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View Education headlines on HDLNS.com
HDLNS.com is the easiest to use aggregated content RSS Reader on the net. No need to sign up, nothing to remember. Just browse and read. (read)
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Library Events: Mar. 15th -- Mar. 27th
Quick links to:Adults & Seniors Teens Kids More Info ADULTS AND SENIORSSenior Tax Assistance -- Wednesday, March 17th & 24th from 9am-noonThe AARP and the Senior Services Center of Will County will be providing free tax services at the Homer (read)
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Magazines as Wallpaper
A wall made of magazines at Stockholm advertising agency Oktavilla (swedish). Created by architecture and design firm Elding Oscarson.
(Via Curved White) (read)
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Haven't done this in awhile...
Your result for The RPG Class Test...Mystic Theurge15% Combativeness, 17% Sneakiness, 85% Intellect, 58% SpiritualityBrilliant and spiritual! You are a Mystic Theurge!
Score! You have a prestige class. A prestige class can only be taken after you (read)
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A blah day
It's Monday. I don't expect much from Mondays. Or certainly the Ides of March, for that matter. But today was, well, blah, in pretty much everything.
Today I woke up at the same time I usually wake up on weekdays. Unfortunately, where last week tha (read)
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:) How science, field trips, and swift shipping services met
Meat-eating amphibian predates dinosaurs: Named after shipping service, Fedexia survived ancient climate shift
An interesting 'rock' initially tossed aside at a FedEx site near Pittsburgh International Airport turns out to be the skull of a meat-eati (read)
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Q&A: Do too many people go to college? This author says yes
A college education is often hailed as the ticket to the good life. But in Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality (Crown Forum), Charles Murray says too many people go to college. In 1994, he co-wrote The Be (read)
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Washington University to Present Obie-Winning Satire FABULATION 3/25-28
Subtitled The Re-Education of Undine, FABULATION centers on a self-made public relations diva who organizes celebrity parties and otherwise caters 'to the vanity and confusion of the African-American nouveau riche elite.' Yet Undine's world comes (read)
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Washington University to Present Obie-Winning Satire FABULATION 3/25-28
Subtitled The Re-Education of Undine, FABULATION centers on a self-made public relations diva who organizes celebrity parties and otherwise caters 'to the vanity and confusion of the African-American nouveau riche elite.' Yet Undine's world comes (read)
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America Needs 'Schools for All Kinds of Minds'
All Kinds of Minds, a national nonprofit dedicated to translating the latest research on how students learn into training and tools that equip educators to better reach all learners, today announced the forthcoming release of their new book supportin (read)
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America Needs 'Schools for All Kinds of Minds'
All Kinds of Minds, a national nonprofit dedicated to translating the latest research on how students learn into training and tools that equip educators to better reach all learners, today announced the forthcoming release of their new book supportin (read)
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French Regional Elections on Google Maps
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Best Free Audio Books Online
Here we have showcased 40 of the top free audiobook downloads available online. For the past three years we've featured a Free Audio Book every Friday as part of our Free Resource of the Day Emails. From these resources we've... (read)
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Top 25 Free Resources
We've been sending out our Free Resource of the Day Emails for three years now. If you've not subscribed yet, we highly encourage you to do so. Who knows what magnificent free audio & video learning resources we'll dig up... (read)
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50 Affordable Stocking Stuffers
Still don't know what to get a friend or family member for Christmas? We've got a great (and a bit biased...) suggestion: Audiobooks. Why are audiobooks such great gifts? Because they don't require the recipient to take any time out... (read)
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150 Best New Audio Book Releases from 2008
At LearnOutLoud.com we've assembled a list of the 150 best new and most popular audio book releases from 2008. You can view all of our audio book new releases here: www.learnoutloud.com/New-Releases To make it easy, we've divided this list of... (read)
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Presidential Candidates Audio & Video Resource for Election Day 2008
With only one week left until the United States Presidential Election, we wanted to feature our updated Presidential Candidates Audio & Video Resource page. This page features resources from all the presidential candidates that are on enough ballots (read)
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Guide to Audio Tours
With the proliferation of the iPod and portable MP3 players, audio tours have become an increasingly popular way to explore new places when traveling to tourist destinations. They're cheaper, less obtrusive, and often better than taking a guided walk (read)
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Save the Date!
