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Should Children Be Allowed On Social Networking Sites?
Windham Center SchoolWe asked students and teachers at Windham Center School how they felt about kids going on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. It really comes down to safety versus freedom, meaning the freedom for kids to be on social networking sites...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Computer Networking and Internet, Students, Culture
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Sales Recruiter
POSITION: Sales Recruiter DATE: 3/28/11 DEPARTMENT: Human Resources REPORTS TO: Director, HR-Integrated Media ROLE: Using a variety of sourcing methods, find top talent candidates for sales positions throughout Tribune Company. RESPONSIBILITIES...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Chicago Jobs, Labor Legislation, Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace
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Nights of rioting test Sweden's reputation for tolerance
LONDON -- Residents of Stockholm braced for more violence Friday after five consecutive nights of rioting that have rocked the Swedish capital and shaken the Scandinavian country’s self-image as a tolerant, liberal place. Since Sunday, sections of...
Tags: Shootings, Stockholm (Sweden), Culture, North Korea, Immigration
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Stockholm in relative calm after five nights of rioting
LONDON — The streets of Stockholm were quieter late Friday after five consecutive nights of rioting that rocked the Swedish capital and shook the Scandinavian country's self-image as a tolerant, liberal place. Since Sunday, sections of northwest...
Tags: Racism, Police Arrests, Shootings, Riots, Stockholm (Sweden)
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Most local homeless have ties to Costa Mesa
Challenging perceptions that the homeless mostly come to Costa Mesa from other communities, new data show a solid majority of the city's homeless population have ties of some kind to the city. At least 65% of the 182 homeless interviewed last year lived...
Tags: Homelessness, Interior Policy, Culture, Mental Health, Religion and Belief
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Russia's leading social network banned by "mistake"
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading online social network was briefly banned on Friday, in a move dismissed as a "mistake" but which follows intensifying official pressure on the company as President Vladimir Putin consolidates his power. VKontakte (www....Tags: United Capital Corp., Computer Networking and Internet, Vladimir Putin, Culture, Media Industry
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Special Report: The deeper agenda behind "Abenomics"
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - When ill health and political gridlock forced Shinzo Abe to quit after one dismal year as Japan's prime minister, his pride was dented and his self-confidence battered. One thing, however, was intact: his commitment to a controversial...Tags: Polls, Elections, Interior Policy, Photography Supplies and Services, Central Bank
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COLUMN-Some cracks in the technocrat cult-Chrystia Freeland
Reuters(Chrystia Freeland is a Reuters columnist. Any opinions expressed are her own.) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In...Tags: Finance, Restraint of Trade, Unions, Social Sciences, Corporate Crime
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Column: Some cracks in the technocrat cult
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In government, the technocrats are on top, too. From Washington to Frankfurt to Rome, technocrats have stepped in where...Tags: Finance, Restraint of Trade, Unions, Journalism, Corporate Crime
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Nextdoor, the social network for neighbors, rolls out iPhone app
SAN FRANCISCO -- Nextdoor, which wants to be the go-to social network for neighborhoods, is rolling out an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nextdoor co-founder and Chief Executive Nirav Tolia said he expects the mobile app to fuel growth and...Tags: Networking, Culture, Social Media, Apple iPod, Computer Hardware
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Middle Peninsula antiquers enjoy finding, assessing and selling treasured items
TOPPING — What is the value of a fine set of stemware? Or your mother's favorite chair? Or a long-lost toy? If you specialize in antique selling, the value can always be found if the price is right. Janice Jones is one of those people who buy and...Tags: PBS (tv network), Culture, College of William and Mary, Storage Wars (tv program), Colonial Williamsburg
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Julian Bond: Race relations progress still has long way to go
I have always suspected racists didn't like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When I told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on May 14th that the tea party was "the Taliban wing of American politics", a firestorm erupted. Arguing the IRS was...Tags: Republican Party, Taliban, Barack Obama, Internal Revenue Service, Culture
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