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2-day forum on China set at Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND -- An analytical forum titled "China, the Chinese and the World: Trajectories of Change" will be Monday and Tuesday at the University of Notre Dame. The conference events, which are free and open to the public, will be in the Hesburgh Center....Tags: China, Politics, Human Rights
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LETTER: Feral Cats Take Terrible Toll
The article and photographs about feral cats puts their plight in a most sympathetic light [May 7, Living, "Kitty Kindness"].These well-meaning people who feed them only add to the problem. The toll these animals wreak upon birds and mammals is... -
'Cultural Politics of Seeds' at UCLA on May 17
The UCLA Center for the Study of Women will be presenting a symposium on the "Cultural Politics of Seeds" on May 17, as part of the Life (Un)Ltd project which explores the impact of recent developments in biotechnology and biosciences on feminist studies....
Tags: Arts, Genetics, Anthropology, Cultural Development, Culture
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Letter: Why Gitmo may be here to stay
Re "Obama renews call to close prison," May 1 The slogan "Close Guantanamo" obscures as much as it illuminates. To be sure, the prison there must close, for as President Obama said this week, it is an affront to American values, our global standing...
Tags: Barack Obama, Values, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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District 4 is latest to make super conference work
Most Lehigh Valley Conference schools are weighing options with regard to a proposed super conference by their Mountain Valley Conference brethren. If the LVC folks are looking for advice, they need only to turn to the 25 schools in District 4....
Tags: Mountain West Conference, Whitehall, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Science and Technology, Tri-Valley Corporation
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Freedom planted under Hampton oak
Few of the thousands of fugitive slaves who lived in Hampton’s vast Civil War refugee camps were taken by surprise when — on Jan. 1, 1863 — they received word that President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation. A hundred...
Tags: Slavery, Barack Obama, The New York Times, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Norfolk State University
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Evidence suggests Maya roots more tangled than previously thought
The classic Maya civilization, which flourished in Central America for more than 600 years, has been celebrated for its vast city states adorned with monumental pyramids and for its technological feats such as the development of an elaborate written...
Tags: Education, University of Arizona, Guatemala, Cultural Development, Culture
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Trial opens for Russia opposition leader, who calls claims absurd
MOSCOW — One of Russia’s most prominent opposition leaders went on trial Wednesday, proclaiming his innocence but predicting that the case will lead to a lifetime ban on his participation in Russian electoral politics. “Any independent...
Tags: Moscow (Russia), Justice and Rights, Politics, Vladimir Putin, Parties and Movements
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Critic's Notebook: Music that's all over the map
A tree grows most surely in Brooklyn. But what's in a ZIP Code? The Los Angeles Philharmonic began its Brooklyn Festival on Tuesday night with a Green Umbrella concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The hip New York City borough is not just a...
Tags: The Antlers (music group), Festive Events, Culture, Entertainment, New York City
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New teaching standards delve more deeply into climate change
The politically touchy topic of climate change will be taught more deeply to students under proposed new national science standards released Tuesday. The Next Generation Science Standards, developed over the last 18 months by California and 25 other...Tags: U.S. Department of Commerce, Engineering, Teaching and Learning, Technology, Students
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Geographic Bee champ repeats
Conrad Oberhaus certainly knows his way around the world. He hasn't personally visited notable geographic landmarks, but the Lincolnshire seventh-grader had all the right answers on the way to his second straight state Geographic Bee championship at...
Tags: Human Interest, Washington, DC, Science and Technology
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Geography is covering new ground for travelers
Forget about learning the state capitals, at least, as the sum total of your knowledge of geography. "Geography is about meaning, not knowing place names and memorizing lists — that was school geography," said Daniel Edelson, vice president for...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, National Government, Photography and Video, Washington, DC, Walmart
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