NCTPG @ SFPL Friday, May 7, 2010
The Northern California Technical Processes Group will hold its annual meeting on Friday, May 7, 2010 in the San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium. On the program will be Cathy Marshall from Microsoft Resea (read)
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Lots O'Links for St. Patrick's Day!
St. Patrick's Breastplate Originally uploaded by Loci LenarLots of Links and information for Catholic Celebrations for St. Patrick's Day in my Del.icio.us links file! (read)
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Reader challenge: Creating Meaningful Vision, Not Missions
There is a continuing frustration amongst many that for the past decade we've talked so much about the potential of digital media for learning, but that it hasn't translated into enough action. I wonder whether this is to do with the way we're exp (read)
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Michael Steele is leader of the GOP
'Why do the Dems need to 'Clarence Thomas' the Man of Steele? Because whenever a man of color, especially an African American man, a black conservative begins to advance in the GOP he has to be taken down. He becomes a demonstration that it's 'Cool t (read)
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Just don't call it 'health' care
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, let's not call this current Washington battle 'health' care. ObamaCare is technically about insurance, but more accurately it's about a government take over of the economy. We Americans already hav (read)
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Courseware 1.1.2
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Miguel Delibes, Spanish novelist, dies at 89
Last Friday, March 12th, at his home in Valladolid, author Miguel Delibers lost his battle with colon cancer, he was ... (read)
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Pupils are given sleep lessons to make sure they stay awake in the classroo
GRUMPY, uncommunicative, easily distracted (read)
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St Andrews University psychopath was freed to kill new father
A VIOLENT psychopath who attacked a fellow university student was left free to kill a young father four months after his sentence, a court has heard.Colin Welsh, 42, beat his first victim so badly he needed facial reconstruction surgery, the Old Bail (read)
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Firing of All Teachers at R.I. School Roils Students
All Education Week articles and commentaries, plus breaking news to keep you informed between issues. Searchable Archives, a database of 25 years of news, information, analysis and opinion in the field of Education Archived Annual Reports - Quality (read)
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Pink slips sent to thousands of Calif. teachers
All Education Week articles and commentaries, plus breaking news to keep you informed between issues. Searchable Archives, a database of 25 years of news, information, analysis and opinion in the field of Education Archived Annual Reports - Quality (read)
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Committee Starts Work to Revamp Teacher Testing
All Education Week articles and commentaries, plus breaking news to keep you informed between issues. Searchable Archives, a database of 25 years of news, information, analysis and opinion in the field of Education Archived Annual Reports - Quality (read)
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America Needs 'Schools for All Kinds of Minds'
All Kinds of Minds, a national nonprofit dedicated to translating the latest research on how students learn into training and tools that equip educators to better reach all learners, today announced the forthcoming release of their new book supportin (read)
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America Needs 'Schools for All Kinds of Minds'
All Kinds of Minds, a national nonprofit dedicated to translating the latest research on how students learn into training and tools that equip educators to better reach all learners, today announced the forthcoming release of their new book supportin (read)
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Developers: Dances with Elephants
Jim Quanci, director of the Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) penned an article called Dances with Elephants for UpFront.eZine that I thought GIS developers might find valuable. It lays out the three different 'levels' of developers that work with Au (read)
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British Council/University of Sierra Leone Discuss Education
The University of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the British Council, on Friday 12th March 2010, organized a day's conference on the Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DELPHE) project. The forum focused on the mid-year review of the (read)
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Cheshire West and Chester Council?s education bosses target lack of outstan
EDUCATION bosses are demanding top marks from school during the next 12 months. Since Cheshire West and Chester Council came to office in April last year, not one secondary school under the authority has received an outstanding Ofsted report. Despite (read)
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Why Families Choose Online Learning - Katie Nordeen, WDIO
In this digital age, the world is at our fingertips. It's no wonder then, that an increasing number of today's students are logging online for their schooling. But as this form of education grows, so too does the debate over whether it works. (read)
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New at Reason: Proven Policies to Fix Failing Schools
In a companion piece to the second episode of Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, 'Fix the Schools,' Reason Foundation education expert Lisa Snell writes, Cleveland's school system should look to New Orleans for guidance on how to turn things (read)
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Poll: Democrats Losing Support of Blue-Collar Voters
