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Youmans: Classic ballet takes on a twist
Up-and-coming Newport Beach tween Rachel Bryant will live a dream as she dances the role of Little Clara in Maple Youth Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker."
A student at the Maple Conservatory who attends the Pegasus School in Huntington Beach,...Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Dance
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Hopkins gun research is not biased
In reference to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15), the article quotes a Harford County councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York City Mayor...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, New York City, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Research
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Education, Internists, Teachers, University of Pittsburgh
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Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells
For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of...
Tags: Health Treatments, Entertainment Events, Science, Nobel Prize Awards, Biotechnology Industry
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Highlights from Johns Hopkins conference call
In light of Johns Hopkins president Ronald J. Daniels accepting the recommendation of a seven-member special committee to explore joining a conference, university athletic director Tom Calder and men’s lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala participated...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), Lacrosse, ESPNU (tv network), Sports
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Benefactor doesn't dictate direction of research
Editor: In response to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15th, 2013): The article quotes a Harford County Councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Daniel Webster, New York City, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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Ads to promote new gun control law
Advertisements praising Maryland's new gun control law will appear on Baltimore-area televisions soon after the measure is signed Thursday — the first volley in a two-pronged effort to defend the legislation and the politicians who voted for it....
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Maryland's model for gun regulation
Tomorrow, Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to sign into law the most comprehensive gun control legislation Maryland has seen in at least 25 years, a bill that will not only help guard against a mass shooting incident, like December's massacre at Sandy Hook...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Periodicals, Firearms, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Gun Control
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Alcohol and traffic deaths
The entire undergraduate student bodies of the Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Naval Academy combined. The population of Bel Air, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. The average attendance at a Hershey Bears hockey game (the highest in the AHL)....
Tags: Joseph F. Jr Vallario, 2010 Census, Crime, Law and Justice, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Public Officials
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Peabody director Sharkey to step down
After seven years as director of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Jeffrey Sharkey is stepping down. He will remain with the conservatory until a successor is named. "So much of what I hoped to accomplish I feel I have accomplished,...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Music, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Hospital revenues up, along with charity care
Hospitals in the region generally showed strengthened bottom lines in 2012, even as demand for charity care grew, a new report on the state of Pennsylvania's hospitals shows. Spending on charity and unpaid medical bills ticked up last year, but...
Tags: Allentown, Breast Cancer, Medicaid, Social Issues, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Hopkins professor
Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83....
Tags: U.S. Army, French Literature, Syracuse University, Book, Arts and Culture
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