unwanted scrutiny from the leader of the state.
"I knew I was going to have to tough it out," says the woman who has led...Tags: Teachers, Education, Teaching and Learning, Students, Broward College
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