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Sleep Schedules and Equal Consideration
People generally appreciate that sleep is important, and so one shouldn't make a lot of noise in residential areas late at night. That's great. What bothers me is that people often treat the mornings rather differently. Scheduling maintenance work (read)
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Watch more commercials
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Blizzard Disrupts a Meeting and Prompts Snowball Fights
Whether the great blizzard of 2010 was a fun adventure, a distracting annoyance or some of each all depends on where in mid-Atlantic higher education you sit.For the Association of Community College Trustees, the timing could not have been worse. Its (read)
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my zimmermann year ~ the tomten ~
Oh, the Tomten. I couldn't very well have 2010 be my Zimmermann Year without completing her classic Tomten, now could I? Truth be told though, this project began a long time ago - nearly a full year ago now. It's... (read)
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Super Bowl XLIV final score Saints/ 31 ' Colts/ 17
Congratulations to Quarterback Drew Brees & the New Orleans Saints for their first Super Bowl win! (read)
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It's always Tuesday, except for today.
Man, this is one of those Mondays. I know with me it's historically been Tuesday, but today is for sure a Monday. I have to tell you that the main reason I am kvetchy about it is that my hair is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. How (read)
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You Know You're a Redneck If.....
You consider your license plate personalized because your father made it.Your grandmother has 'ammo' on her Christmas list.You take your dog for a walk and you both use the same tree. (read)
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Links for 2010-02-07 [del.icio.us]
Tories to control Candidate Tweets
Bad move given they want to expose more people to Tory thinking. (read)
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Vischer on Catholic Legal Theory
Robert K. Vischer (University of St. Thomas, St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN - School of Law) has posted Whn is a Catholic Doing Legal Theory Doing 'Catholic Legal Theory?' (Seton Hall Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: What does... (read)
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McGlinchy Lecture at Tulane Today: Can Living Constitutionalism Be Reconcil
It is my very great honor to give the McGlinchy Lecture today at Tulane University Law School. Here is a description of the lecture series: The McGlinchey Lecture was established in 1996 by the law firm of McGlinchey Stafford, to... (read)
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Dillard on Future Children as Property
Carter Dillard (Loyola University New Orleans) has posted Future Children as Property (Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Between Skinner v. Oklahoma and the advent of modern substantive due process, proc (read)
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McGinnis & Rappaport on Welfare & Original Methods Originalism
John O. McGinnis (Northwestern University - School of Law) & Michael B. Rappaport (University of San Diego School of Law) have posted Originalism and the Good Constitution (Georgetown Law Journal, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In this a (read)
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Making the Abstract Concrete: Creating Skits to Explain Math Concepts
Lesson Plan | Taking some of the mystery out of math and considering how indispensable it is in daily life. (read)
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Good Times
Last night we went to our friend's house for some really good food. The ladies sat and visited while the guys watched something on TV, I can't remember what. (read)
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butthole-ectomy
noun. A precise procedure that renders the patient mercifully butthole-less.Real citation: '@LexiChambers that sounds painful! Gives new meaning to 'anal retentive'! @PubChick u need a butthole-ectomy!'(Feb. 2, 2010, Jenn Kleiner, Twitter, http://twi (read)
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The Week in Tweets for 2010-02-08
My beloved Prius will hit 99,000 miles today. It's not quite four years old. #Idrivelots #
Cleaning my desk. Combined height of my two "to read" piles – 9.25 inches. That does not include my Instapaper account. #
Has anyone writt (read)
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University Stops Circus Ticket Offering after Pressure from PETA
African Bush elephant (Wikipedia Commons) (CNSNews.com) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has succeeded in keeping the alumni association of Neumann University from offering discounted circus tickets to its members. The animal righ (read)
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Ready to fight S.F. school cuts
Kevin Chojczak, a member of United Educators of San Francisco and the Educators for a Democratic Union reform caucus, examines the city's plans for school cutbacks. SFUSD Superintendent Carlos Garcia SAN FRANCISCO Board of Education Superintendent Ca (read)
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US: With federal stimulus money gone, many schools face budget gaps
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Governor to visit Bullitt school to talk about energy program
Gov. Steve Beshear and University of Louisville President James Ramsey will visit Roby Elementary School Monday afternoon to announce plans to expand the Kentucky Energy Efficiency Program to more school districts. Bullitt County Public Schools was p (read)
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Legal Education and Development Fellowship Program in the U.S. now open for
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A funny super bowl ad
Video: Snickers: Betty White
I totally stole this from my sister's facebook - but it is funny!