There is also rising concern over Obama's handling of national security. (read)
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How March Madness Breaks Down Academically
It's time for March Madness, which means you need bragging rights. Peruse the rankings for your school. (read)
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Glenn Beck and Freedom of Speech
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Autism Genetic Test Doesn't Answer Most Parents' Questions
For about 90 percent of autistic kids, the genetic cause is unknown. (read)
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Meet the Coffee Party, a Kinder, Gentler, More Liberal Tea Party
Their anger simmers instead of boils, and they still believe in government. (read)
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Women in the World Summit Starts Something in the Name of Freedom
The Women in the World summit finds solutions for those seeking freedom. (read)
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The 2010 Men's NCAA Tournament Academic Bracket
Find out how the tournament teams stack up by region. (read)
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Athletic Conference Breakdown 2010: Mid-American Conference
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Athletic Conference Breakdown 2010: Pac-10
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Athletic Conference Breakdown 2010: Sun Belt
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Athletic Conference Breakdown 2010: Southern Conference
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Athletic Conference Breakdown 2010: Colonial Athletic Association
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Athletic Conference Breakdown 2010: Great West Conference
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Health Buzz: Cryoablation Outperforms Atrial Fibrillation Drugs
5 food package claims that deserve a double take; new warning on baby slings (read)
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5 Lame but Common Interview Responses
If these are in your interview repertoire, remove them immediately! (read)
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New Bulger row as Ed Balls claims his killers were NOT 'intrinsically evil'
James Bulger's killers were not 'intrinsically evil' and deserve a second chance in life, Ed Balls said today. In an extraordinary intervention the Schools Secretary said it was wrong to label Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in this way despite thei (read)
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Fix The Schools: Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, Ep. 2
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Fix The Schools: Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, Ep. 2
 Cleveland's public schools are failing to prepare students for their futures and as a result, all parents who can afford to have been fleeing to the suburbs for decades. Yet some urban schools, like Think College Now in Oakland, Californ (read)
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Students get vital insight at racecourse
A group of events management students from Huddersfield University have visited Chester to find out more about the city racecourse. A GROUP of events management students have visited the city to see how Chester Racecourse comes to life. Ahead of the (read)
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Timperley nursery is outstanding
A Timperley nursery has been recognised as one of the best in England. Woodlands Day Nursery, on Ridgeway Road, was awarded outstanding by Ofsted after it was inspected last year. Stephanie Molnar, who owns the nursery with Dee Cross, said the staff (read)
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Confucius would be confused
As the general election begins to hove into view, the din in our ears is growing louder, and one of the voices is that of Ed Balls. But as we strain to listen, it becomes evident that he is speaking a language many of us can't understand. Balls's la (read)
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Education Reformers Renew Fight for School Vouchers, Launch New American Fe
New advocacy group will support school vouchers, scholarship tax credit programs, and charter schools in battle to improve educational options WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- School choice supporters from across the country today renewed the fight to (read)
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MP helps pupils debate right to play
A POLITICIAN chaired a school debate about the rights of children around the world. Hartlepool MP Iain Wright visited Eldon Grove Primary School, in Eldon Grove, Hartlepool, where 60 Year 6 pupils staged a House of Commons style debate. The day marke (read)
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Local & Chester News: Cheshire West and Chester Council's education bosses
EDUCATION bosses are demanding top marks from school during the next 12 months. Since came to office in April last year, not one secondary school under the authority has received an outstanding Ofsted report. Despite many schools, including more rece (read)
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Balls supports 'pupil premiums'
Labour's Ed Balls stoked up the political battle over school funding - putting forward his own version of 'pupil premiums' for poorer pupils. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats already have similar plans to give schools extra cash for each poor (read)
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Redditch school put on Ofsted honors list
STAFF and pupils from a Redditch school are celebrating after being honoured by Ofsted in an event recognising outstanding schools in England. St Stephen's CofE First School, which had an Ofsted inspection last year, has earned a place in the annual (read)
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Celebrating Our Own / LISNews Author Andy W's a Mover & Shaker
Congratulations Andy!!!! From Library Journal:
Flavor of the Month Move over, Cherry Garcia. If Andy Woodworth has his way, the next hot Ben & Jerry's flavor could be Gooey Decimal System.
