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Dancing for Mother Earth
Although the lights were dimmed and the studio soundless, a chair, front and center, bespoke a human presence. Taped to the wall, a sign declared that a set of ankle bells had recently gone missing. Before long, the pitter-patter of pint-sized feet...
Tags: Music, Education, Malaysia, Entertainment, University of California, Los Angeles
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UCI develops easy, inexpensive prostate cancer test
UC Irvine chemists have found a way to detect prostate cancer that's as inexpensive and easy as a pregnancy test, the university announced this week. By identifying markers for the disease in urine, the method can detect prostate cancer's presence...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Science and Technology, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Spitzer: Deny hiker treatment option
A rescued hiker who was arrested after methamphetamine was allegedly found in his car should not enter a program that allows first-time offenders to avoid jail, an Orange County supervisor said Wednesday. County Supervisor Todd Spitzer argued in a news...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Orange County Superior Court, Career and Workplace
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UC medical center strike: Most union members reported for work
As University of California patient care workers returned to the picket lines in a workplace dispute Wednesday, hospital administrators said they were gratified that so many union members chose to come to work rather than strike. More than three-...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, AFSCME, Unions, University of California, Davis, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
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OC Breakers tickets on sale
Individual match night tickets for the Orange County Breakers 2013 home matches are on sale. Local stars Steve Johnson, a former USC standout, and Coco Vandeweghe, a Newport Beach resident, lead the Breakers team as they open their Mylan World Team...Tags: Sam Querrey, Tennis, Dwayne Johnson, Services and Shopping, GEICO
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Letters: Can conservatives appeal to college grads?
Re "Conservatives need not apply," Opinion, May 19 Economist Kevin Hassett laments the scarcity of conservatives giving graduation speeches. He even claims that "a primary objective of today's academic institutions … is not to educate students...Tags: Feminism, Education, Students, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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UC Irvine hires prominent USC professor as provost
]This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Earlier this month, USC students and alumni were gloating about how their school had hired two top neuroscientists from UCLA, and UC system officials said they were upset by the loss. This week, however, UC announced that it has wooed away a prominent USC...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities
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At UC San Francisco, 150 surgeries canceled because of strike
SAN FRANCISCO -- A strike by patient-care workers concerned about pension changes and staffing levels has led to the cancellation of an expected 150 surgeries at UC San Francisco Medical Center over the two-day labor action and will affect at least...
Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Michael Jackson, Hospitals and Clinics, AFSCME
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, DREAM Act, Technology, Education, Personal Data Collection
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City Lights: Clowning around, with purpose
If you're old enough to have watched "Saturday Night Live" in the early 1990s, you may remember "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey," a series of pseudo-philosophical musings set to soft music over pastoral backgrounds. One classic read: "To me, clowns aren't...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Entertainment
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Corporate money in politics: Liberals vs. liberals on Prop. C
The Times editorial board offended some liberal readers when it urged a no vote on Proposition C, which asks voters in the city of Los Angeles to “instruct” local members of Congress to support a constitutional amendment to overturn the...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, The Huffington Post, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies — including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks &...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Arbitration, Tesco plc, New York University, Bangladesh
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