Please browse my eBay items!
Visit my new Amazon Store! (read)
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My Domestic Church Daily Clips 02/08/2010
The Auschwitz Album - Eretz YisraelStunning pictoral history of Auschwitztags: history, Jewish, Nazi, photographyPosted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. (read)
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My lovely daughters
both born to me after age 40 - what a gift.
Please browse my eBay items!
Visit my new Amazon Store! (read)
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February 2010 025 [Flickr]
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February 2010 023 [Flickr]
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February 2010 022 [Flickr]
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February 2010 021 [Flickr]
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February 2010 020 [Flickr]
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Promoting Diversity During Tough Times
[Announcements]
A leading Hispanic educator will discuss ways to promote diversity during tough economic times when he visits Washington State University on Feb. 17.
Enrique G. Murillo Jr. editor of the new 'Handbook of Latinos in Education,' (read)
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WSU ACADA Announces Outstanding Academic Advisor Awards
[Press Releases]
The Washington State University Academic Advising Association (ACADA) Awards Committee announced the winners of the 2010 Outstanding Achievement in Academic Advising awards. The awards are presented in three categories.
Mark B (read)
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Response to snow days... Losing spring break? Tests pushed back?
No school today, of course, and with none of the secondary roads plowed around my way and another 6-12' of snow coming on Tuesday, I don't see how we can have school this week. In previous snow experiences here in Baltimore, I was able to get up and (read)
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Baselworld 2010 Breitling Avenger Seawolf Chrono Blacksteel
Black, robust and highly technical. The most remarkable feature of the Breitling Avenger Seawolf Chrono Blacksteel, its magnetic pushpiece system, is hidden inside its case. With this exclusive, patented device, the watch can be activated (read)
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Focus on the Family psychs out the Feminists
No Abstract (read)
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It's time to be up front about our looming deficits
No Abstract (read)
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Cruising the Web
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The massive hypocrisy of Andrew Cuomo
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Scouting turns 100
Robert McHenry wroteToday is the 100th anniversary of the chartering of the Boy Scouts of America. The scouting movement had begun in England in 1907, when Robert S.S. Baden-Powell, hero of the siege of Mafeking in the Boer War, organized a camp for (read)
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STUDENTS preparations for careers in the Army, the Navy or the police force
Beauty therapy students at the College of West Anglia's Isle campus ready to tear strips off the uniformed services team. 1749BP210 STUDENTS' preparations for careers in the Army, the Navy or the police force could not have got any worse... when they (read)
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Snowballs fly as pupils re-enact Dunkirk in the snow
Feb 8, 2010 Class 1 escape on their sledges in the nick of time as Class 2 (the Germans) arrive on edge of playground Children at Cotherstone School made the most of the recent snow when they re-enacted the Dunkirk evacuation using sledges instead o (read)
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Zero-carbon schools to be introduced in the UK by 2016
The first ever zero-carbon schools will be built across England in the next six years, it has been announced. Schools secretary Ed Balls recently laid out plans for at least four pilot zero-carbon schools to be operational in each government region (read)
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Scottish News: Teacher training places to be cut
About 1,500 teacher training places are to be axed next year, it was announced. Trainee primary teaching numbers will fall by more than half, bearing the brunt of the cuts, according to Scottish Funding Council figures. The announcement prompted an a (read)
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Scottish News: Rise in university applications
Thousands of Scots could miss out on a place at university after applications increased by almost a third, student leaders warned. Figures from the applications clearing organisation Ucas showed that by the main January deadline 38,763 Scots had appl (read)
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ETC Pupils scoop first in Engineers Challenge PUPILS from Eastbourne Techno
PUPILS from Eastbourne Technology College scooped first prize in this year's Young Engineers Challenge. The school won 100 plus the Young Engineers Trophy. In second place was Bishop Bell, which won 50, and in third place, with 25, was The Causeway (read)
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Ofsted make surprise visit to children's services
OFSTED inspectors recently made a surprise visit to West Berkshire Council's children's services. As a result the watchdog published a report, yesterday (Friday), stating that improvements need to be made. Inspectors who visited, in January, examine (read)