The 32-year-old adult services librarian at Bordentown (read)
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Googling Employees: Why Your Online Reputation Matters
According to a study by Microsoft,70% of employers (in the United States) rejected potential employees because of information found out about them online. Interestingly, the numbers are much less in other countries (41% in the UK, 16% in Germany, a (read)
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Schools Secretary Ed Balls Accepts All Smith Review Recommendations To Prev
The Government has accepted in full an independent review?s call for an annual review on whether to ban teachers who belong to racist organisations. The review also calls for measures to be strengthened to prevent the promotion of racism by teachers (read)
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James Bulger's killers were NOT 'intrinsically evil', says Ed Balls
James Bulger's killers were not 'intrinsically evil', Ed Balls said today, as he waded into the row over trying children in adult courts. The Schools Secretary said the Children's Commissioner's comments about the two-year-old's murder were (read)
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The Juice
Dermot O'Brien (read)
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The Shrunken Student Aid Bill
With Congress set to take up health measure, Democrats strip community college funds, accountability provisions and more from loan overhaul. (read)
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'New Paradigm' for Economic Development
Shift in thinking on how states attract business should place role of higher education front and center, and extend beyond its research role, report suggests. (read)
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Commencement Speakers Announced: Albany Pharmacy, Albright, Cal State Monte
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Too Golden a Parachute
When a faculty member makes outrageous demands, and an institution wants to encourage more retirements, what's an administrator to do? C.K. Gunsalus weighs the options. (read)
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Have You Ever Worked with a Difficult Principal?
Principals are people, too, and nobody's perfect. That's why I think it's best to be proactive and positive when dealing with a principal who may be a bit more challenging that you'd like. After all, a productive and cooperative relationship betw (read)
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LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast - Episode #110
LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast - Episode #110. 'News was slow this week and budget constraints dictated that South by Southwest Interactive was not happening for the air staff. A miscellany is presented as well as a zeitgeist review'. Previous Podca (read)
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Ed Balls: 'Bulger Comments Were Ill Advised'
Children's Secretary Ed Balls has said it was 'ill advised' to claim James Bulger's killers were too young to be prosecuted. He was referring to comments made by the Children's Commissioner about the age of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, who were (read)
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Croydon pre-school group rated outstanding
The only pre-school group for disabled children in Croydon has received an outstanding result in its Ofsted Inspection. The excellent result puts the Croydon Opportunity Pre-school Group (COPG) in the top 4 per cent of pre-schools schools in the coun (read)
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Model school!
IVYBRIDGE Comm-unity College will be an inspiration to others after being honoured by Ofsted in a celebratory event recognising Out-standing Schools. Rob Haring, principal at the college, attended the Outstan-ding Provider Cerem-ony event, which was (read)
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Mumps outbreak among students in Oxford
A mumps outbreak has been affecting students in the city, it has been reported. (read)
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Assembly slashes special needs education cash
NEWPORT teenagers with special education needs will be affected by a £340,000 cut in funding announced by the Assembly. Newport City Council is urging the Assembly to reconsider its position after it said post-16 Special School and Special Education (read)
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Hunt continues for new children's chief
THE search for a new director of children, schools and families at Cornwall Council is to go on after the application deadline was extended. The role has been vacant since former director Dean Ashton announced his resignation last October ahead of a (read)
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Ed Balls: Bulger Comments 'Ill Advised'
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Croydon pre-school group rated outstanding
The only pre-school group for disabled children in Croydon has received an outstanding result in its Ofsted Inspection. The excellent result puts the Croydon Opportunity Pre-school Group (COPG) in the top 4 per cent of pre-schools schools in the coun (read)
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Outstanding Redditch school honoured by Ofsted
ST Stephen's CE First School in Redditch has been honoured by Ofsted in a celebratory event recognising outstanding schools in England. Kathryn Skan, headteacher of the school, attended the event at Birmingham Botanical Gardens which was hosted by (read)
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de-cowpatting
verb. The process of removing all meadow muffin material from a mushroom, shoe, or loved one.Real citation: 'Thank God for the time change! My family depends on the extra hours our kids spend in the fields, nuturing cannabis & de-cowpatting shroo (read)
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Links for 2010-03-14 [del.icio.us]
Creative use of typography in advertising | creativebits
NEVER take risks on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Note: this is bullshit advice.
