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Local student to tour with university choir (Newton Daily News)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:24 +0000
Hannah Klein, a 2011 Human Services major from Reasnor, will be participating in an 11-day spring 2010 tour through Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas and Kansas. The Grand View University Choir will be performing a home concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 28, at Luther Memorial Church, 1201 Grandview Ave., Des Moines, as the finale to [...]
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Births to Minorities Are Approaching Majority in U.S.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45:03 +0000
(New York Times) In the latest sign of the nation???s shifting racial and ethnic composition, births to Asian, black and Hispanic women in the United States are on the verge of surpassing births to non-Hispanic whites….3/12 [Registration Required]
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Do Big Quakes Increase Global Seismic Activity?
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45:02 +0000
(NPR) There have been three deadly earthquakes already this year ??? in Haiti, Chile and Turkey ??? and a fourth that caused damage in Taiwan. Is this a coincidence? Seismologists can’t answer that question directly, but they say there’s a growing realization that big earthquakes can trigger other earthquakes many thousands of miles away….3/12
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Computers One Step Closer To Reading Your Mind
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45:02 +0000
(NPR) Machines that decode your thoughts aren’t limited to the realm of science fiction anymore….3/11
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Winter Games Yield Forecasting Insights
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45:02 +0000
(New York Times) A system used at the Games is part of a program to improve the accuracy of winter storm forecasting….3/12 [Registration Required]
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Tennessee jobless rate hits 10 percent
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45:02 +0000
(Tennessean) University of Tennessee economists expect a slow recovery in 2010, but that won’t necessarily mean a much brighter jobs outlook right away….3/12
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New round of foreclosures threatens housing market
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45:02 +0000
(Washington Post) The housing market is facing swelling ranks of homeowners who are seriously delinquent but have yet to lose their homes, and this is threatening a new wave of foreclosures that could hit just as the real estate market has begun to stabilize….3/12 [Registration Required]
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Deal Gives New Life to Overhaul of Student Loans
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45:02 +0000
(New York Times) The deal would bundle the bill into an expedited budget package along with the Democratic health care legislation, which would allow for both measures to be passed by the Senate on a simple majority vote….3/12 [Registration Required]
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State asks DOE to fix funding shortfall — now
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45:02 +0000
(Knoxville News Sentinel) In a March 8 letter to Ines Triay, DOE’s assistant secretary for environmental management, Paul Sloan — deputy commissioner of the Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation — urges DOE to live up to its commitment of consistent funding….3/11
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Wanna work on UPF? Better be on good behavior
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45:02 +0000
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Ron Wantland, manager of engineering systems and security integration (who also chairs the operational security working group at Y-12), offered some pretty simple advice to contractor employees entering or exiting portals at Y-12. The guard is your boss….3/11
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