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Scottish News: Teacher training places to be cut
About 1,500 teacher training places are to be axed next year, it was announced. Trainee primary teaching numbers will fall by more than half, bearing the brunt of the cuts, according to Scottish Funding Council figures. The announcement prompted an a (read)
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Scottish News: Rise in university applications
Thousands of Scots could miss out on a place at university after applications increased by almost a third, student leaders warned. Figures from the applications clearing organisation Ucas showed that by the main January deadline 38,763 Scots had appl (read)
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Dundee pupils boost city's Haiti relief fund
Earthquake-ravaged Haiti is to receive at least 12,250 thanks to the kind-hearted efforts of Dundee's schools (writes Lisa Trainer). The city's relief fund received the money today after an on-going fund-raising effort, which has brought the total to (read)
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Scottish News: Teacher training places to be cut
About 1,500 teacher training places are to be axed next year, it was announced. Trainee primary teaching numbers will fall by more than half, bearing the brunt of the cuts, according to Scottish Funding Council figures. The announcement prompted an a (read)
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Scottish News: Rise in university applications
Thousands of Scots could miss out on a place at university after applications increased by almost a third, student leaders warned. Figures from the applications clearing organisation Ucas showed that by the main January deadline 38,763 Scots had appl (read)
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Tomorrow, 1pm: Ed Balls on School Gate
Tomorrow afternoon The Times' excellent School Gate blog , run by Sarah Ebner, is playing host to Ed Balls. The schools secretary says his 'principal focus' is that 'every child gets the best possible start in life, that they are safe and healthy, (read)
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Pupils spotlight dangerous parking
CREATIVE youngsters have been working with police to warn parents about parking dangerously at their schools. Officers from the Lower Valley neighbourhood policing team asked pupils at four schools around Hipperholme and Lightcliffe to design posters (read)
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Alcester Nursery Studio celebrated for being 'excellent'
THE staff of Alcester Nursery Studio have attended an event to celebrate being in the top two per cent of the country's childcare providers. Alcester Nursery Studio was judged to be an Outstanding Childcare provider after an Ofsted inspection last (read)
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Scottish News: Teacher training places to be cut
About 1,500 teacher training places are to be axed next year, it was announced. Trainee primary teaching numbers will fall by more than half, bearing the brunt of the cuts, according to Scottish Funding Council figures. The announcement prompted an a (read)
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Scottish News: Rise in university applications
Thousands of Scots could miss out on a place at university after applications increased by almost a third, student leaders warned. Figures from the applications clearing organisation Ucas showed that by the main January deadline 38,763 Scots had appl (read)
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Every Kingswood pupil entered early for GCSE exams
EVERY GCSE pupil at a Hull school has been entered early for their maths and English exams to help improve results. As a result, 20 per cent of year 11 pupils at Kingswood College of Arts, in Wawne Road, Bransholme, have passed both exams. They would (read)
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�New UK visa norms will not affect students�
'New UK visa norms will not affect students' British universities participating at the annual 'Education UK Exhibition' have promised that Indian students who intend to pursue higher education in UK will not be affected by the new visa rules for (read)
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University admissions: students being 'abandoned'
University leaders said many of the brightest teenagers would be forced straight onto the dole queue after demand for courses soared by almost a quarter. The rise double that predicted by vice-chancellors in recent weeks comes despite savage cuts to (read)
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University admissions: Q & A
The disclosure, in figures published by Ucas, has led to claims from universities, student leaders and opposition MPs that sixth-formers will find it harder than ever to get onto the course of their choice. How many applications have been made to UK (read)
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Scottish News: Teacher training places to be cut
About 1,500 teacher training places are to be axed next year, it was announced. Trainee primary teaching numbers will fall by more than half, bearing the brunt of the cuts, according to Scottish Funding Council figures. The announcement prompted an a (read)
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Scottish News: Rise in university applications