Virtual Residency: Artist Not In Residence
Following Clare McEwan's artist residency with four Buckinhamshire Sc (read)
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I Think it's Done
It was a lot of work trying to get the sizing right for all the pics and then for the header, but I really like it. All are my photos. All the food in the pics were very yummy. I love being able to eat my photo props. I hope everyone likes how the b (read)
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MBA Applicants Choose GMAT Over GRE
Despite the alterations that are being made to the GRE to make it more business school friendly, aspiring MBA applicants still prefer the GMAT over the GRE, according to a new survey from Kaplan Test Prep. The company surveyed 300 aspiring MBA applic (read)
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Obama to Boost Civil Rights Enforcement in Scho
Obama to Boost Civil Rights Enforcement in SchoolsTrying to get blacks into advanced classes on the basis of their skin color! That's crazy enough. Crazier is the idea that they are going to stop black kids from dropping out. The kids concerned (read)
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Legal Theory Lexicon: It Takes a Theory to Beat a Theory
Introduction 'It takes a theory to beat a theory'--this is surely one of the top ten all-time comments uttered by law professors to one another in those ritual interactions that are called 'faculty workshops' or 'colloquia.' The first instance of... (read)
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my zimmermann year ~ a february GIRL sweater ~
It's done! My 'I am so in love with Elizabeth Zimmermann' sweater. Also known as the Baby Sweater on Two Needles (February) from Knitters Almanac. I've been admiring a friend's February Lady Sweater for the better part of a year,... (read)
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Abusing our allies and appeasing our enemies
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Eastbourne pupils to show off design skills PUPILS will show off their arti
PUPILS will show off their artistic talents at a blooming marvellous event on March 12. Teams of school children from Hankham Primary, Moira House Junior and St. Johns Meads CE Primary will present their carpet garden designs at the Science In-Bloom (read)
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North Wales News: Education and schools are failing teenage mums
by Tom Bodden, Daily Post BARRIERS to education in Wales condemn too many teen mums to abandon any hope of a career, a new report warned yesterday. Instead, young mothers become resigned to a lifestyle on low incomes, according to the children's (read)
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Pupils ditch uniforms for favourite book character costumes
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Education UK Exhibition 2010 to be held from March 20 to 27
KUCHING: The weaker pound sterling is creating opportunities for Malaysians to invest in a United Kingdom (UK) education. CAREER DEVELOPMENT: Education UK Exhibition 2010 is set to be held from March 20 to 27 in various locations in the country. (read)
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Theatre of science
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British University Heads Have Seen Salaries Soar
The chief executives of more than 80 British universities earn more than Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who earns $300,000, according to The Guardian. British universities are mostly public institutions and have recently faced sweeping budget budget cu (read)
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Copying Federal Videos for Online Archive
The International Amateur Scanning League has taken it upon itself to copy as much federal video as it can and put it online. Above, Carl Malamud conceived the project.
Full story here (read)
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Reddit: Has anybody ever found anything weird or amazing at the library?
From a post on Reddit: Has anybody ever found anything weird or amazing at the library?
Once I came across a single book with every other weird book title you could have come across inside it's pages. I then used the catalogue to try to find some of (read)
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Education groups vary in response to White House plan
The Obama administration's plan to make sweeping changes to the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law is getting mixed reaction among educators: Teachers unions complained that teachers are being scapegoated by the overhaul; a school board leader (read)