Thousands of Scots could miss out on a place at university after applications increased by almost a third, student leaders warned. Figures from the applications clearing organisation Ucas showed that by the main January deadline 38,763 Scots had appl (read)
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Scottish News: Teacher training places to be cut
About 1,500 teacher training places are to be axed next year, it was announced. Trainee primary teaching numbers will fall by more than half, bearing the brunt of the cuts, according to Scottish Funding Council figures. The announcement prompted an a (read)
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Scottish News: Rise in university applications
Thousands of Scots could miss out on a place at university after applications increased by almost a third, student leaders warned. Figures from the applications clearing organisation Ucas showed that by the main January deadline 38,763 Scots had appl (read)
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Scottish News: Teacher training places to be cut
About 1,500 teacher training places are to be axed next year, it was announced. Trainee primary teaching numbers will fall by more than half, bearing the brunt of the cuts, according to Scottish Funding Council figures. The announcement prompted an a (read)
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Scottish News: Rise in university applications
Thousands of Scots could miss out on a place at university after applications increased by almost a third, student leaders warned. Figures from the applications clearing organisation Ucas showed that by the main January deadline 38,763 Scots had appl (read)
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University public lectures to continue
A SERIES of public lectures looking at the mysteries of the universe has proved so popular it has been extended until the end of the year. The University of Nottingham's Astronomy Public Lecture Series began last May to celebrate the International Ye (read)
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Can Sweden really teach England's schools a lesson?
Newsnight's Liz MacKean reports from Sweden on the independent school system which the Conservatives hope to introduce in England if they win the next election. When I travelled to Sweden to report on their school system, I took some company - the (read)
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Tim Tebow Commercial
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Oooh, that's gonna sting
'After taxes, a million dollars is not a lot of money.'
Michael STeele, head of the Republican party. (read)
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Free Trade
Not only is this six minute video interesting, so are the comments over at youtube. (read)
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Faillure to Communicate
Blynken and Nod came over Saturday and Sunday (usually they come on Friday, too, but not this weekend). They have used up all our storebought plastic Play-Dough, so I made some on the stove- it's the main reason (some say the only reason) to have wh (read)
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Trimble Adds Indoor Mapping Tool to its Suite
While there are not images of the new product called The Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution (expected to be widely available in Q2) it sounds like the company's version of PenBay Media's indoor mapping robots. (I'm not sure at all from the collateral if (read)
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Update: NAVTEQ Shutting Down Phone Map App Nav4All that Uses NAVTEQ Data
NAVTEQ responded to NAV4ALL's claim that its license was unexpectedly not renewed in an Italian blog (strange place to make a statement on the matter in my opinion). It's view of things:
... it [NAVTEQ] was simply unable to reach an agreement tha. (read)
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ESRI's Bill Davenhall Debuts Column in HuffPo
The Huffington Post recently engaged ESRI's Bill Davenhall, who leads the health and human services marketing team, to write a regular column. The first one was published on Friday. He looks at personal health histories and links to an ESRI app to h (read)
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North Dakota Wastershed Data Made Available in Google Earth
The data had been available from Natural Resources Conservation Service, but it required software most people don't have. Once the data was converted to Google Earth format (KML) anyone can view it in Google Earth. The cost?
'It only cost $10,000,. (read)
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Prankser Organization Puts a GPS on a Google StreetView Car (pants droppin
The organization is called Free Art & Technology (FAT) and they state that they did indeed put a tracker on a StreetView car in Berlin. Then they posted its track on a (what else) a Google Map. That led to, of course, people posing for the camera. (read)
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Google Maps/Earth Now has 'Nearby Places You Might Also Like'
You may have heard about Google Maps' and Earth's new feature that suggests 'nearby place you might like' after a map based search. Google rolled it out Friday and several folks who've explored it find the suggestions....well, odd. I'm among them. (read)
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Mystery Collection Disc 8
The Man on the Eiffel Tower, 1949, color. Burgess Meredith (dir.), Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Robert Hutton, Jean Wallace, Patricia Roc. 1:37 [1:27].
Charles Laughton as Inspector Maigret, with a young Burgess Meredith as a wo (read)
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Innovation, open access and more at the Library Leadership Network
What’s new and improved on the Library Leadership Network (LLN)?
Articles in Read & Learn
We’re this close to completing the long process of moving material from the old, wiki-based LLN to the new, Drupal-based LLN–a process tha (read)
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Common Sense Is the Least Common of All the Senses
You'll know that's true if you read this column in the Daily News, essentially vilifying all educators for the actions of a few. This is a time-honored technique used by racists everywhere. I remember, as a kid, hearing other kids justify their rac (read)
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Partisan Rancor Follows Terrorism Announcement
Intelligence chiefs warns of imminent al Qaeda attacks. (read)
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Nixon Manipulated From the Grave
Historian suggests Richard Nixon's last trick was influencing the 1996 presidential race. (read)
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Is It Safe to Get Pap Smears Less Often?
The guidelines for screening for cervical cancer changed recently. (read)
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Republicans Should Beware Televised Healthcare Negotiations
It will be carefully staged to make the president look moderate. (read)
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Lager or Ale? Consider the Silicon Content of Beer
Silicon, found in beer, helps bone mineral density. But what kind to drink? (read)
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New Federal Climate Change Agency Forming
The Obama administration is proposing a new agency to study and report on the changing climate. (read)
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Health Buzz: Study Ties Soft-Drink Intake to Pancreatic Cancer
Need diet advice? What to look for in an expert, plus helping kids deal with social cruelty. (read)
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Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck Top Tea-Party Picks
But most still don't know about the movement, says a new Washington Whispers poll. (read)
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Best Political Nonfiction Books
A fix to Cilizza's list. (read)
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7 Reasons Job Hoppers Are Worse Off in Retirement
Switching employers too often can result in less money for retirement. (read)
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How to Build Your Own Retirement Village
Connected by technology, local, low-cost programs help seniors stay in their homes as they age. (read)
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Forget the Mortgage, I'm Paying My Credit Card Bill
More American consumers are choosing to pay their credit card bill instead of their home loan. (read)
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Financial Planners Offer 2010 Investment Advice
Short term bonds and large cap stocks are among the most recommended investments (read)
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World's oldest map - 14,000 years oldHYPERBOLIC COXETER GROUPSInfographics to Understand the Financial CrisisDrawing a Mind Map (Step by step)Content : How Much is Too Much? 50 Adobe Illustrator Tutorials(Video) Little Black Book of ScientistsRecomme (read)
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When The Saints Go Marching In
Yesterday was my son's 2nd birthday, it always fall on Superbowl so I know he will grow up to be a Rockstar! What else is cool about yesterday? ...What a time to be a Saint!!!Classic Song for Today: 'When The Saints Go Marching In'...Louis Armstrong. (read)
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British Library to offer free ebook downloads
Times Online – “MORE than 65,000 19th-century works of fiction from the British Library's collection are to be made available for free downloads by the public from this spring. Owners of the Amazon Kindle, an ebook reader device, will be (read)
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In Tough Times, a Library Branch Reopens
nyt – “in the midst of a budget cut that is forcing it to cut back hours at two-thirds of its locations, the new york public library has found something to celebrate: the reopening of the st. agnes branch on amsterdam avenue and 81st stre (read)
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Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' to be republished in Germany
Telegraph – “Under the post-1945 German constitution, the dissemination of Nazi philosophy has been a crime punishable by fines and imprisonment. But the copyright, held by the state of Bavaria where the Nazi movement began life in the 19 (read)
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Sallie Mae Offers a Free Online FAFSA Chat on Feb 11, 2010
If you're planning on applying to grad school, waiting for word on your application, or currently attending graduate school, financial aid is probably on your mind. The FAFSA has been simplified but it's still challenging and often confusing. Salli (read)